Shooting The Moon: A Symphogear Fansite

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Jun 25, 2026: (Quicklink)

It’s been a while, so I’ve got lots of updates. I got a new computer and had to port the site over to it, which took a while for me to get around to, and also switched to a new static site framework (from Jekyll to Hugo) which took a little bit to learn, but I finally did it! In the process, I noticed that some of the UI elements were acting weird in smaller browser windows, so I did some playing around with the CSS to hopefully make the site function better on mobile and smaller resolutions. Content-wise, I’ve brought a few things up-to-date; hopefully I’ll be able to actually get back to adding stuff soon now that my new build is up and running. I also realized that some changes I made almost two years ago never got deployed to the actual public site, so I’m doing that now, oops.

Quality-of-life updates:

  • The menu is now hidden behind a button if the browser window is narrow enough (such as on a phone), so that you can more easily read the text without the menu in the way. Just press the Menu button and watch the menu pop up over the page! Then click anywhere outside the menu to close it. On a full sized computer screen, the menu is the same as it was (i.e. not collapsible), just a little wider to make it easier to read.

  • Fixed an issue where scrolling on the menu wouldn’t go all the way to the bottom of the list if the browser window wasn’t tall enough. The scroll functionality should now work correctly.

  • Added “<<Previous” and “Next>>” buttons to the top and bottom of each page for an additional means of navigating the site if the menu acts weird again.

  • Added anchor links (“Quicklink"s) to all headers so you can link directly to any section on any page.

  • Images now resize if the window gets too small to fit them. Thanks to this functionality, I’ve increased the default size of many of the images across the site. It also means the page widths shouldn’t be quite as weird on mobile. I refuse to compromise on using HTML tables instead of divs to forrmat groups of image, though, even though divs are more adaptable to mobile viewing - the HTML tables are a deliberate callback to how I used to make these sites on geocities back in the day.

  • All images are now clickable. Most will just take you to the raw image file in your browser, unless specified otherwise.

  • Images are now contained in Figure tags, which means images with captions have the captions more directly attached to the image. This is barely noticeable, but I think it looks a little nicer.

  • Added headers for each date on the Updates page because I somehow hadn’t done that before.

New content update:

  • Added my Bluesky page to the footer, and the Links and Welcome pages as my preferred means of contact, because things aren’t what they used to be at Twitter anymore.

  • Added a Hugo logo to the list of footer images since I now use that to build the site.

  • Somehow, between now and the time I updated the Blu-Ray purchase pages two years ago, all Symphogear Blu-Rays have gone out of stock at major retailers, so I’ve updated the Watch Symphogear and Links pages to reflect this.

  • Added a link to the Updates page to the Home page.

  • Clicking the “visit counter” at the bottom now takes you to the Miku page to enhance the joke.

Content updates that have been pending since August 2024:

  • Created a new Best Season? page, based on a new slide from the panel, which summarizes some of the biggest strengths of each season compared to the others.

  • Small tweaks to some character pages: Added “uses neither weapon nor brain” line from the panel to Hibiki page, expanded Elfnein’s section in the SONG page, and added some tidbits about Ryoko and Adam to the Musical Names page.

  • Changed one line in Senkin Dur Da Bla translation.

  • Added 2022 concert highlight link to Music page.

  • Updated the Blu-ray purchase links on the Links page (RIP Rightstuf), removed dead links pertaining to the EN version of the XDU mobile game (again, RIP).

Jan 13, 2024: (Quicklink)

  • Small updates to each of the character pages based on updates to the panel over the last few years (most notably a bit from Symphogear Radio for the Miku page, and the cooking manga for the Zababies page).

  • Added a new Musical Names page, which significantly expands upon a small new section in the panel where I point out the music references in each character’s name. It has:

    • The music references I point out in the panel.
    • Deeper thoughts about the names’ connections to the characters’ personalities and the story’s themes.
    • Wiki links for all the characters named after historical figures.
    • Translations of some tweets by original creator Noriyasu Agematsu about how he came up with the names.

Jan 4, 2024: (Quicklink)

Finally getting around to updating the site again! I’ve now presented the original panel four more times since this site was created, so I’m working on incorporating the changes and additions that I’ve made to the panel over the last few years into the site. There’s also been a fair bit of Symphogear news, and I’ve gotten some more merch, found some more sites to link to, and even had some Symphogear-related real-world adventures, so I’ll be bringing you those as well.

This time:

  • Updated the Watch Symphogear page to include updated Blu-Ray information, a brief history of Symphogear on streaming sites, and a recommendation from Hololive vtuber Flare Shiranui.

  • Overhauled the Plot Summary page with a bunch of new images, a new “Madness” section, and some rewriting in the “Magic” section.

  • Fixed a few typos and changed some phrasing in a few sentences elsewhere.

  • Added a list of the updates I want to make to a new section at the top of the To-Do List.

Oct 9, 2020: (Quicklink)

  • I got my Season 1 Blu Ray! Added Blu Ray photos to Merch page.

Sep 15, 2020: (Quicklink)

  • Added Blu Ray updates (release date and G announcement) to Watch Symphogear page

  • Added link to buy Blu Ray on Links page.

Jun 24, 2020: (Quicklink)

Jun 21, 2020: (Quicklink)

May 2, 2020: (Quicklink)

  • Fixed the sidebar so that it works better on mobile.

May 1, 2020: (Quicklink)

  • Created the site! I hope you like it!