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Remake, Reimagining, Reject

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Ubu Roi

So it seems Steven Den Beste got his hands on Sol Bianca: the Legacy thanks to Geneon’s sale, and he couldn’t finish it. I’m not surprised. I never got past the first DVD.� My biggest problem is that it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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The Dull Drudgery of Workaday Tidal Waves

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Well, the work on Mahou Meido continues, as I transfer the archives from Houblog. After some fumbling around, I found a fairly easy way to do it, as this time, the database structures are similar enough that I only have … Continue reading →

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Eh, What?

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Just got to work and looked at the site.  Very unexpected…. I set the header font family to fantasy; sans-serif; papayrus  (I think… might have deleted the family–it didn’t do anything).  That looked right on my home system, using Firefox.  But … Continue reading →

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Whew!

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Ok, the header pic is pretty much done. Enough that I’m happy with it, though I’m not sure why the frame around it went AWOL. I’ll figure that out tomorrow night; it took me all evening to get the picture … Continue reading →

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Still Setting Up

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’m still in setup mode (as should be obvious by the fact that the header pic is still Houblog’s). I have just finished transferring everyone’s registrations over to Mahou, so if … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Mahou Medio Meganekko @ BridgeBunnies!

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Well, if you’re here anytime around September of 2006, then you probably know what’s going on, and what this is. For the sake of those who don’t, I’ll summarize. At the beginning of 2004, I, set out to create a … Continue reading →

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New Animé Terms and Concepts?

Posted on September 6, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Steven DenBeste discusses the arms race. The animé arms race that is, as he writes on the concept of simple plot or setting devices taken to their extreme. In honor of Gillette and Shick, he christens it “the five-bladed razor,” … Continue reading →

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