Is the anime shounen? No.

Round 143

Hint: "No king, no king, la la la la la la!"

• The song
  • does not contain the hint in its lyrics
  • is not "Cha La Head Cha La"
  • is not "the OP" (disputable)
  • has not been used as both OP and ED to the best of my knowledge
  • does not usually start playing after 5 minutes of the start of the show
  • is not 'And Forever...' or 'Stand a Chance'
  • is not "Because I Love You!" or "Love is an Ocean" from I'm Gonna Be An Angel!
  • eez not za opening to Zoidz
  • is not the pirate king
• The anime
  • is a TV series with 21, 22, 23, or 26 episodes
  • has more than one season
  • started airing in 1999
  • has neither OVAs nor a movie
  • contains supernatural elements (I think)
  • is a mecha anime, but not Infinite Ryvius, Blue Gender, or a Gundam series
  • is in Wikipedia's "anime of 1999" category
  • does not involve space traveling to the best of my knowledge
  • does not have any point where a character says the hint
  • does not have a female for its main character
  • is not an adaptation
  • is not a shonen anime
  • is not the pirate king

edited 10th Mar '11 1:02:13 PM by ShayGuy

For the Wikipedia 1999 page: Is it the left column? The middle column?

IZ EET ZA OPENING TO ZOIDZ?!?!

edited 9th Mar '11 4:31:12 PM by TheyCallMeTomu

Isn't that like asking if it starts with A-E, etc.?

Does the anime have more than 20 episodes? Exactly 24 episodes? 25 episodes?

edited 9th Mar '11 5:42:30 PM by shark33

It's bending the rules a little, but no clear violation.

Does the anime have any OV As?

Does it have a movie?

I think we should ask Grain if Tomu's question should be answered.

The fact that Wikipedia happens to list series alphabetically does not mean that asking "what position on that page is the name of the anime" is asking the title to be spelled out! I mean, if it was instead sorted by month, it'd be totally legit.

didn't saw it like that, but you're totally right.

edited 9th Mar '11 6:43:16 PM by shark33

It's more like asking "Does the name of the series Rhyme with Plucky Bar?" Sure, it's basically asking about how it's pronounced which is connected to the language, but on the flip side, it's much more specific than just saying "Is there an A in the anime."

That is to say, without the Wikipedia page to reference, it'd be impossible to use that mechanism. Furthermore, it's really only narrowing it down to a specific group of different series.

On the other hand, I can understand the hesitation-it does kind of feel like one of those things where if we set the precedent, it'd spiral into some other unexpected crap, and then everyone uses the same damned tactics over and over again.

Though, TBH, the solution to that is to probably outlaw "Is it on this page?" sort of questions...

Eh, I'd hate it if they outlawed "Is it on this page?" questions because then brute forcing is a lot harder.

If the legality of page position questions is in dispute, I'll hold off on answering them.

IZ EET ZA OPENING TO ZOIDZ?!?! NO!

Does the anime have more than 20 episodes? Yes.

Exactly 24 episodes? No.

25 episodes? No.

Does the anime have any OVAs? No.

Does it have a movie? No.

It's not Big O? Big O O O O O? Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun. Big O? Big O Big O Big O?

I...have no idea how to parse that after the first sentence. And as for that one, remember the "two-form system" bit?

Is it from "Blue Gender"?

So, it's not cast in the name of god, and ye not the guilty-ru?

Have we came to team? Big O?

Tomu. Dude. Just ask the questions. And don't phrase them in the negative, we've been over this. Try just "Is the anime X?" or "Is the song Y?" if you want to make a guess.

Is it from "Blue Gender"? No.

But deciphering Tomu's gibberish is half the fun!

Shame.

edited 10th Mar '11 1:45:21 PM by Spirit

This is illegal.

edited 10th Mar '11 1:45:18 PM by Grain

They're lines from the opening to Big O :P

^Bollucks! What else is illegal that isn't in the rules?!

edited 10th Mar '11 1:48:58 PM by TheyCallMeTomu

He's probably changing the rules right now cause his reason was edited out.

I'm not changing the rules right now. I deleted the explanation so that no one would try to create an argument of semantics.

I needed time to articulate my explanation. See explanation in post 4747.

edited 10th Mar '11 2:16:07 PM by Grain

"Is the anime in question one of this series of totally randomly determined series that has no relation to anything other than that they're what I'm spontaneously thinking of"

• Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
• Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century
• Clover (manga)
• Colorful
• Corrector Yui
• Crest of the Stars
• Cybuster
• Cho Hatsumei Boy Kanipan
• City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba
• Cyborg Kuro-chan
• Eden's Bowy
• D4 Princess
• Di Gi Charat
• Digimon Adventure
• Dōkyūsei series
• Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe
• Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure
• Dr. Slump: Arale's Surprise
• 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
• A.D. Police: To Protect and Serve
• Alice SOS
• Amazing Nurse Nanako
• Angel Links
• Arc the Lad
• Anime Shūkan DX! Mi-Pha-Pu
• Betterman
• The Big O
• Black Heaven
• Black Jack (manga)
• Blue Gender
• Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden Victory

In other words, I understand where you're coming from, but it just seems like it's the wrong decision-I can't say it's bad policy, because it's not policy, because there's no reasoning behind it (specifically because no one wants to create bad precedent and rules lawyering).

I think a good rule would be "You cannot ask if the series is one of a given set of different series all as part of one question" That being said, the "Is it on the Wikipedia 1999 anime page" question should probably be averted in the first place.

edited 10th Mar '11 2:09:03 PM by TheyCallMeTomu

The purpose of rule 5 is to prevent people from using Alt + F to easily sift through pages.

edited 10th Mar '11 2:13:39 PM by Grain

Grain, the point I'm making is that, in order to avoid people "spinning" the rules, you're deciding that there isn't any rule as to why it's wrong, and as thus, the "rules" are just arbitrary. Which, granted, since everyone's asking you to be the one to make the decisions, it's not like it's your fault, it still doesn't change the fact that it comes off as a what-the-fuzzat response.

Of course it looks like it's copied from a list. I either have them bulleted, or they're all on a single line-that's how the wiki works.

I mean, the real solution is to say "Dude, MS T3k mantra, do whatever is the most fun, you guys are seriously taking this too seriously" and such. But just making an arbitrary call reeks of BS.

That being said, yeah-I actually agree with the ruling itself. However, I think it's important to have a basis behind rulings, rather than just making seemingly random decrees.

edited 10th Mar '11 2:17:04 PM by TheyCallMeTomu

I know what they are. You also threw in some pronouns and linking verbs and the like, along with a bunch of question marks.

Now, do you have an actual question to ask for the game?

Is the song a love song?