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    [SPOTLIGHT] Make Your Pitch!!!

    Licensing Suggestions!
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    • Hyperion
      Hyperion Member last edited by Hyperion

      The Idea:
      Taking @myskaros idea from a previous post, these spotlights will hopefully generate discussion for less popular topics in order to draw attention to them and maybe get people to vote for them. I hope these spotlights will help people consider a series they might otherwise have skipped over.

      The Reason:
      There are just so many requests for series now that it's overwhelming, especially for newcomers, and a lot of series are kinda forgotten about once they've been made for a while and some requests need help in promoting a title, especially if there wasn't much information provided. Which is where these spotlights come in: to generate interest again.

      Spotlights:
      If this ends up going somewhere, every week or every other week I'll change the topic and the spotlighted titles. To keep it simple, I'll only include 5 or so each time. Since these are meant to promote less popular series, I will avoid those topics that have a lot of votes like those in the top 10-15 spots.

      For this first spotlight, I randomly chose 6 series with anime adaptations to hopefully get the most people wanting to take part. Possible future spotlights could also be based on genre or publisher. I could also create polls to get ideas on what series to spotlight.

      Make Your Pitch:
      So, if you want a particular series to get people's votes and potentially get licensed, promote the hell out of it! Make your pitch: why do you like it, why should people read it, why should it be licensed, what about it could make it sell well?

      Click on the series' links below and start pitching!

      • Full Metal Panic!

      • Knight's & Magic

      • Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation

      • The Pet Girl of Sakurasou

      • If Her Flag Breaks/Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara

      • Student Council's Discretion/Seitokai no Ichizon

      I hope this encourages enough people to generate discussion. Let me know your thoughts on these spotlights as well as any suggestions for future ones.

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      • myskaros
        myskaros Staff last edited by

        Thanks for taking the reins, I was planning to write something up but got distracted by other things :o

        Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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        • Nol_Mimi_Reyalta
          Nol_Mimi_Reyalta last edited by Nol_Mimi_Reyalta

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          • Hyperion
            Hyperion Member @Nol_Mimi_Reyalta last edited by

            @sinnoaria Yeah, I understand. Full Metal Panic is a series dropped by Tokyopop in the past but what with it having a sequel this past year, if enough people keep clamoring for it, it may stand a chance of being saved from licensing hell. You never know.

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            • Terrence
              Terrence Premium Member last edited by

              Of these, I definitely want Sakurako (or the new title by that author). Not too much to say about it; watched the anime, thought it was decent, like the idea of an adult detective and a Shounen male protag solving cases (and hopefully the Shounen character growing over the course of the books).

              I heard something about mysteries not being good sellers / a good market for JNC though? I kind of understand, especially one whose developments are kind of inconsequential book to book like a lot of the crime case detective type stories, a major enemy for them not really developing until later in the anime. Of course, maybe the books have more major developments linking them together, something that keeps you reading it, idk.

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              • Drone205
                Drone205 Premium Member last edited by

                For spotlights I think some good things to keep in mind is how recent is the discussion and comments are and has the up-votes plateaued. Is the most recent comment 2 days ago or is it 2 months ago? Has it stayed in the first up-vote hurdle range or has it been steadily gained up-votes? I think these are some things that should be kept in mind.

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                • Hyperion
                  Hyperion Member @Drone205 last edited by

                  @drone205 Good point. How should we treat them then-show preference to those that have not had any activity recently or those that have? Looking at the Pet Girl of Sakurasou one for example, that had no discussion whatsoever since the guy posted it 7 days ago; would that make it an ideal topic to spotlight, or one to ignore?

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                  • Drone205
                    Drone205 Premium Member @Hyperion last edited by Drone205

                    @hyperion maybe 14 days post with 0 comments for spotlight material? I would say there are about 3 states of a request. The initial state where it is new and ppl start seeing it and upvoting or discussing, the wall or hurdle state where the discussion and the up-votes have stopped (the first hurdle stage I find is around 8-16 ish votes) maybe we should call this state the dead state? The last state is the live state where the request is steadly gaining up-votes or discussion.

                    I think the spotlight should focus on these "dead" requests.

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                    • Drone205
                      Drone205 Premium Member last edited by

                      I thought of a sort of algorithm that could decide witch series would get a spotlight. Here are the variables:

                      T(V) - time in month as so if the time was like 14 or 15 days then time would be ~ 1/2 or 0.5. After "T" there will brackets with a point where we set set the time from ex T(activity) is since last comment or post, this means if the last comment was 2 months ago this would equal 2

                      P - points or just the amount of up-votes a suggestion has.

                      So here it is.

                      T(activity) * T(original post)/P

                      So if lady comment was 3 months and has 15 up-votes with the OP being 5 months old then it would look like

                      3 * 5/15 = 1points
                      If this goes another month with no change it would be

                      4*6/15 = 24/15 = 8/5 = 1.6

                      The spotlight will be on stuff with higher points

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                      • Drone205
                        Drone205 Premium Member @Drone205 last edited by

                        @drone205 also would help if someone commented on the spotlighted stuff so this would not mess with the algorithm and will attract ppl as it would have new activity.

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                        • Hyperion
                          Hyperion Member @Drone205 last edited by Hyperion

                          @drone205 I like the idea but man that's a lot a work. Especially now that we have hundreds of requests. How about going highlighting those with the least votes first and make our way up? A lot of those will have the higher points according to your algorithm anyway.

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                          • Drone205
                            Drone205 Premium Member @Hyperion last edited by Drone205

                            @hyperion not the least votes first, at least do the ratio of votes to age. my algorithm is basicly time since active divide by the ratio of up-vote to how old the post is. Why not just use the up-votes to age ratio as you can have 2 series with 15 votes but series A is 3 months old while series B is 5 months old.

                            Series A would be 15/3 = 5

                            Series B would be 15/5 = 3

                            In this case you would spotlight series B as it is lower (I perposly made my algorithm earlier to be the higher point wise the more priority it gets but now with this simpler algorithm it would be the lower).

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                            • Hyperion
                              Hyperion Member @Drone205 last edited by

                              @drone205 That makes sense. Should we try another round of spotlights then and see if anything comes of it?

                              How about these? They're older posts, no one has commented on them for months and they all have fewer than 20 votes.

                              Botsuraku Yotei nano de, Kaji Shokunin wo Mezasu

                              Isekai Kenkokuki

                              Kou 1 Desu ga Isekai de Joushu Hajimemashita

                              Next Life

                              Re:Monster

                              Tsukurareshi Inochi to Kirei na Sekai

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                              • Drone205
                                Drone205 Premium Member @Hyperion last edited by

                                @hyperion though I think posting a comment on the spotlight series would be a good idea as then it will get more people checking them out directly.

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                                • Hyperion
                                  Hyperion Member last edited by

                                  Time for another round of spotlights!

                                  • Zoa Hunter - A Futuristic SciFi Adventure
                                  • Aku no Musume (Daughter of Evil ) / ( Story of Evil)
                                  • Fate/Zero
                                  • Satougashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai: A Lollypop or A Bullet (Sugar Candy Bullets Can't Pierce Anything : A Lollypop or A Bullet)
                                  • Kara no Kyoukai - The Garden of Sinners
                                  • Inakunare, Gunjou
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                                  • Hyperion
                                    Hyperion Member last edited by

                                    Another day, another round of spotlights:

                                    • Izure Shinwa no Ragnarok / A Ragnarok to be a Mythology
                                    • Ben-to
                                    • Isekai Tensei no Boukensha
                                    • How Vivi Lane Falls in Love
                                    • The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero/Yuusha ni Horobosareru Dake no Kantan na Oshigoto Desu
                                    • Hiota no Kanojo ga Ore no Motteru Eroge ni Kyoumi Shinshin Nanda ga
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                                    • Hyperion
                                      Hyperion Member last edited by

                                      • Kujibiki Tokushou: Musou Hāremu ken
                                      • Omae wo Otaku ni Shiteyaru kara, Ore wo Riajuu ni Shitekure!
                                      • Waga Gyouyuu ni Furueyo Tenchi ~ The Alexis Empire Chronicles ~
                                      • Tsuyokute New Saga
                                      • Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku / All alone world strategy life. Cheat skills were sold out
                                      • 10-nen Goshi no Hikineet wo Yamete Gaishutsu Shitara
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                                      • Hyperion
                                        Hyperion Member last edited by

                                        A bit overdue, but here's a batch of spotlights. The general theme is they all have anime adaptations.

                                        • Tatakau Shisho
                                        • No. 6
                                        • Shiki
                                        • Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei (The Tatami Galaxy)
                                        • Kamisama no Memochou
                                        • Muv-Luv Alternative
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                                        • Hyperion
                                          Hyperion Member last edited by

                                          • Kiniro Quartet!
                                          • Akuyaku Tensei Dakedo Doushite Kou Natta
                                          • Ichigo Doumei (Alliance of the Fifteens)
                                          • Library Wars series
                                          • Oto x Maho
                                          • Road to Kingdom
                                          • Granblue fantasy novel
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                                          • Hyperion
                                            Hyperion Member last edited by

                                            Welcome to this week's spotlights! Today's participants are:

                                            • The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan
                                            • Marginal Operation
                                            • Shinonome Yuuko Series
                                            • Kanna no Kanna
                                            • Chronicle Legion
                                            • Fire Girl
                                            • Encore of the World's End
                                            • Shin Sekai Yori
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