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That's interesting. I did notice the older duplicates, but those were clearer since the same titles were from different years. It looks like they went through a period in the early 80s when they reused old animation with new singers every now and then, but it hasn't happened lately.

While we're at it, some duplicates in the file: Paprika: Kenshi Yonezu Version (rows 189 & 191). Looks like the only difference in the columns is that the first one has an extra space in the Japanese title.

Kowagari Hero: Suigai-hen (row 97) has two duplicates that lead to the same MAL page, the first of which (Kowagari Hero: Jishin-hen, row 74) is mentioned as a synonym. The second is Kowagari Hero: Ooame-hen, row 14, also the same page, but not a synonym.

The Minna no Uta spreadsheet has a link to a MAL page that doesn't exist (row 564): Kaze ga Kureta Melody actually leads to the page of the entry broadcast at the same time. The song with that name doesn't exist in the database, nor is it on the list of unapproved entries. Other details seem to be correct (link to NHK page). Might this be a song that hasn't been submitted at all?

oops, I misread episode list and studios they were from.

What do you think Star Wars: Visions status?

First season was entirely Japanese, so it ended up on MAL.

Second season is mixed, but a third of it is Japanese/Korean...

Zoo (https://myanimelist.net/anime/38078/Zoo__Hidamari_no_Shi) is a part of a movie and they made an entry just for the animated sequence, and I'm pretty sure I've seen before anthologies that had entries but ignored parts made by Western studios/artists, like having a lower episode/chapter count than the actual thing. Do you think we should have Star Wars: Visions second season counting only 3 episodes, or expand the first season entry?

Lucky birds.. well back to the trash.. hmm feast

Why you've got birds on your shirt.. Pigeon?

You don't suppose this would be eligible for the DB right?

We got VTuber stuff already, but I'm not too sure about this one, even though it's actually Holo and her VA actually becoming a YouTuber. There are 26 episodes with the final one being released a couple of hours ago.

It would be cool to see more anime try this format out though.

Yeah the guidelines are ambiguous on many things, but I understand it's hard to draw a line when there are so many ways to define what is important enough or what counts as animation. It seems that a lot of awards are for up-and-coming artists, and of course they are the ones who need them the most. But especially if it's an international award, the quality is usually quite good even for student films.

There are also more techniques available at a lower cost; I thought this was apparent when I recently watched the Digicon6 winners I was able to find, as in the early 2000s there was a lot of very simple CGI, and the limits of the programs also limited creativity. So I'm thinking that the gap between students and professionals is smaller now than 20 years ago, which is why from an artistic viewpoint it's harder to justify why one thing is accepted, another one isn't. Yet it would be even more difficult for mods if they had to evaluate whether something qualifies by its artistic value rather than the director having connections in the industry.

I just came across the Zokei Animations Archives with a lot of shorts that look interesting, works by students and teachers at Tokyo Zokei University. I thought you probably know them already, so I wondered if you know whether it's a similar case to Geidai Animation in that they won't be in the database unless the directors get an established position in the industry?

It's a shame these will probably be overlooked; student works often are more experimental and thereby fresh compared to what studios, even small ones, make, and what they lack in budget they make up with creativity.

Western Artists: https://myanimelist.net/anime/49996/Slowly_Rising (Beatsofreen is Dutch-born, based in Australia)

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I haven't seen you online in a long time btw. How is life?

how many hours a day do you spend watching anime ? I want to get to your level :(

I haven't really paid attention to stuff announced this year, by chance I saw those I mentioned, and now I saw Terminator on your update... so just Leviathan I haven't heard before... well, since they already made Blade Runner and Altered Carbon anime, I hope they also make stuff like Alien, Mad Max, RoboCop and Judge Dredd :)