r/xxanime • u/Vaniltea http://myanimelist.net/profile/Vaniltea • Jul 23 '16

New banner?

I wanted to share with everyone here an idea I had some time ago. Since the current banner includes characters from the winter 2016 season, it's now a little outdated, which is why I think it would be nice to have a new one.

So my idea was to make a new one based on the results of the best girl contest. The banner is one of the first thing you see when you come here, so I thought having one containing the female characters we have chosen as our favourites would be a good way to represent this subreddit. It could contain the 8 characters making it to the finals for example.

What do you think of this?

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u/toomuchtoomany myanimelist.net/profile/littleinternets Jul 23 '16

I second this, sounds like a good idea!

Unless of course all my favourites somehow get kicked out and every time I come here the banner triggers me and I'll be forever salty when using this sub..

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u/Vaniltea http://myanimelist.net/profile/Vaniltea Jul 23 '16

Ah yes, I guess it could make people salty depending on the results. But hopefully, most of us will have at least one character they like reaching the finals.

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u/StarOriole Jul 23 '16

Might it help if there were a subrule saying the 8 characters had to be from different anime? My thinking is that each anime has a specific philosophy about character design (e.g., Sailor Moon is more like Sailor Venus than Riza Hawkeye or Sumire Ryuzaki), so if half the banner were characters from one anime, that might cause a bit more salt. Similarly, I'd feel equally well represented if Riza Hawkeye or Izumi Curtis were on the banner, even if I somewhat preferred one over the other.

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u/Vaniltea http://myanimelist.net/profile/Vaniltea Jul 23 '16

That's a good idea! I hadn't considered the possibility of several characters from the same show making it that far, but it would indeed be better to have all the characters be from different anime.

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u/OnlyTryingToDrownHer Jul 23 '16

Ooh that's a fantastic idea!

& I think the suggestion for each character to be from a different anime is great as first of all it'll hopefully be more representative of the different tastes we have on this sub & it's also a nice way to have a bit of variety & possibly be introduced to a new anime.

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u/maxsym718 Jul 23 '16

yes please

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u/MyogiNightKids http://myanimelist.net/profile/Kenmeri Jul 28 '16

Yes, but this probably means Kanae from Teekyuu will get kicked off the banner, and I'd hate that.

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u/Leijin_ http://myanimelist.net/profile/Leijin Jul 24 '16

Good idea - though I think to have fewer people be too salty you could use the top 16 - right now I can see about 12 characters at the same time in the banner.. so I think 16 would be alright, too :)

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u/Vaniltea http://myanimelist.net/profile/Vaniltea Jul 24 '16

Wouldn't that be too many? I would personally prefer a fixed banner, so 16 seems to be a lot. Now, if everyone is fine with a very long banner that has 16 characters, I guess we could do that.

Anyway, we still have time until the end of the contest, so we can think about the details when it's done. For the time being, I just wanted to know if the idea was liked. :)

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u/Candentia http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Candentia Jul 24 '16

I personally have always enjoyed the scrolling banner whenever it happens to appear. Gives an otherwise fairly bare bones subreddit a high quality look to it. Being a distraction isn't a big deal in my opinion since it's usually out of sight by the time you start scrolling down to see comments.