My taste in anime (by order of preference!):
1 - Romance
2 - Slice of life
3 - Fantasy
4 - Drama
5 - Comedy
This is what I usually like... but I often like anime that doesn't really have these things. I guess my taste is changing! If you know any series you think might interest me... then give me recommendations please!
If you want to become my friend... I'll be more than glad to accept you! :D
I suck at writing these profile things... so I'm taking the_pillows' example.
This is me...
Age: 19
Occupation: Student (1st year college student - Nursing School)
Personality: Friendly, Introvert, Honest (brutally) and Curious
Loves - Reading, writing, poetry, foreign languages, travelling, Anime, Fanfiction, Asian Dramas, London (it's the most awesome city in the world), photography, biology, cats, Ferrero Rocher chocolates and watermelons.
Hates - Smoking, Math, Chemistry, pineapples or kiwis (yuck!!!), shopping for clothes (even though I'm a girl), being approached by strangers while waiting for the bus, racism, discrimination, vain/conceited people, unambitious people, obsessive sports fans, loud and crowded places (bars are OK, but I hate clubbing).
Dreams, Hopes & Aspirations - Write a book, learn at least 2 more languages, get a cat, learn yoga, stop wearing glasses, learn how to design a website, stop biting my nails, go live in a foreign country (preferably English speaking) and, if there's enough time, find that special someone.
Random Stuff - At first glance I look like a friendly and outgoing person... but I'm actually really shy and often lack self-confidence; until 9th grade I was always labelled "teacher's pet" for being top of my class; I have only a few close friends, whose personalities are completely different from mine; I speak Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian and French; the countries I've visited are Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, England, Brazil and a few islands; my hero is my grandfather - an honorable fisherman and devoted family man [died November 29th 2007, victim of colon cancer, at age 71].
Favourite Movies: "The Constant Gardener", "White Oleander", "The English Patient", "Pan's Labyrinth".
Favourite Books:"Captains of the Sand" by Jorge Amado, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold, "Lolita" by Vladimit Nabokov (it is extremely well written).
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Almost a year ago I found another thing I like... Asian Dramas. It soon became something I like almost as much as anime. For more info about them... go to D-Addicts[dot]com.... or SilentRegrets[dot]com!
These are the Dramas I've watched so far and how much I liked them (my rating of them). I'm using the 5 stars rating system where 5 is outstanding and 0 is horrible.
Jdramas:
- One Litre of Tears (5 stars)
- Love Revolution (4 and a half stars)
- Nodame Cantabile (4 and a half stars)
- Tatta Hitotsu no Koi (One and Only Love) (4 and a half stars)
- Bara no nai Hanaya (4 and a half stars)
- Hana Yori Dango I (4 and a half stars)
- Hana Yori Dango II (4 stars)
- Hotaru no Hikari (4 stars)
- Koukou Kyoushi 2003 (4 stars)
- Itoshi Kimi e (3 and a half stars)
- Kimi wa Petto (3 and a half)
- Taiyou no Kisetsu (3 stars)
- Proposal Daisakusen (3 stars)
- To Heart (3 stars)
- Majo no Jouken (Forbidden Love) (3 stars)
- Iryu Team Medical Dragon (2 and a half stars)
- Sore wa, totsuzen, arashi no you ni (2 and a half stars)
- Tokyo Friends (2 and a half stars)
- Hanazakari Kimitachi e (HanaKimi) (2 stars)
Kdramas:
- Goong (5 stars)
- The Snow Queen (5 stars)
- Love Letter (4 and a half stars)
- My Girl (4 and a half stars)
- [1st Shop of a] Coffee Prince (4 stars)
- Full House (3 and a half stars)
- My Name is Kim Sam Soon (3 stars)
- Witch Yoo Hee / Witch Amusement (2 stars)
- Goong S (one half of a star)
Taiwanese Dramas:
- HanaKimi (4 stars)
- Silence (3 and a half stars)
- Smiling Pasta (3 stars)
- It Started With a Kiss (3 stars)
- Why Why Love (2 and a half stars)
Note: These ratings might be influenced by the dramas that I gave 5 stars to. I mean, those excelent dramas set the bar VERY high for all the others... and they end up paling in comparison. AND in the case of Korean dramas, some of them are VERY good comedies while others are VERY good tearjerkers.
Movies [live-action, of course]:
Japanese...
- Heavenly Forest
- Sono Toki wa Kare ni Yoroshiku (Say Hello for Me)
- Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai (Only You Can Hear Me)
- Last Quarter (Kagen no Tsuki)
- Koizora
- Nana 1 & 2
- Death Note 1 & 2
- Lovely Complex
- Romeo & Juliet
- Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
- Collage of our Life
- Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru
- One Litre of Tears
- Battle Royale
- Taiyou no Uta
- Arch Angels
- Nada Sou Sou (Tears for You) Korean...
- Sad Movie
- The Classic
- Il Mare
- 200 Pound Beauty
- A Moment to Remember
- Herb
- Virgin Snow
- He was Cool
- Innocent Steps
- Our Happy Time
- Jenny & Juno
- My Sassy Girl
- The Art of Seduction
- A Millionaire's First Love
- A Bittersweet Life
- Temptation of Wolves
- Two Faces of my Girlfriend
- Madeleine
- Fog Street
- My Boyfriend is Type B Chinese...
- Hero
- The Banquet
- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
- House of Flying Daggers
- Perhaps Love
- Curse of the Golden Flower
I've also tried out other dramas but I didn't like them so I didn't even bother to finish watching them.
Dropped:
- Anego
- Satorare
- Sailor Moon live action
- A Million Stars Falling From the Sky
- Love Story in Harvard
- A Love to Kill
- 1% of Anything
- Nobuta wo Produce (don't shoot me!)
- Liar Game
- Iryu Team Medical Dragon 2
- GTO
- First Kiss
- Tree of Heaven
- Tokyo Juliet
Currently Watching:
- Zettai Kareshi
- Around 40
- Last Friends
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My "Brain Powerd" music video:
My music video from the "One Litre of Tears" movie:
Haha. I think I understand how you feel. Well, I've seen the Hana-Kimi jdrama before I read the manga and I thought that the jdrama was pretty entertaining (mainly 'cuz of the bishies, ghost boy and Nakatsu's hillarous scenes).
Though now that I'm reading the Hana-Kimi manga, it is a whole lot better plus Mizuki and Sano actually have chemistry in the manga (I didn't really care too much about their relationship in the drama, it was like whatever to me).
The Hana-Kimi twdrama maybe more accurate than the jdrama, but one of the things that I disliked about the casting was that Ella, who plays Mizuki looks and sounds too much like a boy. In the manga, Mizuki was a girlish-looking boy who got mistaken for a girl a lot while in disguise.
I'm basically addicted to seafood, but it can be a pretty expensive meal choice in England. ;_; I've been eating a lot of ikura and mentaiko lately, they're totally delicious as toppings on rice or spaghetti! I've been addicted to mentaiko since I went to Kyushu, it's got an interesting spicy kick to it. Argh, I miss authentic Japanese food so much~
I've only flown with low-cost airlines to European destinations, Paris in particular. The ones I've been on are not too bad, cramped but clean but I'm scared to travel with them long-distance.
Let's go to Japan already~ I'll show you around Akiba, I know it pretty well now after spending four days straight there last time. XD Just remember to budget accordingly, otherwise hundreds of pounds/euros are likely to flying out of your wallet in a single day!
I know! I love seafood so Portuguese cuisine would be heavenly~ I really want to try bacalhau. Mmmm... okay I have to stop now before I start to drool.
Oh, I've had afternoon tea at Cafe in the Crypt before. It's such a funky location. =D There's a great scifi/anime shop only about 15min walk from it as well and plenty of lovely Japanese restaurants nearby in Soho. The price of plane tickets may rise even higher in the future as the era of cheap flights come to an end, so I'm worried about feeding my travel bug. ;_; I hope to visit Japan again either next year or in 2010, and hopefully time it to include a visit to Comiket.
Ah, I really want to visit Lisbon! <3 I've never been to Portugal, or Spain for that matter, which is probably quite rare as many people from Britain go there on holidays. I'm planning to spend part of my summer holiday on a Spanish island though, if things go smoothly~
I was actually born in Beijing, China and came to the UK when I was little. Although I consider my home to be in London, I studying at Oxford atm. Yeah.. I probably should make a more detailed profile when I have the time. ^^;; And I love the British Museum and West End musicals! Two of the best things about London, definitely. Recently there was a great exhibition of the Terracotta Warriors at the BM, I still want to see them in Xian though, one day.
Haha, I love London for its fantastic mix of cultural delights and it's a pretty cool place most of the time, but everything is so expensive and the public transport can be very annoyingly useless. ^^; The election for the Mayor of London is coming up this week as well and both candidates are totally hopeless. orz
I wish I can speak more languages like you~ I'm working on my 3rd language now but the one after that will be an European one for sure! Whereabouts in Portugal are you from?
I've been kinda going around asking some people this lately, but how did you stumble across Asian dramas? I've been into them for 9 years and unlike most that just came across them on the internet, I actually started watching them on tv (didn't have internet yet).
Hiya! Stumbled across here via ADA, was reading your profile and noticed that we have tonnes of "likes" in common: aside from a love for reading, languages, travel and photography, I live in London and study Biology at uni. XD Ferrero Rocher is one of my favourite chocolates and I absolutely adore kittens.
So, yeah.. just saying hi cos I'm surprised to meet someone who share so many interests with me outside of anime and dramas. (b^_^)b
I have to admit, it was very funny and ridiculous how they made her look. Come on, I weight more than 200 lbs, I'll admit it, and I don't even have a double chin, let alone a quadruple one. XD I would have appreciated the story more if she was more realistic to begin with. XD
hmm well. first 26 episodes of touch have lot of romance, especially becaus eof the two brothers competing for the same girl. After that it slows down and it becomes more of the main guy trying to become a better person for the girl he loves. Thats when the sports comes in, but its really more slice-of-life than sports persay. hmmm. i dunno. it had a lot of character development and how the main character grew over the course of the show, which i love :3
i actually JUST finished downloading the movie for the week =D i may watch it tonight~
wait omg you actually finished ISWAK? i have a feeling i may just drop it / put it on hold for now and follow the anime instead XD. does ISWAK get better or is it pretty much the same thing every episode?
I just read your blog entry. Cool! I pretty much agreed w/ most of what you said. haha. Maybe I should do something similar too after I've watched 1 to 2 episodes of everything that I've wanted to check out = )
