Anime, Manga and Otaku Culture

[HellMuT]

Because every MMO forum needs it's containment thread.

Stealing from Tea's OP.

• No spoilers if possible. If absolutely necessary, use spoiler tags.
  How2SpoilerTag: [spoiler.=title goes here]spoiling text here[/.spoiler]
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• Don't expect to be spoonfed sources, use reverse image searches when needed. It works 99% of the time
• Abide by [s]ToSS[/s] DFON's forum rules

Anime sources
http://bakabt.me/ - Reliable source for both old and new torrents
https://www.tokyotosho.info/ (TT) - For your new release fix
http://www.nyaa.se/ - A lot of TT torrents are hosted here
http://www.animetake.com/ - Gathered and organized torrents for your convenience. Also offers DDL links if you insist on DDL.

Stay up to date with the hippest cartoons
http://anichart.net/winter
http://anichart.net/spring
http://anichart.net/summer
http://anichart.net/tba

Manga sources
http://www.batoto.net/
http://mangafox.me/
http://www.mangahere.com/
http://www.mangareader.net/
There's tons of em out there, these are just a select few

Other useful links
Why you shouldn't watch anime via streaming
MPC-HC setup guide towards maximum viewing potential
http://myanimelist.net/ (MAL) - Anime directory, cataloger, recommendations, general resource for almost everything from characters to their seiyuu.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ - Self proclaimed "internet's most trusted anime news source"
http://google.com - fucking use it

PS, if you are going to mention major plot points, such as deaths/over-arching themes, please use spoiler tags

Spoiler tags are done like this:

[spoiler.=title goes here]spoiling text here[/.spoiler]

Remove periods. It will look like this

spoiling text here

Useful links:

If you're a musicfag, here have some more links:

Everyone's familiar with Josh's music.

josh's anime sheet music collection

Probably the most completely collection.

Ichigos is pretty popular as well

Ichigo's Sheet Music - Game and Anime Sheet Music

Anime Sheet Music for Piano - PandaPatrol

I recently happened across this little site. It's not in English, but it has quite a lovely collection of VN OST transcriptions.

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http://sperion.web.fc2.com/main.html

Another useful resource

myanimelist.net - anime directory, recommendations, characters, details of anime, keep track of what you've watched, etc. often called MAL. Voting system, genre, studios, etc. Useful to find more things to watch.

anidb.net - similar to MAL
vndb.org - database for visual novels

anime-planet.com - similar to MAL. Also does manga as well. Approximates how much anime you've watched.

animenewsnetwork - useful for news/updates/information. pretty decent resource for information. encyclopedia of anime, manga, etc.

tokyotosho.info - new releases of just about everything, sometimes called TT

bakabt.com - one of the best for finding torrents that have seeders. yeah they're that good. No licensed anime/manga though. bakabt also has lots of OST collections as well.

useful for music as wel

https://nipponsei.minglong.org/

nyaatorrents.org

animetake.com - from TT, also has DDL if you really want to

manga,

mangafox.com
mangastream.com
mangareader.net

only if you're desperate and cannot download.

mangatraders.com
gotlurk.net

mangaupdates.com for releases

aaaaaa fuck it

Just about everything you need. onemanga is now defunct, but I think everything else about this is accurate. Disregard the parts talking about /a/, but it's a useful pictorial guide.



Really can't find anything to watch? Try these. Even sorted out by category, approximately, for your viewing pleasure. Kind of old, but still valid.



Want to read some manga? Here you go.



How about light novels?

Baka-Tsuki

Also, BakaBT has torrents for archived versions of the translated light novels as well

If you like visual novels, and/or want to start reading them.



http://tlwiki.tsukuru.info/index.php?title=Main_Page

Also relevant for updates and stuff

http://vnddl.webs.com/list.txt

DDL site for VNs, if you don't feel like torrenting. EDIT: nevermind, since megaupload is dead, this source is now irrelevant.

Other guides of various utility,

RSS feeds and torrenting



Why you shouldn't stream. Really



MPC + Hi10P support. installation information, etc



More useful links

[Goldmind]

There are a few gems in here I never knew about so I already like this thread.

my current Top 3 anime of summer '14:
Akame ga Kill!
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Tokyo Ghoul

my current Top 3 manga I keep track of:
Naruto
Shingeki no Kyojin
Kangoku Gakuen

[ZeroGravity]

I went to a few of the sites and they're all websites to obtain Chinese cartoons illegally. Please stop pirating and support the industry by subscribing to Crunchyroll. They give back part of your subscription money to the studios.

Downloading is illegal and does harm to the industry. You wouldn't download a car.

Thanks for reading.

[HellMuT]

I wonder if this place supports webms

http://a.pomf.se/qwcdrz.webm

Also pick up the Tokyo Ghoul manga instead of the anime.

[Goldmind]

Oh, I'm also reading the Tokyo Ghoul manga. I like the anime better in this case, though.

Also, I believe Flash is currently using webm for showcasing the character's skills in the 'Classes' link.

[HellMuT]

I couldn't deal with the censorship. I dropped the anime when one scene was literally all black.

[Goldmind]

I find cloud censors, steamy smoke censors and such are minor things.

Also, I just finished watching Tokyo Ghoul's final ep today. Epic as always.

EDIT:
I just finished reading the manga as well. Man ... final chapter is the definition of cliffhangers. So many unsolved mysteries.

[martinScott]

I read tokyo ghoul manga first and then started watching the anime. And i must admit the fact that i am literally hooked to it. I'm amazed how they have made the characters so lovable. I'm on season 2 and hope that Kaneki and Touka come in a relationship soon. Can't wait to see how they have portrayed it in the anime!!

[hazlewood4556]

I read grand blue manga and I think this is best manga because this manga story and character so nice.