What's New?

Since this weekend Miku of Vocaloid fame celebrated het first birthday, I've concentrated on adding to her shrine - seventeen new art pages and an animation page. (about 1400 images in total)

I'm working on shrines for the Rosario + Vampire characters (Moka, Kurumu, Mizore), expect them to appear in future. :)

Just noticed that FireFox 3 messes up the speechballoons at the beginning of each gallery page. Should be fixed soonish. I'm working on the site anyway, stripping out old html and replacing it with leaner html+css. Some of the html still in use was written 12 years ago - in the time that <table> was cool and noone knew what a <div> was. If you look at the source of this page you'll see what it's been renovated already. Should load faster too!

Updated: Cassadra (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art 2 (raulovsky) , Cheshire (Miyuki-chan in Wonderland) Art (Keysha-chan) , Chun-Li (Streetfighter) Art 6, Chun-Li (Streetfighter) Art 7 (Atomic Tiki) , Cutey Honey (Cutey Honey) Art (Atomic Tiki) , Horo (Spice and Wolf) Art 4, Ivy (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art 4 (raulovsky) , Kallen (Code Geass) Art 3, Kasumi (Dead or Alive) Art, Lei-Lei (Darkstalkers) Art (Atomic Tiki) , Lilith (Darkstalkers) Art (Atomic Tiki) , Lum (Urusei Yatsura) Art 2, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 4, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 5, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 6, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 7, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 8, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 9, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 10, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 11, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 12, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 13, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 14, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 15, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 16, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 17, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 18, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 19, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 20, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 21, Miku (Vocaloid2) Animations (gif), Morrigan (Darkstalkers) Art 3 (Atomic Tiki) , Nami (One Piece) Art 3, Raven (Teen Titans) Art 2 (Atomic Tiki) , Reiko (Rumble Roses) Art, Reiko (Rumble Roses) Art 3, Seung (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art 2 (raulovsky) , Sophitia (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art 2 (raulovsky) , Starfire (Teen Titans) Art 2 (Atomic Tiki) , Taki (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art (raulovsky) , Yin (Darker Than Black) Art, Yoko (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) Art 2, Yoko (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) Cosplay

This week's recommended anime series: Rosario + Vampire (ロザリオとバンパイア) / Rozario to Banpaia

When a guy applies to and gets rejected from every school, he counts himself lucky to finally find one that does accept him. The schoolbus there has a somewhat sinister driver and a very peculiar schedule - as he finds out later. The school turns out to be attended by monster (children), who cannot go to regular schools. Vampires, werewolves, demons, goblins.. you name it, it's there.

The first season spans 13 episodes, and the second season (Rosario + Vampire Capu 2) is starting in october. There isn't much depth to the story, but the setting is amusing. Unfortuately, there is a -lot- of panty flashing fanservice which is a shame as it does not happen in the manga. The production quality is high, smooth clean artwork eventhough simple at times. The details vary a lot from scene to scene (check the amount of details on the monsters that aren't the main characters. It varies wildly.)

25-08-2008

Welcome to this week's update. I have a little treat for you - a little slice of madness just for you. Most of you will be familiar with Caramelldansen - it has been around for a good while already. If you're not, you still have time to run for the hills now - anyway, I added a little shrine to the phenomenon of Caramelldansen since so many characters have been seen doing it. If you have animations or regular art that isn't there yet and feel like adding to the shrines, please don't hesitate and contribute it.

I've fixed a long standing bug with the thumbnailing of animated gifs - the results weren't exactly pretty most of the time, but now they've been improved a lot. A few will still look a little wonky, but that is caused by the original animation being badly put together. Overall they're a lot better watchable now.

This week's new arrivals:

Two pirates - well, one pirate and one anti-pirate to be specific and a straggling Touhou char:

Caramelldansen
Nami (One Piece)
Tashigi (One Piece)
Hong Meilin (Touhou)

Updated: Athena (King of Fighters) Art 2, Cammy (Streetfighter) Art 2, Christie (Dead or Alive) Art 2, Chun-Li (Streetfighter) Cosplay, Chun-Li (Streetfighter) Art 3, Chun-Li (Streetfighter) Art 4, Chun-Li (Streetfighter) Art 5, Hong (Touhou) Art, Hong (Touhou) Art 2, Hong (Touhou) Art 3, Hong (Touhou) Art 4, Horo (Spice and Wolf) Art 4, Ibuki (Streetfighter) Art, Iroha (Samurai Spirits) Art, Iroha (Samurai Spirits) Art 2, Lilith (Darkstalkers) Art, Mai (King of Fighters) Art 2, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 4, Mina (Samurai Spirits) Art 2, Morrigan (Darkstalkers) Art 3 (Catguy_Paladin) , Nami (One Piece) Art, Nami (One Piece) Art 2, Nami (One Piece) Art 3, Rider (Fate/Stay Night) Art 4, Tashigi (One Piece) Art, Tashigi (One Piece) Art 2, Yin (Darker Than Black) Art, Yoko (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) Art 2

This week's recommended anime series: Dōjin Work (ドージンワーク) / Dōjin Wāku

What happens when a girl with absolutely no artistic skills discovers that her friend is selling doujinshi and making tons of cash with them? Why, she will make her own and become a millionaire, of course. The 12 fairly short episodes detail how she blunders into the world of doujinshi, both regular and h. She meets other people, many of whom are a little more weird that your average rabid fan. Amusing animations and eventhough the storyline itself doesn't really lead anywhere it's worth watching - it's as thin as the paper it was written on.

The series isn't aimed at children as much of the humour is obviously aimed at adults - and many of the jokes are very obscure. Someone not familiar with the plethora of doujinshi out there will miss out on some of the jokes.

18-08-2008

Latest arrivals:

We're having a Scandinavian mythological women week - two Valkyries added and another two Youkai (monster) girls from Touhou, bringing the total number of shrines to 252 :

Lenneth Valkyrie (Valkyrie Profile)
Valkyrie (Valkyrie no Boken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu)
Cirno (Touhou)
Mima (Touhou)

Updated: Cirno (Touhou) Art, Dizzy (Guilty Gear) Art, Dizzy (Guilty Gear) Art 2, Dizzy (Guilty Gear) Art 3, Felicia (Darkstalkers) Art 4, I-No (Guilty Gear) Art 2, Iroha (Samurai Spirits) Art, Jam (Guilty Gear) Art, Lenneth (Valkyrie Profile) Art, Marisa (Touhou) Art 2, May (Guilty Gear) Art, May (Guilty Gear) Art 2, Millia (Guilty Gear) Art, Mima (Touhou) Art, Opera (Star Ocean: Second Story) Art, Reimu (Touhou) Art, Reimu (Touhou) Art 2, Reimu (Touhou) Art 3, Shinki (Touhou) Art 2, Valkyrie (Valkyrie) Art

Something new for your amusement - I'll include recommended anime series (every so often..)

Recommended anime series: Toshokan Sensō (図書館戦争) / Library War

What happens when the government decides to create a censorship institution that takes on all publications in order to 'sanitize' them and thus 'protect' the general public? Libraries go on the offensive and start their own army to defend their books, of course. Twelve episodes, crisply drawn and no fanservice, moe or lolicon whatsoever. It is refreshing to see a series in which the cast consists of characters who are mature.

11-08-2008

Three new shrines for your perusal:

Two Youkai (monster) girls from Touhou and one from an older game that had it's crosses censored in the US release:

Prier (La Pucelle Tactics)
Rumia (Touhou)
Shinki (Touhou)

Updated: Ada (Resident Evil) Art (Alan Gutierrez) , Ayane (Dead or Alive) Art 7, Kasumi (Dead or Alive) Art 10, Lum (Urusei Yatsura) Art, Prier (La Pucelle Tactics) Art, Rumia (Touhou) Art, Shinki (Touhou) Art, Shinki (Touhou) Art 2

04-08-2008

With the update of the thumbnails (lots and lots of those), rewriting scripts, six new shrines and a massive regular update, the total size of this week's update passed the half gig. (Mostly due to the thumbnails...)

Six new shrines for your amusement:

One girl from Soul Calibur that was missing, two fighting princesses, one lady from a card/book based game and two women who apparantly have no surnames:

Amy Sorel (Soul Calibur 3-4)
Princess Angela (Seiken Densetsu / Secret of Mana 3)
Lady Elina (Queen's Blade)
Iroha (Samurai Spirits)
Princess Riesz (Seiken Densetsu / Secret of Mana 3)
Shiki (Samurai Spirits)

Since more and more characters with the same name appear I'll add the series of that particular character to the link from now on.

Updated: Akari (Last Blade) Art 2, Amelia (Slayers) Art, Amy (Soul Calibur) Art, Amy (Soul Calibur) Art 2, Amy (Soul Calibur) Figures, Amy (Soul Calibur) Screenshots, Angela (Seiken Densetsu) Art, Angela (Seiken Densetsu) Art 2, Angela (Seiken Densetsu) Cosplay, Anise (Tales of the Abyss) Art 2, Anise (Tales of the Abyss) Art 3, Athena (King of Fighters) Art 2, Blue Mary (King of Fighters) Art, Cassadra (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art 2, Cham-Cham (Samurai Spirits) Art, Charlotte (Samurai Spirits) Art, Cherry (Saber Marionettes) Art, Chris (Genso Suikoden) Art 2, Christie (Dead or Alive) Art, Cutey Honey (Cutey Honey) Cosplay (Inglaterra `Chun Li` Xiang) , Dizzy (Guilty Gear) Art 3, Elina (Queen's Blade) Art, Elina (Queen's Blade) Art 2, Elina (Queen's Blade) Figures, Ellis (Battle Arena Toshinden) Art 8, Farah (Tales of Eternia) Art 2, Feena (Ys) Art, Hildegard (Soul Calibur) Art, Hildegard (Soul Calibur) Screenshots 2, Horo (Spice and Wolf) Art 4, Horo (Spice and Wolf) Screenshots 8, Horo (Spice and Wolf) Screenshots 9, Horo (Spice and Wolf) Screenshots 10, Horo (Spice and Wolf) Screenshots 11, Horo (Spice and Wolf) Screenshots 12, Horo (Spice and Wolf) Screenshots 13, Horo (Spice and Wolf) Screenshots 14, Hotaru (Garou: Mark of te Wolves) Art, Hotaru (Garou: Mark of te Wolves) Art 2, Iroha (Samurai Spirits) Art, Iroha (Samurai Spirits) Art 2, Ivy (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art 4, Jeane (Genso Suikoden) Art, Kei (Dirty Pair) Art, Kei (Dirty Pair) Art 2, Legretta (Tales of the Abyss) Art, Lina (Slayers) Art 3, Meredy (Tales of Eternia) Art 2, Miku (Vocaloid2) Art 4, Mina (Samurai Spirits) Art 3, Nakoruru (Samurai Spirits) Art 2, Nanami (Genso Suikoden) Art 3, Natalia (Tales of the Abyss) Art 3, Philia (Tales of the Abyss) Art, Reco (Mushihimesama) Art 2, Rena (Star Ocean: Second Story) Art, Riesz (Seiken Densetsu) Art, Riesz (Seiken Densetsu) Art 2, Riesz (Seiken Densetsu) Art 3, Riesz (Seiken Densetsu) Art 4, Rutee (Tales of the Abyss) Art 2, Rydia (Final Fantasy 4) Art 3, Sakura (Streetfighter) Art 2, Sarah (Genso Suikoden) Art 2, Setsuka (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art, Setsuka (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Screenshots, Shermie (King of Fighters) Art, Shiki (Samurai Spirits) Art, Sierra (Genso Suikoden) Art 2, Sophitia (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art 2, Sophitia (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Screenshots, Taki (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art 5, Tear (Tales of the Abyss) Art, Tira (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art, Tira (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Screenshots, Tira (Soul Blade / Soul Calibur) Art 2, Viki (Genso Suikoden) Art 2, Yuko (Valis the Fantasm Soldier) Art, Yuko (Valis the Fantasm Soldier) Art 2, Yuna (Final Fantasy 10) Art 4, Yuri (King of Fighters) Art, Yuri (Dirty Pair) Art,

28-07-2008

Five fresh and sparkly new shrines:

Two old videogame heroines, one recent videogame heroine and two from Code Geass:

Akari Ichijo (Last Blade)
Hotaru Futuba (Garou: Mark of the Wolves)
Kallen Stadtfeld (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion)
Marisa Kirisame (Touhou)
Villetta Nu (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion)

Updated: Akari Art, Akari Art 2, Chunli Art 7, Deedlit Art 2, Hotaru Art, Kallen Art, Kallen Art 2, Kallen Art 3, Kallen Cosplay, Kallen Figures, Mai Art 8, Marisa Art, Marisa Art 2, Morrigan Art 3, Rider Art 4, Sophitia Screenshots, Tira Art, Villetta Art, Villetta Art 2, Villetta Cosplay, Villetta Figures, Villetta Screenshots

21-07-2008

Three new arrivals:

One virtual idol, one fighting princess from an ancient platform game and a girl who's into bugs from a somewhat less ancient shooter. :)

Miku Hatsune (Vocaloid2)
Reco (Mushihimesama)
Yuko Ahso (Valis the Fantom Soldier)

Updated: Anise Art 3, Arietta Art 3, Athena Art 2, Aya Art, Bulleta Art 2, Chamcham Art, Dizzy Art 3, Ellis Art 8, Etna Art 3, I-No Art 2, Kos-Mos Art 3, Legretta Art, Miku Art, Miku Art 2, Miku Art 3, Miku Art 4, Mina (Samura Spirits) Art 2, Nakoruru Art 2, Natalia Art 2, Nina Art, Philia Art, Pleineir Art, Reco Art, Reco Art 2, Reimu Art 2, Rimururu Art, Rosa Screenshots, Rosa Art 6, Rosa Art 7, Rosa Art 8, Rosa Art 9, Rosa Art 10, Rosa Art 11, Rosa Art 12, Rosa Comics, Rutee Art 2, Rydia Art 3, Sarah (Suikoden) Art 2, Tear Art 2, Tracy Art 2, Valvalis Art 2, Viki Art, Yoko Art 2, Yuko (Valis) Art

14-07-2008

Updated: Aya Art, Deedlit Art 2, Ivy Screenshots, Kasumi Art 10, Kos-Mos Art 3, Mileena Art 2 (Gargoyle) , Rei Art 5, Talim Art 2, Unrelated Art 6 (Alan Gutierrez)

07-07-2008

Updated: Arshes Art, Asuka Cosplay (Inglaterra `Chun Li` Xiang) , Asuka Art 2, Athena Art 3, Cassandra Art 2, Chamcham Art, Dizzy Art 3, Ellis Art 8, Elly Art, Emeralda Art, Farah Art 2, Feena Art, Feena Art, Jessica Art, Kos-Mos Art 3, Leilei Art, Lethe Art, Lucia Art, Melfina Art, Melfina Screenshots, Meredy Art 2, Mina (Samura Spirits) Art 2, Nanako Art, Nukunuku Art, Rimururu Art, Roomi Art 2, Rydia Art 2, Rydia Art 3, Setsuka Art, Talim Art, Talim Art 2, Yuri Art 2

30-06-2008

New arrivals, with many thanks to Benit 149:

Anise Tatlin (Tales of the Abyss)
Arietta the Wild (Tales of the Abyss)
Legretta the Quick (Tales of the Abyss)
Natalia Luzu Kimlacsca-Lanvaldear (Tales of the Abyss)
Philia Felice (Tales of the Abyss)
Rutee Katrea (Tales of the Abyss)
Tear Grants (Tales of the Abyss)

That brings the total number of shrines up to 231.

Updated: Ayane Screenshots 5, Chunli Art 7, Felicia Art 4, Ibuki Screenshots, Mai Screenshots, Mileena Art 3 (Gargoyle) , Morrigan Art 3, Rachel Screenshots 2, Reiko (Rumble Roses) Art 3, Unrelated Art 6 (Alan Gutierrez)

24-06-2008

New arrivals, with many thanks to Benit 149:

Anise Tatlin (Tales of the Abyss)
Arietta the Wild (Tales of the Abyss)
Legretta the Quick (Tales of the Abyss)
Natalia Luzu Kimlacsca-Lanvaldear (Tales of the Abyss)
Philia Felice (Tales of the Abyss)
Rutee Katrea (Tales of the Abyss)
Tear Grants (Tales of the Abyss)

That brings the total number of shrines up to 231.

Updated: Ayane Screenshots 5, Chunli Art 7, Felicia Art 4, Ibuki Screenshots, Mai Screenshots, Mileena Art 3 (Gargoyle) , Morrigan Art 3, Rachel Screenshots 2, Reiko (Rumble Roses) Art 3, Unrelated Art 6 (Alan Gutierrez)

23-06-2008

No update this week - but I am working on new shrines. Check back next week!

16-06-2008

Updated: Chunli Art 6, Chunli Art 7, Samus Art, Samus Art 2, Samus Art 3, Samus Art 4, Samus Cosplay, Tifa Art 4 (Alan Gutierrez)

09-06-2008

Updated: Cammy Art 2, Misa (Death Note) Art 3, Pirotase Art 3

02-06-2008

Updated: Asuka Art 7, Felicia Art 4, Ivy Art 3 (Alan Gutierrez) , Mai Art 8, Taki Art 5

26-05-2008

Updated: Deedlit Art 2, Nadia Art, Pirotase Art 3 (Alan Gutierrez) , Rei Art 5

19-05-2008

Updated: Asuka Art 7, Deedlit Art, Deedlit Art 2, Felicia Art 4, Mai Art 8, Rei Art 5, Taki Art 5, Yoko Art 2

12-05-2008

New arrivals:

Himuro Kane (Fate/Stay Night)
Kaede Makidera (Fate/Stay Night)
Luvia Zeritta Edelfelt (Fate/Stay Night)
Yukika Seagusa (Fate/Stay Night)

Updated: Aerith Art 6, Asuka Art 7, Deedlit Art, Deedlit Art 2, Himuro Art, Himuro Screenshots, Kaede Art, Kaede Screenshots, Luvia Art, Luvia Screenshots, Mai Art 8, Rei Art 5, Yukika Art, Yukika Screenshots

05-05-2008

Updated: Asuka Art 6, Deedlit Art, Rei Art 5

24-04-2008

Updated: Ivy Art 3, Kusanagi Art 8, Lulu Art 6, Rikku Art 2, Tina Art

21-04-2008

Updated: Deedlit Art, Ellis Art 7, Ellis Art 8, Faye Art 2, Felicia Cosplay, Jill Art 2, Leilei Art, Mihoshi Art 2, Naga Art 4, Peorth Art, Roomi Art 2, Sofia Art 3, Sofia Art 4, Tifa Art, Tracy Art 2, Yoko Art 2

14-04-2008

No update this week - I'm spending most of my waking hours at the 24th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival (AFFF). Regular updates will resume next week. :)

07-04-2008

My intention was to introduce a new mirror for visitors to the CG Shrines with this update, but as it turns out the person who offered to host a copy of the site decided to take the server offline and hasn't replied since. So I guess all he was after was a copy of the site - and making me do all the work. Not a very nice person at all.

Anyway, on to better news! To make up for this, here's a few new shrines:

Ayako Mitsuzuri (Fate/Stay Night)
Cheetara (Thundercats)
Pumyra (Thundercats)

Updated: Ayako Art, Ayako Screenshots, Cheetara Art (Wagner) , Cheetara Art 2, Cheetara Screenshots, Cheetara Screenshots 2, Deedlit Art, Peorth Art, Pumyra Art, Pumyra Cosplay, Pumyra Screenshots, Pumyra Screenshots 2, Sophitia Art 2

31-03-2008

Updated: Bluemary Art, Cassandra Art 2, Chunli Art 6, Rin Art 4, Sakura (Fate/Stay Night) Art 4, Taiga Art 3, Taiga Screenshots, Taki Art 5, Tifa Art 2, Yuna Art 8

24-03-2008