Hamefura alphabet
The anime "Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta..." (Hamefura in short) uses an on-screen alphabet that at first looked like random scribbles, but by…
Kijk met de ogen van een kat
Meester Tony Thielemans deelde deze wijsheid van meester Abe Tadashi: Kijk met de ogen van een kat: in tegenstelling tot een hond die meteen op een bezoeker springt, zal een…
More Youjo Senki: anime uniforms
Given the overall attention to detail, I tried to figure out the uniforms in the anime, but they seem to be rather mix and match. For some reason, everyone has…
Aikido Ternat ledenhandboek
versie 1.0 – 2014 door Eli Steenput i.s.m. het college van lesgevers webificatie in 2019 WAT IS AIKIDO? Aikido is een moderne Japanse krijgskunst, ontwikkeld in Japan door Ueshiba Morihei…
Graden: innerlijke en uiterlijke motivatie
Over de zin en onzin van graden en gordels in de krijgskunsten heb ik in het verleden al mijn mening verkondigd, maar een onuitgegeven opstel "de gordels" van Eric H.…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – bonus: Zugspitse location
According to the anime, the 203rd candidates are at the Imperial Army Zugspitze training grounds - which makes sense in the main universe since the Zugspitze is the highest mountain…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – part 3: fonts
There has been no official character set released, not even in the art book, so I made my own mapping tables. There are two main fonts; the "print" style used…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – part 2: numerals
The Youjo Senki universe has at least 2 numeral systems, one "Roman" system where 10 is represented by "X" (though their "X" is different from the X in their alphabet)…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – part 1: text
I love the attention to detail that went into this 12 episode series, where they invented a full alphabet with capitals and minuscules, in calligraphic, print and cursive form and…
Youjo Senki first impressions
Youjo Senki was a 12 episode anime series by Studio NUT that aired in 2017, based on the light novel series by Carlo Zen. I consider it the most notable…