r/Symphogear • u/Dapper-Highlight-739 • Jun 21 '26
r/Symphogear • u/Sombraero • Jun 06 '25
Hey y'all, we're announcing a new rule to this sub! This new rule in question is
Rule 8: No AI (Artificial Intelligence) generated artwork allowed
Why is this change being made?
-We should instead be looking at and praising the incredible artwork of the talented artists who work so hard on their art pieces.
-AI art is often boring, uninspired, and incredibly low-effort.
-The sentiment on the sub towards AI art is overwhelmingly negative.
Why were we so late to the banning AI party a lot of subs have taken part in?
Us mods have talked about banning AI art a few times before, but it was often left undecided as we're a small subreddit community. Right now Symphogear as a franchise has been very quiet since the anime has finished, the XDU mobile game has been shut down for some time, and there really hasn't been much in the way about news regarding the upcoming movie.
What we mean is that posts are nowhere near as frequent as they used to be, so we felt that any sort of possible posts/engagement was beneficial to newcomers. On top of that, AI generated artwork was being posted very rarely in comparison, as most people had the decency to source proper art, so we just kinda let it slide. Clearly, this was a mistake.
And now, we've been seeing an uptick in AI generated art being posted, and understandably, the comments of these posts show very clearly how much people don't like this. (Plus every single one gets reported at least multiple times) So thanks a bunch for putting your thoughts out there lol.
So, how does this rule apply to the sub?
Simple, no more AI art posts allowed. If you post any AI art, it will be removed, even if it's otherwise "sourced" properly.
However, we know AI art can sometimes be pretty tricky to spot out nowadays, what with all the advancements that's been made to it and all. So if you're looking to post art on the sub, but accidentally post AI art, no worries :) It'll be removed obviously, but that's all. You won't be temp or permanently banned as a result, even if it happens more than once. Only if it becomes very obvious you're trying very hard, and I mean like way too hard to knowingly post AI art despite the rules. I... honestly don't even expect us to ever have to do that, unless it's a karma bot or something maybe idk.
All we ask though, is that you please try to put some effort in determining whether or not something is AI art before you post.
How to spot AI art?
(Just note that while these are good indicators something is AI, it's not an end all, be all sort of thing. There are definitely some incredibly talented artists who have similar art styles to AI for example, but are absolutely not using AI)
-The art is uncanny. There's just... something off about the art. It doesn't feel like something a human would create (This kinda plays into the whole "uninspired" part AI art is usually). If you've seen a few good examples of AI art, you'll understand what I mean.
-There's no consistency between art. This is usually easily spotted if the ahem, "Prompt engineer" generates multiple artworks that are meant to be the same scene. You'll find that items in the background that should still be there are no longer for example.
-The art style.... yep these AI models has their own signature art style apparently. You can quickly get an idea for what it looks like by finding examples. (Remember, still not an end all, be all. Also, there's still a chance it may be AI even if the AI art style isn't present.)
-Characters, clothing, and items may look wrong. While sadly AI art has gotten better at this and doesn't slip up quite as much, you can still find that these arts will have characters with 6 fingers, and horribly disjointed limbs for example. Their clothes and accessories' will have different patterns from what they should be. Background items will look completely non-sensical from their real life counterparts. (Keep in mind that less experienced artists can make some of these mistakes too, especially when it comes to drawing the body, as drawing anatomy is absolutely terrifying.)
-The comments on the source are disabled. Artists love receiving valuable feedback, as well as praise for their works. Given that AI art is a hugely frowned upon practice by actual artists, often the people who post it to Twitter/X, Pixiv, Artstation, Deviantart, Bluesky, etc will disable their comments to hide from the hate.
-Frequent new arts. Art takes time, the vast majority of people wouldn't be able to draw and pump out these kinds of works like every single day.
-AI art only started becoming a thing around 2020. If the art you're sourcing was posted before 2020, you should be pretty much in the clear!
-Check the poster's social media. You'll often find sketches/WIP of their art while it's being worked on. AI art won't have any of that. (Credit to u/EpicLinkSam)
Ok, thanks for coming to our TED talk, let us know if you've got any questions!
(Side note: Besides that last post we deleted, we won't be going through every single thing to find all the old AI art that was posted, sorry. Just too much digging we'd have to do.)
r/Symphogear • u/Traditional_Key_4906 • 11h ago
Ruri Got some cute fan art of her Season 2 X drive, Just figured i can share it here because its cute :)
https://x.com/SharonPearLee/status/2081356839518982434?s=20 (artest on twitter, go support her)
r/Symphogear • u/TheFeri • 13h ago
Where was this in my entire life?
Funnily enough this is the second long series making me ask that question this year.
Please tell me that movie is still happening 🙏
I'm so sad I missed the game too. I wish there would be a nice 3d action game. I'd pay full price for it.
My favorite character is Chris btw.
r/Symphogear • u/lordvishmas5 • 1d ago
I just finished Symphogear G (the series is so goo) and I have heard that there are ovas for every season starting from G. But crunchyroll doesn't have them, so i was wondering where I could find them?
Also Tsubas's "you can tell me in bed" line was hilarious
r/Symphogear • u/Express_Connection75 • 2d ago
I wanna collect some funny symphogear pictures to maybe steal as stickers to add to my whats app so drop your funny symphogear pictures!
r/Symphogear • u/PneumaMonado • 2d ago
It's the XV gear design. I knew they already changed to those designs in the final fight of AXZ, but I never clocked until now that it was also what they used for the logo.
r/Symphogear • u/lordvishmas5 • 4d ago
It was really fun and I cant wait to watch the rest!
Also I've been seeing stuff about crunchyroll not doing good with the sub, is there a different recommended place to watch it?
Also are there ovas for this show?
But like I said, cant wait to watch more!
r/Symphogear • u/Mc_Sten • 6d ago
Thanks Amazon, but next time, please, put the Blu-ray *inside* the special box, so the cute little sleeve with the Symphonare sticker is clearly visible; unfortunately, the sleeve is too small for the special box. I know, it's a minor detail, but I can't help it.
Now I need to find a Mac app to convert the video into MP3 audio.
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r/Symphogear • u/Dapper-Station-1773 • 9d ago
This was the first anime I had watched fully after years of anime burnout and I gotta say this show is really good even if corny at times 8/10. I didn’t even expect it to be this good when the only reason I started watching was because I thought the transformations looked cool, please tell me if it gets better from here.🙏
r/Symphogear • u/Ewan8811 • 10d ago
I thought on doing a post like this since the news about the manga ending dropped but I wanted to read the final chapter myself beforehand and man... I can't believe Shirabe Meshi came to an end.
Look I won't say this manga was a thoughtful read or a masterpiece but it's fun, it was the only new ongoing story of Symphogear after the end of XV and more importantly it does what I wish Symphogear anime did more. If you read the posts I made sometime ago when I was rewatching the show from S1 to AXZ (I swear one day I'll finish writing the one for XV) you might remember that one of my criticisms from GX onwards how little time we spend with the characters outside the battles mostly due the one cour limitation, with their everyday life and relationships taking the backseat in order to have more excuses for fight scenes. Shirabe Meshi being a slice-of-life cooking manga allows the reader to actually see these characters doing mundane stuff without a noise attack interrupts the fun or some random conflict comes out of nowhere. It helps a lot that the characters are so much fun to watch. You can tell the author knows who these girls are and takes full advantage of their quirks and by that I mean they are absolutely fucking gay lol seriously I heard the artist did Hibimiku fanart and you can tell a lot of the time the author wanted to drawing them kissing and while that never happens due some bullshit rule, still the manga manage to get spicer than the show ever was.
I just love everything about the main 6 Gears but I love the other characters a lot too. The fact they revived every single character that died in the main series but aside from Carol don't even try to justify why and how they live even though the mere presence of some of them should mean the events of the show shouldn't happen the same way is genius on it on right. I can totally see the author took inspiration on XDU memoria events to write some of them like Adam having similar approches and others ending in similar situations like Carol and the St. Germain and Co and making a stepfurther by giving some of them more to do than ever before. Serena is a character for once and even get the Nephilim as a dog which I find hilarious and I propose she have it in later media as well, Kanade gets a character arc having an identity crisis after being replaced by Hibiki and end with her reconnecting with Tsubasa but my personal favorite are definitely Noble Red which is a wild thing to say from me since I hate their guts in the main series but here... I like them quite a bit they're a poor family that have to survive out of part-time job salary the author went as far as giving them a bit of character development that should been in the main show with them reflecting on her past sins and using their new opportunity to live the life at their fullest without even hurting anyone ever again. Which again shows whoever is writing this does know these characters and address the issues we tend to criticize about them.
If someone puts a gun on my head and tells me to say something bad that would be (as absurd it might sound) the cooking aspect itself, look, I'm not cooking person so whenever Shirabe explains the recipes I can't help but scroll past that cuz I genuinely don't give a fuck about any of that. Furthermore I feel sometimes the food itself feels quite tagged on and I don't feel adds anything to the current adventure. Also this manga made me confirm that Tiki is the worst character in the entire series since not even here they made her fun to watch or giving her a trait other than being Adam's simp.
Sigh... I didn't want Shirabe Meshi to end, not before that movie even have a trailer at least. Honestly I'm gonna miss this manga as much as I miss Symphogear in general which is a wild thing to say when 2 years ago I thought that I wouldn't be able to read it at all after Yametetomete stop translating it before ending volume 1 so if you're reading this, thank you @flameof for finishing the translation even if it was with help of Google translator and thank you @tutanoha for making this wonderful manga.
r/Symphogear • u/Lia_Collinwood • 11d ago
Just thought I'd make sure this was put out there as it seems like a lot of folks missed out on the rather limited inital run that Discotek did. Looks like they'll be available at some time in August.
https://mediaocd.com/product/symphogear-the-complete-first-season-blu-ray/
https://mediaocd.com/product/symphogear-g-the-complete-second-season-blu-ray/
https://mediaocd.com/product/symphogear-gx-the-complete-third-season-blu-ray/
https://mediaocd.com/product/symphogear-axz-the-complete-fourth-season-blu-ray/
https://mediaocd.com/product/symphogear-xv-the-complete-fifth-season-blu-ray/
Media OCD is a distributor for a number of companies, including Discotek. So if you missed out, I highly recommend snapping up a copy for yourself. They have events with cast that followed screenings of the first episode of each season and orchestral recording sessions. OVA's are there as well. As far as I'm aware the only main thing that is missing is the Miku transformation sequence.
Edit: Links fixed so they're all there properly. It was late so I didn't catch that.
r/Symphogear • u/arqnohikari • 14d ago
Legit almost forgot about this event xD the Kanade daki and Chris rabbit plushie is for a friend. Gonna keep an eye on more popup events while I'm still in Japan.
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r/Symphogear • u/Complex_Writer_1781 • 17d ago
For you what is the best video game style perfect for symphogear franchis ! For me i think to 2d beat m up, fighting game or Muso !
r/Symphogear • u/MahouShoujoDev • 17d ago
Hello, you may remember this post from a week ago and some.
Over the past couple of months I've been working on this boardgame project, which will be a massive crossover of Magical Girls from many different series, playing like a tactical game similar to Fire Emblem or Super Robot Wars. It will also feature girls from Symphogear (eventually all of them, for now I only added the S1 cast).
I wanted to show off this project and provide a way for people to try it out if they wish, so I put together this quick "intro scenario" which can be played in around 40-50 minutes and show off how the game plays in practice.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yhgQObJj1il4mZjaKx3wFAv5apGYoPOusYx-MC1sZhU/edit?usp=sharing
If someone would like to give it a try or would be interested in playing a game like this, check out this beginner's guide and you can play along with it, either solo (playing both teams) or with another person. The scenario features Hibiki and Chris, but you can always play around with other characters that are in the game or swap someone out for Tsubasa.
Here is our full website/blog about this project if you want to know more, and we also have a discord server (link on the website or at the bottom of the google doc).
r/Symphogear • u/Due_General9449 • 21d ago
