The question's come up over on Usenet, so I thought I'd ask here as well, broadening the question a bit.

Which anime have English-language theme songs, opening or ending?

There are three classes of answers to this question:

1) Music originally in English, not originally for anime (which is what the person on Usenet is interested in)
Higashi no Eden - Oasis, "Falling Down"
Speed Grapher - Duran Duran "Girls on Film"
Ergo Proxy - Radiohead, "Paranoid Android"
Paradise Kiss - Franz Ferdinand, "Do You Want To"
Gunslinger Girl - The Delgados,"The Light Before We Land"
Monster - David Sylvian, "For the Love of Life"
L/R: Licensed by Royalty - Billy Preston, "Go Where No One's Gone Before"

2) Music originally in English, written for the anime
Rental Magica - Lisa Komine, "Faith"

3) Music originally in Japanese, translated and redubbed by the translators
Tenchi Muyo - Sharyn Scott, "I'm a Pioneer"

Any more?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

No one touch the bases! They may disappear on us.

Sure, they'll
grab them out of backups, but still...

Demonstrating my command of Noir-fu in the Legendary chat a day or so ago, I got my
Chandler on for the start of a new story - though there is a Jackie reference so it might a little Spillaine.

King's Row.



Life ain't fair. Get used to it. Right from day one. You're no sooner ushered into this world, and the first thing that
happens is that someone smacks you. You're eyes aren't even open yet.
No chance of you hitting back. Okay, Moose Masterson smacked the doctor back, but we all figured, 'Hey that's
Moose for you.' For the record, the doctor went on to smack Moose's mother and father for good measure, and
given how Moose turned out, I can't say that I really blame him.



My name is Gil MacHeath, I'm a shamus. A
gumshoe. A private eye. I'm the guy you bring your problems to when the
other guys with badges aren't about to help you. Sure I carry a badge, but it says private
investigator. That's a little like having a badge that says kick-me, without being nearly so obvious about
it. Cops can be feared, cops can be respected. Maybe a little of
both. Private eyes aren't that lucky.



I propped my feet up on the scarred and battered surface of my desk and inhaled a finger
of gin from the glass in my hand. I was feeling maudlin. I hadn't thought
of Moose Masterson in years. Eighty years. That number still shocked me, and I
slapped down another finger of gin by way of salute. Moose had been dead for most of those years in a shower of
squirting metal. I paid my respects to him today. Didn't like
him. Had my nose broken by him once. When I saw the grave and the simple
marker, I took my hat off. You have to know me to get a real good idea of what that means. Why?



Well, for one I could find him.



Between a war, a growing nation, and the general poverty of those I used to hang around
with, most of 'em disappeared without a trace. No birth records. No death
records. No grave to visit. Nothing.
Even saintly Momma MacHeath rests in soil unknown to her favorite son. I knew Moose, and that grave was as solid a
connection to the world I knew as I was going to find.



So I paid my respects.



Al, my partner, gives me a raised eyebrow as I reach for the gin bottle and replace the
two fingers worth of gin in my glass; and add another two for good measure. You gotta know Al to know how impressive
that is. Al don't have eyebrows.



Al is a penguin.



A snarky, very British, Penguin.



An invisible, magical, snarky, very British Penguin, who has noted on occasion that he
speaks better English than I do.



"Gilbert." Al insists on using my full
name, just like I refuse to use his. "Should I be concerned that you seem to be intent of killing that helpless
bottle of cheap gin in cold blood."



"It's not cold blood." I note out
of the side of my mouth. "No ice."



"I had noticed." Al said
dryly. The heat sometimes gets to him. "Perhaps you might convince Miss
Frost to restock my office."



Al rented an office next to mine; too many fights
over where to set the air conditioner. Currently it is set on the sidewalk three stories down. It stopped working. Al's got money and not a lot of things to spend it on. Military pension. That's a story for another time.



"Sure thing Al." I tilt my hat to cover
my eyes and shift lower in my chair. Al sighs.



"Gilbert, am I to understand that your plan; and I cringe at dignifying it with the
term plan; is to sit in your chair, drinking gin, and waiting for the phone to ring?" Al ruffles the feathers on
his chest with his beak.



"The work walks through the door or calls up on the ringer." I kill a finger of gin, and figuring it might be lonely, send another after it for company.
"I figure I'm in the right place."



"Yes. Rather. I have explained the concept of a secretary and an answering machine to you." Al
says.



"It's not about all that Al." I can
see it in his body language. He's about to get personal. We're both
guys. Different species notwithstanding. Guys don't get
personal. Not even at gunpoint. Al though, he's so used to giving advice,
sometimes he forgets.



"You still mooning over that secretary over at City Hall?" I ask him. His outraged birdy splutter is worth the price of admission.



"She is not a secretary!" Al shoots
back. "She is the Senior Research Librarian and…"



I raise my glass in salute, and Al responds with a similar gesture. Point to me. You spend enough time staring at a door or a phone, you learn to make your
own entertainment. It's part of being a gumshoe.



"You are either on a job or in that chair staring at the phone and the door, waiting
for a job." Al says. "That's not healthy
Gilbert."



"You're thinking I should get out.
Socially." I cap the bottle and toss it back in the filing cabinet under G for gin.



"Your investigative skills never fail to amaze me Gilbert." All says a bit huffily. "Enough clues and you will eventually reach a sustainable
hypothesis."



"Well, Jackie did ask if she could take me."
I muse. Al doesn't approve of Jackie; but tolerates her due to her ability to turn his office into a winter
wonderland.



"Well, perhaps not my first choice." Al
mused. "But dinner on the town with Miss Frost would do much to reintroduce you to a more social
existence."



"She didn't say anything about dinner."
I had set up the one two punch. Time to land the hook. "Just that
she'd take me."



Al gapes at me, clearly shocked and appalled. He
tries to say something, his beak opening and closing with a click.



Then the phone rings, and saves us both from the possibility of having to get
personal.

Any time you can say "this is now the fully completed bacon lance" you have my attention.

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/15/bb ... aming.html
---
Jon
"And that must have caused my dad's brain to break in half, replaced by a purely mechanical engine of revenge!"

No -real- story behind this mission, its more just for challange or farming honestly. Its Atta's Cave map with maximum allowed mobs Its a custom group of
nothing but Prefectius Roman bosses, I did add a brief warning that its difficult with all bosses inbound. If you can handle the Monotonous mobs for a few
hours..You do get a fair amount of tickets and influence *grin* I'd figure Exp wouldn't be too bad either.

On my Main tanker it took me upwards of 4 hours to complete solo on Unyeilding

8+Million Influence

and bout 7700 Tickets total

I honestly have no idea how this mission would run with a group..but fair warning..Bring Someone who can saturate hits..or get your defence well over softcap
then you should be ok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Britain's Got Talent - Susan Boyle

Wow. I can't imagine anyone not smiling while watching this. Just awesome. Love the expressions on the judges' faces, esp. Simon's!

So here I am, back again after months away, and already I'm asking for computer help.

So here's the situation:

I have a Gateway GM5664 with and ECS MCP61PM-GM motherboard and two Hard Drives.

Before it was running Vista but I have install XP. In fact, I have installed XP on both hard drives.

This leads to my quandry:

Firstly, the computer when booting up asks me to choose which instance of XP I want to boot up to.

Secondly, using the reports I have from a program called System Information for Windows, I BELIEVE (note emphasis) that I do not have access to both hard
drives at the same time. This is a problem as I wish to use both hard drives at the same time.

Further I am trying to install drivers to this thing, particularly so that I can connect to the internet.

I have installed RealTek High Definition Audio Codec 2.16 that I downloaded from the internet. This does not appear to be acknowledged by my Device Manager,
which has "Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus" yellow question marked. However I do have sound after installing the audio codec.

Indeed, my device manager has many problems.

Under a Yellow Question Marked Other Devices section, here are the other Yellow Question Marked Devices:

Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus

Beanbag Emulation Device

Multimedia Controller

OTher PCI Bridge Device

PCI Simple Communications Controller

SM Bus Controller

Video Controller (VGA Compatible)

Further I see no icon for Network Adapters.

And when I try to get to ipconfig by typing cmd, I have to first change the directory it's on as it seems to think that Documents and SettingsUser is
were it's supposed to start. And when I do type in ipconfig or ipconfigall, I get "Windows IP Configuration" and that's it.

So, what do I do? I have absolutely no problem just doing a clean install of XP again, but I am a bit worried about all the rebooting I've been doing. Is
there a fix to this? Am I just screwed?

Sorry for the long rant.

Thanks.

-Murmur

... by the virus writers. According to http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009 ... rojan.html]CBC News, there's enough virus-infected Macs running OSX out there to make a botnet.

Anybody who's running OS X, you now have to be sure to update your anti-virus software regularly. And if you don't have anti-virus software, you need to get some.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Well CRAP!

I knew the contract for Intuit wouldn't be going long past April 15th, but I figured my performance scores
(which were OUTSTANDING, I must say. I was practically -carrying- my team.) would ensure that I'd get work on the next contract our company got.

But I didn't expect the COMPANY to not be here!

Apparently Stream no longer requires the use of the Dallas call center, so... everything is shutting down and tomorrow is everyone's last day.

So... once more into the unemployment lines. *SIGH*

At least I have some really good references this time out. I shouldn't be out of work -too- long this time.

Arc Name: The Great Brain Robbery
Arc ID: 74191
Morality: Villainous
Creator: @Acyl
Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate

Synopsis:
Contrary to what his enemies claim, Nemesis is actually just a nice old man.
Don't believe the lies and slander! He's perfectly capable of dealing with people in a civilized fashion.

Nemesis needs your help. It's a very simple matter, really. All he wants to do is steal someone's brain. No backstabbing or double-crossing at all, oh no! He'd never dream of doing such a thing!

This is definitely not a Nemesis Plot. Really. Perish the thought!

Estimated Time to Play: 40-50 minutes (4 missions)

Arc Notes:

This is my magnum opus. With the publication of this thing, I'm done, at least for the time being. This brings together all the MA stuff I've tinked with on Live and Test, and all the lessons I think I've learnt.

For everyone who's played my 'Over Nine Thousand' mission...well, you've seen my preferred style: lots of silly NPC dialogue and weird optional side encounters.

The Great Brain Robbery is like that, but it's a full four-mission story arc. And it HAS a real story, let me be clear. There's a proper tale here. Yet, at the same time, it's a lot lighter than my Midnight Squad arc. This thing's my baby, at least for now. =)

Technical Notes:

I need your help in testing this. I'm not that concerned with custom critters being too powerful. I use mostly standard factions in this arc anyway. This arc does contain EB/AVs, but they're not customs, so I expect they'll be fine. Psi damage EB/AV in the first mission, Energy and Smashing/Lethal EB/AV in the last one. Both boss fights have optional NPCs for backup.

No...it's the spawning that I'm worried about. The final mission in particular has really funky spawning going on, some technical tricks. I've even attempted to provide a choice of two different endings (the final mish can be failed). I don't know how well this works.

It functions, mind you, nothing's gonna break. But I've only tested this solo. I do not know how it'd seem on a team, particularly a large one...the final mission will be very different on a large team, I suspect. I am concerned my spawn tricks will make the mission very difficult to succeed, thus forcing people into the 'failure' ending.
-- Acyl