No manga favorites added
Total Clubs: 24 Xinil Fanclub, MAL Updater 2.5 ~ Themes are back, Banzai Exquigem, MAL's Club for Word Games, Full Metal Panic!, Sports (Anime) Fans, How to Watch Anime!, Saber Fan Club, Anti-FLCL club, Fantasy Forum, Club with an absurdly long name so that no one would be interested in joining, but is really made for people who play the piano, Neko, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed \\ MSGD: Destiny - Fanclub, Juuni Kokuki Fanclub, Firecracker Fists
Total Friends: 43 YoungmoneyCKO, winnett, AntiHeroSoup, Dark-knight13, Revon, _Shikaru_, sh4wnyo, Rinrinmaru, Toki, PureFault, saiku123, Toast, Huntsman, broly294, riki, mickal555, PeacefulBlueSky, clover79, Keep-My-Silence, konou_ken, kdog5531, OtakuFreak, Cyrano423, sango1285, hireshi, SwiftShadow, kasumisama, korean109, HobGadling, Xinil
|
| Last Online |
11-05-09, 11:10 PM |
| Gender |
Female |
| Location |
Portland, Oregon |
| Join Date |
March 16, 2007 |
| Access Rank |
Member |
| Anime List Views |
3,254 |
| Manga List Views |
1,036 |
| Comments |
233 |
| Forum Posts |
102 (Find All) |
|
|
Anime Stats
| Time (Days) |
76.7 |
|
| Watching |
4 |
|
| Completed |
328 |
|
| On Hold |
36 |
|
| Dropped |
1 |
|
| Plan to Watch |
33 |
|
| Total Entries |
402 |
|
Anime compatibility with Stormy_77 is:
|
Manga Stats
| Time (Days) |
0.0 |
|
| Reading |
0 |
|
| Completed |
0 |
|
| On Hold |
0 |
|
| Dropped |
0 |
|
| Plan to Read |
0 |
|
| Total Entries |
0 |
|
Manga compatibility with Stormy_77 is:
No manga to randomly pick. |
Record of the Lodoss Wars was what got me hooked on anime, thanks to my friends influence. We had an anime gang back in Singapore but I haven't been able to find a club in the States. Initially I thought anime must not be as popular but judging by MAL membership, there's a lot of fans here too, we must just be geographically spread out.
My old anime gang was a great cross section of people. There were the manga freaks, the serious otakus, the robot guys, the cutie pie clique, the fight club, the "pretty doll" lovers, the ecchi/hentai fans, the action figure painters (me) and the "must watch something to cry about" softies. Pity, they were great guys, we used to host anime viewing at different members' houses on a rotating basis, the only rules were (1) minimum disclosure of anime plotline - no spoilers, and prep in case some hentai is involved (2) pause VCR for food and bathroom breaks only during anime halftime. We would stay over and watch anime for like 12 hours straight, then go out and eat, then more anime! Sometimes I dozed off. Those were great anime weekends. I really miss my old anime gang but I think everyone's scattered to the 4 corners of the world now.
My dream is to re-start a new and social anime club/gang where I live. The house is big so there's room for people to crash over on weekends.
We just finished with the media room equipment set up!
* Converted one of the 4 computers to a media PC and it's hooked up to the internet.
* Visuals played on 55 inch plasma. The graphics is as good as can be, thanks to high end graphics card and HDMI cable the computer plays high definition without the need to purchase HD DVD player. I can really start seeing that MKV files are generally better quality (sound and video) than avi.
* A very affordable optical-out sound card (these are surprisingly rare) in the PC links to a receiver and bose 5.1 surround sound system giving us super kick ass OH MY GOD digital audio optical cable quality sound! Believe it or not the optical sound cable cost more than the sound card ... like triple ... and it wasn't even a long cable!
* Thanks to my discovery of bittorrent I have tons of anime downloaded. I actually had to buy a new 500G external hard disk. Only problem is it's almost full already! Between the house, the job and the cats, anime time is precious. I need to watch more so I can delete some, or it will be time to buy yet another external hard disk.
My anime viewing dream place is now fully completed! Ureshii!!! Gambatte! Go us!
IF anyone is visiting or passing by Portland, OR (USA) and wants to do a mega anime session (i.e. watching all 24 episodes in 1 day) just drop me a line, I would love to restart my anime club!
Displaying 15 of 312 Comments
|
Orion1 | 11-03-09, 2:46 AM
So I went ahead and started watching Aria the Animation again. It was very calm and kinda has a similar feel to Clannad, Haibane Renmei and Bartender in that it is very slow and really takes it's time to develop it's characters, setting and like in Bartender their profession which gives the show a real calming effect. There is also a strange mystical feeling to the show that paints a peaceful and alien future to the current reality on earth, it almost feels magical. Plus all the talk of clairvoyance is starting to peak my interest. The only episode I really didn't enjoy that much was the one about Aria the president cat. That was a little too kiddish for me. I hope they don't focus too much on the cats. Don't get me wrong, I like cats, but ultimately these cats should for all intensive purposes remain cats. That episode really kinda annoyed me. Other than that the series is very peaceful and easy to watch. Ironically I also watched Barefoot Gen. That movie just ripped my heart out like Grave of the Fireflies. I just read somewhere that this anime is compulsory for Japanese grade schoolers. I think that Barefoot Gen should also be shown to American children along with Holocaust material and Roots of course.
|
|
vault2049 | 11-01-09, 1:33 PM
Hey! So I found out about Torchlight, an awesome stand-alone RPG. You can download it here. After you have downloaded it just Unrar all the .RAR files into one folder, mount or burn the .BIN image file and the setup should start automatically.
It only takes around 400MB off your hard drive and the PC specs are ridiculously low. The overall game quality is superb (quality-space relation). I recommend it 100%
More info about Torchlight here.
|
|
Orion1 | 10-31-09, 4:10 AM
LoL! Aria umo, I'm right on that. LoL! But I took your advise and I'm going to watch the first few episodes of E-D's Ghost Hunt.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
|
|
Orion1 | 10-30-09, 4:37 PM
You named your kid after a character on Berserk? That's Punkrock!! Which character and does your husband know that's where you got the name? I actually started watching the series a long time ago then for what ever reason it got a little yaoi and I just quit watching it. But from what I hear it gets really good towards the end. So, ok it's in the mail along with Martin Successor Nadesico, Paradise Kiss and the first two volumes of Astro boy manga.
|
|
Orion1 | 10-30-09, 6:22 AM
I guess I'm just not that dedicated of a completionist. I'll leave SD Gundam for you. I actually started watching G Gundam and didn't like it at all so that's one that just gonna have to go under a gundam series I'll probably never finish. Victory Gundan on the other hand was getting pretty good. I should finish that one.
|
|
Orion1 | 10-30-09, 3:51 AM
AdventureLand had some laughs but the sound track and the 80's nostalgia was what made me really enjoy that film. I still stay your fine to start Kara no Kyoukai, each movie can easily stand alone. I really enjoyed the first four movies. I'm about to watch Battle for Terra. I'll let you know what I think when I finish. Mezzo DSA was the weakest of Umetsu's work other than Kite Liberator which I have a real disliking for because of the Bone Monster and lack of adult content. Kite was just so edgy while Liberator was just timid and attempted to jump into sci/fi which was really not what "Kite" is supposed to be about IMO. Higurashi is very long and drawn out. The first series doesn't even get good until the last few episodes. Looks like I will need to start Ghost Hunt though, I was planning on buying that one but I have a few other things in my Amazon cart that are screaming "BUY ME"! Paradise Kiss and Berserk being the two series screaming the loudest, but I want to buy Martian Successor Nadesico too. Ok so I found the entire Ghost Hunt series for under forty dollars, I'll buy it.
|
|
Orion1 | 10-27-09, 2:52 PM
My suggestion for a good scary halloween anime, fairly easy watch too is Kara no Kyoukai 1: Fukan Fuukei. You don't have to marathon all these movies either just watching the first movie is good enough for a good Halloween Haunt. Jigoku Shoujo(Hell Girl) could be fun too, it's very repetitious though and doesn't really get good till the second season so it would take some effort. An oldie but goody that I've been meaning to finish myself is Vampire Princess Miyu. It has a four part OVA series that was getting really good when I put it on hold for some reason. I think I'll watch that for Halloween. Or maybe I should finally start Ghost Hunt.
|
|
Orion1 | 10-27-09, 4:29 AM
They really left us hanging with New Challenger didn't they. I'm starting to really dislike Ippo right now though. Your right though there were a few episodes that had me ROFL!!! Unforntunately they've still left Ippo's character undeveloped and impotent, with no confidence and now they appear to be leading up to some sort of super Dempsey roll. Basically I'm sick of the Dempseyroll, his coach should tell him to practice the fundamentals and get better defense while incorporating his powerful offensive punches. It seems to me that he could be adding some new punches to his arsenall. Like the corkscrew punch Dante uses. There was a moment where he was using everything effectively. I'd just like to see his overall boxing become better, not some stupid super Dempsey roll. I'm really rooting for him getting his ass kicked by Miyata now. This franchise doesn't look like it's anywhere close to running out material, does it now. There is a lot of room for improvement, that's why I'm giving New Challenger a 6/10 basically because of Ippo. Takamura's huge battle and Miyata's fights where the most interesting, however very predicable but very entertaining.
|
|
Orion1 | 10-26-09, 5:33 PM
I learned right after I finished typing you that last message that, there is another strand of flu that is also going around supposedly not h1n1. Apparently the new one is supposedly attacking the respiratory system, while the h1n1 is more apparent with vomiting. In your case it sounds like you got hit a lot harder than I did. I probably still have some lingering bacteria, but my mucus has gone back to clear so most of viral and bacterial infections have subsided and I might not be contagious anymore, but I'm still coughing and I have a lot of sinus pressure in my head still. I'm gonna give it one more day of rest and pump my body full of anti oxidants in an attempt to get back to work tomorrow. Last thing I want is to go back to work and get sick again. I didn't go to the doctor because I didn't want to be exposed to the h1n1 if I didn't have it. LoL
|
|
vault2049 | 10-26-09, 4:49 PM
Scary huh??? By scary I suppose you mean violent, gory...
Based on your list and I recommend (in no specific order order):
Outside the scary-gory-violent genre I recommend you to watch Itazura na Kiss, One Outs, Seto no Hanayome (+ OVAs, awesome!), Toradora! (just beautiful!) and I can't believe you haven't watched Welcome to the NHK!, I mean it's just a must see.
"Make your choice". Otherwise, if not into anime, you'll have lots of fun with the, just released, Saw VI : D
|
|
Orion1 | 10-26-09, 3:42 PM
Oh lady that's the same bug I got, but I guess I'm in a little better condition though. I probably should have gone to the hospital, but I kept breaking the fever with 800 Milligrams of Motrin. That would keep the fever down for around six hours but then, the fever would come back with a vengeance, after 48 hours the Motrin began to become less effective and started hurting my stomach, so much so I started dry heaving, so I switched to multi-symptom flu aid like nyquil when I went to bed and Tylenol during the day. By Saturday the fever completely broke but now I'm dealing with the aftermath of the bacterial your talking about. I feel like I have a regular head cold now with a cough and chest congestion. What a nightmare!!!! I think it's a little peculiar we both came down with this Flu on Wednesday. I'm just imagining Donald Rumsfeld walking around with a vile of (h1n1) putting it on door nobs and in eating areas so his stocks in the vaccine will rise. I wonder how much of the workforce this flu has pushed out or killed? I'm glad I'm still young and healthy. I should have went and got tested to see if I did come down with h1n1. Symptoms started with a minor cough then swelled into a full blown fever for over 48 hours with slight cough, lots of brown stuff coming out of the longs and sinus's after the fever. Must have burned it all up, or most of it at least. I'm staying home one more day to make sure I'm not contagious. DAY 6 for me too. Get Well soon. Rest seems to be the best cure, that and I've been eating a lot of my chicken and ramen soup with egg and chinese vegetables. I think I'm gonna go make some more right now. Yum!
|
|
vault2049 | 10-26-09, 3:35 PM
: ( I'm glad that you're better now.
NOOOO! Don't watch Clannad so soon xD! You'll just feel even more miserable. It's sad trust me.
|
|
Orion1 | 10-26-09, 3:21 PM
Hajime no Ippo: The New Challenge kinda stalls around episode 11-13 doesn't it. The whole barfmeechi bit was pretty stupid to me, plus the fighting is really starting to get so formulaic. Ippo's character is becoming so static that it's driving me nuts. He better start becoming a man. I think that's what those episodes are supposed to start building, but they are ineffective. Pissed me off I had to go watch some Moe to recover. LoL
|
|
vault2049 | 10-25-09, 8:50 PM
Hey what's up??? How have you been???
Have you watched anything good lately???
|
|
