Hello! I'm a writer and an occasional musician.
The first anime I watched were children's shows in the 80s, Wonderful Adventures of Nils and Maya the Bee. But back then I didn't know what anime was. My proper introduction was in the late 90s when I first saw Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer. Then came other classics: NGE, Lain, Maison Ikkoku etc. Especially the last one still has a special place in my heart.
Nowadays I've started watching more experimental anime and dementia shorts, which somewhat explains my growing number of titles and relatively low average score. But it's worth going through the fluff to find the real gems. Besides, you never know what might resonate with you deeply.
I also enjoy stop motion animation, and the student works from Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai Animation). But I'm not averse to more popular works and fluffy romance either.
I read a lot of books each year, but not so much manga. I'm pretty curious and want to read up on all kinds of topics as well as fiction & poetry, so there simply isn't enough time for manga as well.
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I have the David the Gnome book too but I didn’t realise it was a sequel.
Regarding the MnU (thanks for submitting it!), the title should have actually been submitted as "Teruteru Bouzu wa Osamurai" (since corrected).
From my friend:
"The オ O is a prefix intended to show respect for something or used for formal language.
E.g.
Father = Tousan or Otousan
In this case, it's just weird since the title is written in katakana instead of hiragana."
Yeah, it would be great if all the Geidai films could be added. I talked with a mod, and in the future a lot more may be eligible, since most of them have been released on DVD by the university. For the time being though, I know quite a few which do qualify if you'd like me to pass along some for you to submit (I am submitting things too, but I don't have timelines when specific things will be, since I have so much on my radar). You can always feel free to pass along works for me to check if I think they are eligible. Working at a studio is one way for their films to qualify, but even just having a professionally produced commercial or music video is fine. I agree that it would be nice if some of the more impressive doujin could be submitted (or all doujin for that matter, I say the more the merrier), but I don't think perceived quality should become the determining factor, since that would probably lead to even more denials (experimental works don't necessarily have widespread appeal).
The artists that are on MAL are a result of user submissions; if it's someone who contributed to a series or is popular, there's a greater likelihood they'll be in. Essentially, if you want to see someone on the site, you'll need to submit them or hope someone else eventually does.
MAL uses the Hepburn romanization system. Macrons are never written for Japanese words here, so you'll want to sound out the vowels. Taking ō for example, I understand if it's at the beginning of the a word it should be "oo", and otherwise, "ou" (with the rare exception like koodori, but this would show up in a dictionary). You can also compare against other titles in the database when you're able.
Edit: I was having an issue sending my reply - seems to have been the Wikipedia link to Hepburn romanization? Or maybe not? It failed last night and this morning after multiple tries. Oh well, I guess, lol.
I didn't appreciate it when I first saw it, but revesting it later and now I do, especially the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlZNDGMh8bQ is another one you could try adding. It's related to https://myanimelist.net/anime/10533/Fujilog but should have unique animation (you'll recognize a familiar face making an appearance).
There's a link on the github page that should show an invite to the server: https://github.com/seanbreckenridge/mal-notify-bot
I would imagine all would have probably thought the works were from some kind of genius. I mean, at the time, this was all groundbreaking stuff. But I would also imagine that the technology would have been praised more than the actual story and such itself. That's how I look at things at least. I feel as if anyone would naturally get invested in the concept and how things work. Probably applies more to an older generation, but even now, I suppose the same is true.
Btw, there's actually a discord server for people who like shorts. Idk if you want an invite but I can send one over if you are interested. Said server is also made for notifying when new anime is added into the database.
Ah, Kabuki's works are just amazing. Doesn't try to hide her perverted side which really gives off the right effect when watching her stuff, like some kind of wild art orgy. People like her make the medium that much more interesting. I still haven't finished everything she has, but I might do that soon one of these days.
Inuyasha doesn't have too much romance in it, as you said it has more to do with adventure and action. There is some romance but it's not really an important point in it. And there is also an annoying perverted character, because of course there is.
I can very well understand dropping a series after breaking up. Prince of Tennis probably has its place on my favorite list because it was the first sports anime I watched and I started to play tennis because of it. So it is kind of special to me. But picking it up again sounds like a good idea. Of course it also can get maybe a bit repetitive as it is pretty long and as with many of this type of anime, the plot goes around "playing a match > winning/losing > becoming stronger"
Gintama is pretty good. Of course because it is a parody, there's A LOT of references to other anime (and other media too) and the comedy is quite ridiculous at times (let's say the range of comedy is everything from very well thought jokes and funny things to poop jokes (mostly poop jokes)) but the actual plot behind everything is actually pretty great. The problem is that the actual plot stuff happens most during the few last seasons and the first seasons have only like an episode or two having to do with the actual plot.
What's wrong with Muumi? lol. My childhood Muumi craziness got revived after watching Muuminvalley (Muumilaakso). And yes. you should be deported to Norway for not watching Muumi. Be ashamed. Well at least my profile picture is not Nalle Luppakorva.
I gotta say, i really admire that and i hope i can achieve that skill as well at some point in the future.
Cheers!