I also like Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ghost In The Shell, Trigun, Full Metal Alchemist, Death Note, Samurai Champloo, and Cowboy Bebop (which is probably my favorite, maybe because it had so much kickass music).

I have to give two lists!

NON FICTION:
David Bodanis - E=MC2
Kerry Mulis - Dancing Naked in the Mind Field
Richard P Fynman - Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Richard P Fynman - The Meaning of it All
Paul Coelho - The Alchemist
Depak Chopra - The Way of the Wizard
Ralph Mayer - Artist’s Handbook
Dennis Willium Hauck - The Emerald Tablet
Janet Gleeson - The Arcanum
Will Durant - The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time

FICTION:
Clive Barker - Imagica
David Farland - Runelords
Dan Millman - Way of the the Peaceful Warrior
Frank Hurbert - Dune
John Fowles - The Magus
Alexander Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo
L Ron Hubbard - Battlefield Earth
Jack L Chalker - Lilith: A snake in the grass
Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel’s Dart
Jack Kerouac - On the Road

I've watched a few episodes on Cartoon Network and watched the 1st DVD through blockbuster online, but Vol. 2-4 are never available, which sucks. I like what I've seen so far. Interesting that there is a live action version, i'll have to check that out.

Berserk, Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Ninja Scroll (the movie, not the series) are a few of my favorites.

I've been trying to avoid songs used as anime themes to try and expose more of a variety of the music that Japanese bands do, but part of it is that sometimes you just let the obvious ones slip right by without even thinking about them.

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
I was watching Fullmetal Alchemist the other day my first thought was "I bet JAPR already sifted this." I was shocked when I saw you didn't. Glad you liked it, it's my favorite song of theirs.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Awesome move sifting Rewrite, I love that song (and AKG in general).

I was watching Fullmetal Alchemist the other day my first thought was "I bet JAPR already sifted this." I was shocked when I saw you didn't. Glad you liked it, it's my favorite song of theirs.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Awesome move sifting Rewrite, I love that song (and AKG in general).

Yeah! I'm beginning to love Eureka 7 and thankfully I can catch the beginning episodes on On Demand and record them from there! It's a great series, have you given it a try?

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
I feel the same way about Fullmetal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell. I wait for them to be put up on Adult Swim even though I own the seasons.

In reply to this comment by thesnipe:
Kick ass, I miss this show, even though I own the box set I'm normally too lazy to go watch the dvd

I feel the same way about Fullmetal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell. I wait for them to be put up on Adult Swim even though I own the seasons.

In reply to this comment by thesnipe:
Kick ass, I miss this show, even though I own the box set I'm normally too lazy to go watch the dvd

There you have it, these questions were extrapolated from a conversation (one-way) b/t myself and dotdude.....I proposed while looking over the ideas (stream of consciousness) that we simply number them and throw them at Mycroft-Linear thinker that he his, he treated it like a pop quiz, and quickly returned to his data crunching.

The trick question between 5 and 6, since there is no such citrus condition, mans you would not squeeze a lemon so hard that it would shoot juice errantly into someone's eye, that's good to know.

Don't know what yer missin',bird-fish tacos are special things...and I thought I was the only one that never regretted ordering the Chairstand, it doubles as a party harness, I love mine....

As for Faust?? Neither the 16th century alchemist, Johann Georg Faust, nor Goethe's tragic poodle-devil follower, wrote anything of note....Guess when you talk to mister literal, you better mean just what you say.

Ok, so I know the roast starts tomorrow, so I'll give Jurassic momma's boy, some room to wiggle and sweat.

any one who may come to read the preceding salutation for pinhead here, would be happy to know it is not without reason-
MR alchemist's response to a down-vote-"Uncomfortably bad?
Fuck you
Bye bye."

my original post comment, which inspired it-
“yes, afraid it's uncomfortably bad....a crappy production...Two hands down!!...and 1 vote ”



In reply to your comment:
“yes, afraid it's uncomfortably bad....a crappy production...Two hands down!!...and 1 vote ”

I associate this song to Fullmetal Alchemist. Period. Every time I hear it, I see the beginning sequence of FMA scroll through my head. *sigh* I really didn't like this video, but the song forces me to upvote.

Yoko Kanno music is just one of the reasons why Cowboy Bebop is *the* stand out anime of all times on my list. Tied with Full Metal Alchemist.

Wow, Kirk Cameron, now there is a source that I would accept less readily that the Bible.

Claim #1 - Why are humans and apes similar - they have a common "designer"
Response: Perhaps they have a common ancestor, as evolution claims; no need for an additional, non-parsimonious designer.

Claim #2 - Interviewing "believers" in evolution.
Note the sarcastic response of the blonde college student. Why didn't they go to the "experts?" They seem to conclude that because these people don't have detailed answers, therefore evolution is wrong and they believe it on blind faith. I wonder how many people that believe in God could tell you chapter and verse (or even who said) of biblical passages. By that same logic, I suppose we can dismiss the bible, because its believers pretty much know jack about what is in it.

Claim #3 - "Does THIS PROVE that man evolved from apes?"
Response: Only the creationist trying to make claims about the invalidity of evolution claims to believe that man evolved from apes.

"Humans did not evolve from present-day apes. Rather, humans and apes share a common ancestor that gave rise to both. This common ancestor, although not identical to modern apes, was almost certainly more apelike than humanlike in appearance and behavior. At some point -- scientists estimate that between 5 and 8 million years ago -- this species diverged into two distinct lineages, one of which were the hominids, or humanlike species, and the other ultimately evolved into the African great ape species living today."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat03.html

Claim #4 "Apes aren't our relatives, they are a completely different species" Their evidence, that the orangutan tries to eat their salad ("covets their salad", something the purposefully made different than what the orangutan has. It acts like a "beast untrained").

I suppose small children are also not related to humans, a different species perhaps; they too act like this so called "beast untrained." They "covet" things that they do not have and grab for objects; they do things such as defecate on themselves. They throw things as well; perhaps some training can get their "beast" to make facial experessions mimicking Kirk Cameron.

Interestingly, they also say that the orangutans don't form themselves into orchestras. Neither do children, now without guidance for sure.

Claim #5 - Something is not in the fossil record and "proof" of a claim.
First, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence and certainly the false dichotomy that "evolution is wrong, therefore Biblical creation must be correct" is absurd. Also, scientists do not "prove" something to be true. They provide evidence in favor or against a particular claim.

Claim # 6: "Experts" speculation about evolution as support that evolution is foolish.

Ernst Chain (not ERNEST as they put in the video) and others. Speculation by experts does not make their claim valid. Sir Isaac Newton , clearly a great thinker spent much of his days as an alchemist trying to change lead into gold; just because someone is a 'great thinker' does not mean that all his or her ideas are valid.

Claim # 7 "Man will believe anything as long as its not in the Bible"
Better yet, man will believe anything, period, including that a text which has how many versions and ambiguities in the very words that are used was "divinely inspired!" Why SHOULD man believe the Bible? Because it provides the simplistic "god did it" response? OK, now we can move on and continue making our widgets, all of the necessary knowledge can be summed up in "god did it."



Why don't they tell you who the biologist with the PhD is? Why don't we hear more than what they clip?

Are they trying to be "anti-intellectual?" Yes. They select "proof" of their side (the confirmation bias, clearly unscientific.)

At the end, ahhhh we get to the real point. See, there is no "evidence" presented in this video, just some carefully selected and edited clips.

Kirk Cameron....enough said.