So now you’re going to get the inarticulate meld of them all. Enjoy.
One post was going to be about how I really want us to have a header image. This place just feels so sterile without one, don’t you think? I might have a temp one up at some point today, but if anyone has a good idea then feel free to mention it.
And then one time I was going to talk about intros to anime/video games. This was mostly spurred on by my intense liking of the borderlands intro:
There’s nothing awe-inspiring about it, I admit, but it’s cool and gives you an absolute perfect feeling about the game you’re about to play. I suppose they were helped by finding a song that so perfectly captures the game.
And I also really like the Durarara! opening.
It really got me thinking though. How many good games have you played and animes have you seen that have terrible beginnings? You’d think that these segments would have the MOST work put into them since the first impression is so important. And I don’t just mean opening as in an opening cinematic. I think Bioshock had a wonderful opening, but here I consider the “opening” to be pretty much the entire “Welcome to Rapture” level.
So what do you guys think? Have and great or terrible intros that you remember well?
Wonderfest was a few days ago so there are a lot of pictures of new figures and whatnot floating around. I think the best (english) coverage was done by wcloudxkumo.I think my favorite figure that came out of it is Momohime from Muramasa, which I still haven’t played. There were rumors of this going to Xbox 360 and PS3 so I was waiting for that, but I may have to cave in and get it for the Wii.
-Tony
I have some ideas for headers.
Main: we could take several pics, say, one of a resin BJD, one of Himeka, one of a Nendoroid, one of a Gundam, and one of, say, your Mikuru. We could put them side by side into a banner.
Dollhouse: I have a great picture of Ayris and Lym that could be manipulated into a header
Tony and Jen: I could draw a picture… I was thinking of profiles. On one person’s, one of us would be on the left with the sky stretching to the right, and vice versa for the other person’s. *nod*
I also think “emotion” pics would be cute for the bottom of posts, but that may not be appropriate for a blog that’s more about anime/figures/dolls/gundam than personal. I just think those are adorable and am currently working on a K-on set for my LJ.
Ugh I love website decorations so much but I suck as PS ;___; Nor do I have it at the moment ;___;
At the risk of sounding like a mainstream anime noob, favorite anime openings:
Big O
Samurai Champloo
Last Exile (Last Exile’s opening feels very unique to me.)
Best game openings:
Shadow of the Colossus
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (the opening scene of the halo jump)
At least those are the ones that pop to mind. I also have a candidate for worst anime opening of all time: Gundam Wing.
Big O has one of those “so bad it’s great openings”. Sadly the DVD’s didn’t keep the original opening. Or at least the version I got didn’t.
Gundam Wing’s is boring but I do kind of like the songs. They just do that “watch the characters stand around” thing too much. Seed did that too. Now 00 had great openings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeCBePXZ9cQ
But then again, I probably like that show a little too much.
If we’re voting for best anime openings, I nominate the first opening for FMA Brotherhood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn8S0TwQvD4
I personally love the second opening for Ah! My Goddess, but then I adore bagpipes. And the joining of Celtic music and Japanese makes me squee.
Also, the art is awe inspiring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znLsSy6WZS4&feature=related
Oh yeah, and the best game opening will forever be Chrono Cross:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27-DsLJ76aA&feature=related