Jasonc Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Hey guys, A few of you know me here, so I thought I'd let all of you know that a group of my friends and I are building a site www.mechamecca.com It's not up yet, but the site is basically dedicated to all mecha anime, as well as mecha anime toys, customs, and such. Our goal is to not just have a database for the shows, but also provide news on what's out, what's on the way, and interviews. We plan to have interviews with voice actors, directors, distributors, and so-on. As this is one of my favorite sites, we will definitely link to here, but also are planning to have a section on custom toys, and medeling tips and tricks. I have a couple people in mind from here that may be able to help, but when the site is up (not until Nov. 17th), I thought I'd get the early word out, and see if anyone has an interest, or comments. the site will have a dedicated staff who, like me, love Macross. There will definitely be info there, and news, and a new forum. anyways, just wanted to let you all know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante74 Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Sounds like a great idea! Good luck with the site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonc Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 Does anyone have anything they'd like to see on a site like this that they don't see on other sites, or have problems with on other sites that they'd like to see resolution on a new site. We are hoping to have some interesting interviews up sometime soon, so I hope all of you who get this thread will register for the site. There should be some cool stuff to check out once it's running. BTW, thanks for checking this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 I suggest having a translator for interesting articles from Hobby Japan and Dengeki Hobby. I was gonna do the same for a site I had up a while back but a bad case of lethargy overcame me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonc Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Exo, you are right, We are trying to find a translator now, or someone who can help with that. Since we are planning on getting interviews from directors, creators in Japan as well, we are looking at a few options there. It's a large work in progress. Glad there are about 8 of us working on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr March Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 This sounds wonderful. A translator for all kinds of work, both new stuff and translating old books, would be my number one suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonc Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 the site should have a "straight from Japan" section, that will feature new articles from the Hobby mags, as well as Newtype, and hopefully interviews with creators, designers, and so-on. We definitely want to get a scoop on anime over there, before it even sees the light of day over here in the U.S. that's what I'm working on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Translated Hobby mag articles would be amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinjo Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 (edited) Dude, There is definitely a niche market for accurately translated articles in anime and modelling magazines. You may wish to consider a focus on that service to the anime community, with Mecha being a bonus type section. You'd need a few translators to get comparison translations of each other's work to maintain accuracy, one very fluent in Japanese, one fluent in both, a native English speaker who can translate and probably a person very good with English grammar to bring it all together coherently. Seriously, consider the translation angle, it's not really been done before, as far as I know... Yours could become the definitive source for translated articles one day, with fans supplying the scans of text. With sufficient traffic, the advertising revenue, would pay for the server bandwidth... Edited September 28, 2007 by Zinjo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrono Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 The entire idea is quite fabulous! I completely love the idea of have translated articles from magazines as well as up-to-date information on current anime mecha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Ocamica Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Best of luck with this project!!!! I'll definitely check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojacko Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 nice concept...i like the title....mechamecca.....gudluck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy007 Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 sounds like a great idea. it would be awesome if you put up a small Godannar section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Any updates on this? -Kyp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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