I was definately in tears by the finaly, it was just so bittersweet beacuse though both rosette and chrno did die, they were togeather right up until their deaths. As i have only seen the anime, i cant very well comment on the manga other than to say that i do know the artwork is beautiful! I loved this series from the start and was instantly drawn into the story by the vibrant characters adn wonderful animation. The story line was always well paced and i was kept on the edge of my chair right up until the end. So all told, Chrno Crusade is an entirely awesome series and its by far one of my favorite series!

Its been a while since i've watched any .hack//sign episodes but i agree with you that it is a great series. The only thing that i dislike about it was that it took such a long time for there to be any clear plot to the series, and that in some places it did drag on quite a bit. Other than that though, the character developement was awesome, and i loved the music SO much!

Hey, just wanted to stop by here and add my two cents in as well. Although i havent read or even seen any of the Nausicaa manga, i have watched the movie. Several times. ^^ its absolutely gorgeous - the animation adn character developement. There were a lot of paralells that could be drawn between Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke, but just taking the film as it is... it was wonderful. Early on, it did irratate me that she kept randomly talking to herself but furter into the whole plot line it was fine because she pretty much explained what was going on and what not.
So pretty much - its an awesome movie, but i do not think that it's my absolute favourite out of all the Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli films out there.

i just started watching this series and it is sooo good! i absolutely love the mucis adn the depth of personality in the characters. i think my favourite ones would have to be ichigo adn ruika.