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Moonoholics Anonymous

http://www.crystaltokyosaga.com/index.html

This is a general Sailor Moon site that caught my attention by the homespun cross-stitch borders and the neo-computer font used in its various banners. The catchy name didn't hurt matters either.

There is a lot of stuff to do here, and much of it is stuff that is not often offered elsewhere. You have the standards, the profiles and picture galleries and chat rooms, but there's also the music box, and the postcards, which aren't standard fare among Sailor Moon sites.

The site is nicely bordered in the neon-colored cross-stitch page frame. The sub-pages each have a variant of the neo-computer banners,and the menus have their own neat little "Navigation" neon-computer header. The menu, the headers, the banner, and the basic tone of the borders are a soft pink, however, none of this is overbearing or overpowering.

Checking out some of the subsections, we see profiles. In the profiles menu, the characters are listed, with all their forms. Each profile consists of a picture on the left side of the page, and a short bit of information on the character. The information is okay. There are a few mis-spellings, and the information gives me little that I did not already know. There are also some things I kinda wonder about. In what episode was it revealed that Mina was on a volleyball team? It might have happened...I haven't seen ALL of the episodes, and the dub leaves out a few, but the author of the page could be more clear as to where the information comes from. There is a bit more mixing of manga and anime information that I would like to see. That can be fixed by simply segmenting the profiles into "Anime" and "Manga" sections.

The picture gallery is pretty nice. Some of the pics are ones I haven't seen, and that's always a plus. However, the pic menu is sitting atop a block of that neon-colored cross-stitch, and unless you see the menu load before the pic does, you can barely see that the menu is there at all.

There is a large selection of post cards, for everything from holidays to friendship cards, to birthdays. This subsection is apparently a hold-over from a past incarnation of the site as gone are the attributes that dominate the rest of the site. The title graphic "Cards of Magic" is kinda cool, though.

Overall the site has a lot of potential. There are a couple of things I would do to improve, aside from the things I mentioned above....

Please change the background of your Bravenet forum. I can barely see the text of the forum because it is suffering from Revenge of the Neon-Colored Cross-Stitch Background. It works as a border on the pages, but too much is....well, too much.

The FAQ and Updates pages need to be completed and added to the site.

Other than that, the site is in good shape. I can see a lot of things happening here in the future, and I think the webmaster should be congratulated on the effort that has been put into the page to this point. Continue the good work.

Artemis' Score: 6.2


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