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Hm, what to say about myself.....

Well as anybody can tell, I'm an anime fan. Since I was a young child I started off with a lot of those popular Shounen series, namely stuff like Dragon Ball Z and Naruto. Granted, I haven't actually consistently kept up with the anime adaptation for most of these series or I've seen them a VERY long time ago so if there's an anime or manga that falls into this category, it's in my on-hold section along with my more current on-hold stuff. Amusingly enough that makes the on-hold list really huge, nearly as big as my completed list (which is also a recent development, as it actually had more series for a good amount of time). I guess I've seen glimpses of a lot more anime than I've had time to watch through, at least till recently anyway.

In the past couple years or so I've been expanding my manga reading and have found quite a few series that I did not expect to enjoy nearly as much as I have. With schoolwork and such, I can't read manga or watch anime quite as much as I would like, but steadily I'm getting through the series I want to see. Keeping to a policy of one episode/volume per day tends to allow me decent progress over time so I can get through things eventually. Well, that said, I hardly even have to keep it a policy anymore because after doing that for about a year it's become pretty much a natural part of my day.

Oh, and I enjoy music quite a bit, I'm the type of person who brings my iPod just about everywhere. For the most part I enjoy alternative rock, video game music, anime themes, and Vocaloid. Well, as it stands right now, mostly anime themes. I'll take a chance to listen to other songs I remember on the spur of the moment, but other than recent anime songs I haven't taken the time to pursue any other songs in recent times, with the exception of some occasional Vocaloid music. It seems that every time I go to Anime Expo, my interest in new Vocaloid songs is always resparked.

Anywho, not sure if there's that much more to say about myself. Anything else that's important is easy enough to gather from a conversation with me (though, admittedly, the conversation speed will be incredibly slow at this point in time) so yeah. So words aside, here's some other random stuff I felt like putting here:



My Rating Scale

I have both an AIM and a Skype for those who might care. For both of those, my username is rocklee112713. I tend to go on AIM pretty often simply because it's where I've talked to some forum buddies for years now and a massive source of nostalgia, but I haven't touched my Skype in a long time. If you really want to chat with me on Skype (particularly since my responses always seem to be slow these days), perhaps you'll be able to convince me to log on again regularly sooner or later.

I have a blog where I write about anime, manga, video games, and convention experiences. Since I've been busy as of late I haven't gotten around to making posts in a while, and to be honest I haven't really been feeling up to writing on it recently either. Might return to blogging when I have more time and feel more inclined to ramble about my thoughts on the stuff I'm watching, but for now I probably won't do a whole lot with it. If you're interested in what I've written in the past though, here's the link: http://animeanemoscope.wordpress.com/

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Other Lists:

• GameFAQS (Video Game List): http://www.gamefaqs.com/users/MilesvBritannia/games
  
• My Drama List: http://mydramalist.com/profile/Miles_Edgeworth
  
• VNDB (Visual Novel List): http://vndb.org/u28961

Visual Novel Ratings

Video Game Ratings

Asian Drama/Movie Ratings:

• 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (6/10) - An enjoyable although far from perfect adaptation of part 1 of the 20th Century Boys manga. The early material's handled pretty well and it does a good job of introducing the plot and mystery, although the movie's value as an adaptation is reduced by the fact that it attempts to fit all of part 1 into about 2 and a half hours. The last 45 minutes or so become a pretty awkward rushjob that attempts to blaze through the rest of the material, skipping critical details and ignoring significant bits of characterization for many of the characters. For what it's worth, I enjoyed the movie quite a bit just because I have so much love for the series, and it starts off pretty well overall, but it's far from an ideal depiction of part 1. I feel like this will be the same for the 2 remaining movies, although if nothing else I'm sure I'll enjoy watching them.
  
• 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (6/10) - Felt more rushed than the last movie and definitely mashed some things together to account for the runtime. Still pretty enjoyable and a decent depiction of part 2 of the manga, although a lot of great scenes were skipped and some of the changes to fit with the shorter runtime reduced the overall impact quite a bit.
  
• 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (5/10) - Definitely the messiest movie of the 3, awkwardly tries to jumble all of part 3 into one movie in an attempt to answer all the mysteries and close things up. There were quite a few changes from the manga and things felt all over the place as a result. There were some really enjoyable scenes and the concert in the end still gave me feels, but the pacing and execution of this movie left a lot to be desired, even in comparison with the prequels.
  
• Crows Zero (5/10) - An over the top delinquent action movie that's pretty fun to watch. The battles are pretty well done and the characters are decent considering there's only a 2 hour runtime to work with. Not the greatest of narratives but it does have its moments and is entertaining at the very least. I didn't realize this was meant to be an adaptation of an existing manga when I watched it, so I suppose it succeeded in functioning as its own story, although I can't be entirely sure if it lived up to the source material until I finish that myself.
  
• Miracle in Cell No. 7 (8/10) - Wow, what an experience. Admittedly the characterization is limited and the story relied on some elements that struck me as somewhat implausible in real life to propel the narrative's direction, but what makes this such a powerful watch is the emotions it evokes. In just 2 hours, the film got me invested in the story, connected to the characters, and completely captivated. While the film shows some of the unfairness in the world and harsh tragedy, it also displays the beauty of family and presents a variety of characters that have struggled in their pasts but are genuinely good deep down. It may not be perfect, but for me it absolutely succeeded in conveying its story and the emotions that come along with it, and for that I applaud this movie.
  
• Platina Data (6/10) - An intriguing premise with an enjoyable psychological thriller element. I quite enjoyed seeing how the mystery played out and it remained entertaining throughout. The whole DNA aspect of the story was interesting and something about the story reminded me of Psycho-Pass. I feel like Kagura was one of the only characters with much substance, but I suppose the other characters played their roles well enough.
  
• Rurouni Kenshin (6/10) - Aside from random episodes and chapters of the anime and manga, I have seen almost nothing of Rurouni Kenshin. As such, I can't say if this was a good adaptation or not, but as a movie I felt it did a good job. Kenshin's characterization was pretty good, if a bit limited by the movie length, and I quite enjoyed the action sequences. The other characters didn't get to show a whole lot in this movie barring a few scenes, but maybe they'll become more prominent in the next movies. In any case, this was pretty enjoyable and it would definitely get me interested in the source material if I didn't already have an eye on it for a while.

Other Ratings:

• Danganronpa IF (5/10) - A decent short story that depicts an alternate turn of events for Danganronpa. It's worth a read for those who want to see more Mukuro characterization and it's kinda neat seeing the cast interact the way they do here but it's far from essential and only meant to be a short what-if scenario for those really invested in the series.
  
• Tower of God Ch. 204 (7/10)
  

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