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This community is the place to discuss and ask questions about anime, anime news, and related topics.
Currently airing show discussion threads are created by our resident bot, [email protected]. If it doesn't make a thread for an episode that you want to discuss, see the user guide on the wiki for instructions on how to request that rikka make a thread for you to use.
Check out our wiki to find:
- Episode Discussion Thread Index
- Weekly Discussion Thread Index
- Bot User Guide
- List of shows currently monitored by the bot
Rules
- Posts must relate to anime or similar (donghua, etc.)
- Discussion threads for currently airing media must be made by the bot. If there isn't a discussion thread made for a piece of media you want to discuss, then request it via pm.
- Ensure that all series spoilers are tagged. See here for details.
- Memes should be directed toward [email protected] (or similar) instead of this community
- Do not post explicitly NSFW material. Please use your best judgement when marking lewd material as NSFW, unmarked material risks being removed.
- Please redirect discussion of piracy towards a more appropriate community
- Any clips from currently airing shows cannot include content from episodes released within the past 7 days.
- All posts and comments must adhere to the ani.social Terms of Use
- In general, keep things civil and avoid attacking other individuals.
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With the start of the new season and the growth of this community, I thought it worthwhile to create a guide for how episode discussion posts work. The short version is as follows:
- All episode discussion posts must be created by the community bot, @[email protected].
- To request a post be made for a recently aired episode, you can private message the bot following these instructions.
- To browse older shows' discussion threads, you can check out the wiki where they are all indexed.
Now, if you are curious, I have tried to answer questions about the bot and episode post process I have gotten in the past as well as areas that I thought might be either interesting or provide more clarity to users.
Why restrict episode discussions to bot-made posts?
In past surveys of this community, there is a sizeable portion of the community that is not interested in episode discussion threads and felt that it cluttered up the community. By consolidating all the episode discussion threads to a single bot user, it allows these users to simply block that bot and proceed to use the community in a much more suitable way for them.
Why didn't rikka make a post about XYZ episode?
I have tried to explain the process by which rikka makes episode discussion posts over on the wiki. The short version is that I manually mark shows as having discussions enabled by asking the community what they are planning on watching. Then, as the season goes on, if people stop commenting in the threads for a show, then rikka will stop making posts for that show. At any time, users can request a thread for a disabled show by private messaging the bot. I went and made a hopefully helpful flowchart (full resolution):
An episode aired, but rikka won't let me request it!
If you watch an episode of something immediately as it airs/releases, then it is possible that you simply beat rikka. She has a 60 minute delay from the airtime before she is allowed to create a post for an episode. This is to allow for members of the community to have some time to watch the episode before a post is made. This delay was not present in earlier versions of rikka, and it would often cause confusion from users as an episode might show up on different streaming services at slightly different times, leading to non-relevant discussions about whether something was out yet or not.
If you are past the 60 minute delay, then it is possible that rikka is messed up for some reaon. Let me know! rikka should give some output in her message back to you. That would be useful to provide to me to help me figure out what the issue might be.
Technically speaking, how does rikka work?
rikka is written in python and you can peruse the source code here! She uses the AniList api to get all the info about episode airtimes, show information, related links, and artwork.
If you are wondering about the logistics of running rikka or the infrastructure, then it is all run from a VPS. I have a set of bash scripts that run different modules of rikka as well as handle things like updating the wiki when episode posts are made. These are then scheduled via cron. I am happy to answer more questions in the comments or by message if you have them. I also wrote more info in the github README here.
Can rikka make a post about a movie?
Yes! Though, this use case is probably not going to come up very often. Movies typically come out in Japan first and then take quite a while before they make their way around to a global release. rikka currently only makes posts about things as they air or that have aired in the recent past. So, movies are unlikely to reach most users of this community in a timely enough fashion for rikka to still be monitoring them.
If this is something desired by the community, I can manually make posts for movies later, when the global release happens or for some other reason. This is something I have thought about doing before, like a community movie night or something. Let me know if you have ideas!
Can rikka make posts for a community rewatch of an older show?
Not yet. I have thought about this use case for rikka and have an idea of how to implement it. However, I think automating a rewatch kind of defeats the purpose a bit. Even on the /r/anime subreddit, rewatch threads are created by the user that is hosting the rewatch instead of the subreddit's bot. If this community wants this, then it is possible, but I would want to see a demand or need for it before devoting time to implementing the functionality.
Who/what is a rikka and why is that the name of the bot?
There is a bit of a tradition in the anime post-making bot space of naming the bot after one of your favorite characters. Previous bots have been named after Holo (Spice and Wolf) and Shinobu (Monogatari). So, I chose Rikka Takanashi from Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions.
I have a question that you haven't addressed
Let me know! You can reach me in a number of different ways:
- Post a comment in this thread
- Send me a message on lemmy
- Reach out to me on matrix (link in my lemmy profile if you are logged in)
- Reach out to me on the [email protected] discord (linked in their sidebar)
Thanks everybody and I hope you have fun discussing this coming season of shows!
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Goukon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi • How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer - Episode 1 discussion
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Goukon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi, episode 1
Additional Links
- Info - AniList
- Info - MyAnimeList
- Info - Official Site (Japanese)
- Social - Twitter (Japanese)
- Streaming - Bilibili TV
- Streaming - HIDIVE
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.
All discussions
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This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.
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Trillion Game, episode 2
Alternative Names
$1,000,000,000,000 Game
Additional Links
- Info - AniList
- Info - MyAnimeList
- Info - Official Site (Japanese)
- Social - Twitter (Japanese)
- Streaming - Crunchyroll
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.
All discussions
| Episode | Link |
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| 1 | Link |
| 2 | Link |
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Trillion Game, episode 1
Alternative Names
$1,000,000,000,000 Game
Additional Links
- Info - AniList
- Info - MyAnimeList
- Info - Official Site (Japanese)
- Social - Twitter (Japanese)
- Streaming - Crunchyroll
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.
All discussions
| Episode | Link |
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| 1 | Link |
| 2 | Link |
This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.
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Mecha-ude (TV), episode 1
Alternative Names
Mecha-Ude Animation Series, メカウデ-mechanical arms- (新アニメ)
Additional Links
- Info - AniList
- Info - MyAnimeList
- Info - Official Site (Japanese)
- Social - Facebook (Japanese)
- Social - Instagram (English)
- Social - Twitter (English)
- Social - Twitter (Japanese)
- Streaming - Crunchyroll
- Streaming - YouTube
All discussions
| Episode | Link |
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| 1 | Link |
This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.
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Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku, episode 2
Additional Links
- Info - AniList
- Info - MyAnimeList
- Info - Official Site (Japanese)
- Social - Instagram (Japanese)
- Social - Twitter (Japanese)
- Streaming - Bilibili TV
- Streaming - HIDIVE
- Streaming - YouTube
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.
All discussions
| Episode | Link |
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| 1 | Link |
| 2 | Link |
This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.
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Ao no Hako, episode 1
Alternative Names
La caja azul, Niebieskie pudełko, الصندوق الأزرق, กล่องรักวัยใส, 青之箱, 푸른 상자
Additional Links
- Info - AniList
- Info - MyAnimeList
- Info - Official Site (Japanese)
- Social - Twitter (Japanese)
- Streaming - Netflix
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.
All discussions
| Episode | Link |
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| 1 | Link |
This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.
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Kekkon Suru tte, Hontou desu ka: 365 Days To The Wedding • 365 Days to the Wedding - Episode 1 discussion
(ani.social)
Kekkon Suru tte, Hontou desu ka: 365 Days To The Wedding, episode 1
Alternative Names
Are You Really Getting Married?
Additional Links
- Info - AniList
- Info - MyAnimeList
- Info - Official Site (Japanese)
- Social - Twitter (Japanese)
- Streaming - Crunchyroll
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.
All discussions
| Episode | Link |
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| 1 | Link |
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This was released on twitter as part of the 45th anniversary of Gundam as a franchise and to mark the 2-year anniversary of the original broadcast date of Witch From Mercury (October 2nd, 2022). Check out the Crunchyroll article for additional information. Synopsis of the first season from AniList:
A.S. (Ad Stella) 122
An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry.
Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world.
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Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 3rd Season, episode 1
Additional Links
- Info - AniList
- Info - MyAnimeList
- Info - Official Site (Japanese)
- Social - TikTok (Japanese)
- Social - Twitter (Japanese)
- Streaming - Crunchyroll
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.
All discussions
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Premieres January 2025. The new PV is here. Check out the ANN article for additional information. Synopsis from AniList:
It's July 1, 2020. Mizuha, a high school second-year, is having the worst seventeenth birthday ever. She's missing her chance to get close to the older student she admires, and her parents didn't even remember that it's her birthday. Worst of all, there's a new and unknown infectious disease making the rounds, so all her club tournaments and school trips have been canceled.
She's convinced that she'll never have the dazzling youth that she's always dreamed of... but then her childhood friend, Mizuki, suddenly declares himself a candidate to be her boyfriend.
This is a school youth story about four childhood friends who grew up like family, one being the heroine, Nishino Mizuha, and the four boys she grew up with whom she sees as family.
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Acro Trip, episode 1
Alternative Names
Acrotrip
Additional Links
- Info - AniList
- Info - MyAnimeList
- Info - Official Site (Japanese)
- Social - Twitter (Japanese)
- Streaming - Crunchyroll
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.
All discussions
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This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.
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Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naruzo • I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History - Episode 1 discussion
(ani.social)
Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naruzo, episode 1
Alternative Names
I'll Become a Villainess That Will Go Down in History, I'll Become a Villainess That Will Go Down in History - The More of a Villainess I Become, the More the Prince Will Dote on Me, Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naruzo: Akuyaku Reijou ni Naru hodo Ouji no Dekiai wa Kasoku Suru you desu!, 歴史に残る悪女になるぞ 悪役令嬢になるほど王子の溺愛は加速するようです！
Additional Links
- Info - AniList
- Info - MyAnimeList
- Info - Official Site (Japanese)
- Social - Twitter (Japanese)
- Streaming - Crunchyroll
Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.
All discussions
| Episode | Link |
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| 1 | Link |
This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.
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