Welcome to uk.media.animation.anime =================================== Edited by Jonathan Weeks (jon@animejin.demon.co.uk) Last revised 17th November 2001 This message is posted every two weeks to the uk.media.animation.anime newsgroup in order to familiarise new users with the group. This message may be freely distributed for non-commercial use, providing it remains unchanged. If you're a new reader and don't know the correct protocol and etiquette for using a newsgroup, please subscribe to the group news.announce.newusers. Proposed changes to this or any other uk.* newsgroup are published in news:uk.net.news.announce, a moderated, low traffic newsgroup, which you are recommended to subscribe to. Details of elections to the UK Usenet Committee, which normally start in September of each year, are also found there. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group charter ============= uk.media.animation.anime was created with the following charter: From: Richard Letts Newsgroups: uk.media.animation.anime,uk.net.news.config,uk.net.news.announce Subject: Charter for uk.media.animation.anime Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 07:22:40 GMT This is the initial charter for the newsgroup uk.media.animation.anime as issued in the newgroup message. Richard Letts control@usenet.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- uk.media.animation.anime The UK Anime & Manga scene Charter: This group is for the discussion of anime (Japanese animation, otherwise known as "Japanimation") and manga (Japanese comics and graphic novels). The group is not intended to duplicate discussion from rec.arts.anime.* but will concentrate on anime-related issues specifically relevant to the UK. These include UK licensing and release of anime titles, UK censorship issues and support for UK fan groups. Moderation: Unmoderated. Advertising: None Binaries: None Proponents: James Savage Duncan Law-Green --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other anime related newsgroups ============================== If you want to discuss anime outside the scope of umaa, there are various alternative newsgroups available. The main anime related groups are in the rec.arts.anime hierarchy: rec.arts.anime.misc main group rec.arts.anime.info anime related news and reviews (moderated) rec.arts.anime.marketplace buying & selling of anime related merchandise rec.arts.anime.models anime related models and modeling rec.arts.anime.games anime related games (card, video, RPG, etc.) rec.arts.anime.creative fan-created works (moderated) rec.arts.anime.music anime related music rec.arts.anime.fandom fandom (clubs, conventions, fanzines, etc.) Other newsgroups which may be of interest include: rec.arts.manga manga alt.anime.shoujo shojo anime alt.binaries.pictures.anime image files alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.anime pornographic image files alt.binaries.sounds.anime sound files --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Useful web sites ================ Here is a brief list of useful web sites related to umaa and anime in the UK. Britanime has the largest list of links to other sites. Britanime - http://www.britanime.org.uk anime.org.uk - http://www.anime.org.uk Animejin - http://www.animejin.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glossary ======== The following are short descriptions of terms and abbreviations colloquial to this newsgroup. Please note that these definitions are deliberately terse and only a rough guide to help new readers acclimatise to the group. Additional connotations are beyond the scope of this document. ADV ADV Films, a UK video label anime Japanese animation BFOR Big 'F**k-Off' Robot BGM Background music dub An English version of an anime created by dubbing dubbing The process of adding dialogue to animation chara Short for 'character' con Short for 'convention' convention An organised gathering of fans DVD Digital video format using CD-style disks ecchi Lewd, but not pornographic etchi Alternative spelling of 'ecchi' fansub An amateur subtitling production fansubbing The process of creating a fansub fanzine A self-published amateur magazine hentai Pornographic laserdisc Analogue video format using 12" CD-style disks LD Abbreviation for laserdisc manga Japanese comic/graphic novel mecha Giant robots and other 'mechanicals' MEL Manga Entertainment Limited NTSC Standard for video signals used in USA and Japan otaku Obsessed fan OAV Original Animation Video. A made-for-video anime OVA Original Video Animation. Same as OAV OST Original soundtrack PAL Standard for video signals used in UK and most of Europe raam Abbreviation for rec.arts.anime.misc shojo Girl, as in 'shojo anime' - anime for girls shonen Boy, as in 'shonen anime' - anime for boys sub Short for 'subtitled' subtitle An English version of an anime created by subtitling subtitling Translation of an anime using on-screen text sentai Live action genre typified by 'Power Rangers' seiyuu Voice actor/actress umaa Abbreviation for uk.media.animation.anime ---------------------------------------------------------------------------