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Assistant Professor Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
A DVD sales database is available in my blog.
Index of the DB
Data will be added upon request.
Born in Yokohama, grew up in Tokyo, worked in Texas, US, and Kyoto, Japan. Now working in Tokyo.
My history as Otaku
Elementary school days First contact with manga was "Doraemon". Read through tens of issues of Fujiko Fujio titles and "The God of Manga" Tezuka Osamu. Shocked by "Hi no Tori" and "Adolf ni Tsugu".
Junior High days "Evangelion" changed my life. Whole school (or whole nation) was in the "Eva" fever. I went to the movie with my friends and shouted "Asukaaaaa!" at the tragic scene. Exposed to some "Shoujo" manga like "Doubutsu no Oisyasan" "Syounen ha Kouya wo Mezasu" from my senpai.
High school days Started to read manga "Hellsing", "Trigun", "Berserk", "Tenjou Tenge" etc. etc. First contact with Light novel "Boogie Pop wa Warawanai". Obsessed with Rum-chan in "Urusei Yatsura". Watching "Cowboy Bebop" "Infinte Ryvius" "Gundam W Endless Walz". Started to appreciate Director Oshii Mamoru. Went to his movies with my friends "Avalon" "Jin-roh".
Undergraduate Kind of blank age in my Otaku life. Too busy in studying and research.
Graduate school days Youtube woke my Otaku spirit up. I imported Shinkai Makoto DVDs, Ghost in the Shell DVDs and many many manga from Amazon Japan to Texas.
Currently Keep on collecting DVDs/manga/novels. Surfing around 2channel and Japanese anime news sites.
Finished purchasing Dennou Coil DVD 9 / 9. Thanks NHK, Director Iso and Madhouse!
Aria the Origination DVD 7 / 7 volumes completed!. Thanks MacGarden! Thanks Amano-sensei!
Kara no Kyoukai DVD 7 / 7 volumes completed!
Rebuild of Evangelion Movie Blu-ray 2 / 4? purchased.
Lucky Star OVA 1 / 1 purchased.
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 13 / 13 volumes purchased.
Ghost in the Shell first movie DVD purchased.
Haibane Renmei DVD-BOX purchased.
Patlabor movie DVD purchased.
Patlabor movie 2 DVD purchased.
Innocence DVD purchased.
Ghost in the Shell S.S.S. DVD purchased.
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Recap DVD purchased.
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd G.I.G. Recap DVD purchased.
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd G.I.G. DVD-BOX purchased.
Hoshi no Koe DVD purchased.
The Place Promised in Our Early Days DVD purchased.
5 cm per second DVD purchased.
Soukyuu no Fafner Right of Left OVA purchased.
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo DVD purchased.
Code Geass R2 DVD 9 / 9 volumes purchased. Completed!
Toshokan Sensou DVD vol.3 purchased. (for the unaired episode)
Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OAD 3 / 3 volumes purchased.
Hellsing OVA 6 / ? purchased.
Mushishi DVD-BOX purchased.
Ga-rei Zero DVD 6 / 6 completed.
Pani Poni Dash! DVD-BOX purchased.
Higashi no Eden DVD 5 / 5 completed!
Saki DVD 9 / 9 completed!
Eve no Jikan DVD 6 / 6 completed!
Miyamoto Musashi DVD purchased.
Tatakau Shisho Blu-ray 10 / 10 completed!
Gundam Unicorn Blu-ray 3 / 6 purchased.
Higashi no Eden Movie DVD 2 / 2 purchased.
Break Blade I Blu-ray purchased. the rest in pending...
Fate UBW Movie Blu-ray purchased.
Macross F Movies Blu-ray 2 / 2 purchased.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoshitsu Blu-ray purchased.
Shinryaku Ika-musume Blu-ray 6 / 6 completed!
MS IGLOO 2 Blu-ray 1 /3 purchased.
Kara no Kyoukai Blu-ray Box purchased.
Full Metal Panic Fumoffu Blu-ray box purchased.
Full Metal Panic TSR Blu-ray box purchased.
Madoka Magica Blu-ray 6 / 6 Completed!
Carnival Phantasm Blu-ray 3 / 3 Completed!
Kyokaisenjyo no Horizon Blu-ray 3 / 7 purchased.
Gyo Blu-ray purchased.
Fate/Zero Blu-ray Boxes 1 / 2 purchased.
Ryougi Shiki rules!
3 Gatsu no Lion is Umino sensei's another masterpiece.
