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So Scamp’s spring 2010 season preview post reminded me that it’s that time of the year again. It’s like clockwork. As soon as I get some distance from the previous season preview post, chartfags releases a new chart and suddenly it’s time for a new season. It’s a vicious cycle that will never be resolved until I can one day knock the Earth from its rotational axis.
But it’s also the time of the year where I start agonizing about how to set the post up. There’s a couple reasons for this. One is that I’ve never been happy with the way I’ve written and laid out the posts in the past. The second is that I’m constantly looking for a unique ways to present that information – without being unnecessarily flashy or having a crappy user experience (this is the toughest part). I think I spent 10+ hours designing something for the last Winter post that I ultimately scrapped because I thought it got too flashy for flashy sake and didn’t anything useful.
So I humbly submit myself to the citizens of the world wide web. What do you want to see from a season preview post? At the very least, I’m assuming the basics: a picture, a short synopsis and some thoughts on the show. What other info would you want to see? Is there anything else? How would you want to see it? Lay all your hopes and dreams on me! Love and peace! (Sorry, stepping back to reality.)
Obviously, I can’t guarantee anything, but I’d love to hear what you all are thinking out there. Make Season Preview version 5.0 your idea.
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For every show, fill out the following sentence:
“If you like ________, you’ll like [this show].”
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Hmm, that’s a good idea. Done!
First, you should start off the season preview by saying anime is going downhill and that this season is giving you an ideal chance to work through your backlog. Next, you should dismiss most of the anime because they don’t have pretty pictures, or possibly the reverse and declare any anime with a female as the main picture as moecrap. Toss down chartfags chart and count that as sufficient research on each anime, make a big deal out of the obvious fanservice one (either the loli incest one of the 100 casual sex partners one) and finish up by saying your only looking forward to K-ON, Angel Beats and Black Rock Shooter.
….well, that’s what most people do
Scamp´s last blog ..Spring 2010 Anime Season Preview
lol, so cynical :emotion:
What you did last time was pretty good if I remember correctly. Make fun of every single show.
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Don’t dismiss things on face value, and actually do research and find out all those little things most people leave out. I read several season previews because each person found out different info.
I could give my opinion as well if you’re interested. Just don’t ask me to do the preview. I’ve seen Scamp do them at home and he spends HOURS going through all these obscure Japanese sites I don’t understand to get info, and I don’t have the stamina for that.
lol, let’s outsource this to scamp.
What sort of little things have you liked seeing though?
Season Previews are SRSBSNS!!!!
Scamp´s last blog ..Spring Anime 2010 Preview
I really liked what you did last season, and would love to see that again!
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@Janette, TJ: Heh, I think I only have one joke preview in me. It was sort of easy for winter because there were so few shows, but even then I was running out of material.
Still, the personal anticipation levels and thoughts on how likely it was to be a hit really worked for me.
As for me, I would like your impression of what is really worth checking out. I already have my own ideas of what I’ll bother watching and what I won’t, but it helps to see other folks impressions in case I missed something with real potential (or perhaps am over-anticipating something that someone whose opinion I respect says probably will be worthless).
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Oh nice, you started your own blog? Congrats!
Heh, I wasn’t thinking of it as setting the bar, per se. Just figured there must be people out there with some new ideas that I hadn’t been thinking of.
Personal impressions is definitely a must, IMO. Anyone can find synopses anywhere, it’s the personal touch that makes it worth reading.