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It’s the last episode but based on the post-credits scene, I think we’re getting more GITS from Science SARU

It might be but I don’t know much about bronies

I remember reading about Minky Momo in Patrick W. Galbraith’s book. I thought it was pretty funny:

“In a personal interview, producer Satō Toshihiko recalled his surprise at encountering “male” shōjo fans attracted to Magical Princess Minky Momo and its eponymous heroine:

‘The anime started in spring 1982 and these guys started showing up after about six months. It was completely unexpected, but this guy came to our studio asking for permission to make something for his fan club. I was shocked! He told me that he was the head of this fan club, which was made up of members between eighteen and thirty years of age. He told me that he was attracted to the character Minky Momo. He thought that she was cute. It is still hard for me to understand. Minky Momo is cute, yes, and she is someone that everyone likes. I expected this response from five-year-old girls and their mothers, who might be watching the anime with them, but not adult men.’”

Galbraith, Patrick W. Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan. Duke University Press, 2019. doi.org/10.1515/9781478007012.

It’s not up to me to decide what other people think. The responses will vary depending on the consumer.

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I see Linux hasn’t changed much since then. I use Fedora btw.

From the video:

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From the video’s description:

AI is also used in some stages.

The AI ​​used is primarily Adobe Firefly, mainly for finishing touches, coloring assistance, and creating intermediate frames for the video.

The AI ​​is not entrusted with the entire production process; it is merely one tool to assist in expression.

From the author’s pinned comment:

※補足

【使用AIツール】

・ChatGPT

・COPAINTER

・Adobe Firefly

・Grok（使用予定）

AIツールは、各サービスの利用規約を確認したうえで、AI事業者ガイドライン、文化庁の「AIと著作権に関する考え方」などを参考にしながら使用しています。

また、Content Credentials / C2PAに対応したツールを活用し、可能な範囲でAI使用の透明化にも努めています。

I am not strongly opinionated on AI (whether “pro” or “anti” as some would put it). Even today, people (anime fans especially) have a really good eye for these things. Just as much as one can tell the difference between 3DCG, cel, digital ink/paint, or flash. In the end, consumers have standards and with the diverse selection of media, AI tends to be the one consumers will filter out of their view.

The fourth one is also unrelated to matrix.org: therecord.media/matrix-criminal-encrypted-chat-pl…

The dismantled operation is not the same as a legitimate messaging platform hosted at matrix.org.

I am waiting for the final episode to drop and I’m going to binge the entire thing.

The creator made a BTS video which shows how they used AI to produce some scenes.

But as far as Lain transcending into an AI, there was an official Lain chat bot a few years ago: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9dl_yJwLSA

It was giving the impression that it was AI. Upon reading the comments, it seems to be the case.

I have nothing to do with this project. If it draws more people in, then I guess that’s a good thing.

That’s me hoping nothing goes wrong

(nothing went wrong! :D)

Those won’t be affected. Just the main site and the frontends

I don’t have any experience with ical but I guess it’s correct.

2026-08-07T06:00:00+08 in ISO 8601 I think

The link should show the date in your timezone

Yeah I think that makes more sense. The title should be fixed now.

Not really sure what caused it but it’s up again

Most anime made in digital are often done in lower resolutions then upscaled. More pixels just becomes more work and at a certain point it becomes very inefficient and expensive. IIRC most anime are done under 1080p then upscaled to 1080p during the compositing stage (or maybe even after compositing?).

The only anime that could be “properly” upscaled to 4k are those that were done traditionally in cel, provided that it’s physically big enough. The same is true for film.

Sorry. It should be fixed now. Let me know if it works for you.

Nyanyame nyanyajyuunyanyado no nyarabi de nyakunyaku inyanyaku nyanyahan nyanyadai nyanynaku nyarabete nyaganyagame

It’ll be pretty slow until there is some incentive for people to build communities there.

I think you can reach a bigger audience if you crosspost to !anime@ani.social or put it in a meme format and post it over to !animemes@ani.social

Those are the two most active comms here

Should be fixed now. Thanks!

Yeah, I’ll definitely try Metaphor. I’ve played through P3R and P4G already. P3R was my introduction to the series and I think it’s an incredible game.

It might be another year for me to finish lol but I definitely will make a post about it when I’m done!

Thanks for letting me know. I’ll see if I can make it so that NSFW is enabled by default for new users. (it is an NSFW instance after all)

SARU cooked. They really added their own flavor to this.

That does seem like a very good use case.