Sean Akizuki's Personal Blog

Just because something is new doesn't mean it's automatically good. We do have to embrace the new but also reject the new. That is to be careful of what new stuff brings. I remembered 3D TV craze and I tried playing Mortal Kombat (2011) and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 on the PS3 because of the 3D features. At first, it felt cool then I felt dizzy. Not to mention, battery-operated 3D glasses required charging of the battery AND it's heavy. I can't even wear them on top of prescription glasses which I need to read subtitles from afar.  Then an inexpensive alternative came out - just get passive 3D glasses. Since flatscreen TV is the norm then they work in some way. My flatscreen TV at home is dated a few years back. So, I decided to give passive 3D glasses a try and wore them on top of my prescription glasses. The best results were that I was getting a "3D view" from a flatscreen. It really worked in some way that old school shows I watch don't need to be conver...

Making these holograms can work two ways. One is the analygph and one is the "passive 3D" which has a 3D look even to the naked eye. Now, we've got Jin A Nana as our test subject of anaglyph vs. passive 3D. Here's Jin A Nana with the classic anaglyph look Apparently, red-cyan glasses may not go obsolete any time soon. In fact, there may still be people using them in the digital age. So, just the steps on how to do it are as follows: Open the desired picture you want to turn into an anaglyph. Duplicate the picture TWICE. For the first layer - go to blending options and turn off the red color. Name this layer left. For the second layer - go to blending options and turn off the green and blue colors. Name this layer right/ Now, put your anaglyph glasses on and experiment. Move the first layer to the left three to five times. Move the second layer right three to five times. See which desired result you want. In this case, I moved the first layer left three times and right...

Just because it's popular doesn't mean I have to like it, right? I exercise my freedom of choice which I'm doing right now in this blog. All these will appear in somewhat chronological order to when I developed a gag for them.  Durian  My folks (mostly from Mindanao) love durian. I do love a lot of fruits but durian isn't one of them. Somehow, it still makes me gag that one of my second-degree uncles (who died at 92) would speak highly of it. Durian is not only popular among Filipinos but also among other Asians in tropical countries. I hear China and Taiwan is a good market for durian. Durian ends up becoming a multitude of food. I grew up and decided to try it again - it still makes me gag! Though, I'm still willing to sell it and see other people enjoy it even when I still DISLIKE IT. The Power Rangers franchise Yes, it's already known that I don't like the Power Rangers franchise. Though back then, it was the thing and Saban's gamble with Toei Ltd. ...

  I remembered there was this joke from the Tekken series where the arcade mode had the words "Insert Coin" still in the console. It was like bringing the game home from the arcade. What made me laugh was when my sister and cousins would joke, "Do you have a token?" Then I thought of the emergence of the PS2 which actually defeated the Sega Dreamcast. Dreamcast was defeated and hence began Sega's transition to a third-party developer.  So, there were the first three Tekken games and they did add content. However, the first three games didn't get that well of graphics since they were adding content. What could be noticed though was that the sixth generation consoles did better. For one, Tekken Tag Tournament was ported to the PS2 via DVD technology. Though that wasn't the only issue... Though who can remember the Marvel vs. Capcom series when they had their home versions? The arcade had the thrill of tag team play. In the fifth generation consoles - they ...

  I really confess that I'm a choosy toy collector. I always had this feeling that if that action figure is not there - better save the money than buy an action figure I wouldn't like. I could remember a lot of toys I wanted. Some of them were Bandai merchandise, Hasbro merchandise (and Tonka was rivals with Bandai), Marvel toys (way back Marvel got hit by the woke disorder), DC Toys, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the like. So, a lot of toys are already gone now but some were saved. I do miss some of my troll dolls. I was also thinking about what I wanted and why toy buying time with my parents ended up with them saving more money. One time, there was the X-Men toy collection. I did have some toys given to be on Christmas and got them. I could remember my Wolverine action figure which I accidentally destroyed and I wish I didn't. There was also the Cable toy, Warpath toy, Gambit toy (which was broken), then I just stopped when the toys I wanted were no longer around. I ...

  Time flies fast, right? Granted, Reiko Chiba is five years younger than Amy Jo Johnson so she turned 45 last January. Now, Amy Jo Johnson hit 50. That's a milestone now, isn't it? It was also interesting how Amy Jo and Reiko met each other a few years ago. For me, having checked Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger out and I don't find Reiko's character, Mei, as hot as Kimberly. However, Zyuranger has had more substance actually with how it had a definite start and a definite end - a contrast to how Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers just overextended with two more seasons and ended with a very hanging ending that led to Power Rangers Zeo . Then Zyuranger became Shout! Factory first Super Sentai DVD release though I wonder when will Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger get licensed?  So, I thought about the two birthday milestones they shared. I felt that, until now, maybe Mighty Morphin' should've just ended as planned, but no, Toei Ltd. gave in to the greed and filmed the Zyu2 footag...

Instagram Well, I guess she's not a real blonde after all. Meanwhile, she's looking like a younger Pamela Anderson in this one for the nth time!