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I've been using MyAnimeList for a very long time (like 12+ years). Unfortunately, I'm too busy to use it socially (regretfully losing some MAL friends along the way because of my silence).
I don't like having to wait for a week/month for new episodes/chapters. I prefer binge-watching/reading...well, as much as my free time allows anyway. So, usually, I'll disappear from the anime/manga scene for years at a time, and then emerge from my slumber to see what's new and to my tastes (MAL reviews help a lot in this regard). Then I'll read/watch and update my profile on MAL!
I like sports stuff, adult stuff, inappropriate "male" humour (some might call it misogynistic, I don't care), and idiots taking idiotic things too seriously. It also seems that I like tsundere female characters, but I think it's only because tsundere relationships start with a handicap, so there's usually more development by the end of the story. It's always great when my ship sails...which doesn't happen often!
I don't like the modern pretty boy characters. I think I'm getting a bit old for some kinds of anime/manga. I think Slam Dunk >>>>> Kuroko no Basket. I didn't like SAO. I don't really like moe/loli/childish female high school characters...even if they're tsundere. I didn't like Aisaka Taiga and Suzumiya Haruhi.
Anyway, feel free to contact me about anything anime/manga-related and I'll gladly respond, although it might take me months or years until I see your message...
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Thank you so much ^^
Personally, I didn't care for it. But, we might have different taste on things so you might want to give it a shot. :)
I can't get into Ghost Hound myself. I guess the story just moves too slowly for me, the thing at the beginning of episodes where it recaps over the previous one kinda annoys me as well, what with the strange sound overs when people speak and such, it's something I can't bring myself to get used to. I guess I like animes that have more tension or fighting in them? xD Shion no Ou? Not heard of that one, might look it up later.
Higurashi is fun though, it's not really scary, but it's definitely better watched at night - The psychological aspect seemed to work better on me at that time xD. Ghost in the shell? I've heard of that, never watched an episode though. Everything I've heard about it has been kind of mixed... Might be interesting to watch though :3. Ahaha, I know what you mean with the whole thriller thing, but don't worry about that with Higurashi, it practically has you wanting more at the end of each episode :D
I think I've only seen one anime that involves a foreigner coming over. One or two anyway xD. But yeah, they either have friends already in Japan or can speak the language fluently themselves :>.
If I ever went to Japan, I'd most likely take a friend with me and tag along with them where they went. Or we'd just be indecisive of where to go and just randomly travel (That usually gets us lost, obviously xD). I can understand what you mean about how it's embarassing when you get mistaken for being a local in a foreign country, the same thing happened to me when I went to Spain - In a shop, I thought I'd say Hola to the salesperson there, then they started speaking full blown Spanish to me, which completely blew me away, but still, I thought it was pretty funny seems as I'm quite a pale person and you should be able to pretty much guess I'm a foreigner in a country like Spain on how pale I am xD (It was only my second day on holiday and the first was spent unpacking - Helping my little sisters unpack too - and getting settled in, not much time to sunbathe and such =P).
Lmao xD I have no idea why I talk so fast, but it's helpful when I want to confuse my family or friends xD It's always fun to see their faces when i say something and they can't understand it :D
I really didn't like Ghost Hound, and it got really dry midway. Too many technical terms, you see. I mean, I watch anime to relax, and here I see all the chim psychological terms, and I spend more time figuring out the terms than the plot.
Monster looks impressive, but thinking of the great long 70 episodes of drama kinda puts me off (in case you haven't noticed, I usually watch comedy lol). Lain was pretty good, but the ending of it sucked, I think. And Ghost in the Shell is just not my type (scifi/drama. Heck, even the highly acclaimed Darker than Black was just average to me)
Not gonna watch the Dark Knight. For some strange reasons, I've always detested the DC heroes. Superman, Batman, Teen Titans, Wonderwoman, Catwoman etc. All reall aren't my type of heroes. I much prefer Marvel. Spidey, X-men, Ironman etc. Maybe it's due to MvC's influence XD.
It's getting difficult to voodoo stuff, huh? I can't find anywhere got voodoo DS games too. Heck, even anime. I spent weeks and weeks just to voodoo Slayers Next, only to get and English Dub version, with English subs. How "great" was that? Only thing that was good about it was that I got to hear the voice actors that did Pokemon for the first 8 seasons, so it's quite nostalgic, since I followed Pokemon till they changed the voice actors at the ninth season.
It may drag at first, but the last 10 or so episodes are probably what make the show so "epic" as people say xD ... But seems as there's 60 other episodes, I'm still going to give it a 9... Still, a must watch: even if it is just for the ending :D
Hot Spring... Lmao, reminds me of so many different animes that seem to have one for some reason or other xDD Gah, wish I could go to Japan - I wouldn't even know where to visit though o_o Does sound like a difficult place to get around though o.o... I'd be one of those tourist carrying around a Japanese/English dictionary lmao xD (Do they even make them? >.>). Naturally they speak faster! It's their native language =P ... I speak English so fast even my parents have to tell me to slow down sometimes <- Seriously O_O Probably the reason why I can generally understand people who talk fast :D That definitely won't apply to any other language though >.>
Oh! Never heard of Anime Eden... But the problem with my computer is if it gets anymore junk on here it'd literally stop x.x (My brother downloads crappy emulators and stuff for PS1/GBA games o_o)... I think I already checked Crunchyroll (Veoh and CR and basically the main streaming anime sites I watch ^^)
I know someone's who's pretty much obsesed with Code Geass, watched the first series and where the second series is upto in one night... Scary person =P . I really should give animes a chance though, usually it's if they don't hook me in right at the beginning I won't watch more episodes (Even though I only watched 3 episodes of Code Geass, that's really giving it a chance seems as I didn't really get into it, I'd usually only watch one then go onto a different anime - Like I did with Mushishi and Kare Kano xD).
Fan service people don't notice? Didn't think that was possible.. Maybe they're too distracted by everything else or look over it 'cause they like all the other aspects so much? There is the possibilty that alot of them might find it kinda normal so don't bother mentioning it, but that's highly unlikely :D
Monster? I'm 90% sure you were the person who recommened that to me xD I assumed you'd already seen it? o_o Hnm, about whether it's good or not, I wouldn't say it's one of those masterpieces like the majoriy of MAL (Those who have seen it anyway) claim it to be. It takes a while to get into the story properly, practically 20 episodes of it so far have been as though they're trying to convince the audience that Tenma is innocent (Not like we didn't already know that >.>). I think it mainly relies on the psychological aspect of the series, and seems as that isn't really doing anything for me, it's going to lower my rating for it... Not much though, I'd still give it a 8 or 9... I think this is another of those series that people on here have got me really hyped up for, and it just isn't meeting the expectations that everyone's set for me x.x
It's at an interesting point right now, but I wouldn't really want to ruin the series for ya :D
Actually, all 3 of the mecha I've mentioned has comical aspects. Just about the 2 non-comedy mecha I liked were Evangelion and Gundam Wing.
I think you should give the other 2 FMP anime a try. If not for the comedy, fine, just skip Fummofu, and go on to the Second Raid. Storyline's made very well, and you don't get to see much of that harisen-whacking the original was so famous for, or much of the klutzy Sousuke.
Code Geass has its flaws, lots of them. But what won me over was the fact that I actually liked the battles, which isn't very often by my standards. Also, I liked the lack of focus on the Mecha, as it was more on the pilots. Very unlike the Gundam anime, where the mecha is everything. Which is also why I sorta liked TTGL.
Yeah, people that frequently watch anime is rare, strangely enough. I was lucky enough to know a girl in my uni that watches alot of anime too. And not the well-known types too. There are others, but they're the more common Narutos, D.Gray-Mans and Code Geasses.
Well, Guilty Gear has it's charms, since it is the last remaining 2D fighting game, especially since the new age Street Fighter game is just plain bad. If I recall, even KOF has switched to 3D, which frankly is a wrong move to me.
Most people in Britain watch soaps like the one I mentioned, so I guess they like that kinda thing xD I think it's pretty boring, even with such an eccentric plot! Maybe it is because the plot lines have become cliche, like you said? o.o
If it's hard to find, I'd probably give up searching for it before it's found! That's what I usually do xD Come to think of that kinda hard to find thing, have you heard of an anime called Hundred Stories (Probably better known as Requiem from the darkness)? If ya have, d'ya know where I can watch with Eng subbing? The whole series was on Veoh at one point, but they've been taken off for some reason or other and the majority of the other sites that claim to have it on use Veoh to upload their videos, so the links don't work xD
Ah! Basically put, you like a well balanced character? ^^ When it comes to Light, it's not about how he improves throught DN, just about how he can outwit someone at the same level of thinking as him - Something he's never really gone against before ^^ ... Only seen 3 episodes of Code Geass and I think people on MAL managed to hype it up too much for me...
I kind of watch series that aren't completed, but I think I'm slowly learning my lesson... Like with xxxHolic Kei now - The series has been finished for around a month now but the last two episodes are yet to be subbed x.x (Possibly due to it being licensed apparently =/ ). I get what you mean with the "fresh in my mind" thing as well xD .. There was one anime where it referred to something that had happened previously in the series and 'cause I had to wait for them to come out weekly, I'd forgotten about the event that it was referring to xD So I had to skip back to make sure I fully understood why it was being referenced in the first place :D
Code Geass is one of the best Mecha I've seen, given the fact i ain't very fond of Mecha. It, Along with Nadesico and FMP are probably top of the mecha in my book. But the second season of it is kinda sub standard. I'm not as fond of it as I used to be either.
BECK is, well, I don't think it's my genre. So I'll probably wait till I have nothing left to watch before I watch it. XD
Competative society... Right... XD
Still, I couldn't really care less about my results unless it is a team effort. If its my own work, I'd just aim for a pass, which strangely enough I still do better than those really kan chiong people.
Wow, the way you say it, you must have really spent alot of time at arcades training up your MvC2 standard! I ain't really that good at the game, so I get really impressed seeing some of those guys really whoop ass in the arcades. Do you play Guilty Gear too? I think it's like the last remaining 2D fighting game that's really prolific. I think its a pretty fast paced game, kinda like KOF style.
Not true about female otakus, you know. I have seen a couple of pretty cute ones around, though they will never admit they are otakus. XD
I like Kujibiki Unbalance because of the fact that despite the fact that it is a parody, and a randomly made 3 episodes, I saw the entire storyline really well. Too bad it was never made into a real anime! The alternately made one in 2006 has the same "characters" (The chairman, the lead guy, the mushroom girl, the glasses girl from the first episode and her sidekicks etc), but has an entirely different storyline. Would have been so much more intelligent for them to have done the Genshiken one.
To me, introducing a new girl half way through, when a romance kinda thing is already established, just seems to lengthen the anime and develop an unnecessarily complex plot... Although it does tend to make a series more interesting so I overlook it =D
Hahaha, I'd like to watch a korean/singaporean drama now.. Sounds humourous xD Is that kind of thing big in Singapore? Over here it's always about how something that doesn't happen everyday, happens to the same people on one street (Coronation Street/Eastenders) - For example, a woman agrees to become a Surrogate mother, then decides not to after her baby is born and her motherly love kicks in - Then the person who was supposed to receive the baby after birth decides to go a little psycho (Even though being a respected and well-mannered GP) and attempts to the murder former surrogate mother and kidnap the baby for herself (This is an actual storyline from the show... xD). Oh! And with every marriage that's in the programme, the husband or wife always seems to have an affair, gets found out, their marriage hits crisis mode - Then there's a 50% chance there's going to be a divorce or be forgiven (If they're forgiven the person who had the affair continues having affairs and such...)
Such crappy storylines are what makes me turn to anime... Much more interesting to watch ;D Oh, it doesn't help that Britain's going some form of reality TV/quiz show/talent show fetish... Really quite annoying x.x
Hmm, even by saying the main character's a weak person makes Beck sound even more interesting, usually a main character can deal with problems xD and when they can't they go off, think for a little while (Tends to be one or two episodes) then are able to defeat whatever the problem was! So, yeah, a weak character should be interesting =D
I like Soul Eater's animation ^^
Alot of the characters' emotions/reactions to things tend to be a little goofy and over the top... Some examples:
But, it's pretty funny that way ^^, plus it does go with the characters' personalities xD
I can't really comment on the fight scenes.. I'd say you'd better check them out for yourself to get an opinion on 'em xD
The settings tend to be interesting as well xD... One thing that tends to irritate the people I've talked to are the moon and sun... No idea why 'cause it doesn't bother me, I find they help set the scene/atmosphere, for example say if a character was talking about some murderous plot, the moon/sun would drool blood.
For those that might read this and would like to know where I got the avatars from, message me and I'll send you a link xD >.>
Going back to the topic =P From images on Google, I'd say Denno Coil's animation probably wouldn't bug me either... I think it's similar to something else I've seen, can't think what though.