What are your thoughts on "Fan Sevice"?

8 months 1 week ago

"Fan service is good when it's not the only thing that an anime has to offer. Fan service must be used as a desert to an anime, not the main dish. "
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Worst Manga-->Anime Transition

9 months 6 days ago

"I can't say it's the absolutely worst, because I didn't see many manga to anime transitions, but so far one transition that I really didn't like was Shikabane Hime (Corpse Princess). The second season is currently on air in Japan, but I didn't like the way they adapted the story of the manga into the anime. Also, the dialogue scripts sound so lame and the main character's seiyuu (the corpse princess Makina) really stinks, it's like her voice and her acting doesn't match the character. I was really excited about this one because Gainax was in this project, but it was a total let down. "
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Hayate no Gotoku Season 2

11 months 3 weeks ago

"I'm currently watching the first season and I'm enjoying it very much. But contrary to most here, I don't want them to put more romance in it. I think it has already the right dose of romance, which makes the anime easier and fun to watch. If I'm not wrong the second season started production this month and so far what is known is that it's going to be an OVA. "
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To Aru Majutsu No Index Wallpaper

11 months 4 weeks ago

"Nice work with the background. I would get rid of the balloons with the "ZZZ" and "...", because they don't really seem to fit there. Good work & good luck!"
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Megaman X wallpaper

1 year 4 days ago

"You're doing good! Although a few curves seem to be a bit irregular, it's really a minor detail that probably will not show up in your wall. Keep up the good work and good luck! "
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What do you think of people reading manga at the bookstore?

1 year 4 days ago

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Dias

Sometimes when I'm feeling irritated and someone is sitting in the way, I'll just walk past with my head looking "busy" at the other titles and "accidentally" kick them.

LOL! This is so cool!
Well, this Borders Bookstore got a very neat system to avoid "free reading". I don't think I've seen any kind of system in the local bookstores here, so there are those annoying people that abuse of their rights to check the books. Perhaps I'll start using your technique Dias! ^^



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Cisco's Linksys vs D-link (quality)

1 year 2 weeks ago

"I always heard good things about Linksys, although I own a D-Link modem for more than a couple years and no issues with it. I guess you had a bad luck with the Linksys device or it was simply not being used properly. "
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FLAC vs mp3 (at 320Kbps)

1 year 1 month ago

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iroveashe

... Well, it shouldn't change your mind, since music (and this whole MP3 vs. FLAC debate) is purely based on sound. If you can't hear the difference some graphics won't make your (or anyone else who can't, not particularly you) ears better, therefore, it shouldn't matter. Again, the subject is not if FLAC has greater quality, it's if it's actually worth it given the space it takes, and the fact that not all people can hear it and you can't take its full advantages without proper equipment.

I agree. FLAC has greater quality, it is a fact (believe it or not). Whether your ears can tell the difference between a 320kbps MP3 and a FLAC file, well that's another story and the point of the discussion here in this thread.

I don't think I can really tell the difference, but if I had to choose one of those formats to store my music collection, I would definitely choose FLAC.

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Nintendo DSi

1 year 1 month ago

"The larger screen seems to be the most interesting feature, along with the AAC compatibility. Who wants a 0.3 Megapixel camera anyway? ^^
Since I don't own a DS yet, I might consider getting one in the future. Maybe."
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School Rumble 3rd Season.....

1 year 5 months ago

"I'm also a big fan of School Rumble. But, when I watched the promo video for the 3rd Season I felt pretty excited and sad at the same time... The reason for my sadness is that the 3rd Season is not going to be a TV series, but instead a two-episode OVA. Each episode will be released as a bonus DVD for the last two volumes of the manga. Yeah.. School Rumble is coming to an end. ;_;
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BEST NEWS FOR US!!

1 year 6 months ago

"I'm completely skeptical when it comes to movies based on tv series. They really tend to be a very bad recap of the series story, and most of the times it is completely frustrating for those who have watched the whole tv series. Let's hope I'm wrong. ^^ "
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My scan result is too heavy.

1 year 8 months ago

"Just use the common sense, instead of worrying about quality numbers. I think the best way to do it, is previewing the result. Lower the quality setting and check if you get any artifacting in the image. If everything seems to be ok, keep lowering and checking, until you notice problems in the image, then you know that you've reached the limit. Well, that's my tip. Good luck! "
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Overclocking

1 year 8 months ago

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makhan

I read a lot, but what puzzles me most is that all tutorials advise completely different things XD

That's the point. There's no really a recipe for overclocking. Depending on what pieces of hardware you have, the paths you have to walk through in order to successfully overclock your machine can be very different, and sometimes you won't be able to overclock at all (at least, not enough to make a difference in performance). That's why it's really important to know well what kind of hardware do you have and understand the concepts behind overclocking (FSB Frequency, multipliers, DRAM Frequency, etc).
Unfortunately my overclocking knowledge is very limited so I really can't give you any useful advice, probably the things I know, you already have read in overclocking tutorials.
Now, your DRAM frequency options are weird, indeed. Maybe they're weird because you changed the CAS,RAS settings? I advise you not to try to overclock both CPU and RAM at the same time, because you wouldn't know precisely what settings gave you a performance improvement.
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Overclocking

1 year 8 months ago

"First of all, overclocking is something that you shouldn't be playing with, if you have no idea what you're doing, and this seems to be the case. So be very careful before doing anything.
My advice for you is to do a lot of research, check what kind of hardware do you have, what are its specifications, its limitations, and so on. You really need to know what you're doing if you want to successfully overclock your machine. And go check some overclockers board or something, you'll probably have better advice there.
I know that this is not what you wanted to read but that's my piece of advice. Sorry!
Wish you good luck with your overclock and hope you don't burn anything. ^^"
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Club-To-Death Angel Dokuro-chan

1 year 9 months ago

"I checked this show recently out of curiosity because Saeko Chiba (Dokuro's voice actress) mentioned Dokuro-chan in a internet radio program and I ended up watching all episodes available. In technical terms, it's really a very simple anime (some might say mediocre.. ^^). But I really loved the humor and the characters and this is something very personal. I guess most people would find the kind of humor present in Dokuro-chan repulsive, offensive and idiotic. Dark humor is not the kind of humor that pleases many people.
Anyway, regarding whether or not there will be more episodes of the show, my guess is that there will be not. At least not in a near future, because it seems that Tsutomu Mizushima (the director for Dokuro-chan) is busy with two new anime series (Kemeko DX and xxxHOLiC) for this year.
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Please Help my PC!

1 year 11 months ago

"Well, if you have a fast internet connection, you can try a free online scanner like Trend Micro's Housecall and see if it can get rid of the virus for you.
By the way, did you manage to boot up in Safe Mode to see if you could at least backup your data?

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Firefox question

2 years 3 weeks ago

"I always used Firefox since the early versions and never had or heard of such kind of problem. On the contrary, I always heard of how Firefox was better in memory consumption than IE. Anyway, if you're sure of what you're talking about then I think your question would be better answered at firefox's support site."
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Image shack?

2 years 1 month ago

"You can also submit your wallpaper to the Session Zero gallery here in AP, if you want to have some feedback. "
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The "Rebuild of Evangelion"

2 years 2 months ago

"I'm sorry for the Hikaru Utada fans here but I must say that I was completely disappointed with the theme song. Evangelion and dance music really don't go together in my opinion. The new version of "Fly me to the moon" was ruined for me too... For someone who listened to such a beautiful piece of music as "Thanatos - If I can't be yours", it's hard to be happy with it. Man... I was really expecting something great but...
Well, there's still Shiro Sagisu scores to save the movie. ^^
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The "Rebuild of Evangelion"

2 years 4 months ago

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itatchi-kicks-but

Whatever happened to the live action version they were going to make?, have they decided to forget about it? cos that was a brilliant idea, weta were lined up or someone like that, it would have been amazing

I hope they just keep this live action project buried. A Hollywood version of Evangelion would be really just a nightmare. Of course, it could be an eye-candy with all those fancy Hollywood-made CG-stuff, but with this new Rebuild project I guess there's no need for that.

It was quite recent that I first had contact with Evangelion and since then I became a great fan of the anime so I'm really looking forward for this movie, specially considering that Tsurumaki is directing it. But it's interesting to see that some people that used to watch Eva back in that time, now got tired and hate it now. I wonder if it would be the same with me if I hadn't ignored Eva when it was the hype of the moment.




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Puni Puni Poemy

2 years 4 months ago

"I watched it and honestly I didn't like it very much. Compared to Excel Saga this spin-off was a let down for me. In my opinion it lacked creativity and that Kobayashi girl was really annoying! Boy, she was excessively crazy! ^^
Not that it's a bad anime, there are some really funny jokes but I didn't enjoy it as much as Excel Saga.
But I think there isn't anything like this show. I guess there's no one as crazy as Nabeshin. ^^"
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Neon Genesis Evangelion wally

2 years 5 months ago

"It's a nice wall but I think Ayanami's image kinda lacks quality. The image needs some cleaning, and you can see some jpeg artifacting at some places and some blurry spots. Did you resize up the image? If you did, I suggest you to look for a higher resolution scan or vector the one you have.
One thing that might improve the overall look of the wall is adding something to the black borders. I think it's a bit empty, and some simple lines, shapes, could be nice. Hope it helps. Wish you good luck & work! "
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My First Scan

2 years 6 months ago

"Well, according to the link you passed, the scan doesn't meet the requirements to be accepted. Please, read the FAQ regarding scans, you'll find all the information necessary to know what you can submit and what you cannot. "
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