scan the javascript and ban anything that loads up a window on close/change page, or more than say.. 2 windows on load.. (have to leave some on-loads for those silly tripod member's pages:P)..
that should probably get a good number of the porn sites:) (not to mention most of the warez sites)..
of course it wont kill the major ones (playboy, etc) that bankroll themselves, but itll stop all those annoying overly-banner-ad-imbued sites:P..
because, if you've seen some of the stuff listed, its not all like that (thats actually a rather small minority of anime.. it was just the stuff that was hyped first in north america because.. well.. it sells).. its only been in the past 3-5 years that major companies have gotten out of the two "regular" anime groups (namely, overly violent and overly sexual) and into the more comedic, story-based, etc.. obviously anime has its own quirks, just as north american movies do (try to find a hollywood movie with an overweight women where her weight isnt a major plot arc.. im sure they exist but they're few and far between).. but overall, its usually more developed, and they can do MUCH better special effects (they just have to change in colors.. or as is more and more the case, palette colors in photoshop/whatever), whereas typical live-action shows that are the norm over here require filming first, usually in specially-designed sets that make the CG easier later, and then the computer-added effects after that.. (just as a quick stat.. animation counts for as much as 55% of japanese television -- "cartoons" arent just for kids over there as they tend to be here).. oh.. and one excellent show I missed in my other post.. Fushigi Yuugi.. its pretty soap-opera-ish but the story is good.. also, flame of recca (rekka) is good, although they never finished it (they made it through the major story line, and then just died with loose ends hanging everywhere).. if you're looking for humor, check out elf princess rane (was dubbed "anime on speed" by my local club when they showed it.. its only two episodes but its hilarious) and dragon half ("if this doesnt make you laugh, check into the hospital":).. hmm.. and those who hunt elves for that matter.. theres just too much good anime out there for my limited memory capacity:)..
One of my faves.. dont know if its on DVD though (I'm still stuck in the land of VHS.. although with all the MPAA stuff goin around, that might be a good thing:P).. anyway.. of few other of my faves (sorry, its mostly Shoujo..).. Slayers, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Gundam (all of them.. Gundam Wing is the best of them that I've seen so far though).. Captain Tylor (ok I know someone else said that already, but its good!).. Sol Bianca (only the first one.. the second sucked hard.. it ended approximately 5 minutes after they finally started getting a story line).. hmm.. Rurouni Kenshin (try to get it before Sony comes out with their butchered Samurai X.. I've not seen it but I've heard its utterly horrid).. uhmm.. for whoever mentioned Ako, its (at least the NA release) is called project A-ko, not operation (gotta love translation fun!).. Photon is utterly hilarious.. Macross 7 is good.. Macross plus is good (as a couple people said).. I dont know about the original.. havent seen it.. the Macross II movie was good.. hmm.. most of the stuff I've listed is probably fansubs only (and thus no DVD for sure.. and subtitled), but believe me.. if you give yourself enough time in front of subtitled anime to get used to it, you'll have a very difficult time going back to the cut-n-paste garbage that usually is dubs (not ALL are bad, but many are).. If you really get into anime and dont mind eyestrain and long queues, a really good place for anime I've found is IRC (I usually hang in #animedivx on dalnet).. I managed to get like 20gig (thats a whole lot, considering most of the stuff is either 50meg rm's or 100meg asf's).. burning a CD or two a day.. and thats not very much by a couple people's standards I've met there:).. Oh, and Sailor Moon is always good, if for nothing else than you can laugh at all the DiC'ies who dont know about the outer senshi (well.. at least until the end of this year.. they're finally getting the S season going)..
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scan the javascript and ban anything that loads up a window on close/change page, or more than say.. 2 windows on load.. (have to leave some on-loads for those silly tripod member's pages :P)..
that should probably get a good number of the porn sites:) (not to mention most of the warez sites)..
of course it wont kill the major ones (playboy, etc) that bankroll themselves, but itll stop all those annoying overly-banner-ad-imbued sites :P..
can I get one of those cool fall-apart stickers? :)..
this is just a wild guess, but probably Heavy Metal?..
because, if you've seen some of the stuff listed, its not all like that (thats actually a rather small minority of anime.. it was just the stuff that was hyped first in north america because.. well.. it sells).. its only been in the past 3-5 years that major companies have gotten out of the two "regular" anime groups (namely, overly violent and overly sexual) and into the more comedic, story-based, etc.. obviously anime has its own quirks, just as north american movies do (try to find a hollywood movie with an overweight women where her weight isnt a major plot arc.. im sure they exist but they're few and far between).. but overall, its usually more developed, and they can do MUCH better special effects (they just have to change in colors.. or as is more and more the case, palette colors in photoshop/whatever), whereas typical live-action shows that are the norm over here require filming first, usually in specially-designed sets that make the CG easier later, and then the computer-added effects after that.. (just as a quick stat.. animation counts for as much as 55% of japanese television -- "cartoons" arent just for kids over there as they tend to be here).. oh.. and one excellent show I missed in my other post.. Fushigi Yuugi.. its pretty soap-opera-ish but the story is good.. also, flame of recca (rekka) is good, although they never finished it (they made it through the major story line, and then just died with loose ends hanging everywhere).. if you're looking for humor, check out elf princess rane (was dubbed "anime on speed" by my local club when they showed it.. its only two episodes but its hilarious) and dragon half ("if this doesnt make you laugh, check into the hospital":).. hmm.. and those who hunt elves for that matter.. theres just too much good anime out there for my limited memory capacity :)..
One of my faves.. dont know if its on DVD though (I'm still stuck in the land of VHS.. although with all the MPAA stuff goin around, that might be a good thing:P).. anyway.. of few other of my faves (sorry, its mostly Shoujo..).. Slayers, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Gundam (all of them.. Gundam Wing is the best of them that I've seen so far though).. Captain Tylor (ok I know someone else said that already, but its good!).. Sol Bianca (only the first one.. the second sucked hard.. it ended approximately 5 minutes after they finally started getting a story line).. hmm.. Rurouni Kenshin (try to get it before Sony comes out with their butchered Samurai X.. I've not seen it but I've heard its utterly horrid).. uhmm.. for whoever mentioned Ako, its (at least the NA release) is called project A-ko, not operation (gotta love translation fun!).. Photon is utterly hilarious.. Macross 7 is good.. Macross plus is good (as a couple people said).. I dont know about the original.. havent seen it.. the Macross II movie was good.. hmm.. most of the stuff I've listed is probably fansubs only (and thus no DVD for sure.. and subtitled), but believe me.. if you give yourself enough time in front of subtitled anime to get used to it, you'll have a very difficult time going back to the cut-n-paste garbage that usually is dubs (not ALL are bad, but many are).. If you really get into anime and dont mind eyestrain and long queues, a really good place for anime I've found is IRC (I usually hang in #animedivx on dalnet).. I managed to get like 20gig (thats a whole lot, considering most of the stuff is either 50meg rm's or 100meg asf's).. burning a CD or two a day.. and thats not very much by a couple people's standards I've met there:).. Oh, and Sailor Moon is always good, if for nothing else than you can laugh at all the DiC'ies who dont know about the outer senshi (well.. at least until the end of this year.. they're finally getting the S season going)..