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[quote name='Magus']Looking at some of those other clips/trailers... Whose the girl with the purple hair in the school girl outfit? I've never seen her before?[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]...spuh? I just looked through the trailers and I've seen no one in a school girl outfit. Or purple hair. The only females that have shown up so far are Riza and Lust. Perhaps you're thinking of the latter? The lighting in the clip does give her black hair a purple tint.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Desbreko'][color=#4B0082]So... does this mean you're wearing one right now? :animeblus[/color][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]But Des!!! She's not a loli!!!! AND WHAT ABOUT MICHI???????????????????????????????????????????????????? *shot repeatedly*[/SIZE]

[quote name='Shinmaru']Like Japan, I never watched the anime, nor have I read the manga, so I am quite excited about this. I get to be the n00b reacting to every plot twist, while the veterans sit off to the side, shake their heads and wish they could experience this for the first time again. This is awesome.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]If it makes you feel any better, everything from a certain point onward [namely, [spoiler]Pride's reveal[/spoiler]] will be totally new for me as well, since that's around where I [strike]got bored out of my skull[/strike] stopped reading. So, you won't be alone after awhile. You just gotta wait for me! lolz[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]United Kingdom of Gurren Lagann? Yes please. I'd so move there. So long as Kamina's the prime minister. [spoiler]But than that'd mean he'd die and be replaced by a corrupt tightwad :([/spoiler][/SIZE]

[quote name='Japan_86']There's already two seasons and this will be the third season coming out?[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Technically, THIS would be the second "season". The first series was divided into half, and both halves were called "seasons" for AS's sake, I believe. But what Ace said: this is an entirely new continuity, so you don't need to have seen the first series at all. Anyway, even though I'm one of the two people in the universe that preferred the original anime over the manga, I'm still looking forward to this. Maybe it'll hold my attention better than the manga itself did.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Aaryanna_Mom']... [URL="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1144244/Teenage-sister-boy-father-13-baby-age.html"][U]Teenage sister of boy who became a father at 13 had baby when she was the same age[/U][/URL] ...[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"].................................... You have GOT to be kidding me. Does their family, like, run a homebrew whorehouse?[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]...The only thing Tuesday has for me is the release of two manga that I've wanted for quite awhile now: the newest Phoenix Wright anthology and the first Zetsubou Sensei volume. [and I don't even buy manga much anymore]. So I had no idea it was Mardi Gras. =D;;[/SIZE]

[quote name='Vicky'][size=1]It's a bit too harsh to call it's sick. It's a sad story but no one knows how this is going to turn out. They could be good parents, they might not be. You have to remember all this information is from a [i]newspaper[/i] - I've read stories that glorify the boy and stories that make him out to be a monster. Truth is, none of us know him, or his girlfriend, or probably even the truth - they've got support, benefits and at least they didn't get an abortion, so it's not [i]really[/i] that sick since it's not even played out yet.[/size][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I never said they wouldn't be good parents, they very well could be, and no we don't know who they are...but the idea of a thirteen year old [that looks like he's EIGHT, no less] impregnating a girl just squicks me. Just a tad.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]For all the Tales of the Abyss/Whose Line is it Anyway fans... [CENTER][IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/8y9xxk.gif[/IMG][/CENTER] Slightly disturbing but amusing all the same.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]This is nothing. I remember this kid on [I]Maury[/I] who had a baby despite "not having sex since she was ten." Oh, damn. Did I just admit to once watching Maury?[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]AHAHAHAHAHAHA [spoiler]...I watch it too sometimes.[/spoiler] But yeah. It's a sick, sick story...but to be completely honest, I'm not surprised in the slightest. It's just the decay of our society. [Or theirs. Either or.] [quote name='"chibi-master"']Wow... This makes me feel so much better about hating boys![/quote] To be fair, they are both equally at fault here. Not like she was raped. Though I agree with you nonetheless. :P [strike]I love you all though[/strike][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]...I never said anything about closing the thread, guys. I really need to stop using sarcasm on here. ._. But this is where I'll take my leave. Carry on.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]How about we just say "people react differently to things" and call it a day? :animesmil[/SIZE]

[quote name='Retribution'][font=Arial]This sentence makes no sense. :p I'm only 19, but I still get lost in the sauce on weekends.[/font][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]This sentence makes no sense. :p I'm only 18, and I have never taken a drink in my life. [spoiler]and chibi-master is only 13, IIRC.[/spoiler] I never intend on drinking, either. I don't see the appeal. But, to each their own.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"] [spoiler]That complete BASTARD pulls a Mystic Arte off right before mine activates, with no overlimit, level 2 Arte or warning. Not only does this kill me instantly, but it CAUSES THE GAME TO FREEZE.[/spoiler][/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I...can safely say I've never heard of that happening before. However, I am not surprised. TotA is actually notorious for having a large amount of bugs and glitches in the game. Though I didn't think any of them actually hampered the game all that badly, at least, the ones I encountered... But hm. I'll have to look into that. There's a list of bugs/glitches out there, somewhere.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]WIKIPEDIA SUMMARY GOGOGOGOGOGO [quote]Maria Holic revolves around a high school girl, Kanako Miyamae, who is scared of boys and breaks out in hives if a boy touches her. During her second year of high school, she enrolls in an all-girls school hoping to find a female romantic partner. However, her ideal candidate, Mariya Shidō, turns out to be a crossdressing boy.[/quote] I'm sure you're all going EHHHH at that right now. But it's another anime from the zany studio known as SHAFT, who has worked on other anime such as Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. Now that you're nodding your head in agreement and going "ohhhhhhhhhhhhh" in an understanding tone, Maria Holic is easily my favorite anime of the winter season, which has been filled with stuff not too interesting to me. It's nicely animated, has wonderful, hilarious characters, awesome music, and, of course, enough zany humor to go around. My favorite is definitely Mariya, 'cause I love me a trap. So, what about you all? [For extended research, here: [U][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Holic"]Wikipedia[/URL][/U], [U][URL="http://myanimelist.net/anime/5030/Maria%E2%80%A0Holic"]MAL[/URL][/U], [U][URL="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10200"]ANN[/URL][/U]][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Hmm...most of the series I'm wanting to recommend are still airing... ...as crazy as it seems? [B]Lucky Star[/B]. 24 episodes, one OVA, plenty of people like it, and it's episodic, so people can miss weeks if they need to and not miss any sort of story. But that's my serious recommendation. >_> Oh. Once it is finished, we absolutely, positively, definitely MUST watch [B]Maria Holic[/B]. I just hope the OP sequence doesn't scare some people away from it [but if anyone's watched SHAFT'S other cracky series, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (and we have), then it's really nothing new, lol].[/SIZE]

[quote name='Nerdsy'][color=deeppink]My emotions? No. See, I don't think it can, considering fictional characters have never been as endearing to me as a flesh and blood person (or animal, for that matter). Perhaps for other people, it can, but the "not real" factor is definitely legitimate.[/color][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Perhaps I should have added "your mileage may vary" . . .[/SIZE] [quote name='Magus'] [spoiler] Replicas shouldn't exist once they are already born or whatever. No I wanted him to die.[/spoiler][/QUOTE] [size=1]Touche.[/size]

[SIZE="1"]I gotta say, I find the "I don't cry over them because they're not real" excuse rather silly. I understand the reasoning, but a fictional character can be just as endearing and evoke at your emotions as anything else. And it's not just video games, either -- it can apply to anime, TV, movies, books, anything that has a fictional story. [Now, if you spent hours on end crying and wailing about the character's death and don't want to live without them, THEN there might be a problem...] That said, no video game in recent memory has made me cry. DEFINITELY choke up, though. And I will say this, in Tales of the Abyss, if you hate a certain character, no matter who it is...by the end of the game, you WILL feel bad for them. This happened to me with [spoiler]Luke and Asch. I hated them both, but dang, I felt so bad for them, it isn't even funny. And having Mirrors play during their final scenes together didn't help, either...[/spoiler] [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]So can we find a rebuttal of the rebuttal any time soon? This reminds me of me and my friends talking through our status messages on MSN. XD Ahh. I wanna do that again. In any case, neither of the ads bother me. But I still find it kinda funny. Even cute. Is that bad?[/SIZE]

[quote name='Aurgelmir']Just to point this out: Kari Walhgren's most notable roles has to include Blood+'s Saya. I mean, come on, she made that girl sound halfway decent![/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I never liked Blood+, so I didn't really bother to list her for that. Sorry. :P If you want, you can make your OWN post and credit her for it. :D[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Well, since no one else has linked to it, [U][URL="http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=54963&page=5"]don't mind if I do.[/URL][/U] Dang. Reading that took me back... Oh, and while milling through 2006 threads, I found [U][URL="http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=54817"]this[/URL][/U], which was a response to [U][URL="http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=50023"]this[/URL][/U]. I didn't post in them myself [I don't think], but I remember just sitting back and watching it happen...heh. Back on the subject of DaSilva, what the heck ever happened to him? I remember he wandered around for awhile after the incident, but then vanished. Hmm.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]LMAO I REMEMBER THAT THREAD! First group/thread I was active in, too. It was fun. I wanna do it again. :( And I was gonna locate it for ya, but you seem to have found it. Heh. [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Don't mean to rain on your parade, Ace, buuut... [U][URL="http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=59671"]I'll just leave this here...[/URL][/U] [Perhaps someone can merge?] Anyway, Anise gets the short end of the stick far too much. I genuinely don't see WHY so many people hate her -- she's always been my favorite female. As you said, her actions are justified, and in a series in which pretty much EVERYONE has something to hide or is effed up in the head, it's wrong to persecute one without persecuting everyone else. [Except for Luke. But I'll leave it at that for now :P].[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Same as Alla. I daydream. I highly doubt it's as meaningful or beneficial as anything Alla ever daydreams about, though. >_>[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Given that I'm far more familiar with English VAs than Japanese VAs, I'll start off with those. Apologies if I use any that you all deem "overused" :P [And a majority of them I know through video games, too XD] [B]Scott McNeil[/B] [B]My favorite roles:[/B] Hohenheim of Light [[I]Fullmetal Alchemist[/I]], Ali Al-Saachez [[I]Gundam 00[/I]] [B]Notable roles:[/B] Kouga [[I]Inuyasha[/I]], Duo Maxwell [[I]Gundam Wing[/I]], Piccolo [in the original [I]Dragonball Z[/I] dub] It's SCOTT FREAKIN' MCNEIL, DUDES. COME ON. Seriously though, I'm in love with the man's voice. It's very rugged and sexy, which is weird, since that's not the character type I usually go for, heh. He plays a mean Ali, who, despite being a despicable, deplorable human being [spoiler]and Lockon's murderer[/spoiler], I actually like and is the most believable out of 00's antagonists [since people such as Graham, Soma and the like I don't really consider villains -- they just happen to oppose Celestial Being's ways]. As for Hohenheim, Hohopapa has always been my favorite from FMA, and even though he didn't get much screen time in the original anime [if the sequel is a direct representation of the manga,then he should be getting a lot more], his voice was perfect for him. [B]Kirk Thornton[/B] [B]My favorite roles:[/B] Jin [[i]Samurai Champloo[/i]], Jade Curtiss [[i]Tales of the Abyss[/i]] [B]Notable roles:[/B] Hideo Kuze [[i]Ghost in the Shell SAC: 2nd Gig[/i]], Saix [[i]Kingdom Hearts II[/i]], Kaname Ougi [[I]Code Geass[/i]], and as for others, looking him up is advised, since his resume is staggering. XD Kirk was originally the type to voice the older, grouchy type, but in recent years, he's been voicing the mostly quiet but amazingly awesome badass demographic [which can't really be said for Jade, because when he DOES talk, he speaks a mile a minute so he doesn't have to repeat himself, haha]. His voice is just sexy in the roles I've heard [I better stop using that word or else I'll be beating it into the ground with most of these people >_>], and his normal speaking voice is actually rather pleasant to listen to, as well. But I highly doubt any of you are taking this seriously and are convinced I'm only mentioning him because of him voicing my favorite sexyman, so lets move on... [B]Kari Wahlgren[/B] [B]My favorite roles:[/B] Haruhara Haruko [[i]FLCL[/i]], Anemone [[i]Eureka 7[/i]], Fuu [[i]Samurai Champloo[/i]] [B]Notable roles:[/B] Kagami Hiiragi [[i]Lucky Star[/i]], Tsuruya-san [[i]Haruhi Suzumiya[/i]], Raine Sage [[i]Tales of Symphonia[/i]], Cher Degre [[i]Wolf's Rain[/i]], Robin Sena [[i]Witch Hunter Robin[/i]], Shino [[i].hack//G.U.[/i]] Gah, it was all I could do not to list off EVERY role I know her as. XD I think most people will remember her as Haruko [or first encountered her that way]...which is great! FLCL is actually my favorite English dub of all time. But obviously that's not her only role, lol. Her Anemone was dead on and perfect, as well as her work as Fuu. Most of her roles are similar, the cunning, young type. But the one role in which she sounds like a totally different person is her role as Raine. I had no idea it was her until I looked it up [and when I was looking her up just now, I couldn't remember if it was her or not XD]. Definitely a great actress, my favorite female VA. And now, one of the...two, three Japanese VAs I pay any attention to!!! [B]Kamiya Hiroshi[/B] [B]My favorite roles:[/B] Nozomu Itoshiki [[i]Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei[/i]], Tieria Erde [[i]Gundam 00[/i]] [B]Notable roles:[/B] ...I'm too tired to type them out. Just [U][URL="http://myanimelist.net/people/118/Hiroshi_Kamiya"]look at them here XP[/URL][/U] Oh goodness. I first heard him as Nozomu, but I had no freaking idea that he was also the voice of Tieria until it was pointed out to me. Much OMG WTF THAT IS AMAZING was had. But dang, the guy is amazing. I don't pay too much attention to Japanese VAs, even with my watching of subs, but he's one of the few I pay attention to and admire. I could listen to both his Tieria and Nozomu voices all day and never get tired of it. And sheesh, the guy started out looking like a total fop, and now he's...a sexy beast. [U][URL="http://myanimelist.net/people/118/Kamiya_Hiroshi/pictures"]See for yourself.[/URL][/U][/SIZE]