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sportsanime2017-04-30 08:08 am
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SASO 2017 Icebreaker: Voice/Text Meme
Interested in being a part of SASO, but don’t know anyone else who might be participating? Feel like making some new friends who love sports anime just as much as you do? If your answer to either of those questions was “yes,” then we’ve got a meme for you to play in!
To participate, answer any or all of the questions below, either by typing them out into a comment to this post, or by recording your answer and uploading it onto a website like Vocaroo or SoundCloud and then pasting it into a comment to this post. You’re free to answer questions in any way you like, however we ask that you keep your answers appropriate for all ages.
- What should we call you?
- What got you into sports anime?
- What do you love about your favorite sports anime?
- Which sports anime moment got you right in the feels?
- Have you found a relatable favorite in a sports anime? Who?
- What series do you find it difficult/easy to make content for? Why?
- Similarly, what series do you like to consume content from? Why?
- Lastly, let your fellow SASOers know where they can find you if they want to chat with you!
Once you’ve left a comment with your answers, go check out and reply to your fellow anime fans! Who knows, maybe you’ll find someone who gets just as emotional over that one episode of Haikyuu as you do? We sure hope you do, and we hope you’ll stay tuned throughout the next few weeks for more icebreaker games! (This round ends on May 5.)
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Rina or Deci! (I'm new to SASO but hopefully one of these is unique! <3
Otherwise, please slap a #2 on me and we'll carry on!!)What got you into sports anime?
Oh! Eyeshield 21 was one of my first manga, and I was charmed from the get-go by the cast of characters and their struggles. And somewhere along the line, I learned the rules of American Football! This promptly became my way of learning the rules of the various professional sports-- Daiya, YowaPeda, TeniPuri, HQ!!!, and Whistle! have also taught me a lot, and I adore team dynamics so sports anime occupy a very dear part of my heart. (A moment of thanks to all the random audience characters who provided this much needed exposition and then promptly disappeared, never to be seen again.)
What do you love about your favorite sports anime?
My favorite sports anime is probably Daiya, because the characters and situations are very...real, for lack of better explanation. You see inter-team rivalries, the fact that your favorite team (if you can pick one, it does an excellent job of attaching you to opponents in half-episode spans) won't always win, that people get injured or damaged and lose valuable time to recover, that third years graduate with or without goals being reached, that new students are talented and intimidating but are also inevitably compared to the greats who left, that people of different personalities and body types can find themselves drawn to the same sport and how camaraderies get built out of necessity and pride. I just...really like it, despite not being in the fandom at all.
Which sports anime moment got you right in the feels?
There are lots! But this is the one and its aftermath is what's stuck with me the most over the years:
What series do you find it difficult/easy to make content for? Why?
I'm relatively new to writing for sports anime, so this is a bit of a general answer! Usually, it's easy for me write series with characters that make sense in terms of their development-- whether I like them or not, if there's something they care about and they are driven towards it, it's fun to write! Group interactions are also A+++ so I find it easier to write for series that develop teams as a whole as opposed to a few characters. Really specifically, YOI is the only fandom I've ever really struggled to make content for, mostly because I find it really difficult to write Yuuri.
Similarly, what series do you like to consume content from? Why?
I've only really been involved in HQ!!! fandom as a consumer! Partially because HQ is enormous
I'm a sucker for IwaOiand partially because it's the fandom that most of my other friends are also active in! I'm hoping that participating in SASO will help me branch out to other sports fandoms (and I'm quite excited to see everyone's lovely work <3)!Lastly, let your fellow SASOers know where they can find you if they want to chat with you!
I'm...a little awkward but I like people and SASO looks like a lot of fun!
except with a surprising amount of dying?? o.OFeel free to poke me! <3Re: /cartwheels into wall
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hello friend
i see you did team e21 and i am so excited to see what more you write
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I am all flaily and excited to participate (team e21 is alive!!! :D), haha, and I feel a bit like I should flail especially hard in your direction because it sort of snowballed from writing your ih2017 gift <3
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