Fullmetal Alchemist without a doubt. I don't much care if brotherhood was more faithful to the manga. I couldn't stand overly silly tone of the series in-spite of the plot taking some really dark and serious turns at times. In FMA you'd get some truly deep heart felt emotion out of the characters during emotional scenes, but in brotherhood they'd switch to chibi mode and the most horribly inappropriate times and make a mockery of serious situations. The art style is far superior in FMA in my opinion as well, as the art in brotherhood comes across as overly simplistic and cheap. Another big problem I had with brotherhood was the way they rushed the first 13 ep. A simple recap shouldn't take 13 whole episodes, that's more than what many shows get for their entire story. All it serves to do is make people who have seen the original watch a sub par rushed version of what they've already seen, or just ruin everything for the people who haven't seen the original yet. Yes the ending for FMA had it's problems, but I feel over all it was much better in my opinion hands down.

Just another midlife crisis anime that starts the same exact way space brothers did. Has a very strong Yotsuba vibe going for it at least. Very much 'okay' for the most part. Nothing special really.

time to revive the thread! One of my favorite scenes is from Death Note: the very first time L appears and trumps Kira. Episode 2 when Light thinks he killed L by killing "Lind L Tailor" but then L's insignia appears on TV and he reveals how it was just a part of his plan to determine where Kira is. L challenges Kira and Light's day was wrecked XD

hi,, i just got back..i want to be friends with you guys too. and what i mean by friend is that someone you can talk to whenever your online..talk about anime and other interesting stuff.. no dead end conversations.. ^__^

Yeah I know the feeling. I find I don't have as much control over my emotions as I would like, so it is hard just leave them be when I get lonely. You have some good points there jas, Thanks for that!

Do you like calmer or crazier people as friends? I have alot of crazy friends. They are awesome but hard to deal with sometimes. Wbu?

just yesterday I made chankonabe which was good. To pick a favorite though I'd say takoyaki served with mayo, green onion, and bonito flakes sprinkled on top.

The Shakey's Pizza in Harujuku (I think) is the best value you can get around there, but the line takes about 10-20 minutes I think.

Let's see, Japan is a 5 letter word. Yup. Is there anything else we should discuss?