Integration

Kaisugi · 11-20-2008, 06:28 AM

- Gashapon Toys / Capsule Toys / Trading Figures (this could be a good catch all for most JDM anime toys under 5" in height without needing a thousand-billion tags for each anime series by name.)
- Anime Figure Models and Large Scale PVCs (for the modellers and collectors, much larger scales than the gashapno/capsule/trading figs)
- Robotech / Macross
- Masamune Shirow (Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, and a whole host of other things)
- Other MECHA - Non Transformers, Non Gundam, Non Macross (for big machines and robots not connected to "The Big 3." Would this also go in the TF and Robots section?)

Those are some general ones, the problem with anime is that there is so much out there. I lived in Japan and got to know the backrooms of hobby shops... it's nuts and it's endless. I think we could fill half the bandwidth here with the names of different series and that would just make things more confusing. Some things like Robotech and Ghost in the Shell are much more popular here in USA/Canada so they might need their own tags. I think Gundam might end up in the anime section for reasons of human characters and storylines. Lots of "robot" lines have so much of a human element it's hard to draw the line. It's a really tough call.

my 2 cents for my 2nd post!

11-20-2008, 06:28 AM	#5
Kaisugi Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 8	- Gashapon Toys / Capsule Toys / Trading Figures (this could be a good catch all for most JDM anime toys under 5" in height without needing a thousand-billion tags for each anime series by name.) - Anime Figure Models and Large Scale PVCs (for the modellers and collectors, much larger scales than the gashapno/capsule/trading figs) - Robotech / Macross - Masamune Shirow (Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, and a whole host of other things) - Other MECHA - Non Transformers, Non Gundam, Non Macross (for big machines and robots not connected to "The Big 3." Would this also go in the TF and Robots section?) Those are some general ones, the problem with anime is that there is so much out there. I lived in Japan and got to know the backrooms of hobby shops... it's nuts and it's endless. I think we could fill half the bandwidth here with the names of different series and that would just make things more confusing. Some things like Robotech and Ghost in the Shell are much more popular here in USA/Canada so they might need their own tags. I think Gundam might end up in the anime section for reasons of human characters and storylines. Lots of "robot" lines have so much of a human element it's hard to draw the line. It's a really tough call. my 2 cents for my 2nd post! Last edited by Kaisugi; 11-20-2008 at 06:34 AM..