You have to remember that a lot of social mores in Japan are fundamentally different from in the West, and things may be perceived very differently there - and especially, that Japan is the sole intended market and we in the West are just onlookers.

It's a funny thing, but I'm really liking having my present avi - it's grown on me a lot.

It's hard to pick one, as always, so I'll nominate two for now: Akira - One of the classics; the face designs are a bit weird, but you get used to them. Mindgame - Strange and sweet, and I find it quite hypnotic. And in the runner-up slot, Ghost in the Shell , what else? The recent The Garde...

You're still yoof, though.

It's really good - but it doesn't have the angst, nothing like.

Sometimes it's good to lighten up, though; granted that Nadesico is not "profound", though, if that's what you're looking for (but I think you've seriously misjudged FLCL!).

Azumanga Daioh; Nichijou.

Maybe; but not necessarily on its own there.

It's crazy, but good crazy; I love it. Be sure to watch the film too, which is much darker (but realise that there's a time skip - the gap is apparently filled by a game that was never translated out of Japanese).

But not teens yet...

You Can (Now) End.

Under my desk: http://cassland.org/images/DeskDogs.jpg On holiday. We stayed in a village north of Lucca (I posted a map link before going). From one end of the garden (the whole plot is 14 acres) we had this vista: http://cassland.org/images/EG/Vista.jpg It's usually hazy, but t...

We went through this at such length earlier in the year... I'm not inclined to go through it all again, beyond reminding people that causing something, and having responsibility for something are not the same, and in any humane world are not treated the same.

"Answers to the name of Gary" - that proves it's not a cat!

(Good to see you around again Katana.)

ElMariachi#659913 wrote:My personal guess is that the empty seat is for a function not yet installed/activated(eyebeams, teleport, whatever) that we will see in Final.

Heh! What if Shinji ends up in it?

^ & ^^ I approve.

Nope, that's a proper use of "anymore". Replace it with "nowadays" or "presently" or "now" and you'll get the intended meaning. My turn to learn! In UK English, this would only ever mean "any longer", and the Oxford dictionaries offer no alt...

Well, I'd say 100%, but not at the same time as the tankobon of v14. I just wonder if they'll think up any decent extras to bulk it up to match the other omnibus volumes better.

Opera have shot themselves in both feet, in the balls, and in the head with their botched introduction of the alpha version of a new misconceived browser as if it was an upgrade. Lots of sites now complain that the working version of their (still supported) actual working browser is outdated.