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Cant believe how much I love this lottle thing.

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Im back

Been a long time since I came on here. 

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Preordered the Build Driver

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If you really hate Jack and Ashi being together because of how old Jack is. I better not see you be in support of Greg and Rose

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Why must the Skylanders I want be so expensive!? And the thing is, they are from Trap Team. Why did they make the Dark and Light element Skylanders so damn rare?

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Wow, didnt know there were that many Crystal Gems

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We are gems rider !!!!

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Why is the new Voltron series so good!?

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List of Elemental Abilities

Air/Wind

Aerokinesis -manipulate the air, wind, and gas.

Aeroportation - teleport using air/wind currents.

Air Mimicry - transform into a cloud of gas, fog, or mist.

Atmokinesis - manipulate the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.

Deoxygenation - suck up all the oxygen from a place.

Lung Adaptation - breath anywhere

Wind Generation - create blasts of air.

Divine Winds Manipulation - create and control heavenly winds.

Dark Wind Manipulation - create and control eerie winds.

Earth

Geokinesis - control, manipulate, and reshape the earth at will.

Atmokinesis - control and manipulate the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.

Crystallokinesis - manipulate minerals and crystals.

Ferrokinesis… manipulate metal at will.

Fraxikinesis - manipulate burnt matter.

Geo-Thermokinesis - manipulate, control, and create lava, magma and volcanoes.

Golem Creation - make golems out of inanimate materials like rocks, wood, plants, magma, etc.

Granulation… can turn things into sand.

Halokinesis - control and manipulate salt.

Hyalokinesis - control and manipulate glass.

Koniokinesis - manipulate and control dust particles.

Plassikinesis - manipulate and control all forms of plastic.

Psammokinesis - can control and manipulate sand.

Terrakinesis - control, manipulate and alter/reshape the surrounding terrain and landscape at will.

Terraportation - teleport via the earth and earth-based materials.

Sacred Earth Manipulation - Create, manipulate, control, reshape divine earth minerals.

Black Earth Manipulation - Create, manipulate and control tainted and evil earth minerals.

Fire

Pyrokinesis - create, control and manipulate fire, flame and heat.

Atmokinesis - control and manipulate the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.

Fire Breath - breathe out flames.

Geo-Thermokinesis - manipulate lava, magma and volcanoes.

Heliokinesis - manipulate and control the sun and sunlight.

Hell-Fire Manipulation - Generate and control flames of hell.

Holy Fire Manipulation - Generate and control flames of Heaven.

Inflammation - burn things.

Melting - heat molecules to melt things.

Plasmakinesis - can control plasma.

Pyrotechnics - create fireworks.

Self-Detonation - explode self and reform.

Thermokinesis - create, control and manipulate heat.

Water

Hydrokinesis - manipulate and control liquid water and mold it into any desired shape or form.

Aquatic Adaptation - adapted to underwater living.

Aquatic Respiration - breathe underwater.

Atmokinesis- control and manipulate the various aspects of the weather by mixing water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.

Dehydration - absorb water.

Hydroportation - teleport across short or long distances through liquid water.

Water Mimicry - turn into liquid water.

Holy Water Manipulation - create, manipulate and control graceful waters.

Dark Water Manipulation - create, manipulate and control evil and dangerous waters.

Darkness

Umbrakinesis - can manipulate and control darkness or shadows.

Animated Shadow - Animate one’s shadow.

Light Absorption - block out light in an area.

Night Vision - see in the dark.

Sacred Darkness - create holy darkness.

Shadow Camouflage - be unseen in shadows.

Shadow Mimicry - become a shadow.

Umbrageous Teleportation - teleport via the shadows and darkness.

Electricity/Lightning

Quintessence Force -Can generate whitish-blue lightning that also contains pure life energy.

Electrokinesis - control, generate or absorb electric fields and shoot lightning bolts.

Activation & Deactivation - turn stuff on and off.

Positron Manipulation - control positrons, the antimatter counterpart to electrons.

Electrical Absorption - absorb electricity.

Electric Mimicry -transform entire body into a lightning-like being of pure electrical energy

Electrical Transportation - teleport with lightning.

Divine Lightning Manipulation - create and control the brightest lightning.

Black Lightning Manipulation - create and control the darkest lightning.

Energy

Dynamokinesis - manipulate existing energy.

Energy Blast - create blasts of energy.

Energy Emission - release energy.

Quintessence Force - create and manipulate unique form of electrical and life energy.

Mana Manipulation

Chi Manipulation

Electricity Manipulation

Energy Manipulation

Ice

Cryokinesis - control ice, snow and other forms of frozen water.

Freeze Breath - freeze things in solid ice.

Freezing - lower the temperature in kinetic atoms to freezing temperatures.

Frigokinesis - control snow either as precipitation or already on the ground.

Ice Beam - shoot beams of freezing energy.

Ice Generation

Light

Dark Light Manipulation - create the darkest light in existence.

White Light Manipulation- create sacred light from the divine.

Photokinesis - create and manipulate pure light.

Force-Field Generation - create protective shields of solid photons.

Invisibility - be unseen.

Laser Emission - bend light wavelengths to create lasers.

Light Absorption -absorb the light around you.

Light Generation - emit blinding light or glow in the dark.

Light Mimicry - take on the traits of light.

Photoportation - Teleport by using photons.

Projective Invisibility - turn other things invisible.

Evil Banish - Rid and banish all spirits of evil and black magic.

Light Manipulation

Weather

Atmokinesis - manipulate the various aspects of the weather by using water, fire, earth, air, and lightning/electricity.

Atmokinetic Resistance - immunity to all weather-based abilities and effects.

Atmokinetic Sensing - sense the future weather patterns.

Other

Aether Manipulation

Cosmic Manipulation

Gravity Manipulation

Nether Manipulation

Space-Time Manipulation

From Superpower Wikia. See their complete list of superpowers HERE.

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Making a Living Making Anime

Shirobako is a comedy about working in the anime industry that’s received high praise from fans. Something else that has fans talking is how the characters in Shirobako have canonical income:

Here’s a translated version in USD:

As you can see Ema, the animator, doesn’t make much compared to her peers. The character of Shizuka in Shirobako works as a waitress, in addition to a part time voice actress, and makes almost double what Ema makes.

American fans have been shocked to find out that these numbers from Shirobako are close to reality and those who actually animate the shows we love live in poverty. In fact the average annual income for an entry-level was reported to be equivalent to $9,200 along with the average work day of 11 hours, no vacations.

Why is this?

Animators often work under contract so minimum wage laws and other things like income from government welfare don’t actually apply to them. The wages are so low because animators are not paid by the hour, they’re paid by the drawing. This policy has been common place in the anime industry for decades and wasn’t as problematic in the past. Back in the day animators could manage to draw enough to make ends meet. Older anime art styles had fewer lines per character, and rough work was much more acceptable. Now both employers and fans demand more detailed and higher quality drawings that take longer to draw. If an animator doesn’t preform to standard then they have to do a reshoot, meaning they redraw the inadequate frames for no extra pay.

Not to mention these wages have to compete with the even cheaper cost of labor that outsourcing offers. Almost all anime is partially outsourced to countries like South Korea, leaving Japanese animators with fewer jobs and lower wages.

Just how bad is it?

The long hours and low pay results in a multitude of problems. It discourages those who are new to the industry to stay in the industry. While Ema in Shirobako has a supportive network and friendly work environment, it is actually one of places where Shirobako in not entirely accurate. Animators are not put in as happy-go-lucky environments as they were in Shirobako. Animators will often jump from studio to studio looking for a better fit and higher wages, frequently concluding to simply exit the industry. 

This is bad for the industry as a whole because if it can’t hold on the young talent then the industry can’t secure a work force for the future.

It’s not just the Anime industry either, Japan has been struggling with rising poverty since the 80s. So low wages, long hours and jumping from job to job is a familiar story for much of Japan’s young labor force.

However, the working conditions for animators have had the spotlight on them for being so bad. Remember, 11 hour work days, no vacations, for less than minimum wage. In addition to undergoing exhaustion and illness due to the long hours and stress, living expensiveness take their own toll. Most animation studios are in Tokyo, one of the most expensive cities in the world, so the cost of living for animators can be so strenuous that animators go without food. 

Is it that bad everywhere?

No. Some anime studios do pay actual salaries, and as animators gain experience and rise through the ranks their pay also rises. A key animator, also known as a genga, earns an average annual income of about $23,000 and work an average of 10 hours a day.

However, the fact that new animators have such a huge barricade blocking their chances to actually make a living doing what they love is very dis-heartening both to fans of anime and those aspiring to create it.

What can be done about this?

Well, if you’re Japanese then you can lobby to broaden minimum wage or something of that nature. But as for all of us on the other side of the Pacific the answer is that we can’t do much, at least not directly.

It doesn’t help that many American anime fans don’t watch anime through legal means. Though, even the money making its way to Japan is not guaranteed to be significantly disturbed to the animators, it’s still better to legally consume anime so that studios will have more money to spread around.

Crowd funding has made an impact in a few ways. The Anime Mirai or Young Animators Training Project is a government funded project to help new animators train and establish themselves the industry. While most of the works produced from this project never see a legal release in America, the popular Little Witch Academia was available for streaming for a time and successfully kickstarted a sequel so that the then newly formed studio and its staff could produce the same quality of animation without the government funding. 

While fans paying directly to see a specific title come to fruition is not a solution for the industry at large, other projects like the Animator Dormatory by NPO Animator Supporter provide a more long-term aid to animators. The project has had 2 successful Indiegogo campaigns that provided cheap housing for young animators in Tokyo so that they could focus on their work without sacrificing their standard of living.

The easiest method is simply remaining aware and talking about the subject matter. Shirobako’s salaries have cause lots of chatter on social media and given anime news outlets a chance to broach the topic. The more people who speak out on the topic the more likely change will ensue. 

Source for average income and hours

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When your spouse is a voice actor….

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Since its my birthday today. I think this is appropriate 

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The first episode of Kamen Rider Amazons has been subbed

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I can’t be the only one

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its a god damn fursona

SO, to get this gravy train rolling, I’m making a Zootopia sona. 8D And since Goats seem to be the thing lately…

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If you LIKE pineapple on pizza, reblog this post.

And if you DON’T like pineapple on your pizza, reblog THIS POST.

I’m doing a census on this ongoing argument please help it’s obviously important.