Up in my teenage years, I had no interest in anime. For a long time I didn't really have cable or satellite in the house, so the entire 'watching TV' wasn't something I did. Obviously I've watched TV before (mainly western), it simply wasn't a dominate source of entertainment during most of my teenage years. I recall having watched a very meager amount of anime when I was in early elementary, typical kid stuff like: Gundum Seed, Pokemon, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, Cardcaptor Sakura, One Piece; I also recall watching Inuyasha and Witch Hunter Robin.
So during the time I was a teen, and thus capable of developing more coherent opinions and also able to better recall all this shit, I was left with a rather ignorant view towards what anime was, yet I'm not really sure as to what instilled this impression in me. I wasn't compelled to really seek out to see if I was correct in my bias, it was simply something I didn't really care about as it was left uninteresting to me.
Then in my late teenage years, my friends recommended me a visual novel, Katawa Shoujo. Skeptical that they were forcing upon me some weird anime crap, I still tried it out... and damn it that was unlike anything I expected. The art style was unlike that typical overly disproportionate style I had biased in my mind, and the character development and story arcs with each of the potential girls was a type of narrative that I never experienced before. This game from 4chan brought about my sudden desire to see what else the anime world held for me to explore. One of my friends (humorously) criticized me on how I once was completely distasteful in his interest in anime and his artwork, and all it took for me to turn that opinion around was a dating sim.
Taste in Anime
Story: No particular preference. I usually just start a story/theme I feel like reading/watching that day. I do tend to get eager to look for more stories with similar themes with one I had just come to finish and enjoyed.
Characters: I'm a sucker for prodigies or exemplar characters; cunning, devious or the otherwise magnificent bastards. Of course, this doesn’t mean I want to see a no-obstacle success story, I like to watch how these characters overcome difficulties in unconventional ways. Characters who's prime motive and ambition is merely 'friendship overcomes all' is tasteless to me.
Art Style: Don't give a shit. If it looks good, it looks good. If it's shabby, wont deter me from continuing, as long as it keeps my interest.
Taste in Genres
Romance - All's good for me as long as it doesn't get too sappy or corny. It's annoying to watch romance where the characters can't seem to progress after a mutual attraction is vocalized or when characters can't help themselves but seem to constantly blush redder than a baboon's ass.
Harem - Sure, the fantasy of having multiple love interests gives a surge of flattery for males, but I'm annoyed when there's no actual reason to have garnered that attention except for plot's sake.
Yaoi/Shounen Ai - I'm heterosexual, so watching guys get too friendly with one another creeps me out.
Yuri/Shoujo Ai - I'm male, girls are instinctively hot. (This may be a double standard, but it'd be ignorant of me if I don't point this out)
Smut/Hentai - Sure, I dabble here and there, but I'm not letting you know what I like.
Still adding shit, not a complete list (weird that I only put relationship things in first)
I intend to still add more to this 'about' section, as you can plainly see, it's rather lacking.
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