Elfen Lied

[TheEvil1]

i have none of this anime and am going to DL it now what Subber is the best one?

Anime-fin
Anime-Works
A4L-arupt

are the ones i see who have it subbed

[thundrakkon]

The most up to date one is Anime-fin. I only download those are they are well made. The others were ok, but you'll do just fine with Anime-fin.

[abunai]

All righty, this is sort of off-topic, but since it seems that ignorance about this subject is rife, I'd better clear up some facts:

1) In practically every country in the world (with very few exceptions), it is entirely legal to marry your first cousin. It isn't considered incest, although it may be frowned upon. Japan is no exception - marriage between first cousins is legal.

2) One reason why it is frowned upon is that the closer you are related, the more similar your genetic makeup is. This means that any latent (recessive) "bad genes" may occur in both individuals.
Since this increases (by a small, but significant, factor) the likelihood of a reinforced negative gene, children born of closely-related individuals have a heightened probability of suffering from genetic disorders. There are many different genetic disorders - not merely Downs' Syndrome, although this is probably the most prominent one.

3) The likelihood of negative reinforcement of recessive genes increases drastically if both the individuals mating share one or both parents. This is the actual origin of the near-universal taboo on incestuous relations with siblings or half-siblings.

4) Even so, these are merely probabilities. The actual probability of first cousins having defective offspring is still very low, although it is higher than for the surrounding population.

5) Repeated inbreeding has the effect of producing a very small gene pool. Such a situation tends to produce significant genetic drift, resulting in the emergence of common characteristic traits - for instance, the Habsburg chin or the oh-so-prominent ears of the Windsors. Negative recessives which are present in such a small gene pool will tend to show up frequently - for instance, haemophilia among the European royalty. However, if they are negative enough to prevent the individual from procreating, they will winnow themselves out in short order.

Continual inbreeding, by the way, is one method used by animal breeders to fix desirable traits in a population.

I hope this clears up the misunderstandings. Class dismissed. ;-)

- abunai