Ptilol

I've got layout this time folks. Let's see what we've got.

Opening with the splash page there is just a very simple enter box with some fanlisting buttons. It's centered on the page and nothing too fancy.

Moving on, the main layout is again centered, though a bit larger than the splash page. The color combination is not something I would have thought of, but it's not too painful on the eyes. The colors are a mix of cream, beige and a bit of light blue.

The main header image appears to be from the manga with the text removed from the speech boxes. Other than that, there's no other focal images.

All together, it doesn't make me go "wow, that's nice", it's more of a "eh.. that's nice" sort of thing.

Cyprine

Double Cyprine this time, yay you.

First, a word of advice, don't put something like this on the front page of your website - "It is only fitting that our final layout is organized, easy on the eyes, and... pretty." Why? One, it's a little narcissistic and two, it makes any failures on your part look even worse.

The images and color choice for this layout are lackluster. The header image is rather boring, and the empty word balloons are a little strange. The colors, while not bad, are very boring. The layout would definitely benefit from some brighter accent colors. Not that I'm advocating flaming pink text on neon green for this site, but a splash of a more eye-catching color helps draw the eye to important page elements when used correctly. Hint: Used correctly = in moderation.

I'll leave the tiny font alone since I whined about it below in the Written department. Instead I'm going to complain about the lack of contrast in the menu. White on light beige was not a good choice, but I will say that at least the links are clearly labeled and they all work.

Overall, bland is a very appropriate word for this layout.

Cyprine

First off, 7.5pt font, wtf? And IE users can't resize it because it's not em. This does NOT make for easy reading of the written portion of the site.

So anyway, I'll start off with the statistics pages. Nothing really exciting here, except the occasional inclusion of dub or translation information without designating it as such (for example Usagi's nickname is listed as "Bunny" and her school as "Crossroads Junior High") and there's the occasional spot of fanon.

The in-depth section... well, isn't. It's just a small (one paragraph) description of all of Usagi and Minako's various forms. I can't say I'm really all that impressed with this section after the title they gave it. This is supposed to be a shrine to two characters, not a general information site, so I would expect the owners to lavish a bit more attention on the characters in question.

The guardian sections are information about Luna and Artemis.

The fuku section is actually more in-depth. It explains the differences between the original designs for the costumes and the final ones. I wish the illustrative images on the side weren't so tiny, but at least we're given the entire image to look at after the discussion.

I can't help but wonder why the information on the girls is so bland. When I see a character shrine, I expect to see lots and lots of information on the character in question, but there's not much in-depth info here. This site (which is not being updated) would benefit from some actual analysis of Usagi and Minako rather than parrotting the same info which is available on so many other sites.

Viluy

Media this week seems like an easy task really. The only thing that I could find in the way of Media was the Gallery section of the site! This section is broken down into three subsections: Civilian, Soldier and Princess. All the pictures are of Minako/Venus and Usagi/Moon.

When you decide which gallery to check out, you will find yourself on a new page where both Usagi and Minako are hosted. All the Pictures are thumbnail size and open up in a new page to a bigger image. Everything looks rather neatly laid out in regards to the thumbnails, though I'm not sure if I like seeing all the images on one page, it's still done rather neatly.

As far as media goes, I don't think it would hurt to have a little more media on the site. However I little bit that is there almost seems perfect in a way, so I will say that for this site the media itself, is good.