Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Angel Blade - Hentai Movie



Anime 18 does give the viewer the option to use the original Japanese dialogue with subtitles, but we found the dub actors to be quite good, and didn’t need it.

The girl also feels the need to point out that although the Dean is credited as “Sandy Parks” he’s fairly obviously voiced by either Yu-Gi-Oh’s Dan Green or an amazing impersonator.

The translation is pretty good, and generally sidesteps the usual awkwardness.

While much of the animation is exquisite (backgrounds and motion scenes especially), the characters often look crude, almost like a Flash animation – although it was clearly made before this would have been possible.

It makes for a unique contrast, and the occasional crudeness doesn’t detract. The sex, on the other hand, detracts. First, we should say that there isn’t a whole lot of sex.

Nudity and discussions about boonies, yes. But as for actual intercourse, there are only a few scenes. But these few scenes, as one might expect from a sci-fi themed hentai, focus on the tentacle-y and drippy sexual torture of women.

Overall, Angel Blade is fun, well-produced, and generally enjoyable even for people who don’t get off on tentacles. Oh, and make sure you recycle.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Female figures



Cute figures perhaps?

There’s a whole cheerleading team here. There were quite alot of people taking photos of them. I had to wait my turn and then squeeze in to get a shot.

Exhibitions like these are also good opportunities to use and get used to your camera. Know what kind of settings are best for certain situations. I’ve seen people carrying really huge SLR cameras with external speedlights, diffusers etc.

SLR owners without those external flashes made do with a diffuser. A proper one or a make do one with just paper rolled over the built-in flash. Of course there were a majority of people who only used compacts.

And I’ve seen some people carrying really compact ones. There was this one which was probably just twice as thick as the plastic ipod nano (the first nano I think). And I peeked… I looked at his tiny screen and from what I saw, the photo looked great.

I remember reading somewhere that it’s not the camera, it’s knowing how to fully use it that makes the difference.