April 25-26: Kamicon - Running AMV related Panels, Hentai Panel, and Yuri Panel.
July 24-26: PersaCon - Running AMV How-To Panel, Best of AMVs Programming Block, Hentai Panel, and Helping with the Yuri Panel. (I wasn't able to make this one due to sudden medical problems...)
Halloween Weekend: CrisisCon - I'll be helping with the Hentai Panel and other stuff... Got moved to next Year...
CONS I'm Attending this year: March 14-15: MomoCon
JACON Photos and Videos will be up soon... (Maybe one day...lol.)
NEW ANIME COLLECTION PICS
(my collection as of 5-20-09, without Kanon, it's in my car... ^__^)
[First one is extremely blurry, but I can't fix it now because I'm leaving on my 10 hour trip to JACON in a few hours...]
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2. Detective Conan Current Episode doesn't reflect how far I have watched it, it is only a counter of the episodes I have watched... The most current episode I have watched is529.
3. I have added Awards into the Tags of some anime in my list if I I thought they deserved to stand out (even if there score was lower than others) *These are added sporadically to older entrees, as well as to some newer ones. Just because an entree doesn't have an award doesn't mean it doesn't deserve one, and it may eventually get one...*
Same goes for extra info, it can be added later, and some may have info while others that deserve it don't. I can't get everything, but I try not to play favorites. Just letting you know so if one of the entrees looks less detailed, or has less awards, it doesn't mean that it couldn't be better than the ones with such things.
4. I do make blog entrees so check them out...
5.Don't be afraid to comment, I like to hear what others think... ^-^
6. I don't Drop anime but some might be left on hold indefinitely.
7. I Usually try to watch anime one at a time, and watch the full series at once. This way I get a better feel for what the show was trying to convey. There are a few exceptions like currently airing anime, but even those I try to keep backlogged a bit. I also sometimes wait for Dubs to be made for the entire show before I watch it, like DeathNote, Lucky Star, Gurren Lagaan. (I might watch the sub for GL after the fact of waiting, since they changed and didn't use the dub I was waiting for.) Anyways do to this fact I might not always be up to date on the "Current Craze", and I usually tend to watch alot of older stuff, particularly alot of 90s anime... (Not old but older than what the current generation of Otaku are Watching... ^__^) I also have a little bit of apprehension of watching some shows, since they are just too popular at the time. (But this isn't a concrete rule for me, like it is for some Otaku. I do keep up with some of the popular shows, but I'm not always crazy about the hot new thing, I watch anime for different reasons...)
*. Important Dates:
1-5-09: Completed 200 Anime.
*Enjoyment Ratings 8-10: you can add Great/Amazing Comedy, and any other great characteristic of the show that is great/outstanding to the norm...
*ETC can stand for any of these things...
*And/or means it can have one or more of these Characteristics.
*When I say Dropped I mean I'm not watching anymore, the anime will be put on hold forever, at least probably.
Extended Bad Ratings:
Bad: Below Average, but might be watchable.
[can have "So Bad it's Good/Ok Award"]
Very Bad: Bad.
Might of had at least one moment but for the rest your in for trouble.
[can have "So Bad it's Good/Ok Award"]
Horrible:Really bad. Get ready for the pain.
Unwatchable: I don't really think anything deserves this rating.
Anime Scores are based more on the actual rating of the show, which means based on sound/story/etc (but mainly Story, Characters, and Emotion. And in some cases the art and/or audio lacking could lower the score) Enjoyment Ratings are based more on my personal enjoyment. Enjoyment Ratings and Anime Scores are usually the same, but some anime are better to me entertainment-wise while scoring-wise they are actually lower. In this case the Enjoyment Rating will be higher than the Anime Score. And Vice-Versa.
Watch for "*" Tags, they usually have an important comment about the Score.
*Ratings are also on a comparison table. If Anime A is equal, less, or greater in areas Anime B is, then their ratings will be reflect this. If a number rating cannot be confirmed initially, then the anime is compared to the others with ratings 5-10, and is judged accordingly. If it does not meet anything in these ratings, the Bad Ratings' guidelines come into effect. These guidelines are listed above.*
*Score of 6 (fine) also means Above Average.
*Score of 7 (good) also means Worth Watching, but not a must see. Definitely Above Average. (what I mean is just because an anime gets a 5 or 6 doesn't mean it's not good, it just means it's not As good) Special Note: I have noticed my scores are in the scale of 7-10 instead of 1-10, so over the next few weeks I'm going to try to scale them back to normal (or at least 5-10)...
Instead of judging solely on how much I liked it (I have been known to do that) I will add an additional score called enjoyment rating (e. rating)... Anyways It'll be show by show, so It might be awile...
Edit: I am considering how to handle this, but I don't like giving many shows a 4 or below, most shows have something good about them, or I don't watch them...
I have been watching anime for over 10 years now, and I continue to further my knowledge...
Although I mainly Watch Dubs, I also watch Fansubs. Lately I've been watching more fansubs like Naruto and Detective Conan. I have watched the dubs for both of these series and they are ok, but once you watch the fansubs these Dubs fall short...
I liked Case Closed until I found out they changed the names of most of the characters, the places, and they changed alot of the Japanese character based mysteries. On Naruto I wanted to watch more and fansubs were the only way to go (this was also true for Conan). In this series you lose alot without the subs, from the jutsus to the overall theme and mood of the show. I'm not saying these dubs are bad, but I'd never go back to them... (And I watch tons of Dubs!)
I also watch fansubs of shows not out yet during my anime club, which I'm Vice President of... ^-^ (edit: Now I'm the President... ^-^)
I'm very good with Photoshop and I'm getting good with Sony Vegas 8, I've used Sony Vegas in the past as well.. I'm working on my AMV for AWA 15 in the Expo Contest. I'm probably going to enter the Pro Contest Next year, but I just don't have time to watch all the other vids and watch all the anime I want, and make my first contest AMV at once this year...lol.
If you want more info about me, feel free to just ask... ^__^
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TrIfOrCe Of ShAdOwS
6. I My Me! Strawberry Eggs 7. The Place Promised in Our Early Days 8. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 9. Popotan 10. X TV ? Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ?? Serial Experiments Lain
Notable anime not in my top 10 (not in any order atm) [While some of these aren't 10/10 these were and still are all highly enjoyable to me] {will add more as time passes...}~Kinda like an extended top 100 list, but without the order.~
Dragonball Z (and Movies) American Versions:
Pioneer-great
Old Funi-very good
New Funi-good
Widescreen Funi(broadcast Music)-very good
Sailor Moon-R-S-SuperS
Dic dub-ok
Pioneer Dub-great
(watching subs for rest, but I did enjoy the dubs for them the first time around...)
Tenchi Muyo OVA 1-2
Tenchi in Tokyo
Gunsmith Cats
Melody of Oblivion
Yu Yu Hakusho
Excel Saga
Trigun
FLCL
Gate Keeper's 21
Afro Samurai
Cowboy Bebop
Lupin the III part 2
Lupiin Movies
Paprika
Rune Soldier
Silent Mobius
GitS shows and movies
Ghibli Movies
Inu-Yasha
Evangelion Movies
Abenobashi
Steel Angel Kurumi
Bleach
Black Lagoon
Speed Grapher
Full Metal Panic Series
Noein
GTO
Megazone 23
1. Super Mario All*Stars (SNES)
2. Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
3. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
4. Halo 2 (Xbox)
5. Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
Honorable mentions (not in any order)
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast)
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GCN)
SSBM (GCN)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Star Fox 64 (N64)
Mario Paint (SNES)
Gameboy Camera (GB)
Pokemon Red and Blue (GB)
Pokemon Yellow (GBC)
Pokemon Gold and Silver (GBC)
Pokemon Diamond (NDS)
Legend of Zelda: the Wind Waker (GCN)
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Legend of Zelda: the Minish Cap (GBA)
[all the other Zelda Games]
Super Mario World (SNES)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Xbox)
GoldenEye 007 (N64)
My Anime DVD Collection (As of 6-30-2008) [I'm missing some because my friend is borrowing them...]:
[Please note that my setup is changing, so this might not be as accurate anymore, but the new system is going to be better, so don't worry.]
*Note* "I Upconvert all my Anime to 192000hz, 7.1 Custom Audio Mix (Now 5.1 for the time being), and 1200p Video using my own custom configurations in ffdshow, the best filter EVER created!"
Player of Choice: Zoom Player,ffdshow,Haali's Video Render (and Enhanced Video Render [EVR] for DVDs), and all decoders hand picked for SmartPlay.
Onkyo TX-SR875 7.1 Receiver (Their best model for the 2007 Line-up of SR Models) with 7 Speakers and 2 Subwoofers and a Powered Sub with 2 speakers attached [12 Speakers total]
(2 Front Left, 2 Front Right, 1 Center, 2 Side Surrounds (Left and Right), and 2 Back Surrounds (Left and Right) under and behind you...)
(1 Sub directly under LCD, 1 Sub on ground in Front of LCD, 1 Sub Under You... )
Main Front Left Speaker: KLM 375watt, 8ohm, tweeter, 2 12'' subwoofers/midrange Secondary Front Left Speaker: Altec Lansing ?watt, ?ohm tweeter, midrange (small speaker) Main Front Right Speaker: KLM 375watt, 8ohm, tweeter, 2 12'' subwoofers/midrane Secondary Front Right Speaker: Altec Lansing ?watt, ?ohm tweeter, midrange (small speaker) [not using at all anymore] Main Center Speaker: Technics 200watt, 8ohm, tweeter, midrange, subwoofer Main Side Surround Speakers (Left and Right): Bose Interaudio Series 90watt, 4-8ohm Main Back Surround Speakers (Left and Right): Sony ?watt, 16ohm (not using right now) Main Subwoofer: Klipsch Sub-12 600watt 12" Powered Subwoofer Secondary Subwoofer: Altec Lansing ?watt, ?ohm Powered Subwoofer (Small Sub) [not using at all anymore.] Extra Subwoofer: Powered Gaming Audio Seat ?watt, ?ohm (Not a Sub, but produces same deep sounds. I only use the low frequency of this speaker.) [now using as extra center]
Simple Layout (Underscores just for Spacing):
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(Plz note that I have changed the layout of these speakers a bit since these pics were taken, I'll post newer ones later...):
(Some of these have the fronts off so you can see the speakers)
Painted-over, the site I used to UL the images went down, so I'll have to UL some new ones later... Sorry.
Intel Pentium D 950 'Dual Core' 3.4Ghz 3.5GB of RAM
EVGA Nvidia GeForce 8800Ultra Superclocked 600GB internal HDD Total, 2,650GB (2.59TB) External HDD Total Windows XP Media Center Edition on Drive C / Windows Vista Ultimate on Drive D
LCD 25.5in Widescreen '16:10, but I use 16:9 Mode' Monitor (1200p and 1080p) Video Monitor, also LCD 21in 'Widescreen 16:10' Monitor(1050p) Primary Monitor
Me with Alan and Bryce of Otaku Generation at AWA 13 (Anime Weekend Atlanta 13):
Painted-over, the site I used to UL the images went down, so I'll have to UL some new ones later... Sorry.
Here's a 4th of July Zelda pic I arranged after I designed the Logo for my story...
It is a parody of my own version of the Logo. It isn't much, but I thought someone might want to see it... (btw this was done years ago)
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ *I promote buying anime. Fansubs are great, but when the domestic release hits, plz buy the DVD, even if you don't watch it... The American Companies put alot of effort and money into putting out these show in America, which in turn gives money back to the Japanese as well. If you just watch the fansub you aren't helping, but only hurting the industry. If you believe that if you don't buy DVDs that anime will all go underground again, I would look closer. If all the American Companies go under, Japan will lose a large source of money and not be able to produce more anime. So just remember next time you DL anime, at least try to buy it after you watch it... We can save anime if we put forth the effort.*
DO YOUR PART TO SAVE ANIME!!!
Buy the Gurren Lagann "Sub Only" Part 1 Box Set at you local retailer...
[They're finally listening to fans, so show them you appreciate it...]
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yO! so somehow you're on my friendslist, guessing we used to talk but i don't remember, doubt you do either, but yeah saw you watching Ranma great show, I used to watch it back when i was a kid
