Hey there, nice to meet you! Welcome to my humble profile!
And now, here's some stuff about me, if you would like to know, and if you're interested :P
About me:
So, to start off, I'm quite obviously a big anime & manga fan, otherwise I wouldn't be here lol. You can also call me JR, if you like. Also, I am an asian person, just so you know. And, also, no, I'm not a religious person, nowhere near religious, whatsoever. Please do take no offense to that. Now, with that done, so, um, yeah, I've heard about, been to, and looked around on this site, it's forums, and whatnot often last year, at 2007. Thing is, however, I didn't really bother to make an account until like Oct. 17, 2008, so lol XD! Putting what I just said, I ain't as big a noobie as you might suspect me to be. Anyway, I've seen several kinds of war movies, like Saving Private Ryan, Der Untergang, Savior, Tears of the Sun, Full Metal Jacket, Enemy at the Gates, Black Hawk Down, and then some. I've also seen The Condemned, Pitch Black, Starship Troopers, The Matrix Series, 300, I am Legend, The Terminator, Borat, I, Robot, Slumdog Millionaire, and that's to name a few. Really, I'm not a movie-goer at the slightest bit. I watch Cartoon Network nowadays to watch Adult Swim often (Metalocalypse, The Boondocks, ATHF, TGTTM, Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, and then some more FTW), since cartoon Network is not as great as it once was. I also read some good fiction books, manga, of course, war-related books and any others that interest me as well. Also, I like to draw as well, and right now, when I find time, I plan on one day being able to draw like manga & anime style art! Also, I have several ideas floating around my head for a fanfiction that I'm kinda working on, but problem is I can't find time at the moment, and I have to plan the beginning part out well, so haha!
Some types of music that I like are Rock in general, whether it be classic rock, punk rock,and other kinds of rock I may have half-heartedly forgotten to mention haha *sweatdrop*, metal, heavy metal, punk, techno, Anime music, rap and R&B, and a little bit of the rest, etc. Another thing is that I, of course, play some videogames as well, though I'm not as big of a gamer as I used to be. However, lately, I've gotten back to gaming through CoD:WaW's zombie mode, Halo Wars, and Pokemon Platinum, so I'm back with gaming. If anyone knows any good RPG games, please do let me know :D Some of the games that I like are the oldies, along with Super Smash Bros, F-Zero, Halo, Call of Duty, RPG Games of several kinds, like pokemon, Tales of Symphonia, and several more that I have yet to name. Also, I also watch some some stuff from The History Channel sometimes, the Sci-fi channel, and so on. I have also seen Ali G! XD So, that's my briefing for the moment. More to come, so yeah!
I'd also like to note that I generally like to watch virtually any kind of anime around in-general. I have so many favorite animes right now, but there's that 5 favorite anime limit T_T. Also, I got so many favorite characters, but again, 10 favorite characters limit T_T. One more to note is that I've got plenty of favorite manga and others that I plan to get soon, but again, there's that friggin' 5 favorite manga limit T_T. Just so you know, because I said this sentences ago just now, my favorite anime, manga, and characters list may change frequently to show that I have a lot of favorite stuff all-over! Believe me, I got a lot more favorites than what is suggested here! You can say I have a lot of favorites all over XD! Ask me anything about favorite characters, anime, and manga, and chances are I'll say they're awesome!
Also, the reason why my manga list is rather small compared to my anime list is NOT b/c I don't like to read :P, but it's b/c I mainly go on by buying the manga itself in the stores, not reading them online. Why, you ask? Because I'm going on making this big manga collection one day, and there's also the fact that, if I were to read online, chances are I might not be buying that certain manga for a long time! So, mainly, the speed in which I read manga depends mainly on me buying them. Though, I would only read manga online if that certain series is not out yet in the U.S. Well, hope that makes sense! If you have any questions about this, then I'll be happy to answer and clarify any confusions concerning the way I read manga, and so-forth, since I'm probably sure you're confused by my explanation! Also, did I mention I'm also working on making (Buying) a collection of anime DVD series? :D
Yeah, well, here, I'm about to show you my current manga collection-in-building, for kicks :P
And yeah, there's more manga in the back of that stack.
----------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's my accounts on other sites!
If anyone's interested, I got accounts in other websites as well as a gaming online account. You could add me as a friend if you're interested. I accept all friend requests in these other accounts!
*If anyone's interested, I could tell you the story of how I first thought of the name Purpleguide, if you want me too. If you want to know, you can message me about it, and we'll go from there.*
More to come as I put a few more accounts up later or whatever, so yeah!
------------------------------ --------------------- So here's some club-related tidbits here:
I am one of the admins of this club:
And now, here's some other etc. club stuff that I am a member of, banners, and pics ^_^ (more to come):
- Yuki Nagato ^^
------------------------------ --------------------- Also, I accept conscripts and draftees, uh, I mean, random, meaning all friend requests, so come one, come all, I say! Come on in, comrade, and join the cause! Fight for the Motherland! Service guarantees citizenship!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And now, here's how I got into anime, where it all started for me: The early years
So, I think I should tell you guys a little personal narrative story about how I first started getting into anime, and the trials I had to go through to establish the modern me lol. Alright kids, gather around, for this is quite the story lol.
The Glorious History And Story of The Purpleguide - The Anime Saga
Part 1 - The Beginning, The Medieval Ages, and The Great Awakening
You see, it goes back into the late 90s, probably like at '97 or so, but yeah, I watched stuff like Dragonball Z, Pokemon, Sailor Moon, G-Force, and the like back in the day, when I was a little guy. I remember that I liked Dragonball Z to the point where (I think somewhere in elementary school, 4th grade maybe lol) I couldn't stop talking about it to some of my friends. Also, when Toonami was rolling around and was actually showing good shows back then, I've also seen a few shows, along with animes like Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo, and a few more. Yes, I guess that seems like a modest start, but you see, this is just the beginning, for I didn't know at all that all of those were, indeed, anime. In fact, I didn't even know what anime was back when I was watching them as a little guy. Yeah, I know, right? Pretty shocked, maybe? Well, my friend, this is where the story's just starting on.
So then, it went on, like 2000-2001-ish, when Toonami was in full swing, and Adult Swim makes its rise up. Now, how I got to know what Adult Swim, it goes like this. You see, it happened on this one day, when I were staying up late watching Cartoon Network lol. This was somewhere in late 2001, just to note that. By chance, I first came across the fabled and glorious Adult Swim. It was that one day where it gave me a good reason to stay up late. So then, I watched the good stuff Adult Swim had on back then, as well as a few anime it had on, like Yuyu Hakusho, aw yeah. Yes, this was good and all, but I still had no idea what anime was, or that the word "anime" even existed then. Yes, even after watching Tenchi Muyo, Outlaw Star, and Yuyu Hakusho, I still had no idea what anime was, or that the word even existed. So, it would be almost one more year before my great awakening would occur, and that fated day came on August 31st, 2002. It was also between these 2 time periods that I faced a major crisis in-between lol.
Between these 2 crucial moments of my life, I, somehow, came across this channel called The Noggin Channel. Back then, it appealed to me so that, for a time, I transferred from Cartoon Network to Noggin through a course of several months to, perhaps, May 2002-ish, around there, anyway. For a while, Noggin was pretty interesting to me, I don't know. On May 2002, I have finally shook off Noggin somehow, and got back to Cartoon Network, becoming a reborn loyalist to Cartoon Network lol. This event was significant, for that if I didn't come back to CN, who knows how things would be right now lol. My Great Awakening would probably never happen, and who knows what else. It's a scary thought, really lol.
So, on August 31st, 2002, came "My Great Awakening", my time to shine. Yes, in that day, it seemed as if destiny has chosen me that day. That day, in so many ways, changed my life for the better, and would decide just where my life is going to. In that day, I were watching Adult Swim as usual. Then, I first saw that show, "The show of Destiny", that would go on to change my life in so many ways. That show,my friends, was Inuyasha. Yes, it was through Inuyasha that I first started to actually hear the word "anime" and finally awaken to know the truth. It was through Inuyasha that I started to seriously research on shows because, back then, I were so Inuyasha-obsessed, that I researched about it, and "My Great Awakening" came as a result. It was on this day, on Aug. 31, 2002, that I finally knew what anime was and my conscience fully awakened lol. If this day never happened, I could only wonder how different my life could've been, honestly lol. Yeah, I owe a lot to Inuyasha lol. At this time, I also started to know of other anime, though that took me a while till I eventually get to watch those. That's where we move to the "Enlightened arc" of my life, anime-wise, and even more than that :D
From that day forth set off all the foundations of how I came to be me as of now, sitting and chilling here, telling parts of my life's story right now, as well as meeting and being friends to all of you.
So yeah, that's the short story of how I first started to get into anime, and so on. Now later, I might eventually add in the "Enlightened Arc" and the "Modern Arc" of my personal story anime saga that leads into my modern me, and how I got to be who I am now, when I get the time, so yeah, I suppose look forward to it!
Oh k. I finally finished it now it added up to 3500 words but the limit was 2000 lol..
hopefully thats ok.. lol I had so much info. I dunno yet, I havent handed it in (not due yet)
About globalisation and how it affected (case study: china) ^^ ummm
Oh k. have u come arross any new or cool anime recently or addicted to a series? Toaru Majutsu no Index caught my eye ^^ complex magic :P
MIT would be the top choice. Stanford is my second. Other than that, it would be nice to get into anywhere that I apply. If I can get into the UCSD premed program, that would be excellent as well.
Yeah, pretty much the same stuff you can get at a convention but cheaper lol. And yeah the maids were pretty nice. Some good some bad depending on your tastes.
I didnt see anyone in particular at TGS, way too busy just looking at all the pretty lights lol.
But yeah, some people do know how to cosplay it right. Just walking around in Akihabara you`ll see some good ones.
- Yuki Nagato ^^
