Animu/OldProposals

This page exists to provide a place to prune proposals from the Animu page, without deleting them entirely and making their history hard to find.

The advantage in doing so should be that the listed proposals on the main page are the ones under active discussion and would most benefit from further opinions.

The criteria for pruning a proposal are that it has sat around on Animu with no change for quite some time (say, 6 months plus?), and conversation about it has died out, to the point that it is unlikely that it will ever be scheduled.

This is of course very subjective, and it is always valid and actively encouraged to un-prune something that you think has been erroneously pruned!

Proposals which have not been fully evaluated

• Non Non Biyori
  • Chronology note: the second season actually occurs, in-universe, simultaneously/interleaved with the first season.
  • lmm: I enjoyed the first episode up to a point, but don't really feel the need to see more - it was somewhat amusing but ideally we'd find better things for the schedule
  • lmm: I suggested when we were brainstorming at dinner, on the grounds that CUAMS had watched it.
  • YYY: Very much iyashikei but has some comedic moments. I loved it but I don't think it's everyone's cuppa.
  • maxb: I have now finished both seasons. I can see why this could in some ways be considered the archetypal slice of life. Much verdant green landscapes and childhood antics. Very satisfying, in the sense of being the anime equivalent of a lazy weekend afternoon lying in the sun
  • YYY, 3 months later: I don't think Non Non Biyori should go in the comedy slot because half of the audience will be bored to tears.
  • maxb, responding: I feel that after two seasons of Rabbit, we're due a change of pace from "girls do everyday stuff in their picturesque town", but that Non Non Biyori could still be a good slot 5 in the future.
• New Game! (ニューゲーム Nyū Gēmu)
  • YYY: Cute girls designing cute vidya characters.
  • maxb: Seen, liked, would watch again.
  • maria: Watched one episode - seems fun, would watch more.
  • AIM: Watched at least one episode - willing to watch more
  • YYY, a year later: I have no desire to watch this at this point in time.
  • maxb: There are now two seasons, but season 1 comfortably stands alone. Season 2 was a fun chance to revisit the characters, but would probably seem a bit same-y if watched consecutively with season 1.
• Ninja Girl and Samurai Master https://anilist.co/anime/21666/NobunaganoShinobi
  • A comedy about a ninja girl serving Nobunaga - keeps the jokes flowing at a consistent pace, but not a serious historical show -- AIM
  • Short episodes (50s opening, 2m40s content), but we can double up for each meeting
  • These are *really* short episodes. We could fit 6 of them in a regular slot. But then we'd see the opening repeated 6 times within 24 minutes, which might drive us mad. I have my doubts that this can reasonably fit into our format in any way. --maxb
  • That said, I do recommend it as a fun anime to buffer on your phone and watch whilst waiting for public transport! --maxb
• Planet With (action)
  • AIM: Nominated
  • maxb: The giant cat doll creature overshadows everything else in the show with a sense of "what is this and why am I still bothering to watch it?" for me
• Sirius the Jaeger (action/fantasy)
  • AIM: Nominated
• Cells at Work (Hataraku Saibou)
  • AIM: Nominated
  • maxb: Watched episode 1, felt it dragged a bit. Though the cuteness of the Platelets was undeniable :-)
• Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai 青春ブタ野郎はバニーガール先輩の夢を見ない
  • maxb: I really liked this series.
  • lmm: I wasn't very fond of this, at least as of the first few episodes - felt like it wasn't as clever as it thought it was, and leaned a little too much on sexualisation. Not a veto but I think we can do better.
  • maxb: Whereas I most liked the first few episodes, as they had the most Sakuta/Mai.
  • And so the proposal was left to sit until the continuation movie (Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl 青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない) came out..
  • maxb: And unfortunately it turned out to be a really bad movie. I think there still could be some potential for scheduling the series, but the movie - no, just no.
• Kono Oto Tomare
  • Sports/Drama about a music club, playing the Koto. Aired as split cours, but in reality is one continuous show.
  • maxb, initially: Exceptionally good, especially in how the characters interact with each other, slightly marred by rushed and clumsy pacing around the cour split.
  • maxb, at end: The character introduction segment was splendid, unfortunately the writers appeared to then realise they'd signed up to do a tournament arc, despite lacking any flair for that. The result was a not particularly engaging series of performances, coupled with some really odd pacing at various points... when you're doing your grand exposition of a new foil-to-the-protagonist character's backstory in episode 24 of 26, alarm bells ought to be ringing. Supposedly-dramatic moments were so telegraphed that even I could see where they were going before they went there. This was a show of missed opportunities to be good :-/

Historical Fallbacks

This lot were raised as "historical fallbacks" at one point, but none of them look "ready to go" as fallbacks without an explicit proposal to me (maxb), so I'm moving the whole section to the old proposals page.

• Action
  • Mirai Nikki
  • Black Lagoon
  • Hellsing Ultimate
    • Almost-veto from Mark, and awkward to fit into a schedule. (10 x double-length episodes)
• Uncategorized
  • Ping Pong the Animation
    • Animation style is extremely polarizing. Some people would definitely be unhappy.

Shows that engendered dislike from some quarters

Quoting our informal planning principles:

• We try to avoid scheduling a show that any attendee strenuously objects to
  • This is not absolute, particularly if there are enough "vetos" to make it difficult to assemble a schedule at all
• We would prefer to air a show that some love and others dislike (though not hate) than one that everyone is "meh" about

This is a parking area for shows which received active dislike from one person, and for which we have not, at this point, delved into a delicate evaluation of the principles set out above.

Re-opening discussion about things from here is definitely possible, but would generally require multiple people saying something along the lines of "I am sad about not experiencing sharing this with the group."

• Run With the Wind 風が強く吹いている (sports) --lmm
  • I watched 1½ episodes, but I found watching 1 guy trying to force his desire to enter a team running race on 9 other guys who aren't interested to be rather awkward. --maxb
• Love Death and Robots -- Dexsta
  • Tried first two episodes, rather strongly did not like. --maxb