http://www.ferricorp.com/ FerriCorp :: Anime hi-res scans and images en 60 The site has been down in the last 24 hours due to a DDoS attack to the server farm that hosts my domains. Sorry for the inconvenience.<br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/jRDb9k1J-KM" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:30 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/76/downtime http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/jRDb9k1J-KM/downtime http://www.ferricorp.com/news/76/downtime As promised, here's the other part of the update for the Queen's Blade gallery, with 4 new artbooks.<br><ul><li><a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/49/artbook/Queens-Blade-Artbooks-Gallery/8#Queen%60s-Blade-Extra-ChamCham">Queen's Blade Extra: Cham Cham (Samurai Spirits)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/49/artbook/Queens-Blade-Artbooks-Gallery/8#Queen%60s-Blade-Extra-Dizzy">Queen's Blade Extra: Dizzy (Guilty Gear)</a><br></li><li><a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/49/artbook/Queens-Blade-Artbooks-Gallery/9#Queen%60s-Blade-Extra-Kasumi">Queen's Blade Extra: Kasumi (Dead or Alive)</a><br></li><li><a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/49/artbook/Queens-Blade-Artbooks-Gallery/9#Queen%60s-Blade-Extra-Mina">Queen's Blade Extra: Mina Majikina (Samurai Spirits)</a></li></ul><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_update_queens_blade_extra.jpg"><br></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/Uev4eLdf6sc" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:30 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/75/more-queens-blade-artbooks-2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/Uev4eLdf6sc/more-queens-blade-artbooks-2 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/75/more-queens-blade-artbooks-2 First update on the Queen's Blade gallery: 4 new artbooks have been added.<br><ul><li><a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/49/artbook/Queens-Blade-Artbooks-Gallery/11#Queen%60s-Blade-Rebellion-Lunaluna">Queen's Blade Rebellion: Lunaluna</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/49/artbook/Queens-Blade-Artbooks-Gallery/12#Queen%60s-Blade-Rebellion-Tanyan-and-Sainyan">Queen's Blade Rebellion: Tanyan and Sainyan</a><br></li><li><a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/49/artbook/Queens-Blade-Artbooks-Gallery/12#Queen%60s-Blade-Rebellion-Shigi">Queen's Blade Rebellion: Shigi</a><br></li><li><a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/49/artbook/Queens-Blade-Artbooks-Gallery/12#Queen%60s-Blade-Rebellion-Yuit-and-Vante">Queen's Blade Rebellion: Yuit and Vante</a></li></ul>The usual warning for somewhat-alternative content applies. Happy browsing, and stay connected in a week or two for another Queen's Blade update.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_update_queens_blade_rebellion.jpg"><br></div><br>Also, the galleries and the image board threads are now paginated, for reducing page load times.<br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/wpGr8Iv3K1E" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:30 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/74/more-queens-blade-artbooks-1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/wpGr8Iv3K1E/more-queens-blade-artbooks-1 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/74/more-queens-blade-artbooks-1 The other Navel artist, Suzuhira Hiro, gets a full renewal of her gallery, growing from 30 images to almost 300. You can browse it <a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/40/artist/Suzuhira-Hiro-Gallery">here</a>.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_update_suzuhira_hiro.jpg"></div><br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/-pRppdvzpJY" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:30 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/73/---suzuhira-hiro-gallery-update http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/-pRppdvzpJY/---suzuhira-hiro-gallery-update http://www.ferricorp.com/news/73/---suzuhira-hiro-gallery-update FC's online Mobile Wallpaper/Avatar Creator has been completely renewed. It's now <span style="font-weight: bold;">more complete, more client-side, and provides some image-retouching filters.</span><br><br>The overall functionality is the same: find a beautiful pictures in the galleries or the image board, click "create mobile wallpaper" or "create avatar", crop a portion of the image and save it.<br><br>So what's new? That after cropping, there is an additional step: the image is now cropped directly on your browser, and you will be able to apply some photoshop-like filters to fine-tune and enhance it before saving.<br><br>You can <a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/editor/demo.php">play around with a sandbox picture here</a>. It's only for demonstration purposes, so it does not allow to save the final wallpaper.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_editor_renew.jpg"></div><br>Here is the changelog:<br><ul><li>Rotating the selection (before cropping) is no longer supported. <span style="font-weight: bold;">You can now rotate the whole image instead.</span></li><li>After cropping the image, the following filters will be available: <span style="font-weight: bold;">image flip; brightness/contrast; hue/saturation/lightness; red/green/blue balance; blur/sharpen; outer border; glow; sepia; remove noise.</span></li><li>You can<span style="font-weight: bold;"> undo up to 3</span> last applied filters.</li><li>Image processing is all browser-side via javascript now; this reduces server load, but might be slow on older computers; expect some lag while applying filters.</li><li>The editor now relies heavily on HTML5 canvas elements; older browsers and IE most probably will not work. Preferred browser is Firefox 3.6.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please comment here</span> if you encounter bugs, malfunctions, or just have suggestions. Every feedback is welcome.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/k1syi4N2rGM" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:30 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/72/mobile-wallpaperavatar-editor-upgrade http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/k1syi4N2rGM/mobile-wallpaperavatar-editor-upgrade http://www.ferricorp.com/news/72/mobile-wallpaperavatar-editor-upgrade The long, long Queen's Blade gallery is a bit longer: the new addition is the <a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/49/artbook/Queens-Blade-Artbooks-Gallery#Queen%60s-Blade-Perfect-Visual-Book">Queen's Blade Perfect Visual Book</a>, with 52 definitely NSFW images.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_update_queens_blade_book.jpg"></div><br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/fRiDH0qtT2M" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:30 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/71/queens-blade-perfect-visual-book http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/fRiDH0qtT2M/queens-blade-perfect-visual-book http://www.ferricorp.com/news/71/queens-blade-perfect-visual-book The site updates are a bit stalled, because I'm very busy IRL. There have been a couple site enhancements though.<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">The </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery-mobile">mobile wallpapers gallery</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> has been categorized</span> by resolution in a better way. A new format has been added, 360x640 (nHD, suitable for modern touch-screen Nokia phones), and now the resolutions menu in the gallery is more intuitive. Once you create a wallpaper, <span style="font-weight: bold;">there's a new button to share your creation on Facebook</span> quickly. Please try it out, and spread the word.<br>Also, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">QR code reader list has been restricted</span> to keep the best of both world: the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=292197557&amp;mt=8">Barcodes application</a> for iPhone (tried it out myself, works great) and the <a href="http://reader.kaywa.com/">Kaywa reader</a> for all other phones. The QR codes are a great and fast way to access internet contents with your mobile device; they're very popular in Japan (see pic below) but they're starting to get widely used in the western world too.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_qr.jpg"></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/4FCkcf3fOwc" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:29 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/70/sleeping http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/4FCkcf3fOwc/sleeping http://www.ferricorp.com/news/70/sleeping The <a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/42/artist/Kuroda-Kazuya-Gallery">Kuroda Kazuya gallery</a> gets a full refresh. Now features 96 total images; some old ones have been replaced by better/cleaner versions (mostly coming from the Shimahokke artbooks).<br>Kuroda's main works are <span style="font-style: italic;">Vandread</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Chrno Crusade</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Princess Resurrection</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Wolf &amp; Spice</span>, and hentai series like <span style="font-style: italic;">Sora no iro, mizu no iro</span> and the recent <span style="font-style: italic;">15 bishoujo hyouryuuki</span>. He's also renowned for being the illustrator of <span style="font-style: italic;">BugBug </span>magazine covers.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_update_kuroda.jpg"></div><br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/la0T3VOSIb8" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:29 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/69/---kuroda-kazuya-gallery-update http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/la0T3VOSIb8/---kuroda-kazuya-gallery-update http://www.ferricorp.com/news/69/---kuroda-kazuya-gallery-update I recently acquired the aforementioned magazine, debinded it, and scanned it. It contains images from various anime series, such as K-ON, Saki, Toradora and many others.<br><br>You can browse the images <a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/image-board/2410/megami-magazine-deluxe-13">in this thread on the image board</a>. 82 images, 300 dpi scans resized to 2400 px, without filters.<br><br>Some of the images are from anime series that I can't recognize; feel free to add the missing titles to the thread tags.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_gallery_megami.jpg"></div><br>RapidShare link with all the scans (93478 KB)<br><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/285756852/Megami_Magazine_Deluxe_Vol_13.rar">http://rapidshare.com/files/285756852/Megami_Magazine_Deluxe_Vol_13.rar</a><br><br>You can also check out some of the pics I took during my recent trip to Tokyo. <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/zomgsako/VacanzaTokyo200909?feat=directlink">Link here.</a><br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/kbZWfj9qPcY" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:29 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/68/megami-magazine-deluxe-gakken-mook-vol-13 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/kbZWfj9qPcY/megami-magazine-deluxe-gakken-mook-vol-13 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/68/megami-magazine-deluxe-gakken-mook-vol-13 The <a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/14/anime/Lucky-Star-Gallery">Lucky Star gallery</a> gets 30-something new scans, and other old ones have been replaced with better, textless versions.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_update_luckystar.jpg"></div><br>Updates will be halted during the next 2-3 weeks because I'm visiting Tokyo and I'm not bringing a PC. Next update will probably feature more Kazuya Kuroda. Check back soon!<br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/MvQEIDUFAdQ" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:29 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/67/---lucky-star-gallery-updated http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/MvQEIDUFAdQ/---lucky-star-gallery-updated http://www.ferricorp.com/news/67/---lucky-star-gallery-updated New gallery on FC, featuring the romance/harem/highschool/whatever anime <span style="font-weight: bold;">Clannad</span>. Although I never personally managed to watch it, it's a very popular series, and there are lots of beautiful images around, so <a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/63/anime/Clannad-Gallery">here it is: 117 images</a>.<br><br>Among the 4 calendars in the new gallery, there is an incomplete one (which is missing 2 pages). I'll gladly add the missing images if anyone has them, just drop a comment here.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_gallery_clannad.jpg"></div><br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/w_QEySOW5ek" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:29 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/66/---clannad-gallery http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/w_QEySOW5ek/---clannad-gallery http://www.ferricorp.com/news/66/---clannad-gallery With the aid of a nice little javascript library, I added some visual thingies around the site, mainly in <a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/image-board">the image board</a>, which should help the user providing additional information.<br>While viewing the image board, hovering on a thread icon will show a tooltip containing a preview of the thread.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_imageboard_interface.jpg"></div><br>Inside a thread, every thumbnail will show a tooltip with the full image's resolution and size. Also, tooltips have been used to show possible errors while posting stuff (no more ugly javascript alerts, which is quite neat, try it out).<br><br>These functionalities should be extended to the galleries soon.<br><br>On a side note, 9 scans have been added to the <a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/27/anime/Tengen-Toppa-Gurren-Lagann-Gallery">Gurren Lagann gallery</a>.<br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/5zBr1mvIcpg" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:29 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/65/popup-tooltips-everywhere http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/5zBr1mvIcpg/popup-tooltips-everywhere http://www.ferricorp.com/news/65/popup-tooltips-everywhere Another famous japanese artist featured on FC: Ito Noizi (Itou Noiji, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noizi_Ito">wikipedia page</a>). She is quite renowned for being the illustrator of the Shakugan no Shana and Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu novels, and some other H-games. That's why the new gallery is divided into three sections, one for Shana, one for Haruhi, and one for all the other works (which I don't know well, so I couldn't sort them). Enjoy.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_gallery_noizi_ito.jpg"></div><br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/E5GZc6lHeOk" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:29 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/64/-noizi-ito-gallery http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/E5GZc6lHeOk/-noizi-ito-gallery http://www.ferricorp.com/news/64/-noizi-ito-gallery Yet another small artbook for the Queen's Blade gallery, featuring the blue-haired loli swordman Mirim. 32 new scans. Scroll to the very bottom of the Queen's Blade gallery, or follow the link above.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_update_queens_blade_mirim.jpg"></div><br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/_ynFGYk1Ixw" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:29 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/63/more-queens-blade-mirim http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/_ynFGYk1Ixw/more-queens-blade-mirim http://www.ferricorp.com/news/63/more-queens-blade-mirim Two new little artbooks added,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/46/artist/Mikeou-PINK-CHUCHU-Gallery">Tropical Honey by Mikeou Pink Chuchu</a> (22 pages) and <a href="http://www.ferricorp.com/gallery/61/artist/Dmyo-Gallery">Dmyotic 4 by Dmyo</a> (15 pages). The second one sports some nice Code Geass fanarts. Enjoy.<br><br><div class="shadow" align="center"><img src="http://www.ferricorp.com/news/images/news_update_dmyo_mikeou.jpg"></div><br>I also added a few little visual effects around the site using Scriptaculous (which is awesome). One of them is the smooth expanding/shrinking while viewing single images; please report me if it's too heavy, since I didn't test it on older computers.<br><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FerriCorp/~4/GCwva1ja7kY" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:33:29 -0500 http://www.ferricorp.com/news/62/little-update-on-dmyo-and-mikeou http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FerriCorp/~3/GCwva1ja7kY/little-update-on-dmyo-and-mikeou http://www.ferricorp.com/news/62/little-update-on-dmyo-and-mikeou