| 11:09am | Inkscape Web Comic Tutorial: Bordering an Image | | | | There are a few ways to do borders around comic panels in Inkscape. This tutorial looks at placing a border around a image. More goes into a page of panels, but knowing how to handle a single panel alone will be required before putting a whole page together. First things first, find an image to use.... |
| 4:28pm | Aria the Animation: Episode 5 | | | | The search for “the second beach to the right” gives a good chance to get to know the girls. Akari wonders if it was Peter Pan himself who sent the invitations. Aika hoped for a day of relaxation. Alice figures it may be a plot against them. The latter makes me wonder if she has a mind... | | |
| 5:49pm | Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok Episode 7 Commentary | | | | Even though Heimdall’s plan was obvious, it still made for an enjoyable episode. You have to feel bad for Frey, though, watching him with fliers, looking for his sister. He gets so close, then loses her again without even knowing he had almost found her. I await his reaction when he learns... |
| 3:02am | Haibane-Renmei: Episode 3 Commentary | | | | The only bakery where a haibane is allowed to work is the oldest bakery in town. Kana works in the clock tower if I remember correctly, and that’s probably fairly old. The limitations on where a haibane may work must be imposed by the Haibane-Renmei, but it leaves the question of whether the... |
| 7:36am | On the Lack of Open Source Comic Software | | | | In the world of free(dom) and open source software, there’s one type of application that’s missing. Well, technically there’s a lot, but there’s one that I’ve oft wondered why there is no open source software for: making comics. For Mac users, there’s Comic Life.... |
| 7:32pm | Janggeum’s Dream: Episode 51 Commentary | | | | The envelope Yeong-ro had apparently came from Janggeum. For whatever reason, I take it she was due to prepare a meal for the ailing old man, but because she wanted to check up on Sin-ssi (and probably tell her that the criminals had been caught), the task was passed on to Geum-yeong and Yeong-ro.... |
| 8:18pm | Review: Mao-chan, the Manga | | | | There are two things which I find make the manga, Mao-chan great in comparison with the animated series: First, although the manga retells a story and a few parts from the animation, it otherwise is completely independent. You’re not reading the same material you’ve already watched (not... | | |
| 4:22pm | Aria the Animation: Episode 4 | | | | Alongside the Undines guiding people over water, and the Salamanders watching over the planet from the skies, there are the flighted Sylphs delivering packages. The four become complete with the Gnomes. There are typically two types of opening theme: the type you watch every episode, because the song,... | | |
| 1:18pm | Haibane-Renmei: Episode 2 Commentary | | | | Having watched the first episode in Japanese now, I find the English voices to be very good matches for the Japanese voices. The dubbing company did a good job on voice actor selection. The opening theme segment gives a good feel for what life is like for the haibane. The designs for the town are very... | | |
| 7:24pm | Janggeum’s Dream: Episode 50 Commentary | | | | Things certainly have taken a turn for the worst for the Choe family. I know Jeong-ho headed Choe Pansul’s capture, but who was behind having Lady Choe and Geum-yeong imprisoned? They must have been taken in just in case they were working with Pansul. I still don’t know what happened or... |
| 5:46pm | Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok Episode 6 Commentary | | | | Now here’s an episode which kept my interest the whole way through. I expected Heimdall would use the necklace to channel Freya into Reiya in some way, only to find the adorable little Reiya is Freya. I’m not sure how Loki recognized her, but I’m sure her being a goddess made it... |
| 1:23pm | Haibane-Renmei: Episode 1 Commentary | | | | Wide screen! I wasn’t expecting that, so it’s a pleasant surprise. The same was true for A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, which made good use of that extra width during close-ups of characters. Contrary to my views of Haibane-Renmei artwork, the animation is lovely. Colors are muted, low on... |
| 10:42pm | Princess Tutu: 4.AKT Analysis | | | | Giselle ～Giselle～ The tale of Giselle is a sorrowful tale. A peasant man loves a beautiful peasant woman named Giselle, but a prince dressed as a peasant catches Giselle’s eye. When it’s reveal Giselle’s love is a prince, and already arranged to marry another, Giselle goes mad,... | | |
| 7:13pm | Janggeum’s Dream: Episode 49 Commentary | | | | I’m glad to see the series didn’t try to go in the direction of Janggeum’s mother still being alive. When the yin-yang man said something about Janggeum’s charm, and presumably about her mother, he could have recognized the design and knew which village Janggeum was from. If... |
| 12:47pm | Haibane-Renmei: Thoughts Before Episode 1 | | | | I don’t know what caused me to buy Haibane-Renmei. I probably bought it at a discount online, and since it was the whole box set, I’d be getting a complete series. I never buy a series one DVD at a time. There had to be something that caused me to add it to the cart. As I look at the... |
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