| @Dawizz @TurtleMarlowe @ALovelyTsundere Welcome to all the new members. We have a daily Later Years group watch if any of you ever feels like joining in all welcome. check out the Interest Thread for upcoming watches, next one is the original Gundam S1. mrfujisawa said: Hi Everyone! Been watching anime since it was on VHS tapes only and emassed 100s of them, so i have a soft spot for 80s and particuarilty 90s era anime, like Tenchi Muyo (my first anime love as a teenager) and El Hazard (where my name is from). Not that I dont think modern anime is good, and its great its so easy to access now. Great to meet you all! Always good to have another Tenchi Muyo fan and fan of older anime, especially 80's and 90's. I've only just touched on 80's shows recently like City Hunter and Dirty Pair and love the vibe. |
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| Joined last week but never introduced myself, so here we go. My name is Kris but I go by Doughnut on the web, I'm 34 and have been watching anime for most of my life. I think the earliest I can remember was Gundam Wing and Sailor Moon. I like CGDCT and slice of life anime. But I do enjoy other genres as well. Looking forward to getting to know all of you :3 |
| Hello from old blighty. I don't use my real name on the internet generally so Uberbat is just fine. I am 42 years of age, female and from the UK. I've been watching anime on and off since I was little. My earliest memories are of Kimba, Belle & Sebastian, Dogtanian, Around the World with Willy Fog, Ulysses 31 ect. Those early cartoons you got on British tv basically. But it was getting home to watching Dragonball Z on the tv that really got me into anime knowing it was anime. I've essentially become a battle shounen aficionado since. I've not seen as many anime as I would have liked. It was limited to child safe tv programming and bootleg vhs. The ones from Manga Video with the awesome opening. So early on I didn't get a lot of choice. Plus I've had a lot of other interests. But I have been regularly watching anime since. Hoping to change that now that I've got back into anime big time in the last few years0. My favourite anime of all time is One Piece. Go back to it every few months/years to binge episodes in bulk. I generally watch a lot of shounen as I much prefer action in my anime. Or drama. Or horror. Or adventure. Or esepcially sport. Really got into sport anime lately. I'm just not a fan of romance or Shoujo or CGDCT or unnecessary Ecchi/fanservice. Or anything that's slow and relationship heavy. Unless the relationship has a dark lend to it. Also not ashamed to say I watch BL. I'm more willing to try a slower pace with it then I am female led shows. Banana Fish and Given are two of my faves there. Of course saying all that I've watched all sorts of anime genres. And I'm willing to give my least liked genres a chance too if the plot looks good enough. You can see how eclectic my list is on my profile So anyway. Thank you for letting me join. |
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| @OMGdoughnut @UberBat welcome to you both. We have a daily group watch here which you're both welcome to join. We have an Interest Thread on the group page with a list of possible future watches, although always happy to get suggestions. We tend to go for less well known shows as these are the only ones that the main group watch members haven't seen yet (last few watches include Casshern Sins, Cross Ange, Clannad AS). We're very informal, we all have lives so post when you can. Reading your comments I have similar tastes to you both despite your liking for different genres. @OMGdoughnut I have come to appreciate slower SoL and cgdct shows in the last couple of years, my top picks would be Azumanga Daioh, Non Non Biyori, Yuru Yuri, Minami-ke, GochiUsa & Hidamari Sketch. @UberBat I'm 40 so I remember many of the shows you listed from early British tv, the only other one that came to mind was Danger Mouse. I still remember the intro song for Dogtanion, lol. I'm also a big One Piece fan and just like you will pick it up a couple of times a year to binge watch an arc. I recently finished Marineford and so am just after the timeskip now and about to start Fishman Island next time i pick it up, currently making my way through InuYasha and then some OP. I also enjoy my shounen and currently enjoying Dragon Quest 2020 every week. For my part I'm going through a mini space/sci-fi period atm and looking forward to the shoujo and shoujo-esque fantasy seasonals we've got coming up like Raven in the Inner Palace, Villaness Who Tamed Final Boss, Bibliophile Princess as I haven't seen many shoujo series but the ones I have I've really enjoyed like Fruits Basket and Kamisama Kiss. |
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| Hello~ I'm Koito, 30 years and living in The Netherlands. Watching anime since I was literally little (while not knowing it was anime) like Sailormoon, Digimon, Cat's Eye, Monster Rancher etc... and basically I'm still watching anime and trying to be more active in clubs etc... Aside from that, playing visual novels is also a thing~ :) |
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| To all the new people - WELCOME!! We have a relatively quiet club most of the time. A lot of members aren't as active as they could be, but we all understand that real life takes precedence (i.e. work sucks) over our social life. Occasionally it gets noisier in here and there is nothing wrong with that. Keeps the blood flowing for us old farts. Feel free to speak out about anything and everything. Unlike some forums, archeology is acceptable here. |
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| Hi, I'm Randy! I'm from Canada and a little over 40. I've been watching Anime since I was a kid in the 80's. I try my best to keep up with all the new shows, but I do love trying to discover long lost forgotten anime that I somehow missed from BITD. I'm hoping to make some new like minded friends here. |
| G'day Everyone, I'm Poru (Japanified from my real name). I'm 52 years young, and discovered anime about 10 years ago, and lo9ved it ever since. I don't watch television so i usually reward myself with some anime when I get all my tasks done. I'm from Melbourne, Australia. |
| idk about you but the closer a girl gets to looking like ronald mcdonald, the more aroused i become. CAV where can we cast our eyes to @PoruMairu who thinks of himself a member of the true church. Helion. |
| Hello, I'm a 38 year old male from Colorado, been watching anime since I was in middle school. Dragon Ball Z was my first but it wasn't until a friend let me borrow his VHS box set of Neon Genesis Evangelion that I became enthralled with Anime. I'm a sucker for a good shounen anime but I am open to watching just about anything. Happy to be part of this group and looking forward to meeting some like minded old farts like me. |
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| Hello. I'm Tagg, 34. UK based. I've been watching anime on and off for basically my entire life, thanks in no small part to the extensive (and often bootleg) VHS scene back in the early nineties, which introduced me to at least a few of my favourites (which have stood the test of time since - always nice). In fact, I watched so much back then that I have more than a few anime unlisted because I have no idea how much of them I actually watched, be it through VHS and the like or on TV. I also read manga and visual novels, of course. One of my favourite media items of all time is a VN, in fact. I watch and read a lot of diverse works, though some of my favourites are seinen or jousei (probably no surprise there), war dramas, or otherwise somewhat "heavier" on themes. Not that I'm adverse to lighter stuff, of course. Good to be here! I honestly don't use MAL's social functions too much, but I'm always down for a chat about good old anime - oftentimes emphasis on the old! |
John here, 40, been into Anime since 1995/1996. SDF MACROSS and it's VF-1 "Valkyrie" Variable Fighter Mecha single-handedly sold me on Mecha and Anime in general about 25/30-odd years ago;   Galaxy Fraulein Yuna, -with it's Puffy-Fluffy Girls- was just about the first "Proto-Moe" Anime to come along, -20/25 years ago- and really get me to pay serious attention to just how sumptuously-Adorable Anime Ladies can so often be;   |
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| Welcome to the new members. We have a daily group watch if you ever feel like joining please feel free. There's an interest thread for future watches. @zanahara I recently finished Romantic Killer and enjoyed it, it was very contrived but fun, more comedy than romance. Also watched Vampire Hunter D 2000 on the weekend, amazing visuals and aesthetic. Completed Princess Tutu earlier this year and thought it was an amazing story and loved the OST. @Taggart25 good to find someone else watching Peter Grill S2. I finished Space Battleship Yamato 2199 a few weeks ago and it's easily my favourite space adventure now, stunning animation too, plus that ED by Kokia (Light of Memory, ending 3 iirc) was super. I'm going through a retro anime phase and currently watching Cat's Eye and Ranma 1/2, enjoying that nostalgia wave. @MasterTasuke we watched SDF Macross a year ago as part of our group watch and finished Gundam S1 a couple of weeks ago, and now having seen both (plus other mecha like SSSS Gridman, Code Geass etc) I'd have to say the Macross mecha units are my favourite. I like the 3 simple stages of transformation; plane, plane with legs sticking out and humanoid fighting unit. Gundam mecha got complicated with bits being added and needing to be switched in and out. I've seen the first Galaxy Fraulein OVA but not the second, I remember it being wacky and action packed. |
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| Hello, 31 year old male from Poland here. I've never really been into anime - sure I've seen Pokemon, Dragon Ball and all that stuff as a kid but that's about it. Things changed drastically about a year ago when I decided to stop being a total boomer who doesn't understand all those memes and references. Back then I had a period of reduced working hours because of covid=extra free time so I asked some discord friends to recommend me a few shows. And then it happened. I discovered that anime is not only for younger people but for everyone, and while it took me a while to find something that would really appeal to me, I eventually found it. Heh, I even gave my first lecture at anime convention about a month ago. I also really enjoy visual novels. Looking forward to getting to know you lovely people :) |
| Sup, I'm not very good at intros. I'm 30, east coast USA, I watch pretty much every genre and every decade if the show is good enough, though I have a special place in my heart for trashy 80s and 90s OVAs. |
| @Kanafinwe welcome to the club and nice to meet a fellow Tolkien fan. I know of Finwe but can't place Kanafinwe. The closest I can think of is Curufinwe, which is Fëanor's high Quenya elvish name. Is Kanafinwe an amalgamation maybe? |
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| Howdy doody everyone. I'm 31, a dad, and a cat dad. My name is Kyler, I'm from Canada and have been watching anime since childhood (Pokemon, Sailor Moon). Although I don't really count that too much as I was a wee lad and didn't really know what anime was until I found InuYasha when I was 11/12. I've been addicted since then and, at the point of writing this introduction, have spent over a years worth of my life span watching anime. I like most genres, but steer clear of most Sports animes. My favourite genres are definitely Isekai, Slice of Life, and Comedy. I'm also hopelessly addicted to the Pokemon games and look forward to chatting with you all about anime... PS: Sorry if I have a bunch of signature stuff that doesn't work anymore. I haven't been active in the forums and clubs for many years now XP |
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| @SheyCroix @puff I haven't seen Coolheaded Hoozuki in anyone else's favourites before and then you both post same day. Welcome to the club (also @LordKylington) and happy birthday @Sheycroix for yday. We have a small daily group watch if you ever feel like joining in please feel welcome. |
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pufff said: Also happy birthday SheyCroix, hope you have a great year :) Thank you both~ ♥ 23feanor said: We have a small daily group watch if you ever feel like joining in please feel welcome. oh, where do these take place? and/or how do you guys go about coordinating them? |
SheyCroix said: pufff said: Also happy birthday SheyCroix, hope you have a great year :) Thank you both~ ♥ 23feanor said: We have a small daily group watch if you ever feel like joining in please feel welcome. oh, where do these take place? and/or how do you guys go about coordinating them? The threads are posted in the MAL group topics (see the 'more topics' section at the bottom of the page for the latest watch thread). We're currently watching Kimi ni Todoke, watching one episode per day and posting when you can. There's an Interest Thread listing the possible shows for future group watches. Feel free to jump in whenever. |
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23feanor said: The threads are posted in the MAL group topics (see the 'more topics' section at the bottom of the page for the latest watch thread). We're currently watching Kimi ni Todoke, watching one episode per day and posting when you can. There's an Interest Thread listing the possible shows for future group watches. Feel free to jump in whenever. As 23feanor said, they're on the list of discussion, but the link for the monthly suggestion topic is here and the current months watch topic is here. Since you asked about it, I'm going to "sticky" the suggestion topic, so that it stays near the top of the list. |
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| Hey, thanks for the add! Another (slightly) gray-haired otaku here; just turned 44. Looks like a good group of folks. |
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| Hello there, I usually go by Shin online and I am a PhD student, leading a rather quiet but rather happy life somewhere in Europe. I have been eyeing this club since I joined MAL and finally, I've become old enough. I am not much active these days but I look forward to talking to you. Thanks for having me! |
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shinrinyoku said: Hey, welcome! If you don't mind me asking, in what field is your PhD? I completed mine a couple of years ago in microbiology, always nice talking to someone who is going/has gone through that kind of intensive research.Hello there, I usually go by Shin online and I am a PhD student, leading a rather quiet but rather happy life somewhere in Europe. I have been eyeing this club since I joined MAL and finally, I've become old enough. I am not much active these days but I look forward to talking to you. Thanks for having me! |
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| @shinrinyoku @Invysion @boldulysses @PatriciaS Welcome to the new members. We have a daily group watch if you ever feel like joining please feel free, currently watching Rainbow. There's an interest thread for future watches on the sticky thread section. |
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| @23feanor thank you! Oh Rainbow is a really good pick, what's the daily group watch schedule/how does it work? I skimmed through the thread and only saw that it started jan 31. I don't know if I can join although I would like to. @whiteflame55 not at all! my PhD is in physics, although it's data analysis and writing codes to obtain information on other variables. But I'm not a physicist. How was your PhD experience? I'm in my second year out of three and it feels like it'll be over all too soon. |
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shinrinyoku said: @23feanor thank you! Oh Rainbow is a really good pick, what's the daily group watch schedule/how does it work? I skimmed through the thread and only saw that it started jan 31. I don't know if I can join although I would like to. @whiteflame55 not at all! my PhD is in physics, although it's data analysis and writing codes to obtain information on other variables. But I'm not a physicist. How was your PhD experience? I'm in my second year out of three and it feels like it'll be over all too soon. If you've seen Rainbow before then please jump in and comment whenever you want, without spoilers ofc. After Rainbow I think we're watching either Lupin 3rd 2015 or a World Masterpiece Theatre show called Romeo and the Black Brothers, which I think we'd be due to start on about the 26th February once all 26 eps of Rainbow have been concluded. Pretty simple format, we all watch one episode per day and post each day, although no rules. If you're busy and want to watch a few eps in one go and post every few days that's fine. We've all got busy lives so post when you can. It's just nice to have people involved and watching same show as I've gotten a lot from reading other peoples' perspectives on the same show; angles or aspects I hadn't considered. |
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| @23feanor thank you for explaning! maybe I can catch up on Rainbow, I don't remember events too well so I wouldn't want to spoil anything, but I would gladly rewatch it. See you in the group watch thread! |
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shinrinyoku said: Good stuff. Data analysis was never my cup of tea, but I ended up doing quite a bit of it, albeit mainly looking at strings of RNA. It was a good experience, if a bit too long, since took 8 years for me to finish (US programs don't tend to be short - I think the shortest I've heard of in recent years is 5 years in total), though I appreciated it all the same.@whiteflame55 not at all! my PhD is in physics, although it's data analysis and writing codes to obtain information on other variables. But I'm not a physicist. How was your PhD experience? I'm in my second year out of three and it feels like it'll be over all too soon. |
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whiteflame55 said: shinrinyoku said: Good stuff. Data analysis was never my cup of tea, but I ended up doing quite a bit of it, albeit mainly looking at strings of RNA. It was a good experience, if a bit too long, since took 8 years for me to finish (US programs don't tend to be short - I think the shortest I've heard of in recent years is 5 years in total), though I appreciated it all the same.@whiteflame55 not at all! my PhD is in physics, although it's data analysis and writing codes to obtain information on other variables. But I'm not a physicist. How was your PhD experience? I'm in my second year out of three and it feels like it'll be over all too soon. 8 years, with a minimum of 5, wow that's indeed a long time, considering my is 3 years, I would say that 4 would be best? Enough to really develop your project, but not too much that you are completely absorbed in it and 'suspend life', not a really good way of expressing what I want to say but maybe you can get it anyway. Glad to hear it was a positive experience all considered, I hope to be saying the same in a couple of years. |
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shinrinyoku said: I wish you the best going through it. Research rarely works out as expected, but hopefully you've got a solid mentor and a project that keeps your interest. Coming out with publications is great and we all want them, but the experience of designing your own research project and executing on it is where the money is at, particularly if you want to go into careers outside of academia. 8 years, with a minimum of 5, wow that's indeed a long time, considering my is 3 years, I would say that 4 would be best? Enough to really develop your project, but not too much that you are completely absorbed in it and 'suspend life', not a really good way of expressing what I want to say but maybe you can get it anyway. Glad to hear it was a positive experience all considered, I hope to be saying the same in a couple of years. |
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whiteflame55 said: shinrinyoku said: I wish you the best going through it. Research rarely works out as expected, but hopefully you've got a solid mentor and a project that keeps your interest. Coming out with publications is great and we all want them, but the experience of designing your own research project and executing on it is where the money is at, particularly if you want to go into careers outside of academia. 8 years, with a minimum of 5, wow that's indeed a long time, considering my is 3 years, I would say that 4 would be best? Enough to really develop your project, but not too much that you are completely absorbed in it and 'suspend life', not a really good way of expressing what I want to say but maybe you can get it anyway. Glad to hear it was a positive experience all considered, I hope to be saying the same in a couple of years. Thank you! It is a bit different for me though, as the project was not really mine, I had to write one on a fixed topic. But I made it mine and I am surely learning a lot on how to carry it forward, and the tutor is quite alright although I was lucky enough to have the best tutor one can have (or that I could have) during my theses. So anyone kind of pales in comparison, but it is alright. Just curious, are you still in research now? |
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| Hello all, I go by Lykke online. I just turned 38 and I'm an autodidactic painter and animator. I have only recently given anime a closer inspection, although through the years I appreciated what was available in Canada at the time (Ghibli Studios, Akira, Cowboy Bebop, et cetera). Hands down, my favourite anime/manga is Mushi-shi. I watch an awful lot of experimental shorts from the students at Tokyo University of Arts (Geidai), I suppose it's like research for me. Anyways, thanks for letting me join the club, looking forward to making a few friends :D |
| @lykke_leek just curious, is your profile handle a homage to Lykke Li, the Swedish singer? I love her songs, Gunshot and Little Bit especially, plus she looks like an ex of mine I never got over. |
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23feanor said: yes, but leeks really do just make me happy too.@lykke_leek just curious, is your profile handle a homage to Lykke Li, the Swedish singer? I love her songs, Gunshot and Little Bit especially, plus she looks like an ex of mine I never got over. wounded rhymes is her album i listen to most. may be an unpopular opinion, but i also enjoy the work she did with david lynch. |
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| hi oldies.. Konatsu here, tho Ko is fine as well. I'm 31, female, from the netherlands. I can't define myself with a job title, since i've never had one, some of my favorites are Mushishi, Mononoke, and Mob Psycho.. i also like shows that don't with an m I've been watching anime most my life, started up again in 2015, watched roughly 250 shows since then. i'm bad at introducing myself. yikes. |
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| Hi, I am Ana, 33, from Romania. I have been watching anime for 15 years. I have a daughter and 3 cats and an engineer husband. 😁😁 I took a break from anime for 3-4 years (medical exams). But now I try to watch more when I am on calls (MD neonatologist). At home is quite difficult with a 2 years old toddler 😁 |
| Hi everybody! My name is Eric. I'm a 54yr old male and a lifelong resident of Southern California. I've been watching anime since before cable TV, VCRs, etc., and even before the word "anime" was popularized. In 1979 I stumbled across "Space Battleship Yamato" when it aired on American TV under the name "Star Blazers." I didn't quite know what it was, but it was very different from Sunday morning cartoons and I wanted to see more of it. A few years later "Macross" and the other "Robotech" series came along and I was hooked. Since then I've been watching what anime I can when I can, and for the past few years it has been my #1 source of entertainment. Old series or new, if it's good I'm up for watching it. Thanks for letting me join. I'm looking forward to interacting with and getting to know all of you. |
| Howdy! I'm 46, happily married with one kiddo, and I live in Washington State. I've always assumed I was one of the older users here, and until recently I mostly kept to myself on MAL, mainly just using the tracking and discovery features, because I felt sort of out of place. But this Easter event brought me out of my shell a bit, and along with interacting with folks here more I started wondering if there were other older folks on MAL. I was delighted to find this club. Thanks for having me! I'm not sure anymore which came first, but in 1989 -- at age 12 -- I read the first issue of Grey and saw Akira on the big screen. Those were my intros to manga and anime, respectively, and they sparked a lifelong interest. The last few years have really deepened that interest, and I'm having a great time exploring old stuff that was impossible to find when I was a teenager, current seasonal shows, and everything in between. |
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| @GoodForHealth @NebulaRaptor @BigGundam2092 @anakg @konatsurogi @nerdmom_ Welcome to all the new members, nice to see so many new people finding this club. We have a daily group watch if any of you ever feel like joining. Currently watching Eden of Grisaia, last watch was world masterpiece theatre and one before was Rainbow, so a mix of all types of shows. We have a Interest Thread on the sticky section of the club discussions for upcoming watches if you want to see what we'll be picking up next. |
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