Tytania

Tytania is a series of novels written by Yoshiki Tanaka that was turned into an anime series in the fall of 2008.  Tanaka's novels are popular subjects for anime as his works The Heroic Legend of Arslan and Legend of The Galactic Heroes were also turned into anime.

Tytania is a space opera that takes place in a time where humanity has spread across the galaxy.  The Tytania clan currently rule but now suddenly face tough resistance.

I like the character designs for the guys on this show but unfortunately, there is very little artwork out there for it.  In addition to the artwork I did find, I also made some screencaps from a creditless version of the show's ending.  Since the screencaps are relatively small in terms of filesize, I've included the original and the web-sized ones in the Image Archive.

 

  

  

  

  

Image Archive with extra pics (.zip):  RS or MF

Fun With Windows Live Photo Gallery

Today's post is a little bit different but I think you'll find it interesting.

In a commercial for Microsoft's Windows Live Photo Gallery, a little girl easily stitches together a panoramic photo using the program.  After seeing it, I decided to download the program.  I figured that I might be able to use it to stitch together some scans I have.  Well, it didn't work.  However, I discovered that the panoramic feature has other benefits.

A lot of animated shows pan the "camera" up or down to show a character in full.  I decided to see what would happen if I took some screenshots of such a pan and had the program try to stitch them together. 

The result was that you end up with a "full-length" pic of the character.  I decided to try a few of these, which I am sharing below.

First, here's a pic of Rayne made up of screens from the first episode of Neo Angelique Abyss:

 

Next, is a pic of Namor made up of screens from the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "Imperius Rex":

 

 

Here is a pic of Throttle made up of screens from the Biker Mice From Mars episode "Stalkers":

 

And lastly, here is a pic of one of the guys of Tytania, made up of screens from the show's ending sequence:

 

 

As you can see, this feature is something I will likely exploit for future posts.  I know there are other programs that have that same feature (and may not be as memory-intensive for someone with as many images as me).  If anyone has some suggestions, leave them in the comments or shoutbox.