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What is the name of the anime?

I cannot remember the name of an anime that I use to watch religiously. It was about a girl with orange hair and her classmates who crashed landed on another planet. I know there was a rich blond boy who bullied others and would cry for his daddy whenever aliens came. And there was a blue alien whom they named Allan I believe. What was the name of that anime? I just can't put my thumb on it. If it helps it was about a class that when on a field trip there was a orange hair girl, with a rich blond boy, a girl who had long curly purple hair, and the main character(the orange hair girl) had a pink helper that looked like a giant cat who will refill on water. They landed on an alien planet and had to learn how to trust each other and what not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.142.208.226 (talk) 04:13, 30 April 2008 (UTC) Thank You Always Cardinal RavenCardinal Raven (talk) 00:18, 30 April 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

Can you provide a time frame (year) that you watched this show? Your description could fit a million shows. AtaruMoroboshi (talk)

I watched it in 2006, but I watch animes really late. Shoot I was watching Princess Tutu in 2008 so my time frame isn't very helpful. I have a picture of two of the characters maybe that can help?Cardinal Raven (talk) 15:08, 30 April 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

If you could post a link, I may be able to better identify the character or show. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 15:22, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Here I hope this goes straight to the picture I'm not very clean when it comes to links so I don't know how to shorten them. I just figured out how to link an article. I'm sorry if this is going to be a pain: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:These_kids.jpg

Thank You

Cardinal Raven (talk) 16:42, 30 April 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

Just a note, that image got deleted. So I didn't see it. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 18:01, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Great.......tell me what kinda license should I give it. It just a screenshot. It said it was going to be deleted 7 days from now without the proper license. What a big lie that was...now what to do.

I lied to the Commons. I will delete the picture after you have looked at it. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:These_kid.jpg Hopefully it works this time.71.142.208.226 (talk) 18:31, 30 April 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

I'd recommend you stop doing that. The commons is not a hosting service for non-free content. Perhaps you should link an external website. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 19:17, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

I'd love to do that, but I don't have the internet. I mean I have the internet, but I can't go to .coms or .nets. I can't go to .orgs either the only exception is Wikipedia. I can only now go to .edu and .govs.(This isn't very fun.) The reason this being is because my roommate hated the spam he was getting from .coms and .nets so he blocked them. He put it on his computer and my computer. He won't stop the restriction either. I'm sorry for all the trouble I have caused you. Lets just put the answer as I do not know that anime. I do not want to continue wasting your time. I'm sorry. And thank you for all the help you have tried to provide me. If this helps I thought the anime had Survive in its title or its American title. But you don't have to go searching around. I'm sorry about all the commotion I have caused. Thank you once again.71.142.208.226 (talk) 19:22, 30 April 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

Sorry, but the picture was deleted due to copyright violations. Could you provide a Google image link? --70.167.58.6 (talk) 20:26, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Nope. Cause I don't know the name of the anime. How am I possibly going to get you an image off of google when I don't know the name of the anime? I only have an image on my computer. And sadly I can't go to other sights to upload it. I was going to delete it right away after I had my answer, but instead it was deleted before I could get any help. My options have run dry. I have no way of helping you guys answer this question. Therefore I thank you again for all your hard work. I'm not going to get the name of this anime. Its fine. You don't need to do anymore. Thank you.71.142.208.226 (talk) 20:43, 30 April 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

You can upload it here by clicking on this link. Once we ID the show, I'll delete the image as it won't have any valid reason for being here. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 02:20, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

It says the image is blocked from being uploaded. Even when I try changing the name.Cardinal Raven (talk) 06:44, 1 May 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

Email it to nihonjoe dot wikipedia at gmail dot com (I'm sure you can figure out what to replace). ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 01:24, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Can you recall what channel it was on or what day of the week you used to watch it. Even what came on before or after might help narrow it down. I assume you watched it in the UK? Lisa4edit (talk) 09:25, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I never watched it on TV, but yes I watched it in the UK. I watched it on my own schedule the special Raven Hour of anime. I download all my anime with Bitorrent(ssshh I'm bad). Cardinal Raven (talk) 14:59, 1 May 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

Ok. So you have a picture, why not upload it to photobucket or image shack. Otherwise, we probably won't be able to help you. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 15:12, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

He's already said above that he can't due to his roommate's insane paranoia regarding spam, so that won't work. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 01:24, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad someone agrees with me that my roommate has paranoia regarding spam. Also how much my roommate needs counseling. I'm sorry for all the running around rat race that I made you guys go through. I guess we have finally come to the realization that we have come to a dead end. I'm sorry again for all the trouble I've caused. Thank you for all of your help. I will try to remember the name of the anime on my own. Or just go through the list of anime I have and watch an episode of them all until I find the right one. Once again thank you and I'm sorry.

Always

Cardinal Raven

Cardinal Raven (talk) 04:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

You must have missed this (I wrote it up above): Email it to nihonjoe dot wikipedia at gmail dot com (I'm sure you can figure out what to replace). ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 06:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I got an admin on Commons to send me the image. You can see it here. I've never seen it. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 16:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

It's Mujin Wakusei Survive (a.k.a. Planet Survival or Uninhabited planet survive), 100% sure. (And I didn't even need to look at an image! :P ) Glad I could help, bye! Kreachure (talk) 16:46, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Thank you. That was the anime I was looking for. Thank you. Thank you. Now I can go watch it again. Thank you.71.142.208.226 (talk) 17:02, 2 May 2008 (UTC)Cardinal Raven

You're welcome! ^_^ (times 5, I guess!) Kreachure (talk) 17:32, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Mini-series name

I recall what I think was a miniseries about heroin. It covered the full cycle from growing poppies in Afghanistan to selling it on the streets of England. I saw it on PBS in the US, but I believe it was originally shown on the BBC. I seem to recall a one word title. Does anyone know what it is ? StuRat (talk) 16:05, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Traffik. Source of the film Traffic (2000 film). Corvus cornix_talk 17:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)