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February 2003 Contest
The folks at Pioneer have spread the goods with us
recently as we have six full blown sets of Hand Maid May to give away!
That's right, the $90 box set that contains the entire series on three
DVDs plus a fantastic CD of all sorts of information that was reformatted
from the Japanese release!
We're going to make this a little tough than usual to
enter. We'll be running it as six contests and you can enter as many of
them as you like, but only once per. What we want is you to tell us why
you'd like to be that character!
Contest 1: Anime On DVD needs an icon!
Whenever a site is saved in someones favorites, some sites have a
little icon that gets saved with it. We're looking for one that will
symbolize this site! The image size must be 16x16 256 color gif
format though. Send your entry plus the information at the bottom
requested to
icon@animeondvd.com
Contest 2: Creative photo contest time!
Using a USB cable, come up with something visual that you think will
have us laughing our socks off! Send your picture plus the
information at the bottom requested to
usb@animeondvd.com. I will
note that X-rated images will be accepted but not posted if they
should win.
Contest 3: For the writing oriented folks,
let's hear what you would do if you had your very own maid that
would do anything you asked of them. Send in an entry of at least
100 words plus the information at the bottom requested to
maidstory@animeondvd.com
Contest 4: Hand Maid Cosplay! We know a lot
of people have been cosplaying as May and others from the show, and
we want to see you! Send in the picture of YOU (and not just some
random pic from the web) in a May series outfit plus the information
at the bottom requested to
maidplay@animeondvd.com
Contest 5: Caption this and send your entry
to us plus the information at the bottom requested to
maidcaption@animeondvd.com
Contest 6: The easiest contest of them all!
Just send us your address information and we'll randomly choose a
winner out of this category! Send your entry to us at
randommaid@animeondvd.com
Send your entry along
with your name and address, so that if you do win when we randomly pull
winners on the date below, we can ship it off the next day. Entries
without addresses are discarded and a new winner is picked. One winner per
email address will be awarded the prize.
Entries will be accepted through 03/27/2003 @ Noon pm ET
The fine print: All entries become the property of AnimeonDVD.com and may be used in any promotional way. Contestants email addresses will not be given out to anyone. AnimeonDVD.com reserves the right to cancel or alter the contest at any time due to circumstances, however this is highly unlikely so fear not. AnimeonDVD.com reserves the right to add rules at any time. Only
one entry per person.
And the winners are:
Contest 1:
- Paul Guidice
came up with the winning icon!
Contest 2: Brian P. Henson -
Contest 3: Betty Lee - Ah, that's the rub, isn't it. The
proliferation of anime based on a willing artificial females seems to bring
up one very big question: So, what _can_ a girl do with a cyberdoll,
persocom, or other form of female android maid designed to cater to ecchi
male fantasies? I guess there's always the collectors' approach: put it in a
shelf and just let it look pretty. But, I stuff my shelves full of anime
DVDs, and displacing my
anime collection is just not an option. So, now what else can be done
with a cyberdoll?
The overendowment of every cyberdoll would seem to be a hindrance to its
usefulness -- while breasts suit ecchi male fantasies (and real functional
breasts feed babies), artificial breasts would just seem to create balance
problems in an artifical maid. So, I guess I would remove those from
the maid unit and use them as back support cushions.
Next, hair and dresses also get in the way of useful work getting done,
so I guess I would then have to remove its hair and give it practical
clothes. The hair would probably make a nice nest for the quail living
in our back yard.
Speaking of back yard, our back yard is rather overrun with weeds.
I suppose I could double the length of its arms and then it could make
for a very thorough "weed wacker" since it can pull weeds out by the
roots without having to stop and bend over.
Hm... There's a thought... Now, please excuse me while I get a patent.
Contest 4: Karen Morgan
Contest 5: Dean TenBrink - "And I thought a robot popping out of
your forehead sounded painful."