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Rasengan literally means "Spiral Ball". Looking at how the rasengan works, it would require the swirling or spiraling of the chakra into a small ball. So when it first appeared, it's pretty much explanatory. However, it was pretty awesome for the 4th to be able to come up with the technique from the Kyubi. I can imagine how much more powerful Konoha would be if the 4th was still alive in the present day. I'm clearly impressed with the 4th and his legacy. The meeting with his son almost put me to tears. And I was awestrucked when I saw how he sealed the Kyubi. Literally jaw dropping.

With the Kyubi's chakra up for grabs, I think it would be easier for Naruto to make an army of shadow clones. And if he managed to master sage mode easily while in training, imaging what an army of naruto could do. Also, I don't think Madara would need Naruto anymore. I think instead of Naruto, he'll just go for the KinGin brothers. Why else is he be after the bigass urn?

Uh... yes, I'm updated with the manga. I don't think kyubi mode has been animated yet. I thought you were referring to his dash towards the war zone, which he was in kyubi mode, wasn't he?

So he can go Sage mode while in Kyubi mode? That haven't cross my mind yet. So he's uber powerful now? But I'm starting to think that the fights now are power based instead of skill based. With Naruto getting a huge powerup, what kind of development did he have in terms of skill?

Argh! I can't get the push mail in my Nokia C3 to work. I've managed to make it work in my E66, but the C3 just won't work. I'm using Outlook Web Access by the way, which Nokia Messaging does not support, so I had to get a third party software, emoze. It works like a charm for E66, but somehow, I can't login on my C3. What gives?

I still haven't gotten my SIC W yet, and now I've read that the next SIC coming out will be Fang Joker and Skull! How SIC is that! I sure do hope they re-release the previous main riders. it's really difficult acquiring them nowadays.

It's a little difficult to get the origin comic of Captain America, but there are a lot of Captain America comics that would eat up your time. If you want to find out about his origin, wikipedia seems to be the quickest way. But there are recommended reads. The Captain America comic itself is already in issue 617. It's very difficult to acquire all of them, but you can easily get them through back channels.

Like I mentioned previously, Gundam 00 is a good series to continue. It's independent as it is contained in its own universe like how Gundam Wing and Endless Waltz are in one single continuity. If you don't want to get wrapped up in the vast Gundam Universe, it be best to skip the UC timeline as mentioned in the previous post by Mirabilis, which pretty much covers everything. If you're looking for Epic anime, I can name tons of them, as they're pretty much what I'm into. Though I haven't seen much anime lately. I think it's either I can't find any anime that are interesting anymore or I have already outgrown watching anime. *shocks* I hope not.

Meh, it goes on and on about victories, being heroic, leaving things behind and what you achieved in your life. Basically it's saying that you should live life to the fullest. Now that I think about it, it has nothing to do with the topic. So not to veer too off the topic, I'd like to think of the soul as something parellel to Alpha Waves.

For the love of God! Avoid Gundam Seed at all cost unless you want to endure watching Emo characters going emo. Well, Seed is somewhat tolerable, but Seed Destiny is unbearable. You can't go wrong with Macross. It's a classic. As for Tytania, it's great. Too bad it's still unfinished. I'm still trying to find the novel so I can find out what happens to Van Hyulik as well as the other Tytania Count, presuming that it's already written.

Yes, old, but still epic to this day. You got to wonder how the Gundam franchise managed to survive for more than 30 years and still going strong.

Then please stop complaining. Sorry to say this bluntly, but I sometimes find your post to be quite offensive.

I don't have any. Perhaps you would like to post some yourself.

Hmm.... in a nutshell? I guess you could say political drama and personal tragedy with a slice of life. Of course one that involves giant robots. You don't need to watch all of the Gundam to get into the franchise as there are quite a few series which are independent of the other series. For starters, you might want to check out Gundam 00. It has only 2 seasons, is quite modern (actually the latest series), and you can watch it without any prior knowledge of the franchise since it is contained in its own universe. Additionally, all the good Gundam Series are somewhat old. Z Gundam came out in like 1988, so the quality of animation is very far from the current ones. That alone might discourage you from watching them. But if you're looking for great story like a Space Opera, gundam also caters to this as well. I think you may have caught what I would call anime addiction, as it looks like you are having withdrawal when you're not watching any series.

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I think it's about time I revived this thread. Here's some gratuitous images of Xia Xiao Wei:

Yup, that's that. Although I have to say that my opinions of the other Gundam shows are different most specifically the other non UC universe. Mainly because most of the non-UC universe borrows elements from the UC universe. Char Aznable, the main antagonist of the first Gundam series has spawned a lot of clones. Zech Marquise (Gundam Wing), Harry Ord (Turn A Gundam), Rau Le Crusset (Gundam Seed), Asthrun Zara (Gundam Seed Destiny, ala Quattro Vagina), Neo Roanoke (Gundam Seed Destiny, with the mask thing), Graham Acker (Gundam 00, again, the mask thing) and a lot of others I can't remember at the moment. And finally the first official Char Clone . Char has in fact become an icon in Japanese Culture, that anything marketed as Char's Custom "something" is always colored red and performs 3 times as normal. At one point in time, I even decided that I would name my kid "Char Casval". Also, aside from the ones mentioned by Mirabilis, there are other side stories that are similarly good. Although they are rarely animated due to them having a conflict on a smaller scale. Like Crossbone Gundam with is a continuation of Gundam F91, Sentinel Gundam which depicts another conflict in the same war as Z Gundam, and a lot of Side Stories that happened in the first Gundam series.

It's technically about everything. It's a story about a young teen protagonist struggling amidst a looming war. How he was a civilian caught up in a military operation and all the tragedies that befall an individual during times of war. Characters die unexpectedly like how in a real war would. There is no "they are the good guy so they will come out unscathed". The political machinations are also something to be fascinated about. The Titans, an elite military outfit of the Earth Federation is now abusing it's authority killing innocent just to capture rebels (how the Titans was formed was explained in a separate OVA, Stardust Memory), and they are being opposed by AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group), which serves as a splinter group where the lead character reluctantly belongs to. And what is so good about this is that something happens in each episode. So the enitre 50 episodes has no fillers. It's not just about Gundams duking it out, it's about the personal challenges each individual faces when they prepare to go out to war. There are characters developments and there are lots of it. We see how Camille starts out as a childish teen into a matured ace pilot. Also, believe it or not, there was a character named Quattro Vagina! I kid you not. Well, at least that how it was spelled in other official sources.

This reminds me of a Poem that i once took to heart. And to quote: "Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream- For the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! and the grave is not its goal, Dust thou art, to dust returnest was not spoken of the soul" -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

You mean Matsu Takako? She wasn't in Yame Onna Kabe Onna. She was in Love Generation, Long Vacation and Hero. All those movies involved Takuya Kimura as the lead actor. And I can't believe that you didn't recognize Masaki Ito as Hermes. I mean I first saw Misaki Ito in Densha Otoko and she was carved into my memory, and every time I see her, I would go: "look, that's Hermes". Well, I do hope you'll like Hero. Fancy detective work for a Lawyer who didn't graduate from a university.