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Nope. It's a free service, but bear in mind there's a small service charge that goes into every transaction you make.

Until you referenced that urban legend, I thought you were just gonna put up that Can You Feel The Love Tonight video again.

Who the...

The maker of this paraphernalia fess up now!

EDIT: Clues hint at ORANGE.

1. I concur.
2. Have you? Much happiness to your finding.
3. *frown*

I am absolutely splendid, thank you for asking.

1. I'm glad you do.
2. Unfounded point, you mean. And it is still irrelevant.
3. I see your <3 and I raise you <33.

1. Quaint.
2. Irrelevant to the idea of choice.
3. Refer back to 1.

1. You're omniscient? Fascinating. =o
2. Very true, but then there's this thing called 'choice'. Also fascinating. =o
3. I hope you didn't figure that out just now.

Isn't an R4 for DS? And No$GBA is for GBA? O_o

It's important to understand that anime is always an adaptation of the work it's representing, whether it's a manga, game, visual novel, etc.

It's very rare that an anime will follow the route of its origin to the end, so when people watch an anime, I wouldn't readily call it laziness if they decide not to read the manga because it boils down to what you want to get out of it. Manga has a lot more room to explore character dynamics and elaborate plot because frankly, the writers are not constrained by a half hour limit per episode, nor an episode limit per series.

You have to remember that anime is a business much like Hollywood is. So to answer your question, movies and anime are not so much a 'lazy' attempt at conveying a piece of literature/art, but rather they are bound by certain restrictions. But because we're dealing with anime, I'll discuss that aspect. Anime length is usually blocked off in three major groups: 12-13 episodes, 24-26 episodes, and 26+ episodes. This is because 12-13 episodes will usually last about 3 months (half a season), 24-26 episodes will last about 6 months (which make up the Fall season, or the Spring season), and in the case of Gundam series which are almost always 50 episodes, these last an entire year, and of course you have longer ones like One Piece, Shippuuden, Bleach, D. Gray Man, etc. So when a manga/visual novel/game is contracted to be turned into an anime, screenplay writers have to consider which of those three cut offs would be able to best capture the original work. Now also bear in mind that series over 26+ episodes are a lot more expensive because you're literally on air season after season after season. Inuyasha is a prime example of an anime that crashed and burned from a business stand-point. At the time, the anime went so far ahead of the manga that it just decided to go on its own path. This led to fillers that didn't mean much (all the while, it constantly needed to be funded to keep it in production and on air). Because the cohesiveness of it began faltering, the ratings went down, they lost sponsors, and then just called it quits. That's why the final episode of Inuyasha was as abrupt and as terrible as it was.

Anyway, going back to series lengths; most manga are either too short on material, or have too much of it. This is why you have so many added 'anime-only' material that never appeared in the manga/visual novel/game, or you have massive cuts made in the material so that it'll fit. These are the situations where people go "Boo, the anime rushed everything", and while that is disappointing, it's usually not a question of artistic integrity as it is a question of simple business. It's not that "this part sucks, we're gonna leave it out", but rather "We only invested enough money for a 13 episode series, not a 26 one, so we need to make some cuts."

Personally, if anyone liked a series fervently enough, they'd seek out all sources of it. Of my favourite works, I'm usually reading both the manga and anime because both have different things to offer which are both usually really great. If someone chooses to only watch an anime, or only choose to read the manga/visual novel/game, then that just means there is something about that particular rendition that appeals to them more so than the actual work being rendered. It's not laziness to only want to watch Black Cat anime if all you're interested in is the gunslinging animation and musical score. It's preference.

COD: WaW, COD4, LittleBigPlanet

TEH STREETZZZZZZ. May Xenu smile upon the winner.

Shakugan no Shana is in dire need of another season, as all the good crap from the novels have yet to happen.

Fate/Stay Night needs another season featuring the Stay route instead of the mediocrely altered Fate route the series took.

All I can think of.

Ahaha, who neg-repped me for my earlier post. Epic. XD Silly emos are so emo.

Should be a smooth transition. I thought all the emos would be pleased. ;D

Owned by tripod's hotlinking security.

o.o What browser are you using?

What happens when you try to enter the site?

Hardly. We actually *enjoy* video games, too.

To play FFXI on XBL, you actually don't need a gold account. FFXI uses the PlayOnline interface to go online, and that service has its own independent monthly fee (you should check their website for the price, as it's been years since I've played and it might've changed, but it should probably still be around the $12/month range).

But if you want to play all your other games online, then you'll have to pay for your Gold subscription anyway. So if you want to play FFXI on 360 AS WELL as your own 360 games, then yes, you have to play your XBL fee and the monthly PlayOnline fee. However, be aware that these two fees are paying for separate services, meaning even if your Gold subscription runs out, you can still play XI on a silver as long as you continue paying the monthly PlayOnline fee.

This makes sense because this expense would be no different than if you paid for your XBL subscription, then paid your monthly fees for XI for your PC or PS2/PS3 separately. I'm sure Microsoft and Square-Enix knew this to be the case since everyone would flock to the 360 version if they knew playing the game on 360 would mean practically no monthly fees for FFXI.