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    Anime movie stream! (continuous thread)

    in Anime Lobby

    Posted · Edited by kn1000a

    UPDATE to summer 2019 movie schedule:

     

    - Rabbit is dead, so I will stream on my own CyTube room. You don't need to sign up at all to use Cytube.

    - I did not have time this Friday nor weekend, so no movie stream this week.

    - Instead of Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou - MyAnimeList.net I will be streaming the Haruhi movie on the last week of movie stream. If you have interest in the Haruhi franchise and haven't get into it, now is the time! Two weeks to finish the whole season!

    (for those interested, here is the guide to watching Haruhi)

     

    Hope to see you there~

    Anime movie stream! (continuous thread)

    in Anime Lobby

    Posted

    I've been looking forward to Kimi no Suizo wo tabetai since its release in the theater.

    If you don't mind, Kn, please remind me when you are going to stream that.

     

    Sure, since I know you are on Discord I'll ping you when I show it.

    Do keep out for other movies too, I won't ping but I'll still post whenever I stream them : P

    Anime movie stream! (continuous thread)

    in Anime Lobby

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    I'm gonna be streaming a few anime movies every week until college is back in session.

     

    Full schedule here.

     

    They will all be streamed around 11AM PST/8PM CET on Rabbit. Could be earlier or later, I will post updates in the shoutbox and on Discord.

     

    Contact me if you want me to change a movie showing to a different day! I am flexible enough to do that.

     

    Join up if you have time~

    MangaDex and Tachiyomi - Where should I read manga?

    in Manga Lobby

    Posted

    The MangaDex staff just did an AMA on Reddit today. Check it out to see common questions and insight to how they operate the site~

     

    This is also the description they used in the AMA for the site's features, in case my description above is lacking:

     

    For the unfamiliar, MangaDex differs from other aggregators because the site is ad-free (supported entirely by user donations), active scanlation groups get full control of their uploads, we don't compress uploads, we disallow uploading official rips of manga, all uploads to the site are done by users instead of bots, multiple groups can work on one series, and we support scanlation in all languages (not just English).

    MangaDex and Tachiyomi - Where should I read manga?

    in Manga Lobby

    Posted · Edited by kn1000a

    Since a lot of people read manga online, I thought that I should let more people aware of the options available right now.

    No, this is not paid advertisement. These services are simply too good and I wanna spread them so more people know.

     

    If you are wondering where can you read manga for free (of course, this means they're illegal. But this is a pirating VN site anyway...), there are currently two places that are superb at what they do:

     

    1. MangaDex

    Launched just last year after Batoto died, MD is a god-tier site to read manga on. No ads, no annoying pop-ups, no shitty interface. The site is also optimized for your phone's browser. If you are reading on KissManga, or MangaHere, etc. (basically aggregator sites), then you are reading indirectly from MD since those sites steal from MD most of the time. The site has your typical features - forums, profile, blocked genres you don't want to see, scanlators' detail page (big exposure for the people who brings fan-translated manga to you), top chapters in the past 6hr/24hr/7days, and some more incoming as they are still developing the site constantly.

     

    They even made their own manga version of the tutorial to their site.

     

    Such a perfect site sounds too good doesn't it? That's correct, because there is one big downfall to using MD: They don't have some manga on their site. Before you are disappointed, no, I can safely say the amount of manga on this site is still HUGE. But, as they want to avoid DMCA rules, they do not allow users to upload the ripped scans of licensed manga. If the fans want to translate the manga themselves and upload, good, it will be allowed. But they simply can't reupload the pages from an official translation. Another thing is fallouts with some scanlator groups that resulted in them leaving the site, thus pulling the manga with them.

    What this means in the long run: MD will lack some manga. However, the benefits and usability of the site is simply too good of an offer for me that it outweighs the drawback.

     

     

    But if you choose not to read on MD, that doesn't mean you are out of luck and have to read on those malware, ad-filled sites/apps. That's where #2 comes in:

     

     

    2. Tachiyomi

    An open-sourced GitHub app, this is the best manga app right now in my opinion. Sharing the same characteristics as MD (no ads, and good interface), the app pulled from many sources such as MD, Mangakalot, MangaNelo, MangaHere, among with even hentai sources like E-hentai, Nhentai, etc. Naturally, that means you can search for any manga you like, especially the ones not on MD. Like many other manga apps, Tachi of course also has a chapter update notification, auto-save where you last read, backup setting, and some more interface/reading control settings.

     

    A good feature I found useful is transferring a manga between sources by the click of a button. If you read on any manga app, you would know how painful it is to see your manga with broken pages, then having to search it up in another source and favorite it, then deleting the old one. Tachi does this seamlessly just by some check-boxes.

     

    Of course, something sounding this perfect would not be without negatives. Like MD, Tachi also have some major drawbacks: 1) Being on Android only and 2) Not being on the Google Play Store. 1 is self-explanatory, but for 2 that means you have to tweak some settings on your Android device to install apps outside of the Play Store. The app is safe, and many people use it, so don't worry about it being a malware. But if you like, feel free to look around and see it yourself if you should trust the app or not.

     

    EDIT 8/15/20: As of my latest post, there is an iOS manga app that is totally ad-less called Paperback. Read the post down below for more info.

     

     

    Why should I consider reading/migrating here? What do they do better that other places don't?

    Aside from those above features (the biggest being ad-less and interface), MD is very supportive of scanlators. If you did not know, every manga that were fan-translated came from one scanlator or a group of them. It is not MangaRock or KissManga who translates, edits, and releases the chapters, so it's pointless asking them (I see a lot of people begging them to release more on those sites). Everyone is a thief here, reading and scanlating manga illegally, but these aggregator sites and services want your money even if they steal as well. Lots of scams and misleading information (which KissManga is known to be doing the most). Benefiting from piracy is a practice I personally frown upon. Paying the pro version of that one manga app or donating to an aggregator site DOES NOT make the chapters come out faster or nicer. You are just supporting their business that operates on stealing fan-translated works. Plus, why have Adblock and read on a badly-looking app/site while you can read on a place without ads and with a nice interface? As for Tachi, being with no ads means you can get all kinds of manga you read on those aggregator sites without supporting them at all.

     

    Why are MD and Tachi ad-less? MD runs off of donations to their site which is why they don't have to rely on ads (yes, you heard that right. Ads can be turn off if those other sites choose to). As for Tachi, I am not sure as there are no official statement. But I assume that probably because it is a hobby, open-source project, or because it is still in constant development. If anyone has a source for Tachi, let me know.

     

    Of course, that is one of the main reasons I use these two services; I don't want to support those other shady scams. But if this and the benefits of these places are not appealing to you, or if you have such a MASSIVE amount of bookmarks, feel free to look elsewhere or keep using what you are using (I migrated to MD and Tachi roughly 800 bookmarks, manually). I am simply showing how awesome they are and that everyone should give them a try. Honestly peaked quality services right here.

     

    Thanks for checking them, and feel free to leave questions.

    Galaxy angels~ win8~

    in Eroge Tech Support

    Posted

    Old thread but gonna reply anyway for anyone who are looking to play GA (the first game).

     

    The issue with lagging Win8/Win10 is common and me and Pasa didn't find any good fix. But, I messed around a bit and was able to find out a way to remove the lag, though it comes with restrictions.

     

    (I tested this with Windows 10 and with GA in windowed mode)

     

    You now have three options:

     

    1. Most commonly, people just set up a Virtual Machine and play the game on an older version of Windows (usually 7 and earlier). Game should work like normal.

     

    2. The next workaround is whenever the lag happen, click anywhere outside of the game. After the scene is over, resume clicking in the game. This has a setback: you have to do it every scene it lags, and that means doing it almost constantly.

     

    3. This is the best work around I found. When the game loaded you will see the main menu. Follow these steps:

    - (You might hear music and a white screen. That is the menu transition being laggy. Use Method 2 above to bypass the lag. Do this everytime a transition lag on you.)

    - Click on Settings.

    - In Video Option, change "32 bit" and "High" to "16 bit" and "Low". I have tested this with Game and Sound Option, but they don't produce the same result, so don't touch those.

    - Click Save Changes (the transition will lags, follow the first step to clear it).

    - You should now see the main menu again, but it's in Japanese. Click on the button that was Setting when it was in English. You should notice that the transition doesn't lag anymore.

    - Change the Video Option back to "32 bit" and "High". Click Save Changes.

    - The menu will turn back to English.

     

    Now, the game transitions and scenes should be normal and won't lag anymore. This has a setback however: You cannot click anywhere else outside of the game for the duration of you playing it. The moment you click anywhere outside of the game window, the moment everything lags again.

     

    That is just a trick I found that people haven't mention before. I think it will be good for people who don't wanna deal with making a Virtual Machine or people who will just play it in one sitting.

    Unfortunately I still don't know what is the technical issue behind this, so I am of no help with providing anything else useful : \

     

    But I do hope you find this helpful enough :D

    Have fun~

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