Because I was bored and in need of a reason to icon, I did manga_battle's Side Story challenge. I made it a challenge for myself not to repeat series or characters, and I very nearly succeeded. I also wanted to experiment with new ideas and styles, so some of them, I have to admit, make me cringe a little.

[o1] Hikaru no Go - Sai
[o1] Card Captor Sakura - Touya
[o1] Le Chevalier d'Eon
[o1] Chrno Crusade - Chrno
[o1] D.Gray-Man - Kanda
[o1] Digimon - Taiichi
[o1] Death Note - Misa
[o1] Fate/Stay Night - Ilya
[o1] Erementar Gerad - Coud & Ren
[o1] FullMetal Alchemist - Winry
[o1] Gakuen Heaven - Kazuki & Keita
[o1] Gintama - Kagura
[o1] Get Backers - Himiko
[o1] Hellsing - Walter(?)
[o1] Loveless - Soubi
[o1] NANA - Nana & Hachi
[o1] Peacemaker Kurogane - Susumu
[o1] Rurouni Kenshin - Kenshin
[o1] Angel Sanctuary
[o1] Kyou Kara Maou! - Conrad
[o1] Saiyuki - Tenpou
[o1] Shakugan no Shana - Satou
[o1] Spiral Next
[o1] Tactics - Haruka
[o1] Saiyuki - Hakkai
[o2] Persona 3

*Icons are in the order they were submitted to the icontest.

( Some of them are good, I think... )

Exciting story: I broked my laptop, lost all my programs and preferences and fonts, but saved all my caps and gradients and lights and stuff. Even the old, ugly icons, some of which I shall post now.

[01] Pumpkin Scissors
01 Alice
[02] Soryuuden
[01] Death Note
01 Light
[01] Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
01 Itoshiki Sensei
[03] Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
02 Shion/Mion, 01 Rena
[02] NANA
02 Shin
[01] unknown
[01] Saiyuki
01 Hakkai
[01] Black Cat
01 Eve
[01] Clover
[01] Card Captor Sakura
01 Kero

( Wow, this is random... )

[05] Pumpkin Scissors
03 Alice, 01 Oreld, 01 Orland
[01] Tactics
01 Haruka
[01] Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
01 Hijikata
[01] NANA
01 Reira
[04] Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
02 Rena, 02 Rika
[02] Saiunkoku Monogatari
01 Sakujun, 01 Seiran
[01] Samurai 7
01 Kikuchiyo & Komachi

( Another productive day~ )

[06] Pumpkin Scissors
01 Alice, 02 Hannah, 02 Machs, 01 Oreld
[01] D.Gray-Man
01 Allen
[01] Chevalier
01 Durand
[01] Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
01 Mion
[05] NANA
02 Hachi, 02 Naoki, 01 Nobu
[01] Kiba
01 Noa

( I really feel like there should be something else to do with my time... )

[01] Air
[02] Saiunkoku Monogatari
02 Ensei
[01] Magic Knight Rayearth
[01] D.Gray-Man
[03] Busou Renkin
01 Miscellaneous, 01 Gouta, 01 Mahiro
[01] Pumpkin Scissors
01 Machs & Oreld
[03] Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
01 Rika, 01 Keiichi, 01 Mion
[02] Death Note
02 Light
[01] Kiba
01 Mirette

( Yeah, I made a bunch of icons today... )

Done for anime_abc. Please let me know if there are any problems... I can't see some of the images, but I'm also on a painfully slow dial-up connection.

Also, I tend to favor Hakkai. A lot. You have been warned.

( 26 Saiyuki Icons )

[01] Bookman
[04] Random
[01] Allen
[04] Komui
[01] Lavi
[01] Eliade

( It's been awhile... )

[03] Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
01 Tetsunosuke, 01 Hijikata, 01 Kakunojo
[01] Death Note
01 L
[01] Little Mermaid
01 Sebastian
[01] Oliver and Company
01 Dodger
[01] Pumpkin Scissors
01 Septieme
[01] Seiden
01 Karura
[01] Chevalier
01 D'eon
[01] Magic Knight Rayearth
01 Lantis
[02] One Piece
01 Zoro, 01 Nami

( First winning icons! )

[01] Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
01 Akizuki
[01] Pumpkin Scissors
01 Stekkin
[02] Death Note
01 L, 01 Misa
[03] Busou Renkin
01 Tokiko, 01 Angel Gozen, 01 Chouno
[02] Samurai 7
01 Katsushiro, 01 Heihachi
[01] Hana Yori Dango 2
01 Rui
[02] Kiba
01 Roia, 01 Zed

( obligatory LJ cut )

[03] Card Captor Sakura
01 Yue, 01 Yukito, 01 Light & Dark
[01] Fantasia 2000
01 Sprite (Firebird Suite)
[01] Mulan II
01 Su, Ting-Ting, Mei
[01] Air Gear
01 Ikki
[01] Kiba
01 Zed
[05] Samurai 7
02 Yukino, 01 Komachi, 01 Shichiroji, 01 Kambei
[02] Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
01 Akizuki, 01 Gouto
[01] NANA
01 Takumi

( I'm tired of thinking about being Asian-American )