Gundam Seed News- Vasalius Destruction

In a recent move, the three renegade ships, the Archangel, Eternal and the Kusenagi, have made a move that has shocked the core of the ZAFT forces. To stop the Eternal from being pursued, the ship decided to overrun the Vasalius, a ZAFT ship. They were successful, but the Vasalius was destroyed.
On top of that damage, the Freedom's head was grazed on the side by a beam, then smashed off. Luckily, the cockpit of the ship is located in the chest.
In other news, Fllay Allster, a captive of the ZAFT forces for quite some time, was sent in an escape pod with they "Key to end the war." She has been returned to the Dominion, the ship that is run by Natarle Badgireul and the leader of the Blue Cosmos, Lieutenant Azrael. Kira seems to be distressed over Fllay's release, and cried for the first time in a long time.

That's all the news for now, please stay tuned when there is more ground-breaking news.

.hack//sign- Conflict-- Episode #17

Our episode begins with B.T., away from her staff. She is sitting in a castle, and looks like she's waiting for something.
Mimiru and Tsukasa are talking. Mimiru says that when Tsukasa can finally log out, she'd like to meet outside the game and go to a mall they talked about before. But when Tsukasa hears the name, he doesn't remember it.
She talks to B.T. about this, and B.T. gives another one of her big grown-up lectures about how you shouldn't be confusing the virtual Tsukasa and the real Tsukasa. Mimiru gets a little bit annoyed.
When B.T. is talking with Bear, she says she has to go meet someone. Bear instantly assumes that she's talking about Crim, but she's actually going to meet Sora. Sora tells her that she always comes to him for information, but now that she doesn't have any info for him, she won't get any more info from him. He calls her weak and annoying, and then wanders off.
B.T. calls Crim, and says she needed to talk with him. Crim started to say that he didn't want to have an offline relationship with her. He said he trusts her as a partner, but not as a girlfriend. As Crim leaves, B.T. looks really upset and calls herself pathetic.
Subaru calls B.T. to ask her a favour. She tells her that Mimiru, Bear and her are Tsukasa's friends, and it seems that they're the only ones who he will talk to. B.T. starts to get really annoyed, and says that she should just go to it herself. Subaru seems shooken after B.T.'s rantings.
As B.T. continues, two new players come and ask B.T. for directions, or at least for her to come with them, since they have no idea where to go. B.T. agrees, but then finds out that they're actually experienced, and they've set a trap for her. They're about to kill her, until they see Tsukasa, and then get scared and run away.
B.T. thanks Tsukasa for saving her life, and then asks what the sensation is like when you die. Tsukasa says you feel like a little less of yourself. B.T. says that lettuce is a vegetable that no one really hates, because it has no taste and doesn't smell bad. But she just dislikes it.
Bear starts to tell them how B.T. came up with her name, and he says it has something to do with a sandwich she liked. Tsukasa figures out that it's a B.L.T. sandwich. But she doesn't like lettuce, so when you take out the L, it's just B.T. For the first time, we see B.T.'s real counterpart, and B.T. seems to have completed herself, for now.

Anime #8- Witch Hunter Robin

These are: (from top left, clockwise) Sena Robin, Amon, Dojima and Michael.


Intro (some spoilers)
Now that the past is done and over with, no one ever thinks about witches. People just think they're ugly old ladies with green skin and warts on their noses. But this is not true at all. A special organization called the Soloman's witch management organization is out to capture every last witch that can still exsist. Now, since there has been such a change in Japan, there have been witches popping up all over the place. To help the STN (Soloman's organization), a 15 year-old girl named Sena Robin is sent in to stop the witches. She teams up with a hacker named Michael, along with women named Dojima and Ms. Karasuma. She later learns the secret of the craft, but that's far away.

Sena Robin (spoilers)
Otherwise known as main character. She is a bit troubled, always having something on her mind, but it's up to her to stop all the witchcraft going on in the city of Tokyo. As she later finds out when she visits Zaizen (the bad guy's)headquaters, otherwise known as The Factory, she finds that she was manufactured. She was actually manufactured to look like a witch named Maria, who died "giving birth" to Robin. She is known as the Devil's Child, and is supposed to be killed at all costs. This puts a heavy impact on Robin's guardian, Amon. She uses the power of fire to get rid of the witches that are causing trouble.

Amon (spoilers)
Amon is someone who was trusted to take care of Robin. He was cold at first, always criticizing Robin for he lack of aim with her power. But he later finds that Robin is certainly someone to be reckoned with. He is a hal-witch (Mom was a witch, Dad wasn't) but hates witches all together. Robin and him both disappear at the end.

Dojima
She seems innocent enough at first glance, but is more complicated when she gets figured out. She is very intelligent, and when she's not working at the law firm, she's working with Amon.

Michael
He was discovered when he started to hack into the system of STN headquaters. He pleaded to make sure he stayed alive and told everyone he could help them. They agreed, and he is now a valuable member of the STN team.

Zaizen
The head of the Factory, which produces something called Orbo. When a witch is shot by a bullet, is has no affect on them, because they easily dodge or destroy them. Orbo is a substance that can be made into a bullet so that it can kill witches. He later tells Robin about her past.

EDIT: Probably could add some more stuff, so post some more info if it's needed.

Anime #7- Inuyasha

This is one of my favourite animes, so please be prepared for plenty of stuff!

Intro
15-year-old Kagome Higarashi is walking to school, when she suddenly falls down a well.But this isn't an ordinary well, it's a well that transports her to feudal Japan! She stumbles upon a tree and sees a young boy, about the age of 17, bound to a tree by an arrow. As she comes nearer, the boy wakes up. The boy is strange. He has long silver hair, and dog ears. Kagome finds out that his name is Inuyasha, a half dog demon. She pulls the arrow out of his chest, and then he goes to find the Shikon no Tama, or the Jewel of Four Souls. He wants to use it to become a full demon. Kagome finds that the Shikon no Tama comes out of her body, and she now has the power to sense the jewel. But as she is starting to perfect her mastery of the bow and arrow, she shoots a crow that was carrying the jewel. The arrow pierced the jewel and shattered it into pieces. Now Kagome, Inuyasha and their friends are out to find the shards of the jewel and hun down the demon Naraku.

Characters

Inuyasha
A dog demon who was almost killed by the woman he loved, Kikyo, the guardian of the Shikon jewel. It turns out that a devious demon named Naraku actually tricked Kikyo into thinking Inuyasha needed the jewel only for himself, and didn't want to become a human at all. He has a very bad temper and doesn't like to get ticked off.

He can do attacks such as Iron Reaver Soul Stealer and Blades of Blood, but his weapon of choice is a sword forged from his father's fang, the Tetsusaiga. The Tetsusaiga is a sword that only uses its true power when it's used to protect a human. It has two powerful attacks called the Wind Scar and the Backlash Wave.

Kagome
The girl from the present time who can travel back to the past using the well, called the Bone Eater's well. She is pursued by many demons after they find out she an sense jewel shards. Her weapons of choice are the scared arrows, which are extremely powerful. She is very kind-hearted and will help anyone who needs it. She has the power to control Inuyasha by yelling "Sit!" It makes him smash into the ground.

Kikyo
The priestess who "killed" Inuyasha 50 years ago.She died shortly after Inuyasha died, but was brought back by an evil sorceress. She is now a very saddened woman who wanders the land collecting souls to keep her alive and hunt down Naraku. She is able to use priestess spells and sacred arrows.

Sesshomaru
Inuyasha's half-brother. He is a full demon and is very powerful. He is very quiet though, and travels the land with his two companions. Jaken, his servant, who wields the Staff of Two Heads, and a young girl named Rin.
He has a whip of light, which he uses every so often, has poisin claws and can turn into a large dog demon. On top of that, he has two swords. The Tensaiga, which can bring people back from the dead, and Tokijin, a sword with a powerful attack.

Naraku
The demon who has tricked almost everyone. He possesses most of the jewel, and is able to make incarnations, such as Kagura, Kana, Goshinki, Jaromaru and Kageromaru. He was born from a man named Onigumo, who let himself get devoured by demons.

Kouga
A wolf demon who falls in love with Kagome. He is a huge rival of Inuyasha's, and they almost always fight. He is hunting down Naraku to get revenge for his slaughtered comrades that Naraku saw to killing.

Miroku
A monk cursed by Naraku. He now has a wind tunnel in his right hand, which he can use to suck things into. He is a bit of a pervert and enjoys flirting with women, but likes a demonslayer named Sango the most. He travels with Inuyasha in search of Naraku.

Sango
A demonslayer who's village was destroyed by Naraku. Her younger brother, Kohaku, was also killed, but is now alive thanks to a jewel shard. However, he is a puppet of Naraku. Sango has a pet cat-demon named Kirara, which can change into a giant flaming cat when needed. She uses a large boomerang called the Hiraikotsu. She travels with Inuyasha in search of Naraku.

Shippo
A young fox demon who's parents were killed by the demons called the Thunder Brothers, who are later killed by Inuyasha. He is a bit childish sometimes, but is sometimes a good asset to the team. He travels with Inuyasha now.

Theme Songs
Opening Theme Songs
1. Change the World- Performed by V6
2. I Am- Performed by hitomi
3. Owarinai Yume (Never Ending Dream) Performed by Aikawa Nanas
4. Grip!- Performed by Every Little Thing
5. One Day, One Dream- Performed by Tackey & Tsubasa

Closing Theme Songs
1. My Will- Performed by Dream
2. Fukai Mori (Deep Forest)- Performed by Do As Infinity
3. Dearest- Performed by Hamasaki Ayumi
4. Every Heart- Performed by BoA*
5. Shinjitsu no Uta (Song of Truth)- Performed by Do as Infinity
6. ? Darn, I wish I knew
7. Come- Performed by Namie Amuro

Voice Actors
Inuyasha- Richard Cox
Kagome- Monica Stori
Sesshomaru- David Kaye
Kouga- Scott McNeil
Miroku- Kirby Morrows
Sango- Kelly Sheridan
Shippo- Jillian Michaels
Kikyo- Willow Johnson
Naraku- Paul Dobson

Anime #6- Shaman King!

Intro

This is about a boy named Mortimer, who believes in ghost, and claims to have spotted them. His "friends" at school don't believe him, of course, until one night. He sees a boy who he finds out to be named Yoh, surrounded by ghosts! Later, when Mortimer (or just Morty) gets mixed up with a gang called the Dead Enders, he is beat up. Yoh drags Morty to the graveyard where the Dead Enders meet, and all of a sudden, summons a ghost called Amidamaru. He is suddenly infused with Amidamaru's power, and beats up Rio, the leader of the gang. Morty finds out that Yoh is a shaman, and is going to participate in the Shaman King Tournament, which only happens every 500 years.

Characters

Yoh
The main character of the show. He has the power to fuse with ghosts and speak to the dead. He needed to find a spirit he would always fuse with, so he decided he would choose Amidamaru. At first, the 600-year-old-waiting spirit said no, but after Yoh reunited Amidamaru with the sword his dear friend made, he decided to join Yoh on his quest.

Morty
When he told his friends he had seen ghosts, they thought he was crazy. But Yoh believed him, and showed him what a shaman can really do.

Amidamaru
A samurai who was known as a fiend because he slaughtered fifty guards before he died. He was actually trying to stall for time so that his dear friend could deliver the sword to him. He is now Yoh's spirit familiar, and he is very loyal to Yoh.

Rio
After being beaten by Yoh twice, he decided to pursue a career as a shaman, and wanted to know if Yoh could teach him. He wasn't making any progress until his body was overtaken by a spirit named Tokageroh. He then left the Dead Enders to participate in the Shaman King Tournament.

Anime #5- One Piece

Intro

Monkey D. Luffy, or just Luffy, is a boy who arrives on a pirate ship, after a long sleep in a barrel. He is taken onto the ship by a couple of sailors, but is discovered by a boy trapped on the ship named Coby. Unfortunately, there were also a couple of rough-looking sailors who were going to kill Luffy. With ease, he knocked them away. After he ate from the pantry of the ship, he went onto the deck after they escaped from the "Pirate Queen", an ugly women named Alvida. There were a whole bunch of sailors then, and Luffy knocked them all out by stretching himself out so far that he flew like a rocket. That's when Coby found out that Luffy had eaten cursed fruit and became a rubber boy. When Luffy asked what Coby wanted to do, Coby said it was his life's dream to be brave and then join the navy. Luffy said he wanted to become King of the Pirates and find the treasure of a pirate named Gold Roger, called One Piece.

Characters

Coby
A boy trapped on the ship by an ugly female pirate named Alvida. Luffy starts to give him hope, and he now travels with Luffy in search of One Piece.

Zolo
A pirate hunter who is tricked into joining Luffy's team. He originally trained with sword training of Kenjutsu, and he was easily able to wield two swords. Kuina, the woman who trained him, was killed in a falling accident. After that, he became enraged and started to form his own style of Kenjutsu, using three swords instead of two. Even though he was supposed to be called ruthless, he does have a caring side, proven in the second episode when a girl comes to try and help him.

Nami
A girl who's best friend was killed by pirates. Now, she is a skilled bounty hunter who steals the loot from ships so that she can help her village, which was also destroyed by the pirates. Aside from being skilled at stealing, she is also the best navigator there is, so she is an asset to Luffy's team.

Usopp
The third person who joins Luffy's crew. He is an excellent sniper, but is also a compulsive liar and a coward. He joins Luffy's crew so that he can become a brave warrior.

As always, if there is any additional info that should be here, feel free to end me an e-mail.

.hack//sign- Evidence and Depth-- Episodes 15 & 16

Since episode 15 was merely a recap episode talking about Tsukasa's beginnings up to the point where Tsukasa "dies", I decided to fit two episodes into one post.

EPISODE 16

After the mishap from the end of episode 14, Bear and Mimiru go back to their last save point. Mimiru is very nervous, because she knows that Tsukasa feels pain in the game. But what would that mean when he dies then? Bear told her not to worry, because Tsukasa will be fine. Meanwhile in the real world, it seems to show Tsukasa's heart rate fading away to nothing.
Sora is talking to B.T. once again, and asks her once again if she knows anything about what happened beyond Crim and his battleground. She says all she saw was a broken old man. Sora says however, that she must know what the old man originally said, but B.T. insists she heard nothing.
Crim apologizes to Subaru for not taking the Key of the Twilight with him, because he couldn't find it. Crim asks her if she thinked it still exsists, and she said it had to.
Tsukasa, now regenerating, seemed in great pain. He is in a weird floating dimension alongside the teddy bear and the girl. For a second, it looked like the girl smiled, but we can't be sure. After he is fully regenerated, he is back in his haven, and hears the pinging sound he heard from the castle. And for a second, the girl opened her eyes, showing large blackness, and what looked like tears came out. The voice says that if Tsukasa were to stay, it, the girl and Tsukasa could all live in harmony. But Tsukasa doesn't think doing that is a very good idea at all.
Silver Knight, glad he found Lady Subaru, told her that there were matters she needed to look into. Subaru says that he should just tend to these matters himself, because she has to do one more thing, not related to the Crimson Knights that she had to do before she logged out.
Tsukasa meets up with Subaru and they get into a talk. Tsukasa now says he's like a prisoner of the game, because even if he dies, he just regenerates. He couldn't die even if he wanted to. Subaru is more curious to find out about the reality Tsukasa would go back to if he could.
Bear and B.T. are discussing what they'll be doing next, now that it seems that there are no more clues regarding the Key of the Twilight. Now what they'll have to do is decipher what the old man meant.
Subaru is now talking to Mimiru and Bear, and says that Tsukasa is just data from the servers (the computerized version), so if he died repetitively, it could damage his data. Suddenly, Mimiru remembers that she heard Tsukasa say, back in the castle "I think I've found it!" referring to the Key of the Twilight. Bear and Mimiru go and ask Tsukasa if he said it, but Tsukasa says he doesn't remember saying that.
And right at the end, back in the haven of Tsukasa, the floating girl started to fall right onto the bad she was floating on top of. Is this a good or bad sign? I'm unsure at this point.

.hack//sign- Castle-- Episode #14

When B.T. and Crim open the Twilight Eye, they are teleported to a catle that is completely upside-down. Crim said he only knew places like this exsisted in rumours. B.T. says that the Key of the Twilight should be in the sword room, so they head that way.
Tsukasa is late to join Bear and B.T. again, and Mimiru says that Tsukasa is a strong kid. Bear says he is, but sometimes Tsukasa's strength could backfire, and become self-destructive.
Sora is now following B.T. and Crim from far away, and they both know he's here. Crim says he will take care of Sora later, because he has an old score to settle.
Bear asks Tsukasa if he can use the words "bitter", "fantasy" and "mirror-world" to teleport them to the place. Tsukasa says he can, and he teleports them to the upside-down castle. They start to walk, and the floor beneath Mimiru crumbles. She almost falls, but Bear grabs her arm. She's scared-- it's the first time she's ever felt so scared in a game. Bear lifts her up. Tsukasa, meanwhile, is wide-eyed and says that he senses a great evil here. Bear thinks they should go, but Mimiru and Tsukasa insist to keep going.
Subaru, meanwhile aks if anyone had tried to contact Subaru. Silver Knight says that no one has tried.
B.T. tells Crim that there are only 5 or 6 more rooms to explore, and Crim should explore them because he's a faster character than she is. Crim tells him that she should go, and he will stay and fight Sora, since he was fast approaching. As Sora arrives, Crim and Sora get into a heated battle.
Tsukasa, Bear and Mimiru arrive at a room with four different coloured doors. There is a pinging sound that is made every so often, and they'd rather not find out what it meant. Tsukasa tells them they should go through the magenta door, because it feels the most evil. They agree to try the door.
Here is a conversation from the episode between Crim and Sora.
"Sora: Do you know why I came here?
Crim: You were probably tempted by B.T.
Sora: I'm not the one that was tempted! Get it? B.T. played you!
Crim: I'm aware of that."
B.T., satisfied with herself, moves on into a final room. She sees an old man. When Bear, Mimiru and Tsukasa approach the room, B.T. comes out of it, looking scared. She says they should all leave.
They enter anyway, and they ask the man what he is doing. He starts to go on and say things like "I'm sorry." But when he says "In her lies the dreams of all of us. Please take care of her." Tsukasa knows he means the girl.
Bear tells them that he's broken, and that the confused thought is just looping. Mimiru thinks that they'll never find the Key of the Twilight now, but Tsukasa says hemay have found it.
Bear thinks that they should leave now, it's looking too dangerous. They can't teleport out of the castle, because it's both inside and outside the game at the same time. They run out, but reach a dead end. The floor crumbles beneath Bear, and he falls. Mimiru tries to help him, but Tsukasa stops her from falling as well.
Then Maha appears, and Tsukasa asks what he's doing there. Then Guardian is summoned, and Tsukasa tries to stop it, but it shoots a tendril, and Tsukasa fades to grey. That means a character is dying, and Tsukasa feels pain in this game. Does this mean he's gone for good?

.hack//sign- Twilight Eye-- Episode #13

B.T, now getting even closer to finding the Key of the Twilight, finds out that before she and Crim can go to the castle where the Key of the Twilight exsists, they need to open the Twilight Eye first, otherwise it will be useless.
When Bear finds out that B.T. is going to search for the Key of the Twilight with Crim, Bear gets angry that B.T. would do something like that. But then he says they will probably be rivals, as Bear, Mimiru and (maybe) Tsukasa are also going to search for it. Bear can always find optimism in bad situations.
Mimiru recevied a message from Helba, telling them that they can get to the place where the Key of the Twilight is without making the Twilight Eye open. This would be possible by using three words to teleport to the place. But they would need Tsukasa to do it, because they didn't know the words themselves. The will laster find out the three words they'll need Tsukasa to say will be "bitter", "fantasy" and "mirror-world". When Bear next tells Mimiru the secret he was keeping from her: the secret about Tsukasa. Mimiriu gets angry that Bear didn't tell her earlier, but now knows why Bear wants to find the Key of the Twilight in the first place. This could be the thing that helps Tsukasa return to the real world.
B.T., again talking with Crim, tells him that the Twilight Eye will need a special condition to open, because the Key of the Twilight is a very special item. She says that The World RPG was released in 2007 as a BETA test, and when the full version was released, all of the old data may not have been deleted from the servers. The old un-deleted data may give some sort of a clue.
As Bear and Mimiru continue their talk, Tsukasa comes in and says that he wants to come with them to search for the Key of the Twilight. He also asks that if they find it, he could use it first. Bear and Mimiru tell him of course he could, but ask why. He says he wants to use it to open "her" eyes.
Crim is starting to get an idea where the Key of the Twilight could be. From the early prototypes of the game, there was a lot of data lost, but pieces still remain. He could be correct.
Bear, Mimiru and Tsukasa head over to Subaru, but see Silver Knight instead. They ask if he knows anything about a legendary land. Silver Knight tells them there are three, that are remnants of war. This throws them off track for a while.
Late in the night, we find Bear in a temple of some sort. He says he wants to know who called him at such a ridiculous time of night. A woman appears, and he knows who it must be-- Helba!
Crim is now certain he knows where the place is. B.T. and Crim end up in a place they've never seen before, a very eerie looking place. To search it, B.T. does her thing. "I am a Wavemaster," she says as she blasts away rock with a very strong attack from her staff. After the explosion is over, the sky goes dark, and the gigantic Twilight Eye opens up.