The epic sci­ence fic­tion showdown

Space bat­tles involv­ing thou­sands of star­ships with real­is­tic tac­tics…
Fac­tional pol­i­tick­ing with enough chain strat­a­gems and Just-as-Planned to keep your head spin­ning…
Some of the most awe­some and intel­lec­tu­ally witty lead­ers ever…
Deep sto­ry­line that ref­er­ences major events from thou­sands of years of human history…

There are many rea­sons to watch Leg­end of the Galac­tic Heroes, which is one of the few series that I claim to be one of the best anime series ever pro­duced, regard­less of sub­jec­tive inter­ests. Mat­ter of fact I believe its enjoy­ment rises with your intel­lec­tual knowl­edge and, by the time you’re done, you’d feel that even the intim­i­dat­ing num­ber of 110 episodes weren’t enough.

But Galac­tic Heroes also had its flaws and short­com­ings, many of which inher­ited from its scifi Space Opera sub-genre. Per­son­ally, Galac­tic Heroes could have improved greatly if it took a few more ele­ments from its sib­ling sub­genre: Mil­i­tary Scifi, which is best rep­re­sented in the ani­mev­erse by Ban­ner of the Stars, arguably also the clos­est thing to Galac­tic Heroes inso­far as epic scifi anime goes. If you enjoyed one, you’ll love the other. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the past two weeks my life’s free time had been almost entirely con­sumed by pho­to­shop, as the Tarot Project is finally com­ing together. I only have three things to say on the mat­ter — I’ve never taken pho­to­shop to be such seri­ous busi­ness before; I can finally say I’m more than just a noob to pho­to­shop thanks to the picto-editing skills I’ve acquired; and I haven’t felt so proud of my goods for a long time.

Before any­one asks “why all girls?”, it’s to cut down on the com­pe­ti­tion between char­ac­ter and more con­sis­tency in art style. Not to men­tion — the deck is cuter this way.

I might think about mak­ing a bishie/GAR deck later, maybe, if I feel like throw­ing away another week+ of free time.

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