*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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*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. 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.
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...
NOTICE: I'm Switching my list into a 16x9 only list (I have so much extra info I need the space...) Top Imgs will be repeated until I make some new ones that are 960px wide... I'll be making these soon... (When I get Around to it...lol. ^-^)
1. I add extra information into alot of my entries, so use the more button to view all info I have added...
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 is 507.
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...*
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.
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 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 14 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.
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TrIfOrCe Of ShAdOwS
6. The Place Promised in Our Early Days 7. The Girl That Leapt Through Time 8. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 9. Popotan 10. X TV
Notable anime not in my top 5 (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...}
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 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
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...]:
*Note* "I Upconvert all my Anime to 96000hz, 7.1 Custom Audio Mix, 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) 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 Main Subwoofer: Klipsch Sub-12 600watt 12" Powered Subwoofer Secondary Subwoofer: Altec Lansing ?watt, ?ohm Powered Subwoofer (Small Sub) 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.)
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)
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):
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)
Thanks for sending me a message about the friends request. I will go ahead and accept your request. You certainly seem to enjoy your share of anime. 179 completed anime is a pretty darn good list. I see you are watching the FMP series. I have yet to see it, but I will eventually check it out one of these days. I also think MoHS is a one of a kind anime. Tenchi Universe along with the Tenchi OVA's are certainly good ones in the Tenchi series. ^_^
Mario All Star is great! I played that game so much when I was younger. I am planning on getting the super nintendo from my dad, so I will probably start playing it again! SNES had so many great games!
