Hey,

Does anyone have FLCL Episode 1 that they could send me? I'm interested in buying the series, but I have heard that it is REALLY weird so I'm not sure if I would like it. I have a fast connection and I'm sure I could find something to give you.

..or do you know where I could download it?


Thanks! =)

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I know there was this thread before, but instead of bring it back to life I thought I would just make freash one without 14 pages :mrgreen:

I myself, am looking forward to getting the rest of the avalible One piece that I don't own, along with all of Ranma :mrgreen:

Yes, I have returned from a little R&R, though unannounced, it seems that nothing has happened that needed editing on these boards, and I'd like to thank you all for that. I've taken some time off for a personal period, pushing myself deeper into my hobby of being the Chaplin of my DeMolay chapter, Clifford C. Reeves in Linkin Park, Michigan. I'm really loving life right now, and my Final Fantasy VII Fanfic/Novel is comming along great!

Just thought I'd give everyone an update! And Kakoi, Dark, I'm not ignoring you guys on AIM, I'm usually working really hard on something and just completely started to ignore every IM that came up.

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Animeniacs and IA has reviews for AV Galaxy Express 999 TV. But I've also found MI release GE 999 TV. Which is better?

NOTE: MI and AV each has a different cover for TV part 1 but share same cover for TV part 2. Is that correct?

How about the 3 AV Galaxy Express 999 movie (audio/video/subtitle)?

Thanks.

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The city of Midgar, a great city of nothing but pure technology, was ruined by those who wish to be placed in power over the people. Because of this, the city slowly began to fall apart. The people split into two classes, anyone who worked for ShinRa Electric Power sat above the top of the slums, where the lower class of people would remain. This would cause many uprisings, the most known to the history books ended up being AVALANCHE, who nearly single handedly destroyed the entire ShinRa conglomerate.

Enter Sephiroth. One who wished to become a god, though he was only a mere human in the end. His demise was caused by the acts of Cloud, when he was attempting to merge the Lifestream, Meteor, and Holy. After this, the likes of the AVALANCHE team split off, Cloud, Tifa, and Barret making a new home, while Vincent and Cid headed off on their own, separate ways. Yuffie headed back to her home town of Wutai, and that is where our story begins, not in Wutai, but in the Great Northern Crater.





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The Great Northern Cave, the final resting place of Sephiroth, was once a dark cavern. Filled with pools of amazing, shimmering makou, the liquid form of the Lifestream which runs through the planet, it formed a semisolid grave for the silver haired ?demon.? The green-blue liquid shimmered in its new grave, showing no real form of life amongst it; only in its own existence would it be considered ?alive.?

Now the Great Northern Cave was no longer a cave, but more of a crater. It was the place of the final showdown between Sephiroth and Cloud, the place where Meteor, Holy, and the Lifestream were combined into one. Now, the Great Northern Cave was nothing more than a giant crater, filled to the brim with its own liquefied materia, known as makou. Makou, in its own form, was neither a liquid nor a solid, but a happy medium, in its own place between the two; it would never bubble, nor stir or sweep, only remain calm and still, a remembrance for the dead.

The dead, also known as the remembered, or ?Those Who Cannot Be Seen.? It was those who had died and been buried, who had a strong heart, which slowly turned to the liquid makou and were forced into the Lifestream to be reborn as one, as a collective, one large collection of thoughts. These people would become the voices of the planet, to cry out to those who carried the blood which flowed through the veins of their ancient heritage, giving them the title of Cetra. Those with Cetra blood were rare, and the last known person who carried that bloodline was Aerith ? the one who had been gruesomely murdered by the silver haired devil, Sephiroth. Though, for one, there is always another; a pair, a twin, one made for the first. The person did exist, and though he did not know it, his love had been lost, and the planet cried for him in his dreams.

A single thought floated amongst the collective thoughts in the Lifestream. ?Damn you,? it said, ?I hate you all. This is not over,? it whispered, ?it will not be over for a long time. I won?t let it end.? The collective thoughts tried to overpower it, ride it out. Make it come to a sensible conclusion. ?Please, it?s been over for almost two years now. Please, leave it be. Please. Let it be over.? whispered the cries of the Lifestream.

This hindered the voice very little, if any at all. Not rattled at all, the voice only grew stronger. ?All of them,? snapped an angry reply, ?They will all die for what they did to me! I will have my revenge! THEY CANNOT KEEP ME LOCKED IN THIS PRISON FOREVER!!?

Suddenly, from the center of the makou pit in the Great Northern Cavern, bubbles arose. As if evolving from thousands of years, the bubbles rose and took a shape, the form of a human, only this form had two wings, one an angel wing, the other that of a demon. A hand emerged from the semi liquid, and in it clasped the half broken hilt of a legendary sword. Slowly, the being emerged from the pool of makou, and onto the shoreline?

I bought tapes from a guy, sent the money but he hasn't sent me the tapes. Since I don't live in the US i don't really know about these thing but can you tell me if I can pursue legal action or atleast threaten with it.

I have to do a research paper on Negative Press in the media. This is what I have so far. I'm also looking into more information for my one section, but any input would be benifitial.

Negative Press and the New Age

Does the Press seem to hurt the news more than it helps? Does it seem to report more bad news than good? Why does the world seem to be going down the proverbial tubes while it continues to revolve around the sun in our lonely existence? How do the people feel about all of this? That is what I plan to find out.

Being a reporter for the Romulus High School Newspaper (The Talon) as well as the Romulus High School News, I can say that the Media does depict the world as a rather deadly place. This is partially due to the fact that it is, because as the old saying goes, ?blood sells.? It seems to me, that if the newspaper says that we are going to war, more people will buy it than if the headlines were to say something like ?Mickey Mouse turns 150.? It is all how the public views the world right now, as a deadly place where you cannot turn your back away from anyone for fear you may end up face down in a puddle.

Blood sells. What does that mean? The phrase ?blood sells? means that practically anything that is full of the four major evils (death, pestilence, war, and famine) will instantly become a hit. Why? Because this is what the public wants instead of what they need ?some happiness and some kindhearted people from the world, this world, to grace the main page of local media.

When was the last time that a kindhearted person ended up on the main page of the newspaper that wasn?t a member of a sports team, or wasn?t spurred by some tragic occurrence? What?s wrong? Can?t remember? Because it?s been a long, long time. Main page news is never happy, it?s always full of grief, because that is what people will instantly notice and will instantly want to read. Happy news, if and whenever it comes, seems to always get stuck in the back of section A, or even worse, sometimes in the back of another section. Why? The reason is stated above, it does not grasp the attention of the reader; no, instead, it?s the gore and blood of those who have been murdered, raped, or shot in combat is what grips the attention of millions.

Why is our nation so reliant on blood and gore to keep their attention? Part of the reason, I believe, is that over the years, movies have progressively gotten more and more bloody and gory. Where did all of this start? Three movies that started this new trend were Total Recall, Robocop, and Rambo. This started the spur of people who wished to see nothing more than simple gruesome killing, something that would show lots of blood and explosions. The production companies saw the ratings that these movies got, as well as the flack they got as well, and started grinning with delight. Suddenly, people like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Bruce Willis became the cover of magazines, and some of the most popular people in the world (i.e.: Microsoft Word?s spellchecker knows how to spell Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger) , due to their portrayal of death and violence to the public who ate it up like last nights dinner.

Mayor Rudy Giuliani was made to be a national hero after the events of September 11th, for his reaction to such a tragedy. This became front page news, and got him on many talk shows. What no one remembers is that the now ex-mayor of New York City was, at the time before Nine-eleven, in hot water for his scandalous affairs in the bedroom. Why was this never brought to light? Because the news didn?t think that the people would want to read about it ? instead, at the time, we needed a national hero, so we got one.

The media makes everything seem to be falling apart. The war in Iraq will ?send Iraq into a new freedom, bring them into this era, and let them join the rest of the world free of persecution.? Unfortunately, this is not the case, as ninety-eight percent of what we did in Afghanistan made life worse instead of better. The media hides this fact, and instead tries to push forth a positive light on the ordeal, which is not exactly a bad thing, but obviously makes things appear better than they are.

Saddam Hussein has ?weapons of mass destruction? says the news and media. What evidence do they have of this? The U.N. Weapons Inspectors never came up with any valid proof of this; instead, they turned up empty warheads. Hussein has the capability of having weapons of mass destruction, but no evidence. The media says otherwise, as it makes the world view Saddam as the bad guy, placing the American Public at ease.

Why is this a big deal? Well, the Government and the Media use disinformation as a form of deceit to the American Public. It wouldn?t be such a big deal if it happened every now and then, but it?s now becoming commonplace. The media continues to spread disinformation, and with that, makes the world a darker place.

The world is turning into a darker place. With words of war being spread daily, it seems that the world becomes a bleaker place. The media is no help with this, as they are like vultures, flying over a possible news story and then landing for the feast as it happens. They pounce on any opportunity to talk to witnesses, whether they are emotionally stable or not.

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The belief that the media is what is ruining some of this era is only half of what I conceive to be my own. I cannot say that it is always the media, as the media is broad and the blame cannot solely be pointed to them. I do believe, however, that the media is partially to blame, as is the government in general, and this is the cause of such great hopelessness and conflict in this world.

I wonder if anyone else has heard about the info my brother stumbled on the other day. It was a press release from the DEVIL (funimation :mrgreen: ), and in it they refered to Zoro as Zero multiple times! I just wonder if any of you guys heard it yet? If you could find a link to go ahead and post it here. Since my brother can't remember where he read it at. weatdrop: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: