Re:Creators

 It's been some time since I watched Re:Creators and looking for something to watch I decided to watch it again and it's aged fairly well.  It's an original Anime produced by studio Troyca produced the animation and with music by Hiroyuki Sawano so the animation and music are top notch.

A bit of the opening to sample both, the tune is Gravity Wall.

The story basically breaks down to what would happen if characters from anime and manga were transported to our world and engaged in a battle royal with the fate of the world being dependent on the outcome.

Mother's basement has a review of the anime.

Blue Protocol #7 Developer Live Stream May 23rd

 It's looking like the japanese release of Blue Protocol may be released in the next month or so.

Some things likely to be covered in the live stream are.

• Game roadmap going forward
• Possible new class announcement
• Possible Japan release date

I'm looking forward to Aethersong's coverage of the live stream.

Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion

 

I'm finding the anime Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion a more and more satisfying romance story.  While it's not groundbreaking in the least, but I'm really enjoying the interactions between Noah and Raeliana as well as other characters. I'm a sucker for a story where the characters get together out of self-interest and come to care about each other over the course of events.

The latest episode had them go though some humous situations and for the duke to start to open up Raeliana and she herself has started to suspect that she has feelings for him as well.

Generally, I feel it's a well-paced romance with humor, action and intrigue.

Kien Romance / Nana Wo Akari

Really love the sound of this music video for Nana Wo Akari's tune "Kien Romance", this tune is also used as the ending theme for the Anime Oktaku Elf.

All hail our AI overloards

 Personally I can't wait till these generative AI tools get better they really seem to me like they offer the possibility to allow anyone to create decent content with the assistance of AI tools.

Say I want to create an image of a woman with silver hair, wolf ears and amber eyes wearing glasses and a sleeveless cheongsam dress at a Japanese festival at night with people in the background in anime style.

Or an anime girl in a pilot's outfit with goggles in the style of a soviet propaganda poster?

Or a blonde haired blue eyed anime girl in the style of a WWII Uncle Sam propaganda poster?

The results are not perfect, especially the hands and trying to get it to create images with the character holding things. Still they are things I could imagine but would never have the skill to create myself and while it can be argued that I'm not really creating anything, I would disagree in that I'm just using a tool to assist in the process.