Yeah, a half way point would probably be the best thing idea, so one time it could a talk about a major upcoming release, then next time something about a recent or upcoming con, then maybe good places to get merch in the UK at decent prices. I think there's plenty of ideas around a UK-anime theme if you were to use just one a time.

I disagree AUKN feels kind of dated in its layout (not that I mind) compared to UK anime, it feels sleek and bold and it contains many an article of interest on the same page.

I agree with maes' idea though, we should also talk about US things like releases, licensing, opinions, that sorta stuff.

UK Anime feels cluttered. I hang out on an American website where everything is colourful, bountiful, but really neat. So seeing clutter makes me do this >_<

I prefer dated but organised much more than HERE IS STUFF HERE IS STUFF CLICK IT AND FUGLY FEMALE ANIME BANNER LOLZ!!!1! But this is just a comment on layout since the above complaint has meant I haven't yet checked out the content.

As for the podcast, absolutely, one about anime/manga in general and then a section for UK releases. I'd like charismatic hosts, a mix of genders, and people who've seen more than just all the shounen and ecchi from 2005 onwards.

And I'll take that with a side order of chips, please.

There are a lot of anime podcasts already, but not so many with a UK focus, maybe two or three that I can find on Google (this thread's on the second results page I got). Not sure if there's enough UK material for more than one podcast a month of any reasonable length so mixing it up would be good: it's not like no-one imports R1 stuff.

I note AUKN did one in 2007 as well, was this not well-received or just a one-off?

Was that just not an interview with JYB or someone?

An interview with JYB , he's my favourite power ranger you know.

Not 100% related to the title, but maybe better than starting a new thread, does anyone (chaos, I guess) still have the numbers for total posts last year during this current three month run of sub-3000 post months?

Whys?

I was just wondering how much busier it was at the end of last year. Obviously there isn't as much activity as in the Summer, but I don't remember such a long run of sub-3000 post months before.

Its close, but both December and January are yet again, sub 3000 post months. I have been wondering but is this site slowing down a lot.

I kid, but I do remember it being a lot more active when I first joined this time last year.

The real question is back when we had more posts, were they all in the forum games section? Also, how many of our current posts end up in the General Conversation thread?

I'm not so worried about AUKN's quantity of posts, really. More so, the quality.

Yeah, fair point, I suppose there isn't much point in having posts if they don't really contribute anything. I must admit the anime section does seem a bit more active as of late though.

fwiw, I agree that as long as there are threads actually discussing anime (like Godot's GitS:SAC thread) that are active, the overall number of posts is pretty irrelevant. Sure was gutted that we missed out on the 3k by two posts though, haha.

Yeah - I mean I know it seems odd coming from me as I rarely venture from the Random/Gaming/Media sections - but I figured it'd be worth in future just trying to create activity out of things that were just going on anyway. The GitS:SAC thread seems to be going well

Y'all stopped posting. D: