The quality difference was because I had to save it as a gif for the size req on this board. I have never been able to smooth gif's edges adequetly. And for only 1 board I am not willing to spend the time trying. For anything but animation PNG is far superior to Gif.

I think the big problem with the text is I over did it with the effects on a thin text. That and the bit under the title(the words in quotes) was a really nasty font when it comes to readibility normally... but I thought it had the anime feel, and that quote isn't 100% needed to be readable.