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Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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July 1, 2008 |
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Anime Stats
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43.2 |
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18 |
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194 |
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5 |
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39 |
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23 |
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| Total Entries |
279 |
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Anime compatibility with Chag is:
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Manga Stats
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17.0 |
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15 |
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21 |
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4 |
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10 |
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3 |
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53 |
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Manga compatibility with Chag is:
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As an English major studying at the University of Toronto, my interests are woefully detached from the language of my study, which sadly does not at all contribute to the achievement of my literary aspirations. I'm not as nearly as widely-read as I ought to be (my favourites being Animal Farm, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Lolita), no thanks to a certain bloc of interests strangling any chances for self-motivated literary pursuits.
Well, what can you do? I've sunk a little too deep into the hole to pull myself out. As you might already know, my favourite genre is mecha, though I always keep a good comedy on the watch list to lighten things up. My other interests include plamo and the collection of toys and figures, some of which can be seen on my Flicker profile.
Other than that, I sometimes burn time on the PSP and PS2, often playing anime-related titles (my favourite being Gundam vs. Gundam). Occasionally I also read visual novels, though there is a disappointing shortage of worthwhile translated titles. On that note, I have to recommend Planetarian to anyone reading this; it's a short and allegorical story that would take you around four hours to complete, and it's the most tear-jerking thing I have yet to come across.
I welcome all constructive feedback on my reviews. Though I usually have a lot of fun writing them, I realize that their quality varies on the mental state in which I wrote them, and a number of them are in dire need of polishing, but that will probably have to wait the next break from school. Until then I'm relying on your inquisitive eye to point out misinterpretations or just plain bad writing.
As I've already met a great friend through MAL, I'm very much open to new requests. However, keep in mind that I view a friend requests as an expression of desire for future correspondence. Please don't get my hopes up if you're only seeking another name on your friend list rather than a partner of regular conversation. I look forward to the acquaintance of like-minded folks in the future!
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tanetane | 07-14-09, 1:54 PM
Ah the infinity sign, duh, should've figured that out. But oh well, that's what you get for trying to type something in the dead of night.
And yes, for IM I use MSN Messenger.
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tanetane | 07-13-09, 3:21 PM
The attendants to anime cons are mostly teenagers over here too, teenage girls <_< . The con which I most recently attended (called Animecon) was originally only a part of a Sci-Fi and fantasy related con called Finncon. At first, the anime part was only a small side thing, but during the recent years the situation has changed drasticly, with Animecon and its thousands of participants outnumbering by far all the Sci-Fi and fantasy attendees. Well, it seems like they had enough and so Animecon wont be held together with Finncon next year. I'm really happy for them, now they do not have to put up with all the commotion anime fans cause.
I forgot that there was one good lecture at the con. It was about when anime came ashore to Finland. The old anime dubs from the 80's were just hilarious. At the last minutes we were shown clips form some hentai movie with finnish subs, oh man, that I wont ever forget. Just thinking about it makes me chuckle. The best part though, was that the ones attending were almost exclusively in their 20's or 30's. As I walked out of the lecture hall I was thinking: "This is how anime cons should be like".
Don't worry, I have have been living in a MMO world once, and now when I have gotten out, I'm not planning on starting to live in one again.
Also, wtf is up with Haruhi. I really hope that they wont make up to number eight in these time loop episodes as the title "Endless Eight" implies.
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tanetane | 07-13-09, 12:26 PM
Phew, had an eventfull weekend. Attended the biggest Animecon up here, wasn't that special tho. The only thing I bought was a shirt, didn't bother buying any manga nor anime. I've tried to look for volumes of the Evangelion manga at every con I've been to, and the results would always be the same; no EVA manga to be found :(. Luckily I live relatively close to two shops that have a huge supply of manga, bought voulmes 5 and 6 from one of them today.
It's a bit disappointing to see that every con seems to center a great deal around cosplay, I mean, the place was just CRAMMED with cosplayers. It's not that I dislike cosplay (the only exception being when it's not performed well), but it has almost come to be the only thing that animecons are organized and attended for. The lack of mecha is also unforgivable :p. A mecha discussion panel was planned for a con I attended earlier this summer, but it was called off :(.
Btw. I'm going to get a new computer after all, probably within this month. Yay for HD ^_^
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tanetane | 07-06-09, 4:20 AM
Yeah you're right, better wait for the DVD rips.
I was lucky enough to be able to see 1.0 on the silver screen when it was shown at a local film festival last year. I was so hyped, my hands were shaking like crazy before the movie started and at the beginning, try eating popcorn in that state lol. I hope they will show Rebuild 2.0 this year >.<
Last time I bought anime on DVD was probably 7-8 years ago. Some random Tenchi movie, boring as hell xD
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tanetane | 07-05-09, 9:02 AM
Aah I want to see Rebuild 2.0 so bad. Too bad the DVD release date is probably next year :(. I haven't come across a single cam-rip for 2.0. Probably because no one wants to risk getting jail time for illegally copying the movie...
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tanetane | 06-20-09, 10:03 AM
I finished 0080. It was good, I liked it. But it felt like something was missing, and I think that it was the amount of action. Would've loved to see more battles involving the Kämpfer. I was a bit disappoited when it was beat so easily, and the Gundam was almost invincible as usual. That Zaku design was also really cool, had me looking up kits of 0080 mechs on HLJ xP
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tanetane | 06-17-09, 12:50 PM
Uh, well...I've been meaning to buy a new comp for the past 7 months now lol. Guess I've just been lazy, but I'm trying to buy it this summer, like I'm trying to get many other things done ;). Only thing that sucks is that I got money for my birthday to buy a new comp but now I've spent most of it. Might as well wait for my next b-day lol.
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tanetane | 06-17-09, 8:37 AM
I've heard alot of people complimenting 08th MS Team and 0080. Definitely gonna check them out. Zeta will have to wait till I get a new comp though, becouse my current one can't handle HD stuff.
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tanetane | 06-16-09, 11:56 AM
Well, I watched the third Gundam movie last night. It was nice, nothing unexpected though. The action was mindblowing xD.
I'm watching the UC saga chronologically, so next in the series would be Zeta Gundam, right?
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tanetane | 06-09-09, 9:18 AM
Building and painting the model is half the fun :p. I do have paint and all stuff necessary, I just haven't had the time nor the motivation to continue working on the EVA. I'm aiming to get Shogooki completed this summer though, now when school is not a hindrance. I still have to add paint and the waterslide decals, the basecoat has already been applied.
Btw looking at your MG Master Gundam, that pose seems awfully familiar, could it possibly be from Gunbuster? Hell, even the ms itself reminds me of the buster machine lol.
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tanetane | 06-09-09, 8:19 AM
The compilation movies have much more action as they have to cram 15 episodes into a 2 hour movie. I like all the action but it may not leave enough space for character development. In the tv series when Amuro didn't want to continue piloting the ms you could understand his situation and why he wouldn't want to pilot it anymore. In the movie though, his unwillingness kinda came out of nowhere.
I have yet to see te third movie, maybe I'll watch it today, and if I wont, it will be postponed to next week as I'm leaving for a trip to Italy tomorrow :).
Cool to see you're into Gunpla. I own a few EVA kits myself. Haven't gotten around to complete them yet though.
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tanetane | 06-09-09, 3:47 AM
Woah. I just found a person on MAL that's as much into mecha as I am. Awesome!
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Shadowmancer | 03-22-09, 4:20 PM
Your Eureka Seven manga review was extremely well said, and I found it very, very helpful. So, thank you! <3
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