| 8:34pm | Aria the Animation: Episode 13 | | | | For a final episode (of the first series), Aria the Animation finishes in a lovely and soothing fashion. There were a few times I was afraid things were going to go overboard (namely the cat scene), everything fit nicely into place. Considering all the e-mails going back and forth, I expected fully... | | |
| 11:26am | ~con amore~ | | | | This episode I accidentally set to English when I meant to set it to Japanese for my first viewing. I didn’t even realize this until about 3 minutes and 46 seconds in, when Ms. Yuunagi said, “Mr. Shirakawa.” I thought, “That ‘Shirakawa’ sounded almost like it was... |
| 10:33am | Aria the Animation: Episode 12 | | | | The “wordless” opening gave a very good feel for the start of this episode. I’ve enjoyed how this series has treated its episode openings. Similarly, this post is essentially imageless. Artistic nature? Nope, just laziness. Watching this episode makes me feel as if I’ve missed... | | |
| 2:24am | Inkscape Web Comic Tutorial: Border-Breaking Balloons | | | | One of the balloon techniques listed on Blambot’s comic grammar page is “breaking borders”. For this type of balloon, Nate Piekos writes, [Balloons breaking borders] seems to be more prevalent in hand lettering. I suspect this is because doing it digitally generally adds an extra... |
| 12:52pm | ~con melancolia~ | | | | I wondered whether I should skip commentary for this episode. Things are still moving along slowly, but at the same time the series is pulling me in a little more. The backgrounds still stick out more than I’d like. The character profile for Mr. Shirakawa from the previous DVD revealed his relation... |
| 2:03pm | Thoughts on the Cast Haibane Renmei | | | | Every once in a while, you come across a series that was so well put together, you just know it will stand the test of time. Enter Haibane Renmei. Expect spoilers, so please avoid this post if you haven’t seen the series. For all the faults one can find in it, Haibane Renmei’s good points... |
| 8:26pm | Aria the Animation: Episode 11 | | | | If Aria: The Animation were a novel, it would be difficult to fit in an interlude with the pasts of Alicia, Akira, and Athena. It would disrupt the flow of the story. The same goal as it pertains to the current Singles could be reached without flashing back in time. It’s funny how a series... | | |
| 8:26pm | Aria the Animation: Episode 11 Commentary | | | | If Aria: The Animation were a novel, it would be difficult to fit in an interlude with the pasts of Alicia, Akira, and Athena. It would disrupt the flow of the story. The same goal as it pertains to the current Singles could be reached without flashing back in time. It’s funny how a series... | | |
| 12:07pm | Managin’ Softwa’e in the Corporate World Part 4 | | | | And that is part four. Hopefully a few people enjoyed this four-part series as much as I do. Knowing Ayumu’s personality probably makes this at least twice as funny. Having tried to get software approved at work falls in line with what I think Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) has said about his... |
| 11:33am | Managin’ Softwa’e in the Corporate World Part 2 | | | | It was difficult to fit in the space available, but the idea is that the programmer has suggested two programs: one expensive, one free. The manager has to choose between the two. (Often "neither" will be the response to many programmers, I’m sure.) I didn’t intend for it to... |
| 11:38am | Managin’ Softwa’e in the Corporate World Part 1 | | | | I put together a 16-panel comic to print out for my cubicle wall at work. I realized it can easily be split into four four-panel comics. They each stand up on their own, excepting that you need to read them in order for the later ones to make sense (as they build on one another). In part one, Ayumu’s... |
| 10:47pm | Haibane-Renmei: Episode 13 Commentary | | | | I have wondered for a while if the world of the haibane, the town within walls, may represent either a place between death and what comes after death, or a state of consciousness, such as being in a coma. The younger Reki can represent either situation. She is the human Reki once was, but to what end?... |
| 8:53pm | President Aria | | | | Aria the Natural, episodes 1-13, arrived in the mail today. I wondered if I’d get more postcards that I’d do nothing with. Instead, RightStuf! had a different treat in store for me. Even though I’m only a fair number of steps above amatuer at it, I love taking photographs, and photographing... | | |
| 7:26pm | Ocean Waves | | | | Can younger viewers (pre-adult) fully enjoy this movie? Maybe by its very nature, it’ll resonate with anyone past a certain age I’ve seen most of Studio Ghibli’s movies by Hayao Miyazaki, but only a couple of the studio’s other, non-Miyazaki movies (the beloved Whisper of the... | | |
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