Haha, sorry, when you talk with me, you gotta expect longer than usual messages.
Wow, that is truly surprising. To me, the only thing that could possibly point to the manga being first was simply that the word "S-CRY-ed" actually means something in it.
I do believe I read somewhere though that for the anime, the word is reference to Kanami's Alter power, of "Scrying"
"(verb (used without object), scried, scry·ing. -to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball."
But it still doesn't explain the weird spelling.
The fact that characters like Kyoji Mujo inexplicably appear in the background during one shot, without knowing the anime (and just thinking it's a cameo) are kinda funny. Even more so when you realize the anime decided "Hey, let's take that one guy here and make him the head villain", and yet the design still works for the character they used him as.
That's why I was so confused, but apparently you're right. Pretty shocking though. Even more shocking that Lawless characters like Akira or Hannish didn't get used (or even the other HOLY members) for the anime, and instead they picked essentially one-shot characters for the anime to use instead.
Yep! Him! He's a super famous voice actor, but Ryuho was my introduction to him, and it's easily my favorite role of his. And when paired against his polar opposite (ironic, due to Ryuho and Kazuma's similar dynamic) in Sochiro Hoshi, you get an explosive combination of protagonists.
I haven't seen them interact, but on the DVDs we have that animated manga that is acted and even voice dramas, including a number of more characters. But of course, the two leads play off each other really well, even when just going off a script as the characters.
Speaking of which, I'm truly baffled to all hell those manga extras are nowhere to be found on Youtube. Grr, and now I'm even more determined to share them!
Maybe even the voice dramas too.
I can upload them from my DVDs for you, if you want. They are worth seeing. Are you sure you don't have the DVD set I'm talking about? If it's any official one, you should have them. Can you check?
And haha, well, you've come to the right place is you like AMVs. I have even more S-CRY-ed ones to share, if you want, and lots more.
I don't know what else you like, but I can just like you to my channel if you're interested. I put a lot of work into my stuff and make it as a fan, for fans. And they always tell a story, so if you don't know them, they might be confusing.
But, if you are the same level of fan, I've been told they're pretty addicting.
But let's do one at a time for now, and let me know if you have or haven't seen the DVD extras and I can send those too!