Saturday, December 2, 2006

Okay... take 2. Okay... 'Najica'... three episodes in... if you ignore the gratuitous 'fanservice' the story is actually amusing... like the brief review I referenced earlier says. Poor Najica (the main character) gets stuck with a female android (Lila) who looks like a teenager (She's something called a Humaritt? Seems to be some kind of artificial intelligence based creature (AI)) that is learning how to act human. She's very literal. Lots of humour results from their interaction. Lila apparently was supposed to be the only "Humaritt' but a new one seems to show up in each mission Najica and Lila go on... so far... they seem to have to retrieve them... 5:45:11 PM    Notes [] New Receiver... New receiver to replace the dying one... a Pioneer of all things... It has an interesting setup menu.... it's a bit odd because the the four digital audio inputs have to be matched up to 3 component video inputs... and of course the hardcoded names don't quite fit... the match-up between audio and video isn't exact. My DVR/cable box has a digital coax output but no video (I use HDMI which this reciever doesn't support) so I have that set so it uses one of the audio inputs but no video. My DVD player also uses HDMI and the other digital coax input - it got the CD label (which does audio and no video of course) (I'm just using the receiver for surround sound... for the cable box and DVD player) My PS2 gets the TV component in and digital optical in. My Xbox got the DVD component in and the DVD optical audio in. My DVD recorder gets the 3rd component input but only does analog audio out... I haven't quite figured out how to set it up to record yet. Maybe tomorrow? On my old receiver I had one optical input that I swapped between the Xbox and PS2 5:28:09 PM    Notes [] Okay... I was curious about 'Najica'... Best Buy has had a boxed set for a while... but not enough to buy the whole thing... The used book store had the first DVD in the set today... so I picked it up... after watching the first episode... Can't see myself getting the rest.... It isn't the story/storytelling/animation... well... okay... it IS the animation style... the director/animator seems to be obsessed with women with overly short dresses/skirts -- to the point that the camera seems to focus on them... a little too much for my taste... (The anime term is 'panty shot' - and this series seems to be full of them.) A quick description: http://www.tokidokijournal.com/anime/najica/ 5:06:25 PM    Notes []

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