Q: Anime characters and friendship

[robkelk]

Depends on what the needs of the team are I guess.

That's part of the Challenge – we don't know what the requirements are until after the teams are assembled.

(Oh, and Belldandy and other "I can do anything" characters are off-limits. The idea is to write an interesting story, not to walk all over the Challenge.)

Is it strictly anime, as in animation from Japan only?

Yes - the New Year's Challenge is in rec.arts.anime.misc, so the "Japanese animation" definition applies.

Now that I think about it, I'm going to run with "Team Friendship is Magic...al-Girls": Sae, Usagi, and Nanoha. If they can't solve any problem thrown at them, nobody can...
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