Basic Premise: Mink is a girl whose dad is a human and her mom is a dragon. Her dad was sent to kill a dragon years ago by the king and decided to marry the dragon instead. They then gave birth to Mink who is known as a dragon half. She is like a regular teenage girl and loves the teen tv idol Dick Saucer. In the first episode she is trying to get a concert ticket to see Dick Sauer. Meanwhile the king who sent Ruth to kill the dragon wants to kill Ruth in order to marry the dragon instead, but he can't because Ruth is too strong so he sends his sorcerer to kidnap his daughter Mink instead in order to get to Mink. In Episode 2 Mink enters a tournament with Dick Saucer in order to get the money to get a concert ticket to see Dick Saucer.
Review: For a two episode anime there are a lot of side plots as well and they seem to all get tied up in the end in one way or another. It's hard to know where to begin, but there is a rival fan, a warrior who wants to hunt dragon half, the quest for a people potion, who is really a human and who is not. Heh, but it is all really pointless anyway. It's best not to think about it since it is not meant to be taken seriously anyway, but it is a lot of fun.
The animation style is not consistent at all except for maybe the background scenes. The characters go from chibi to normal proportioned from second to second as well as every variation between. Almost on a side note the characters do not usually have any feet, but walk on the tips of their toes if you can call them feet.
The music seems to be a cross between Beethoven and insanity and looney tunes since the lyrics just make no sense. I would so love to explain it, but the ending song just defies any type of logic. It just makes no sense at all. This song is also one of the best examples of how utterly strange the Japanese sense of humor as well as how they think can be. We Americans may think that we are odd or look odd to other countries, but the Japanese here prove that they are the true masters of the weird and wacky, indecipherable, and unfathomable in their humor.
The anime seems to parody dragon warrior with the use of slimes and going up levels an dragons and such. There also seems to be some references to pokemon somehow in the second episode during the tournament.
For really silly characters in a really silly anime I can safely say that the voices and characters sounded in character and didn't seem forced or overly dramatic. The plot is nigh unfathomable. The pace is pretty fast and well paced. It is kind of hard to criticize an anime that doesn't take it seriously in any way. The creators just had fun with it. It is not that the anime is well designed or that a lot of work went into it, because there is plainly almost no effort that went into this show, but it is so very funny anyway and the humor is unknowable unless you are from Japan. Overall this seems to be a well received anime everywhere and I just had to try it out for myself to see what people are talking about and now that I have seen it a few times I can say that in order to really understand the charm of this show you have to see it for yourself. This show is also a good example of the anime style of the early 90's as well as the craziness that is Japanese humor. If you are looking for an anime that does not require a lot of brain cells give this one a try. If you are fortunate to be able to add this to your anime collection other people will have no idea what this show is, but it is a good edition anyway.
This is one of the first of the more rare anime out there as I will occasionally try to find overlooked gems of anime out there that may have been forgotten or was just never all that popular.
Conclusion: This is an anime for people who love the ridiculous. You don't want to laugh, but you just can't help it. Seems to be aimed at the teenager audience.
I was just reading on the internet how Italy has ordained, on May 22, its first female priest. Her name is Maria Vittoria Longhitano, she is 35 and married. She belongs to a small congregation called the Italian Old Catholic Church which broke away from the Vatican in the 19th century. This story got me to thinking about other female priests from other areas of the world. And guess what, there are a few who have been ordained over the years. On March 12, 1994 Ludmila Javorova was ordained by the Church of England and the Episcopal Church agreed to ordain women in 1976 and actually started ordaining in 1984. And of course the Vatican is totally against ordaining women as priests at all. I could name all the female priests I found in articles but that is not the point I want to make here !
This is the year 2010, why is this still an issue?! I mean how many centuries have Pagan religions been ordaining women into the Priesthood. Women are a vital and very welcome addition to our religion. They add both perspective and a sense of family to our hallowed ranks. I am both proud and honored to stand side by side, shoulder to shoulder with our Heathen women. They are our equals, period ! How can Christians still be living so far in the past. Women should have all the same basic rights as men in both religious life as they have in secular life.
All religions need to wake up and do whats right, and what is long overdue. Allow all women the same rights and privileges as men. Allow them to become Priests, Bishops and Cardinals, maybe even the Pope someday. When will discrimination end and equal and basic rights be given to all ?!
The whole Terry Jones-book- burning mess brings once again to the forefront the proliferation of the radical fringe elements in society these days. And I am not talking about just religion either ! It exists and is growing out of control in all parts of society; religious and secular. The right and the left have been pushing apart for several years now and they have both ramped up the rhetoric. Their words and speeches are filled with dialogue and catch phrases that are tinged with hate.
The Glenn Beck- Sarah Palin- Tea Party group is especially troubling to me. Their rhetoric scares me because there is no compromise in their viewpoints. Nancy Pelosi and her gang on the liberal left are just as bad with their uncompromising ways. And here we are, the true silent majority,( the moderates ), stuck in the middle and looking for a way out to a better and kinder America.
What can be done to bring these two radically opposing groups together ? Well the answer is surprisingly simple, and dates back to the very beginning of our great country. It is called compromise ! Yes, the old give and take method of interacting with others to solve common problems. It is the only way to break the recent grid lock and get things done. And if you don't think this is necessary just look at the voting in the Senate and the House of Representatives recently. The votes are almost always along party lines. Compromise built this country and has sustained it for over 200 years and it is the only way for us to go foward today.
I see the same unyielding attitudes in the "Ground Zero Mosque" controversy in New York City. Over the weekend there were demonstrations and counter-demonstrations. All this does is raise tensions and animosity ! At one point they showed two opposing individuals screaming at each other. I could almost see great Odin shaking his head in disgust. For there is no wisdom used in such actions. Only through calm interactions can a compromising solution be found.
The one thing my mind cannot come to grips with, is why have we come to this point ? What has made us so hard and unyielding that we cannot give a little to get a little. Have we really become so cold and unfeeling as a people that we cannot see the views of others. I hope not !
A storyboard I did for Glassworks / Amsterdam. The task was to communicate light and atmosphere – thus I decided to paint the board instead of drawing it.
JIANGSU MODERN MASSAGIST SCHOOL is founded under the approval of Jiangsu Province Ministry of Labour And Social Security and Jiangsu Province Ministry of Civil Affairs. It is the first training school for primary, middle and senior health-care massagists in China. University professor, associate professor, chief physician and massage technician form the teaching staff. The teaching content is the followings. The basic theory of Chinese traditional medical, diagnostics of Chinese traditional medical, the study of main and collateral channels, the study of acupoint, the basic knowledge of anatomy, the basic knowledge of massage, massage technique, beauty massage, lose-weight massage, infantile massage, keep-fit massage, medical massage, foreign massage, etc. Our school enroll the students around the year and opens at every 8th, the training period is 45 days. After the training and passing the examinations you can get the the Certificate of Vocational Training Completion and the Vocational Qualification Certificate of Massagist of the People's Republic of China from our school. All our students can open his/her business or find a job with these certificates in all China and the certificates are also available overseas. Our school provides the integrated services of teaching, lodging, transaction of certificate, obtaining employment for our students and we are strictly observing the charging standard approved by Jiangsu Province Price Bureau. Our school strictly control the teaching quality and we ensure you can grasp the skills and knowledge after the training and you can get the certificates(for those persons who did not get the certificates he/she can continue the studying till he/she grasp all knowledge without extra tuition.).
Meals bought in school dining-room by yourself, 5-10 Yuan a day. And you can take part in day-class and night-class at the same time.
Our school got the approbation from some departments of government by our unique teaching method and training quality. In May, 2001 we held a training course for all China Blind Massage Key Teachers in Nanjing under the commission of China Blind Massage Center. In this June and July we accepted the teaching task for All-China Massage Key Teachers Training Course and Appraiser Training Course held in Lanzhou and Beijing.
Till now our students spread over the China and there are 36 students went to Japan, America, Canada, New Zealand and other countries to serve people there and win the honor for our country.