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Thursday, July 22, 2004

Top 13 Funniest Series.

All series that start off hillarious & then dramatically switch to drama such as Fruits Baket, Saiyuki, & Trigun are excluded.

1)Slayers.

2)Excel Saga.

3)Gokudo.

4)DiGi Charat.

5)Colorful.

6)Bakuretsu Hunters (Sorcerer Hunters)

7)Azumanga Daiou.

8)Shinesman (yeah, it's an OAV, but it's REALLY funny, but only in English)

9)Martian Successor Nadesico.

10)Jubei-Chan.

11)Master of Mosquiton. (another OAV that's funnier in English)

12)Lost Universe (the English version kills the humor)

13)Dragon Half. ('nother OAV)

*Everyone says Golden Boy is one of the funniest. Most of the time it's just too mellow. It won't hold much appeal for women other than eye-rolling. The same can be said for MAZE.

Friday, July 09, 2004

New is Certianly Not Better. (a rant)

Why Digital is NOT better than analog)

1)Okey, so say you're not going to be home to watch GTO or Detective Konan. One station shows it's anime in digital & the other in analog. You tape em both & the digital one shows up in poor quality on your tapes like a bad scan with rainbows.

2)Showtime is the worst with this; analog may have volume problems, but digital not only pixelates in large visible squares, but it also has difficulty with showing black. Maybe you haven't noticed because you don't pay attention to annoying details like I was trained to do in art school, but maybe now you will. Oh yeah, digital also likes to refresh slowly at times, glitches, & the quality is effected by weather via satelite, cable, or digital cable.

Why 3D sucks:

1)A problem that Vanguard shares with Van Helsing (the movie, not the anime)3D would look less crappy in movies if it moved in real time. 3D always moves 3 times faster than it should & makes it look phoney. 3D artists are only concerned with visual realism & don't calculate how long it would take a Mobile Suit to punch something in zero gravity.

2)3D looks like shit with cell animation. I couldn't even get through Zoids without critisizing how poorly the realistic fast moving machines clashed with the slow moving outlined 2D animation. Look how poorly the 3D special effects clash & ruin the image of Saiyuki & Vanguard. (remember those chunky cheap looking explosions?) All they need to do is put black outlines on the #D & lower the speed at which it moves & there would be harmony.

3)3D video games are harder to play & cause more eye strain. Eye strain leads to headaches. & who didn't get dizzy when Sonic 3D Blast first came out? If you suck at 2D games, don't touch this stuff.