Currently /a/ is a home for content beyond it's original intent such as anime figures, visual novels and Touhou. Several people suggested a new NWS board be made to focus on these and other subjects that are not anime or manga but anime and manga related, kind of like /m/ but less focused on a single subject.
It would make sense seeing /t/ is almost 50% torrents for visual novels but there is nowhere to really discuss them (too /v/ for /a/ and too /a/ for /v/.)
What are the chances of this board happening?
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Anonymous2008-02-13 2:49
Tsukihime, Touhou, Fate, etc. have Anime/Manga to them, hence they are anime & manga related. I don't really see how they are beyond the original intent of a board called 'anime & manga'. Just because they are popular and started out as games doesn't mean they are not related. Does Haruhi not belong in /a/ because it's based off of light novels? The majority of Tsukihime/Touhou etc. threads aren't even about the games, although sometimes they detour into a discussion about them. Mostly they are just threads where people post fanart/doujinshi images along with character discussion, like many /a/ threads. Are we going to ban fanart of popular series now? The whole idea just seems pointless, the problem greatly exaggerated. A simple visit to /a/ could show anyone that while popular, these series hardly take up a majority of discussion and there are plenty of other topics available. And if you don't see a topic about a show/manga you like, create a thread about it! /a/ is what you make of it. Post more of what you like and ignore what you don't.