I think I like Elda ("Eruda") more than Freya (I don't see anyone calling her "Hureya"?) You have to remember that although Chii is Elda but w/ her memories. Therefore we know very little of Freya since she's only really shown helping her sister Freya (and also in what few vids Chitose shows us.) Freya fell in love with her father and couldn't understand why it was not ment to be, so she shut herself down? Persocom suicide if you will. Elda, in caring for her sister and not wanting her to selfishly shut down took her memories and conscious within' herself. And then, by her choice, had her mom erase her memories so maybe Elda would find a love just her own and helping Freya (now inside her) be happy too. Freya selfishly offed herself without caring how her family felt while Elda simply wanted her, and herself, to be happy in the end.

It reminds me of what was done to CardCaptor Sakura... trying to make it a little boys show and all? wtf?!

I hate that they censored it. It ruins it really. They could have just done what's (thankfully) done with most 18+ manga at the stores now and had it shrink wrapped closed. That way people at the counter could check their ages and not allow such manga to go to under-aged childen.

It was just one of the many great series ruined by the translated distributors :'(

In Fatal Frame II (2) Which ghost do you find to be the creepiest?

I think the creepiest ghost to fight for me was probably the broken neck woman. Constantly with the falling and screaming! And you never knew where she would land... UGH! Also the ghost towards the end (I forget his name?) where if he touched you ONCE you died.... I hated that aprt more so than it being scary though

Tales of Destiny is by far one of my favorite games! it's SO MUCH fun to play... I do want to say though the one with Reid, Farah and Meredy was originally "Tales of Eternia" in Japan... Tales of Destiny 2 revolves around Stahn's sons a great game I wish they would have brought over! The whole "Tales of..." series of games rock so hard :O

Magenta RZR :B
favorite color in the WORLD and it fits so great into my pocket!
Though I don't recommend it anyone. RZRs have been known to be buggy and it's a hit n' miss on if you get a good on or not. Also the reception kinda sucks because the antena is in the bottom part of the phone and the battery dies after about a day and a half for me @_@;;;

so I question why I got it sometimes *laugh*

Quote by SeitoYeah Mokona! I think I rather have the Tsubasa version of Mokona. Or Modoki from XXXHolic. I think it's cool that they can talk verse in Magic Knight Rayearth where Mokona can only say "Puu!" (but that's cute too. :P)

yeah I ment the Tsubasa version of Mokona I love how he talks and his eyes get all big and scary, lol. even though saying "Puu!" was super cute.. he could still say it in Tsubasa I'm sure :P

Mokona love!

I guess Pokemon can be mascots too, lol. I think I would want Mokona or Luna from Sailor Moon. I just always liked those two so much.

I think parents need to stop relying on the FCC and the like to regulate what their children can and cannot veiw. While some parents don't care others may not want their children to veiw even a bloody nose (sad.) But I think if you cut the realistic blood and gore out of shows THATs what can cause problems. Children will not realize that when you cut someone they bleed. They'll think it's like the fantasy world of Tom and Jerry where you can chop these animals in half but by the time the next show comes around everyone is OK.

It's not right to deny the truth to the children. I know it seems akward and some may say that kids can't handle such things. Or it's scare tactics? Maybe. But it's better to edjucate your kids on things that would happen.

But I also think that anime is best shown late at night when the youngin's are [generally] asleep.

It's also a bit deciving in edditing anime for TV. What if you fall in love with the series and you go to buy it for you, or a gift for a younger friend/realitive, and you find out that all the eddited scenes have no been taken out. Shock to you! I've also noticed that shows as a whole are better generally w/ those edited scenes.

I will say, arguably though, that some anime has been edited very well. I take into account Tenchi Muyo!, It's one of my favorite series of all time and when they aired it on TV I believe they did a great job of taking out the naughty bits. The girls were put into swimsuits for the hotspring scenes (which there were a TON of and would have taken away generall about 1-2 hours of total showtime.) Also they snipped out a few scenes here and there they found unsuitable for TV. Such as teh time Ryoko *ahem* gropes Tenchi. You couldn't tell it was suppose to be there, and you didn't miss anything from the plot.. so it was a scene they could take out.

I may sounds contradicting in some ways but what I'm trying to say is NO, anime should not be edited. It's already at a TV veiwable level since they can show it on PRIMETIME TV in Japan. However I think when airing on TV in america the shows should be minimalisticly edited and if not should be showed at a time where kids won't stumble upon it. And as a note I do now they have an anime channel now but not everyone can afford it.

I also have much to add in othr terms but I'll make them short.. name changes disgust me. It's "Sah-koo-rah" NOT "suh-cure-uh". Also changes from Usagi.. to Serena.. ugh ("Serena" is suppose to be short for serenity.) I would have accepted it if they even did as they decided to do in the Manga and just say "Bunny" was her nickname but they continue to call her that throught the whole series.

and my train-o-though has de-railed.

I've cosplayed as many things actually. Chii fromChobits, Sailor Moon, Gunner Yuna... etc etc.

I lvoe it and enjoy it so much! But my list of the things I want to make seems a bit unrealistic, lol

Otaku is such an ugly word please.. no one refer to yourself as an "otaku".

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Also aftre reading this I HIGHLY disagree with it. I have met many-a-hawt anime/manga fans and I personally have no problem getting dates, lol

This person needs to rework their article, I find too many faults in it.

I've been to Japan and have hosted 2 exchange students I've also taken Japanese for 5 years and am a cosplay/con goer so yeah, I am now a Japan addict because of anime. Oh and I also eat sushi/Japanese food at least once a month (sometimes I order Tempura, Udon, or Curry at times.)

Japanese culture is awesome! And America really has no "culture" so I've easily taken a liking to Japan's culture

As far as anime character designs go I have to say I have fallen in love with Tsubasa. The animation just flows so well and they all have really cutes outfits. Also I really think that the style they chose suits Sakura, Syaoran, Chii and every other character from their other series. Theres so many more that stand out in my mind but Tsubasa really takes the cake, heh.

So what anime do YOU think has the best, or your favorite, character designs?

why with the Narutardation D:!
I rather pick up the manga.

and even then the anime seems too unreal.. I mean COME ON! SASUKE AND NARUTO ARE SUPPOSE TO BE 12?! that is just too unreal!

My mom has come to accept it and kind of likes some of the characters. And I've gotten TONS of friends into it but when my Japanese friends come over I feel akward because of my posters and figures.

I guess they see it as more of a childish thing but oh well. I rather be into anime and it's amazing animation/style than some crummy cartoon like tom and jerry :P

I actually remember this... my host mother would make me toast every morning before school. I thought it was because grains is one of the things you need to include the most in your diet. It was also really easy to take with me if I was late for school or needed to be there early. And it was quick and easy to make!

I think in anime it's just generally suppose to show that the person is in a great hurry and hardly has enough time to get to school let alone eat.

*squee!* I love all his series! Galaxy Express 999 was one of the first anime I EVER got into and I still love it imensly!

And Captain Harlock is hawt, lol

hmmm DearS.
Granted it's a lot like Chobits (guy finds strange girl, etc.) But there's things to it that just makes it better in my opinion. For one Takuya hates the DearS and the hype about them. And another great point is that Ren, unlike Chii (granted I LOVE Chii and Chobits in general) wasn't super powerful.. she was defective. That point also made the fact of why she kept messing up a lot more realistic. She had defective programming in her so didn't understand much of what was going on, Takuya had to teach her.

The only thing I don't like about it is Ren's hair... sort in some places.. super long in others? weird.

GUNDAM GUNDAM GUNDAM.
Also Naruto and FF7 Advent Children.

Also DragonBall Z... that stuff was insane..

"OH NO THE WORLD IS GOING TO BLOW UP IN 2 MINUTES!"
*five episodes later*
"ONLY ONE MINUTE LEFT!"

what the heck?!

I agree with what darkbat said about how the show is usualy based off the manga. I like reading the mangas more so for many reasons... they're a lot more portable! You can read them while traveling, color them if you want @_@ (I've done it to a free sampler book I've gotten before, rofl) and they don't have so many FILLERS.

I also ave a lot of respect for the mangaka teams or single person who works on their books. Anime is mostly made on computers these days and so it's just become so easy to just whip out shows. Mangas are hand drawn works of art. In some I've seen each page's detailings were just amazingly placed and you can really tell someone put love and time into it.

So I would have to say about 99% of the time I prefer the manga.

haha yeah it's not anime :P but I have Yuna for my desktop
I generally switch between this one and a Chobits one I have.

She not exactly anime.. but Yuna from Final Fantasy X/X-2. I've been told her and I are a lot alike (hah!) and I guess we look similar... but I find myself to be Aerith moreso (FF7)

and so this doesn't go totally too off topic... a mix of Ami from Sailor Moon and Usagi would be around me. Usagi minus the ditziness, haha

Perfect Blue... for the fact that you have to watch it abut 5 times before you really understand how it jumps around. I liked the movie overall and the animation wasn't bad at all (the music was also really catchy! Even in english! SUPRISE! LOL) But it was just.. yikes.

I also think... hmm.. Usagi Chan de Que. I hope I didn't butcher that... granted the idea of a girl merging with a rabbit and getting super powers could be kinda cool... it was just a little too out there for me to really get into it.

I've been going to SakuraCon and KumoriCon as much as I possibly can... been going for about 4 years now (yikes it's been that long?!)

I hope to go to AX this year too!

They can be so much fun! Just randomly talking with other fans about your favorite series and making friends there is awesome. Almost everyone is so easygoing and ncie too they really are a lot of fun.

I want to cosplay Sakura from Tsubasa so baaadd! I love all her costumes but they would be so expensive! D: so much fabric! yikes!
someday though... someday. ;