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Total Friends: 7 asksam, Batmanfreak, fabloony, Kleidomes, grendelity, Seregfin, elffie
Total Reviews: 9
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August 3, 1988 |
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Walsall, West Midlands, UK |
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June 22, 2007 |
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32.0 |
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2 |
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||~Aionic Tonic~||
I wish I knew why I started calling myself Aionic instead of plain old Aion. I'm guessing it started when Aion wasn't available when I tried to sign-up somewhere and Aionic Tonic *somehow* entered my head, so... :/
I started using the name Aion after watching the anime Chrono Crusade. Back when I watched the anime weekly, I loved the series to bits and found Aion to be a fascinating villain, his ability to control others without getting himself dirty leaving me in awe.
Anyway, my real first name is Daniel and, at the time of typing, I'm 19. I have a dry sense of humour, I'm lazy, I'm awkward and I can generally be a pain in the arse.
Psychotic, green haired women = <3
...Where was I? ...Ah, talking about myself - What I do best.
I got into anime when I was around 13-14; not sure when exactly. My first anime anime series was Star Ocean EX (based on the 1st CD of Star Ocean 2), the result being me ending up VERY disappointed by the experience. However, EX did get me interested in anime and resulted in me watching .hack//SIGN; a vastly superior anime series. I haven't looked back since, downloading and buying a lot of anime over the years.
My favourite anime is the brilliant series known as Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo. Not having read the novel prior to viewing and, as a result, not having any book>anime adaptation expectations, the story blew me away. The story, combined with the stunningly artistic visuals, made me unable to do anything other than move Death Note down to 2nd in my top 10. On a Gankutsuou related note, I've collected 5/6 of the DVD's (plus the art box) and read the 1250 page novel since finishing the series.
So close, yet so far... Damn animators.
Final Fantasy VII got me into the genre back when I was somewhere between 9-11 years old, most likely closer to 9 than to 11. The gameplay quite simply blew me away back then, not having played a game that offers the player such freedom before. The feeling of astonishment when I got onto the world map for the first time, after believing the entire game would be restricted to Midgar... Magical. It's still to this the day my favourite game and will probably always be my favourite.
After Final Fantasy VII made the RPG genre popular in Europe, we got a lot of RPG's we most likely wouldn't have seen in the UK. I was lucky enough to pick up classics like Breath of fire III, Grandia, Star Ocean 2, Suikoden II, The Legend of Dragoon, Wild Arms and many more... Such wonderful memories.
...Anyway, I'm going to stop here. I hope that was enough info!
Displaying 15 Recent Comments
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grendelity | 08-27-08, 6:04 AM
Hahaha, bring it. Your epic comment, I want it.
I'm personally always amazed that someone finds my reviews helpful. I get so distracted typing them up that I totally forget if I had a point. It's kind of sad, actually.
I know His and Her is this big shoujo classic, but...idk, it just never grabbed me? I'm not a huge fan of shoujo stuff. I'm just more of a seinen sort of girl. I like boys a whole lot more, I guess. ;; But hey, who knows, I do have my guilty pleasures. We shall see.
I await your non-monitor-smashing with bated breath. :|
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grendelity | 08-25-08, 7:33 PM
Haha, yay twin! XD Go figure. I always feel like I should be more harsh in ratings. People tell me I'm way too forgiving, I don't know.
I...have heard of most of those! I caught a little of the Noein dub when it aired earlier this year on Sci-Fi, and I love that studio [Satelite]. I've read the first couple of volumes of Gunslinger Girl's manga, but my partner in crime totally has the first DVD that we haven't had the chance to watch. I haven't heard of Now and Then, though it does look interesting. I will definitely check it out. And the only thing I know about Berserk is that Susumu Hirasawa composed for it. And that it's old-school. I will check that out too, though. I love depressing stories. XD And my feminism is flexible, depending.
Mushishi is really interesting. It takes place in a world where there's a "life stream" underlying the land [countryside Japan of indeterminate era]. The smallest forms of life in this world are the mushi, which either coexist with humans with no problem, or...cause a little bit of trouble. Mushishi are traveling witch-doctors, almost, who know about mushi and can help out villagers who suffer from weird ailments or have trouble with the land. The main character, Ginko, is one of the mushishi, and he travels all over, being deadpan and helpful. Each episode is a separate story, so there's no over-arching plot.
The real gem of the series, I guess, is each self-contained story. They're all kind of clenchingly sad; the characters get a surprising amount of development, considering their screentime, and I at least came away with a ridiculous amount of sympathy for non-recurring characters, which is really odd for me. The art is really deceptive, as it's not impressive at all in stills [this is the major reason why I never picked up the manga], but the animation is really subtly amazing. So if nothing else, from an artistic point of view, this looks fantastic. And I really liked the voice actors, as most of them were totally unknown to me.
I actually think Mononoke and Mushishi share some interesting similarities...the Mononoke community has a huge love of crossing them over, which i think is hilarious. A note on Mononoke--each arc is a self-contained arc, and so I recommend watching them in blocks. I made the mistake of not doing that the first time I watched it, and I was really confused. Also, Mononoke technically had its first arc in Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, episodes 9-11. If you can get ahold of those first, then you might have a better idea if you want to watch all of Mononoke. The Ayakashi episodes are really, really gorgeous, and I think they're my favorite arc out of them all.
Ahahaha, you think you type a lot. XD; To bed with thee. Good luck at the dentist!
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grendelity | 08-25-08, 6:43 PM
Oh, man, I love period-piece anime. I think that's the quickest way to my heart. And Gankutsuou is one of those that's a period piece almost in reverse, as it's in its bizarre, stylized future--and with the story, come on. It's just so neat, I love it. The stylization of it is fantastic, too; I remember when it first came out and everyone raaaved about it...naturally, I picked it up years and years later after everyone's shine had kind of worn off, but it's still so cool and innovative. [Have you seen Mononoke or Kemonozume? I haven't seen the latter but I love the former; they were both referred to as the innovative style of their years, along with Gankut. I'm excited about Kemonozume, I can't wait to see it.]
I really do want to read the novel! Though I've never read any Dumas...I'm a little daunted. My period classics usually range more toward the Renaissance, h-haha. I will definitely check out that version, though, thanks for the rec!
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grendelity | 08-25-08, 5:05 PM
Ahhh, Gankutsuou for the win. I remember I read a really bad review of it, totally tearing it apart, right before I watched it, and I felt so guilty for enjoying it. XD; I keep meaning to read the book...
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DemonGum | 07-13-08, 7:55 AM
a suikoden II manga might be interesting. Im not actually sure how i would feel about it.
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DemonGum | 07-12-08, 9:11 PM
i bought the whole set at the same time randomly. I saw it at a book store and i had no idea it existed and was like O_O must have! (Im a big suikoden fan btw)
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DemonGum | 07-12-08, 7:42 PM
what do you think of the suikoden III manga so far?
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Shirogetsu | 04-30-08, 11:48 AM
Itachi being a good guy... WUT? Kishimoto is so making this shit up. Narutu: Sand Ninjas Part II is so bad, which sucks as well as Part I was decent overall.
Also, naw, I haven't watched animu in weeks, and I don't really intend to watch anything this season, I have Soul Hunter episode 1 and Vampire Knight episode 1 but haven't watched 'em. Soul Hunter looks like it ripped off every Shounen series... ever and Vampire Knight, eh, impulse download. Sticking to older series, although I did buy Burst Angel, which I'm aware of being a bad series, oh well, it's at least worth a watch for the lulz if anything.
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Shirogetsu | 04-27-08, 2:54 PM
Still reading Narutu: sand ninjas?
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Batmanfreak | 04-13-08, 3:26 AM
Do you like the character Link?
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fabloony | 04-02-08, 5:43 AM
The Chobits anime is similar to the manga at the start, but it soon veers off into silly fanservice fluff territory. The manga focuses more on the mystery behind Chi. The following Wiki entry details some differences between the two versions (I hope the link works):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chobits#Differences_Between_the_Manga_and_Anime
Note how many of the light-hearted anime episodes didn't appear in the manga.
I, too, find it difficult to follow action scenes in manga, which is the main reason I prefer to read drama and comedy stuff. Trying to work out what's happening in Blame!, for example, makes my head spin. I like manga because it's convenient (in that it's easier to pick up a book than take a DVD off the shelf, open the case, take out the disc, put the disc in the player, etc. Perfect for lazy bastards like me) and often less likely to exhibit self-censorship; clearly comics are able to get away with more risqué content than TV shows.
I should get around to watching Code Geass. But I'll most likely wait for the DVD release. I've never been able to maintain interest in a weekly show, preferring to watch several episodes at a time, and/or a whole series over a few weeks.
Oh, and Samurai Champloo is awesomes. I've heard a lot of people describe it as style over substance, and it might well be, but I don't care. The characters are great.
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fabloony | 03-31-08, 1:05 AM
I would also like to express my approval of the images on your page. The show from which they're taken has just climbed up my watch list. That is all.
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fabloony | 03-31-08, 12:48 AM
Chobits, eh? I've had the DVDs for about two years and only watched the first two. I recently decided that I'd finally watch the rest as part of my "watch the goddamn fucking DVDs that you spent money on, arsehat" drive.
The problem is that it's just not as good as the manga, which was still being serialized when the anime aired. Consequently it's all fanservice and silliness at the expense of the manga's more serious plot and, frankly, watching it is a real slog.
The teacher is hawt, though.
Well done on winning Niea_7. It's a serene little show that isn't for everyone, but if you're clued into the main theme - the yearning for an idealized past and fear of an uncertain future - you might enjoy it more. It's about living in the present and making the best of it, no matter how hard. I love it.
Sorry I haven't replied to your messages on EG yet. I'm lazy.
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