Kimiko

The first time I went to a convention I also had mixed feelings. I liked the people, but felt that they were selling some items (like swords and some series-related merchandize) at very high prices, which felt unfair after the price I had to pay to enter the convention. The image that you linked to is definitely in the style of traditional Ukiyo-E, but I can't seem to place it well. From the scene and features it could perhaps belong to the Heian Period. If you base your art from this period you have lots of scenes from the warrior class showing its strength and representations of emperors being abducted. Then again, if you base your art on the later Kamakura period you would have lots of battle scenes from the thwarts of the Mongols invading attacks and images related to the establishment of Zen Buddhism. But yeah, animating such things does seem complex. As far as other problems that you might have right now all I can say is that things eventually change (ok, not always how or when we want them to). Oh yeah, and that picture is cool, jaja. There should be some parody ova combining High School of the Dead and Resident Evil. That would be nice.