Anime Vice

## Background

Anime Vice is a site that was part of the former Whiskey Media brand, founded by Shelby Bonnie in 2007. It was part of family of sites dedicated to popular mediums.

* Giant Bomb - Video Games
* Comic Vine - Comics
* Anime Vice - Anime and Manga
* Screened - TV and Films
* Tested - Technology

## Brief Timeline

Anime Vice was launched on December 4, 2008 along with its Whiskey Media sister sites. On March 15, 2012, Whiskey Media was sold to BermanBraun while Giant Bomb and Comic Vine was sold to CBS Interactive. As a result, Anime Vice and Screened were rendered as a community run site due to cuts in editorial staff and video production. During BermanBraun's reconstruction due to a split between founders, Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman, it was renamed to Whalerock. Due to the reconstruction, Screened was shut down on March 14, 2014, and its domain was changed to Moviefone. On April 9, 2015, Anime Vice was shut down, but the brand name continues to live in a Youtube channel partnered by Cine Fix while the community transitions into 3 forum sites and a Wikia site.

## Editorial Segments

* Anime Vice Squadcast (Audio Podcast)
* Quick Picks (Anime and Manga releases within the USA)
* The Vice Pit
* Watch & Learn (Episode Reviews)
* 3-Minute Expert

For a simple categorization of Youtube videos prior to The Vice Pit, please click here, Whiskey Media Youtube.

## Staff

### Main

* John Martone
* Gia Manry
* Chris Schmitt
* Tom Pinchuk
* Sam Weller
* Matt Murphy
* Daniel Miesner
* Nick Robinson

### Geek World Radio

* Anna
* Dave

## Engineers

* Ethan Lance
* Sean Coonce
* Daniel Meisner
* Mike Horn
* Andy McCurdy
* Gavin Fitzgerald

## Moderators

These were users appointed by staff to help moderate and facilitate discussions and wiki pages.

### Whiskey Media Era

* FoxxFireArt
* sickVisionz
* Daniel\_Newton
* Sonata
* Takashichea
* Dream
* Acura\_Max
* Vapovile
* Black Rose
* Fire\_Star
* ShadowKnight508

### Proboards Era

* Yusuke
* Dream
* Daniel\_Newton
* Sonata
* Taichokage
* Mastermenos
* Takashichea
* Shadowchaos
* Vapovile
* Hungryworld
* Khorne
* Mass
* Othus
* CosmicKnight75

## Social Media

* Facebook
* Google +
* Twitter

## Communities

* Steam
* Crunchyroll
* Anime Vice Boards
* Othus Vice
* Vice Verse

## Site Features

### Wiki

Users are awarded wiki points of how much content they created. Each wiki pages have these components: forum and image gallery. Movies, anime, and manga series wiki pages have reviews and credits. Episode and volume wiki pages have their own forum, review, image gallery, and credit sections.

#### Moderation

* 1,000 points - you are able to submit live edits without moderation.
* 5,000 points - you are able to submit new wiki pages live without moderation. You can change the default images by clicking on the red ribbon on the image's page.

### Trivia

Users can submit questions that are linked to overhead of the wiki articles.

### Quests

These quests are designed in order to encourage users to create review, blogs, lists, and contribute to the wiki, visit wiki pages, and engage with the community.

### User Pages

Each user page has their own blog, review, wiki submissions, list, image gallery, and about me sections. The user page has an activity feed. On the right side of the activity page, there is the user profile image in addition to the avatar image. Below the profile image, there are 4 fields: # of wiki points, # of forum posts, # of reviews, and # of lists. Below that are the user's top wiki contributions.

## Points of Interest

* The Anime Vice mascot was a cat girl named Miyami. She was named by Gia Manry. The mascot was mysteriously dropped out of the logo after Gia's departure.

## References

1. ↑  Welcome to AnimeVice! by Jeff Gerstmann on December 4, 2008
2. ↑  Bermanbraun's Change
3. ↑  Anime Vice Boards' Timeline
4. ↑  Expert: Catgirl Compendium