Hello, my name is Cloudia. I am 24 years old and I live in New Zealand. I am very passionate about History, reading, gaming and music. My favourite mangaka are Tezuka, Araki, Toriyama and Miura. I am a big fan of classic anime and manga. Feel free to send me a friend request, I accept all. You are welcome to comment on my wall too - I will do my best to reply as soon as possible.
I am a post-grad student now so I do not have as much time for MAL.
Dragon Ball: Very fun action packed Shonen anime. For me this was the highlight of the Dragon Ball anime franchise.
Berserk(1997): This show is what got me into the Berserk manga - one of my favourite Manga ever. This show is very good and it blew my mind at the time with the awesome characters and brutal story.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: This is the show that really got me into anime. I love the religious imagery and motifs. The characters are also well developed and complex. The mecha have awesome designs and the WTF moments are amazing.
Cowboy Bebop: This anime has the greatest soundtrack of any anime in my opinion. The crew of the Bebop all have such cool personalities with Spike Spiegel and Ed being my favourites. Definitely my favourite episodic anime although the underlying backstory is still very good.
Dragon Ball Z: This one is mainly here because it's an adaptation of one of my favourite manga and it includes one of my favourite characters ever: Vegeta.
Psycho-Pass: A friend of mine from uni got me into this one. The pretence is so fascinating to me. I'm a big fan of books like 1984 so this anime quickly became one of my favourites.
A few words on each of my favourite manga
Dragon Ball Awesome art and characters. The story leaves a bit to be desired but Toriyama's art style makes up for that. Amazing fight scenes and the characters really made you root for them. Small comment on Vegeta - I hated him at first but his development is the best in the series so by the end he was my favourite!
Berserk I love this manga on the same level as Dragon Ball. The art and characters are amazing and Guts' story really draws me in. Miura really puts his all into this manga and I really hope to see a conclusion some day.
Fullmetal Alchemist This was my first manga series! It will always have a place in my heart. I haven't read it in awhile but will add to this section when I've reread it.
Monster A thrilling story. Johan was such a good villain and the art is perfect.
20th Century Boys Two Urasawa manga in my favourites? His storytelling an art is very unique. The mystery in this one was great and I really loved the two main characters; Kenji and Kanna.
Kiseijuu (Parasyte) The main reason this is one of my favourites is the art. The art is so clean. The main character arc between Shinichi and Migi is also done very well.
Dororo The oldest manga I've read. From Tezuka the God of Manga. Although it ended rather abruptly. I loved the dynamic between Hyakkimaru and Dororo. I'm also a huge fan of stories with demons so this manga was a win for me.
Naruto *eye roll* yes Naruto is on here. Filthy casual. It's the longest manga I've read so I spent a lot of time in the ninja world that I couldn't help but get invested.
JoJo Part 4 My favourite part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (followed closely by Battle Tendency). For me this arc had the best characters and it was really awesome to have three JoJo's interacting at once!
JoJo Part 7Cheating a little having two parts of JoJo but this part just blew me away. This part has the most interesting JoJo with Johnny and his relationship with Gyro is always interesting and develops both of their characters. The art is amazing and the horse race adds in extra tension.
Favourite movies: The Empire Strikes Back. Back when Star Wars was good. Pulp Fiction. Goldeneye (Heck yeah Nostalgia). Carol.
Favourite TV show: It was Gentleman Jack but season 2 f*cking sucked so Legend of Korra it is.
Favourite western comic: Watchmen, Superman Son of Kal El, Batman
Favourite book: Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Favourite music performers: Kate Bush, Lesley Gore, Stevie Nicks, Bowie, Laura Nyro, Heart
Favourite music album: Too many to list
Favourite Video Games: The other great love of my life next to anime and manga is video games. I have many favourites. The Mass Effect Trilogy and the Elder Scrolls IV are some of my more modern favourites.
The Nintendo 64 practically raised me. Fire Emblem and Pokemon are my favourite Nintendo franchises.
And most importantly: FAVOURITE JOJO = Joseph Joestar (and Josuke)
Hi Cloudia, I just now signed up to MAL in ages and found out I never replied to you. I am sorry, again!!
How are you? You have autumn there right now, I guess? There is May in here, but this spring is quite cold, I still have to wear a thin sweater when I go to the work in the morning.I started to work from January so my free time started to be virtually nonexistent, but I still try to find some time for shorter anime and continue also with manga. Recently I watched Gokufushudo - about a former yakuzza boss now being a man in the household - and I laughed a great time. It was great for cheering up the mood cause my daughter get sick very easily and I often spend 3 weeks on home office and 5 days in work, actually. We also had covid in March, and it wasn´t very easy, but we somehow made it through and only my daughter is still somewhat sick.
I saw in your profile that you started your PhD studies (if I am not wrong), I am also a Phd! (already finished though). What are you studying, if you don´t mind asking? I am a plant biotechnologist :D not very well-paid in Slovakia but I enjoy the job. And hey, did you see some good new anime recently?
I hope you´re doing fine!
Hi, I don't have much time these days, so I just wanted to wish you a merry Christmas, lots of gifts and relax with your loved ones, and I think we both hope the next year will be a lot, lot better than this one!
Hi, I am very sorry to hear about that. I get it was very stressful for you. Wish health to your aunt, and lot of patience to you. The same happened to my friend a few years ago, and she was also upset about it despite her parents living separately for many years. I don´t think it matters how old you are (she was 30 back then), they are still your parents and of course it´s a new situation for you and will take a while for you to adapt and things settle down.
I have a lot of time for anime now as my kid is in a kindergarten and I am on vacation, so I read a few webtoons (Killing Stalking for example) and started watching AoT, currently S3. It´s a great story, full of twists and psychology, the more deeper into story, the darker it gets.. very interesting. Plus rewatching NGE with my husband. We don´t have netflix, but plenty of sites offer anime with Czech subtitles.
Wow, year long is kinda too much, I don´t think it will be possible for me once I start working again. But it´s great you´re trying. You can send me the link, why not. I also see you watched the new NGE movie, did you went to the theater? I suppose I will have to wait 1y for it to come here :( I also wanted to watch Utena, how is it so far?
take care as well.
Hi, I am sorry for again late reply. Sadly I gave only very little time for MAL. I feel a bit better now :)
So, how are you? Anything new? I hope you are doing fine. I noticed in your profile you completed some manga challenge here o MAL, what was it about? How much did you had to read? Was it some competiton, or? I am kinda interested in it, maybe in the future I´ll try it too :)
I actually seen quite a lot anime recently, sadly only some of them are worth mentioning. I am watching Fumetsu no Anata e now (I read manga before so I know what I am going into), so far they really nailed the animation as well as storytelling, so I have high hopes for potential S2. Then I watched Jouran: The princess of blood and snow (let´s say opening was the best part), Wonder Egg (great and rare anime, but the butchered the end the evangelion way, so I wasn´t pleased), and A place further than the universe (if you like coming.of.age stories, you might want to chcek it out). I also binged up some Makoto Shinkai movies, the most famous is 5 cm per hour, maybe you heard about that, and it was incredibly realistic animated, sad story about love and distance.. his other movies are good too, but this one was a masterpiece for me.
I look forward to read from you again, take care!
Hi, sorry for the very late answer. I wasn´t only for a long time because in January covid hit my entire family except me and my sister and sadly, my father had died. :(
Now it´s a bit better so I can reply to you. I hope that despite difficulties in your life you had a nice holidays. Did you see that NGE finally got a 4th movie? I am so looking forward to it, the trailer is amazing OMG. And the animation! I kind of understand how you feel, and I also wish to read some good manga too, but all the manga I am following now are on hiatus due to covid. :/ Great profile pic, BTW :) And I see in your profile that you read/watch Hataraku Saibou, I also wanted to start that, is it good, or..? Let me know. Thanks!
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How are you? You have autumn there right now, I guess? There is May in here, but this spring is quite cold, I still have to wear a thin sweater when I go to the work in the morning.I started to work from January so my free time started to be virtually nonexistent, but I still try to find some time for shorter anime and continue also with manga. Recently I watched Gokufushudo - about a former yakuzza boss now being a man in the household - and I laughed a great time. It was great for cheering up the mood cause my daughter get sick very easily and I often spend 3 weeks on home office and 5 days in work, actually. We also had covid in March, and it wasn´t very easy, but we somehow made it through and only my daughter is still somewhat sick.
I saw in your profile that you started your PhD studies (if I am not wrong), I am also a Phd! (already finished though). What are you studying, if you don´t mind asking? I am a plant biotechnologist :D not very well-paid in Slovakia but I enjoy the job. And hey, did you see some good new anime recently?
I hope you´re doing fine!
I have a lot of time for anime now as my kid is in a kindergarten and I am on vacation, so I read a few webtoons (Killing Stalking for example) and started watching AoT, currently S3. It´s a great story, full of twists and psychology, the more deeper into story, the darker it gets.. very interesting. Plus rewatching NGE with my husband. We don´t have netflix, but plenty of sites offer anime with Czech subtitles.
Wow, year long is kinda too much, I don´t think it will be possible for me once I start working again. But it´s great you´re trying. You can send me the link, why not. I also see you watched the new NGE movie, did you went to the theater? I suppose I will have to wait 1y for it to come here :( I also wanted to watch Utena, how is it so far?
take care as well.
So, how are you? Anything new? I hope you are doing fine. I noticed in your profile you completed some manga challenge here o MAL, what was it about? How much did you had to read? Was it some competiton, or? I am kinda interested in it, maybe in the future I´ll try it too :)
I actually seen quite a lot anime recently, sadly only some of them are worth mentioning. I am watching Fumetsu no Anata e now (I read manga before so I know what I am going into), so far they really nailed the animation as well as storytelling, so I have high hopes for potential S2. Then I watched Jouran: The princess of blood and snow (let´s say opening was the best part), Wonder Egg (great and rare anime, but the butchered the end the evangelion way, so I wasn´t pleased), and A place further than the universe (if you like coming.of.age stories, you might want to chcek it out). I also binged up some Makoto Shinkai movies, the most famous is 5 cm per hour, maybe you heard about that, and it was incredibly realistic animated, sad story about love and distance.. his other movies are good too, but this one was a masterpiece for me.
I look forward to read from you again, take care!
Now it´s a bit better so I can reply to you. I hope that despite difficulties in your life you had a nice holidays. Did you see that NGE finally got a 4th movie? I am so looking forward to it, the trailer is amazing OMG. And the animation! I kind of understand how you feel, and I also wish to read some good manga too, but all the manga I am following now are on hiatus due to covid. :/ Great profile pic, BTW :) And I see in your profile that you read/watch Hataraku Saibou, I also wanted to start that, is it good, or..? Let me know. Thanks!