#138 Article 317 Posted at 1993/12/04 18:10:49 by Mick'n (MAP1406) [GUIDE]
Subject: Anime Pocket Guide (8/8) (epilogue)
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From: takahash@ntmtv.com (Alan Takahashi)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.info
Subject: Anime Pocket Guide (8/8) (epilogue)
Date: 2 Dec 93 18:14:47 GMT
Reply-To: takahash@ntmtv.com (Alan Takahashi)
Followup-To: rec.arts.anime
Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
-- Anime Pocket Guide work in progress:
- The Guyver
- Koko wa Greenwood
(Note to myself: manga is by Yuki Nasue)
- Dream Hunter REM
- Venus Wars
- Harmageddon
- Windaria
- M.D. Geist
-- Adding to the Anime Pocket Guide
If there is something not in the Anime Pocket Guide that you think
should be there, I take requests. Same with anything that needs to
be corrected. *E-Mail* me with the following info:
+ Name of the anime.
+ A short description (in case I have never heard of it)
+ Cast list if any
I'll get to it when I can. If I end up using your description, then
you get a credit in the Intro file. Let me know if you *don't* want
your name used.
NOTE: Most new entries get the default "RECOMMENDED" rating unless
I decide otherwise. If I don't know anything about the anime
then it also becomes "RECOMMENDED" since I don't know any
better :-). If opinions differ (an unlikely occurance! :-)),
then convince me why.
-- Key explanations and usage
I've been asked how I come up with the title and cast keys that
I use in the Anime Pocket Guide, since they apparently don't make
any sense. Not to worry...there's a *little* method to my
madness... :-)
For titles, I typically have 3 characters to use as the key (though
I've used 4 on occasion). These generally fall into the following
categories:
- Common usage on the net:
e.g. "Bubblegum Crisis" == tBGC
- Acronyms:
e.g. "Mamono Hunter Yohko" == tMHY
- Start of main title:
e.g. "Record of Lodoss Wars" == "Lodoss Wars" == tLOD
- Something unique that makes sense:
e.g. "Ranma 1/2" == tR12
Note that genre keys are derived in the same way as title keys,
except that only 2 letters are used.
For cast keys, the rules are even simpler. I use a 3 character
key that consists of the actor's initials in English order followed
by the 2nd character of the last name. Where duplication occurs,
a number follows the key to make it unique.
e.g. [C]hieko [Ho]nda == vCHo
e.g. [A]kiko [Hi]ramatsu == vAHi1
[A]ya [Hi]sakawa == vAHi2
-- A brief history of the Pocket Guide
Once, I thought of putting together something that would answer
the numerous "I heard about this anime called <whatever>, and I
was wondering if anyone could tell me about it" postings that
would show up on rec.arts.anime.
I came up with a general format, but decided to change it around
a few times until I came up with something that could retrieve
various bits of info by using the Unix grep program. That original
"Key" system looks remarkably like the current system...
I created a "Pocket Guide" of about 15 entries. It was so named
because each entry was a "pocket description" of the actual
anime. Any good synopsis would completely overwhelm any Guide
entry with information. It was meant strictly as an introduction
for the anime described.
At this point, the dreaded Real Life Syndrome (TM) took over my
time, and I saved what I had in some corner on my hard drive. This
was in June 1991. The Pocket Guide sat there, gathering dust...
In 1992 (April?), Enrique Conty posted a request for anyone who had
written short descriptions for various anime. I remembered what
I had done, and posted the Title: index for the file. As I recall,
he replied saying something like "This is EXACTLY what I'm looking
for!". I posted the whole file, and the Anime Pocket Guide was
born...
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