Anime Blog Awards, eh?
March 25th, 2008 at 9:51 pm (Anime, Blogs, Take)
I’ve been keeping a relatively low profile in the anime blogosphere, since I’m busy with my thesis and all, but hey, there’s got to be some way to keep this blog relevant.
So there’s a blog awards of sorts going on. I got notified of this via an email from the AnimeBlogger.net Site Announcements.
Herein is the opening paragraph:
Given the exponential growth of the anime blogosphere, the number of quality blogs with insightful opinions and perspectives are ever increasing. Yet a majority of the blogs out there remain isolated, lacking a sense of community and meaningful interaction. The Anime Blog Awards was created in order to bridge that gap by recognizing worthy bloggers and their achievements in various fields.So recognition, notoriety or social networking are involved, huh? This I have to ascertain.
As of now, the people behind this event (which was scheduled on April 1st, so no it’s no joke) decided to remain anonymous - on the site page that is. It’s rumored that a Singaporean animeblogger by the name of Impz is one of the few people who set up the event. This remains to be uncertain.
However one thing is. Thanks to the “super-sleuth” done by Pete Zaitcev of Ani-Nouto (though he’s been rather humble about it), it has been confirmed that fellow animeblogger Mellow Bunny is behind the event.
I’m not claiming to be an Internet super-sleuth (as “metantei” was translated in Haruhi), but they aren’t really hiding. It says right there in the footer: “Modified for The Anime Blog Awards by mellow_bunny 2008.” It has AB.net Donation Drive gauge. And the e-mail was sent from 116.14.79.112, which resolves to bb116-14-79-112.singnet.com.sg (it’s a /15 block, but you can fuzzy-search your own server logs).
After visiting the site, and sifting through the list of participants, I’ve noted that not a single animeblogger from the Philippines is participating. Well that’s kind of an odd one, since I’ve seen glances of anime fans waiting for their passion for the hobby to unfold. Oh well, at least it’s certain that I won’t be in, as you know.
So I know now what’s been happening.
Owen S said,
March 25, 2008 at 10:25 pm
You should have clicked on the “Read more” button.
http://animeblogawards.com/2008/anime-blog-awards-status-update/#more-22
TheBigN said,
March 25, 2008 at 11:36 pm
You know, it’s not a secret as to who’s trying to run this, myself included. There’s no bias intended at all, so I’m sorry if you think that’s the case. If you’re not participating, that’s fine though. :3
tj han said,
March 26, 2008 at 12:30 am
Oh so ANime Otaku Mike and the two girls from Scrumptious are not Filipino? That’s news to me. Thumbs down!
Ronin AnimeLover said,
March 26, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Owen S Says:Oops. I should have taken note of that one. ^^;;
TheBigN Says:No that’s OK. I don’t plan on participating.
tj han Says:Hmm. So there IS one, huh? ^^;; Well, I don’t see Mike’s name and blog in there.
Zeroblade said,
March 26, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Too bad there aren’t many Filipino blogs participating; there are a number of good ones out there, like bluemist’s. However, there are a lof of those “less prolific” blogs out there; I’d bet that for every one good blog, you find 10 other crappy, Naruto/Bleach-filled ones.
Impz said,
March 26, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Question: Why are you not interested in joining?
Considering that P3 is always out trying to find good news and good content on the anime blog, I am very surprised that you are completely not interested in this.
This is a perfect chance for you to explore blogs that deserves a bit of a highlight, those that seem to be good but hardly mentioned. I believe that Picture Perfect Paranoia, other than delivering the normal news coverage, seeks to do that as well. This is the perfect opportunity to present these blogs in the nomination stage.
Usajigen from Scrumptious is already participating in the event but has not nominated anyone. Mike as well from anime|otaku. However, whoever has been inside should not be an indicator of whether you should join.
If everyone gives a nonchalant behavior because “I ain’t gonna win”, “I don’t care” and “Awards are popularity contests” only, it is perhaps a reason why everyone has been deterred from trying to make an awards. The truth is that this award not only celebrates the good blogs, and also through many of its design, promote new and good blogs. As nominations can be changed, your nomination at a good blog might change the landscape of another new blog.
You have that choice. It’s up to you to decide. If you still decide to omit yourself from this award, it is fine. I will just be a bit disappointed, that’s all ^^
Ronin AnimeLover said,
March 28, 2008 at 1:35 am
Impz Says:Simply put I don’t have time at of now to participate.
I’ll let you guys know in the succeeding posts.However…
Damn, you are a convincing persuasive speaker. It would seem that I need more time to think this through. I for one feel that this blog does need exposure. D:
Thanks for stroking my ego for a while.
Because this observation is true:
ABA Nomination Period Nearly Finished | Minimum Tempo said,
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