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There's this old anime film (I think it's from the '70s) that I don't remember the title of, and I would like to see if you can recognize it through the following summary.
A future Earth is recovering from some apocalyptic disaster/war that caused the sea levels to rise drastically (when the film starts, the sea level only recently began decreasing by considerable margins), and the protagonist is a brown-haired girl who turns out to be the half-breed child of a Merfolk woman whose entire race is composed of telepathic water-breathing near-humans with sea-green hair (her hair turns green whenever she is literally breathing water while, well, underwater), and she is thrust into an escalating conflict between said Merfolk (who can command sea animals) and the human civilization over the latter's rampant underwater construction projects, exploitation of marine resources and sealife, and the increasing pollution and other environmental damage caused by the former two. The finale has said girl desperately trying to stop what would surely be a very bloody battle between the two sides at the ruins of a submerged city near the Merfolk's home, only to end with her taking a shot (with fatal consequences) for the Big Bad that finally puts an end to the conflict with a My God, What Have I Done? reaction to everyone that was about to fight, and the poor girl dissolves into the sea as she dies.
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Likely an anime, anyway. One of my favorite movies that Toon Disney used to show started out with a seagull getting caught in an oil spill. She survives, but only long enough to take her egg to a cat nearby, asking him to save her egg. His friends (including a cat that roams a semi-abandoned(?) library) want to just make an omelet out of it, but he makes sure to raise the bird until it can fly off on its own.
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I say anime, but it's really manga. I have been trying to find this one for YEARS. The only thing I remember about this manga is that it has chinese names, and there are magical vials around their neck, and I think when they are in contact with water, two characters shrink to chibi sized. (They're living with someone too)
PLEASE HELP
open(SOLVED) Super-strong boy vs Medusa Anime
An anime about a young blond boy with Super-Strength in a greek mythology setting. He traveled with a Shoulder-Sized Dragon, a size-changing Faceless Eye, and a female magician. He wielded a sword that could also change size.
The Big Bad was Medusa, apparently a goddess in this setting. She could petrify with Eye Beams and targets immediately shattered. Arachne also made an appearance in one episode.
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This was on either Starz or the Sci-Fi channel quite a few years ago. I want to say it was in '02-'04ish. There was a boy and a blue-haired alien girl on Earth, and the girl had to dye her hair black because the government or something was looking for her species. I remember a bunch of people who had dyed their hair blue before being detained by the police or something similar, and they were illuminated by spotlights? The girl was a bit clueless and in the scene I remember, she was wearing a sundress and a hat.
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Rather weird and specific question - doesn't quite fit the forum, but wouldn't fit anywhere else. On the show Final Fantasy Unlimited, there was one character, Makenshi, or White Cloud. I used to have a picture of him: profile of his face, looking to the left, eyes closed, head tilted slightly forwards, wearing his mask - the background was white mist. If you guys knew where to find a good version of that pic, that'd be absolutely amazing - if this doesn't fit the purpose of this page, well... I'll have tried. :)
EDIT: This, only larger: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSm9vPlFVoVbGE9HPIPqQSfkjfF_Y4JXYQZoaksYzgaJx6EeVa9SP9AJoE
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Not sure anyone can help with this one, and I'm also not sure if it's really anime or western animation, but i recall some years ago seeing a scene in an animated movie that was being played on starz (Could have been HBO, cinemax, or showtime as well I guess, but I'm 99.9% positive it was starz). involving these giant crab things (I think they were black, but I could be wrong). There were these scantily clad humans rushing them with spears, and if I'm not mistaken a lot of people got cut in half by the crabs' far superior claws. I think it was from the late 80's early 90's, but I don't know for sure. I didn't think to check for the name, and I've been dwelling on it for years now. I've kept it at the back of my mind for the most part, but every now and then it pops back up and drives me nuts.
EDIT: I seem to recall the crabs coming down the side of a mountain.
EDIT: The humans might have all been bald too. I can't remember for sure but I have a feeling they were. Also there's a possibility they were all men. There were a lot of humans; they were like an army. The scene looked as if they were fighting a war. And the thing I remember best is people getting cut in half by the crab-things. I think their spears just broke when they hit the crabs. That is if they even connected. Can't remember.
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An anime about a salaryman who's approached by two aliens with the appearance of human women (I think there was a sequence at the beginning where they had a morning gymnastics session because "that's what you're supposed to do in Japan"), who tell him that he has to save the world with teh power of his rock 'n roll music.
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I'm looking for a Detective Conan/Case Closed fic where it turned out Kaito Kid and Shinichi were cousins. It was 20+ (I think there were 23, but I could be mistaken) chapters and on ff.net when I read it, and there was a scene where they got confused for one another... Also, Ran found out the truth about Conan/Shinichi. Does anyone remember this?
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I'm only putting this as anime because there's no fanfiction option, but here goes:
Basically, it was a series of hysterical Pokemon fanfiction. Ash and May start dating. The first fic is Brock training Ash in "girl language" so he could ask May out, the second was them getting lost in the woods. There was one where Ash and May were talking about a hicky Ash had given her while they were making out, and Brock overheard and thought Ash had knocked May up. He then went and told Gary, and Gary was like "No way in hell Ash got some before I did!" So Gary goes to Ash and is like "I heard about May. How'd you do it?" Ash, thinking they're talking about the hicky, says "Um... With my mouth?" And Gary is like "No way."
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Could anyone please tell me the original name of this
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about a polar bear and an Absent-Minded Professor? It seems so familiar... Sadly, I don't speak arabian. The animation style makes me think it's anime but I'm not so sure.
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It's actually a manga, but I'm pretty sure that it's an anime too.
I'm looking for an anime/manga that has a new teacher at a juvenile delinquent school. She was the daughter or grand-daughter of a high ranking or the boss of the yuzuka, and she took the job to get away from it, or something.
I remember that she always wore a jumpsuit to school and she beat a lot of people up. I read it about two years ago and something made me remember it...
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There was a family in the jungle, it might have been an island, and the young son was sick, so the daughter and mother stayed behind to take care of him while the older son and father went out and looked for a plant that could help him. The mother begins to fall sick, and the older son finds the remains of a plant, but that's all I remember.
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I know this pic is of Gourry from The Slayers, but it keeps popping up, and I was wondering if it was part of anything "official" or if it's fanart.

I want to ask about an anime (not sure from japan/china). I've watched it when I was a kid in middle 90s. It's about,as far as I can remember, 2 sisters one brother and a mother. They were pour. I remember a scene with a boat where one of the girl is pushed into the water and turns into mermaid because of some magic power which saves her life. I remember also a second scene where the other sister is in danger and turns into bird/swan and flies away. The only thing that remains after her are her shoes. And the third scene I remember is when at the end of the movie where the whole family is together again: the mother is blind and lives in house very low to the ground; the boy I think became a fighter (I remember him with a sword); and the mermaid-sister and bird-sister also remain in the last picture. Sorry if it sound messy but it's been maybe 15 years since I watched it but it really touched me. I've searched that movie since I have a computer. I'll be glad if you have any ideas. Sorry about my not very colourful english.