series set roughly in present-day including YUA, Ghost Sweeper Mikami,
Phantom Quest Corp, Gunsmith Cats (I know it's set in Chicago, but I'm sure
that there is some way to get Rally or Minnie May over to Tokyo), Project
A-ko, MB, and DHY.  

Some of these were considered.  But how do you get a character from YUA to
live in the house?  That's why we have who we have.

There's plenty of anime out there, yes, but the big problem
was to fill the following requirements:

1) NO USE OF TIME TRAVELING/DIMENSIONAL PORTALS

   This kills any anime not set in 'modern' day,
   as well as any anime whose continuity involves
   extremely weird stuff.

2) A majority of characters shouldn't be too obscure.
   
   How many anime out there are 'universally' known?
   Yes, a greatever variety of picks could have been
   used, but if we do not use any series that was used
   from the first season, it would really kill out
   a lot of potential audience.  I've never seen
   Ghost Sweeper whasis and I know Phantom Quest Corps,
   a series I love, is not terribly poular.  A-ko,
   a classic, isn't quite as well known as I'd wish
   it to be.

3) The additions should be 'reasonable'.

   Rally is out.  She's in Chicago.  YUA is admittedly
   qualified.

I suppose I should also confess at this point that
I've got a tomboy and a lesbian fetish. n.n;;;;

Yes, that's what killed YUA and DHY.  Sorry.


-r