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JohnVFerrigno
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Name: Probably not too hard to figure out from my User name, but t's John.
Sex: Male Blood Type: I don't actually know. That's probably not good. Location: Cromwell, CT (little south of Hartford/North of New Haven Marital Status: Married Age: 31 Ethnicity: My standard answer is "American." Religion: It's complicated lol. Pets: We have two cats, one was mine and one was my wife's, not they are both "ours." Drink/Smoke: Don't smoke at all, will drink a little socially, but it's rare. Likes: Comic books, cartoons/anime, writing, movies/tv, stand up comedy Dislikes: rude, obnoxious people, bad drivers Favorite anime: Akira, Fruits Basket, AH! My Goddess, Read or Die OVA Favorite Manga (Light novels): have yet to read any, actually. Although I love comics, so I really should. Favorite Books: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, High Fidelity, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Crooked Little Vein, almost anything by Harlan Ellison, Fight Club, Invisible Monsters. Favorite game: Oblivion, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Civilization, Final Fantasy, many, many more. Favorite TV shows/Movies: Spaced, The Office (UK), House, The IT Crowd, Big Bang Theory, Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Citizen Kane, Seven Samurai, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Iron Man, Fight Club. Favorite Drink: Jack and Coke Non-Alcoholic Drink: Milk and Coke. Not together LOL Favorite Foods: Pizza, pasta, potato pancakes, ice cream Favorite Sites: Animenewsnetwork, iFanboy, amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube Favorite Sport (to watch):Hockey, Basketball, UFC Favorite Sport (to play): Basketball Favorite Music: I listen to a little bit of everything, really. opera, jazz, rock, blues, metal, hip hop, R&B, I'm all over the place. Job: Box Monkey Hobbies: Reading books and comics, surfing the web, watching movies, listening to music, playing with my daughter. Fun facts about JohnVFerrigno: I have a baby daughter who I love to death I vastly prefer blue pens to black I don't like even numbers I am a die hard New Jersey Devils fan I hope to one day finish a novel and write professionally I can't make up my mind on the dub/sub debate Favorite Quotes: "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx |
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rwarwick
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Name: Ryan Warwick
Sex: Male Blood Type: ...delicious? Location: Chapel Hill, NC Marital Status: Crushingly lonely Age: 18 Ethnicity: Transparent. Religion: None. Pets: None. Drink/Smoke: Two years sober. 90% of that time spent in rehab, where my latent interest in anime was rekindled. Likes: Comic books, art (modern), music, concerts, anime (duh), being sarcastic Dislikes: Anything that makes me feel bad about myself. Favorite anime: Eva, Eureka 7, Gurren Lagann Paranoia Agent, Tekkonkinkreet, Kaiba, so basically anything gainax or madhouse Favorite Manga (Light novels): I actually don't know what a "light novel" is... but I just bought all 18 volumes of Monster, the first Barefoot Gen compilation (with intro by Art Spiegleman  ), and the 6th Megatokyo compilation (it unequivocally counts as manga now, having been published in Japan!)
Favorite Books: Portrait of an Artist, James Joyce/Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami/The Mezzanine, Nicholson Baker Favorite game: Shadow of the Colossus/Okami Favorite TV shows/Movies: I don't watch TV anymore, only anime. Favorite Drink: When I drank it was straight from the bottle, I was one of those pathetic teenage alcoholics you read about. Non-Alcoholic Drink: Cream Soda or Mountain Dew Favorite Foods: Sushi by far. Favorite Sites: Animenewsnetwork, facebook, headroom Favorite Sport (to watch): Uh, what? Favorite Sport (to play): Um, que? Favorite Music: Caribou, Deerhunter, Menomena, Boris, Boredoms, Soap&Skin, Suckers, Stereolab, Electric Wizard, Blonde Redhead... Job: I wish. I have an unpaid internship at a T shirt printing place. Hobbies: Eating cookies and watching anime on my newly acquired TV. Reading manga. Going to concerts. Wishing I had friends. Fun facts about rwarwick: I have a stuffed maromi that my ex-girlfriend sewed me, it looks perfect. I watched the last episode of eva 5 times in a row after the first time I saw it, and I still don't understand everything that happened. (it was NOT just what happened in the End of Eva movie! Much more than that went down!) |
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Zappa21
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Name: Caleb Riddle
Blood type: Don't know Hobbies: anime stuff and car stuff Fav anime: Lucky Star Fav anime type: Romantic, Comedy, preferible with an all girl cast. Less fav anime (at time of post): Naruto Fav channel that's not anime: BBC amarica Gender: Male Age:20 Likes: Cars, anime, music, and napping dislikes: Work Jobs: Student, auto repair man, writer. wants: to write an anime, would like to draw for it too but i'm not that good. Prised posestion: 1972 Dodge Demon. Darkest secret: I love the opening theme for lucky star and sing it sometimes... and I'm a guy. |
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The King of Harts
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A lot of people -men and women alike- enjoy the Lucky Star theme song; it's very catchy. Not many sing it, but they like it all the same. If it makes you feel better, I sing the Sailor Moon and Cardcaptors openings almost daily. |
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Zappa21
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HAHA YOUR SO NERDY HAHAHA... No i'm jokeing, that's really cool i watched salior moon for awhile didn't hook me. it was good but i didn't "Get in to it" like i did with the lucky star thing. |
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The King of Harts
Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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I hate to say it since it's such a great show, but I think Sailor Moon is one of those where mostly people who grew up watching it like it a lot. It's sad because it's not a nostalgia thing, it's a good show, but for whatever reason it seems like 90% of the people who enjoy SM watched it in their youth. That may be way off, but it's the feeling I get.
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Oddiest
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Name: Alifah Fanny
Blood type: Don't know Hobbies: anime stuff and music stuff favorite anime: Katekyo Hitman Reborn,durarara,etc favorite anime type: Romantic, Comedy, Drama , Shoujo , Mystery, etc Less favorite anime (at time of post): Kuroshitsuji favorite channel that's not anime: Star Movies Gender: Female Age: 12 Likes: Sleeping, anime, music, browsing , and playing some games dislikes: Work and Study Jobs: Student wants: to draw manga but i'm not that good. |
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Alan45
 Village Elder Posts: 10075 Location: Virginia |
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Name: Alan-- however that is my middle name. My first name is Edgar, which caused me problems in school. I started using Alan in college and have ever since.
Sex: Male Age: 65 – That is not a typo, I was born in 1945. Blood Type: Impaired – it doesn’t clot very well. (O+) Location: The self proclaimed “Star City of the South”. I’m from the Philadelphia area but I’ve been here in Virginia since 1971. Marital Status: Married – 36 years this December. Ethnicity: In the terms used here; mostly Pennsylvania German with some Scots, Irish, English and a little bit of French. I’m basically a middle class American. Religion: None to speak of. I’m not looking for any either. Job: None, retired Pets: One small black cat. She is named “Noir” but had not assassinated anyone yet. We are having an ongoing discussion as to who is the pet and who is the master. Drink: Not for several years. I never drank very much, and quit altogether when I realized that there wasn’t anything I actually liked. Smoke: Never - I had to deal with my parents second hand smoke when I was young and was never tempted to smoke. Likes: Books; manga; anime; oriental dragons. Any thing I get interested in tends to become a collection. Dislikes: Political campaign ads. Please make them go away! Fan art contests, that is mostly envy. I couldn’t draw a recognizable anime figure to save my life. Of course, judging from published fan art, that hasn’t stopped some people. Fanatics tend to make me itch. E-Readers, that is Amazon’s Kindle, B&N’s Nook etc. I will use them only if I have no alternative. Favorite anime: Currently, Ghost Hunt, Ghost Hound, Toradora, Genshiken and Moribito. Earlier, Yawara, Ghost in the Shell, Card Captor Sakura, El Hazard (ova) Bubble Gum Crisis, (ova and TV) Your under Arrest, Aria, Noir. I have probably forgotten several. Favorite manga: Skip Beat, Fate Stay Night, La Corda d’ora, VB Rose, Negima, Hikaru no Go, Claymore, Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell, Outlanders, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Card Captor Sakura Oh! My Goddess, Yurara!/Rasetsu. Light novels: Moribito, Kieli, Spice & Wolf. Favorite Books: Reading is my preferred form of activity. Picking out specific books would be impossible. I read mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, nonfiction history (with a concentration on the American Civil War) and anything that catches my attention. A partial list of authors includes: Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Kat Richardson, Donna Leon, David Drake, Andrea Camilleri, Talbot Mundy, Leslie Charteris, Rudyard Kipling, Francis Parkman and many others. Favorite Games: None Favorite movies/TV shows: None, when I get tired of reading, I watch anime, if I get tired of that I go back to reading. If it wasn’t for anime I wouldn’t watch anything but the evening news. The last movies I watched were the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Not bad, but the books were better. Favorite Drink: None now, back when I used to drink, Cream de Cacao and ginger ale wasn’t bad. Non alcoholic drink: I’m pretty much stuck with green tea. I’m a reformed Coca Cola and Diet Coke abuser. Favorite Sites: Megatokyo, ANN, Seihinsha (for the Shirow Masamune graphics) and RACS (for my anime fix). Favorite sport to watch: The ANN forums. All the drama, outrage, recurring themes, and stock characters you could want. I thought I would try to participate, which is why I’m here. Favorite sport to play: None, I don’t do out-of-doors. The sun and I do not get along. Favorite Music: No real favorites currently. I’ll listen to anything between Gregorian Chant (great for a headache) and current pop. I don’t care for rap or singers that are too slick. Hobbies: Reading, collecting books. Fun facts: My wife collects 1/6 scale fashion dolls, mostly Barbie, but with many others. This makes it difficult for her to complain about my interest in anime and manga. Her hobby is at least as juvenile as mine and costs more. Back when I got into anime, I found that we had two full sets of the Matchbox Robotech dolls and assorted clothing(Rob Briken featured one of these in his last Astro Toy). My wife bought Rick Hunter as a potential alternative to Ken in her Barbie displays and bought the three female dolls because they were cheap. I promptly annexed those and also some dolls she had that were made for the Japanese market. School girls, a miko, kimono and yukata clad girls and even a police woman. I got into anime on the basis of a blind buy. I picked up a couple of VHS tapes that looked interesting and bought them. At the time I had never heard of anime. Suddenly I had a new (expensive) hobby. That was 13 years ago. Quotes: It is good for a dog to have a few fleas, it keeps him from thinking on being a dog. David Harum. Don’t take life to seriously, it ain’t nohow permanent. Porkypine from the comic strip Pogo. No one ever went broke by underestimating the intelligence of the American public. H. L. Menken Frisbeetarianism: the belief that when you die your soul flies to the roof and gets stuck. Best all purpose excuse: “It seemed like a good idea at the time.” I have no problem with providing photos, but I’m a bit fuzzy as to where to put them or how to link to them. Last edited by Alan45 on Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:25 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Blood-
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Sir, you rawk - you rawk so very much. I'm 45 and often feel like Methuselah's grandpappy around here. The fact you were open enough at age 52 to get into anime/manga is awesomeness.
Impeccable taste.
My favourite Mencken quote is: "Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another." (I don't believe that personally, but one can't help smiling at the puckishly cynical sentiment.) Welcome, Alan45 - I look forward to seeing more of your posts. |
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Alan45
Village Elder Posts: 10075 Location: Virginia |
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Getting into anime and manga wasn't a great sacrifice. Just a question of apppreciating something different.
I wouldn't exactly like to be younger, but I would really like to feel the way I did when I was in my 40's. At what ever age, it doesn't get better as you get older. Beats the alternative I suppose. |
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naninanino
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I've been kind of lurking in the shadows for quite some time. I mainly visit ANN for its cool columns and insightful news. I've been posting mostly in another anime forum, but thought I might follow things here as well. English isn't my first language so I apologize for the inevitable typos.
-Well, I'm a 25 year old human male from Finland. I like RPGs and anime. I'm not really into reading manga. -Some of my favourite anime are Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Mushishi, SDF Macross, Princess Tutu and other shows with ambitious stories and/or a unique atmosphere. I prefer my fiction in pure form, without getting sidetracked too much. -Same goes for games I guess: FF VI/VII/X, Chrono Trigger, Xenogears and Valkyria Chronicles are some of my tops. I'll also throw in Morrowind for the athmosphere. I think that is more than a sufficient amount of info that I'll tell on an anonymous forum. I'll be lurking around. |
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Lynx Amali
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Seems harmless enough.
~I'm from the south-western parts of Ontario, Canada, particularly around London. ~I'm male, 16 (going to be 17 in a few months) and have yet to go for my G1 Driver's License. Partially because I don't want it. I hate cell phones too. I don't see what the fuss about. ~I got into anime...whenever Fox Kids started to air the first season of Digimon. It wasn't until my cousin (who's younger than me) introduced me to Gundam (I was into the edit of Escaflowne at the time) that I began to experience anime. ~I'm a mecha fan, whether Super or Real. I do like shows like Serial Experiments Lain or an occasional episode of Haruhi and Lucky star (Jam Project's cover of the song is awesome, though must've been humiliating.) ~My favorite mecha shows are: Super Dimension Century Orguss, King of Braves GaoGaiGar (And FINAL) Aquarion of the Genesis, Super Heavy God Gravion/ Gravion Zwei, SDF Macross, Nadescio and Getter Robo: The Last Day On Earth/Armageddon. Oh yeah. I'm a writer too, the most important fact about me in my opinion. xD |
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Bento-Box
 Posts: 1049 Location: Florida |
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*gasp!* Someone older than Blood-?!?!?!?!?! I think my brain just exploded! Anyways, Alan45. nice to meet you and all the other newcomers. =) |
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Alan45
Village Elder Posts: 10075 Location: Virginia |
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Thanks for the welcome! Some days I feel older than dirt.
I sorta read through all the pages in this thread before I posted. A couple of people have hinted at being about my age, but I don't think anyone was specific before. The nice thing about the forums is that I can associate with people of all ages without feeling out of place. My local library sponsers both an anime and a manga club. However, after talking to the guy in charge I decided not to attempt to join as it is all teenagers. Boys in the anime club and mostly girls in the manga club. I suspect my presence might have been misinterpreted, especially in the manga club. I did donate a large collection of manga anthologies to them when I realized I would not be re-reading them. |
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DGP-Otaku
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Name: Jasmine...through I prefer God but what can you do?
Sex: Female Blood Type: I have no idea Location: Canada eh? Marital Status: Single Age: 18 Sexuality: Gay Ethnicity: White Canadian Newfie Religion: Don't really have one..I kind of believe in God and Jesus is just awesome... Pets: None..god my life sucks DX Drink/Smoke: Neither Likes: Anime, Manga, reading, yaoi, yuri, Harry potter, making friends, food and sleeping Dislikes: TWILIGHT Favorite anime: Hetalia, Naruto, Gurren Lagann, Fullmetal alchemist, death note, durarara, higurashi, Inuyasha, Princess Tutu, etc Favorite Manga: Pretty Face, Naruto, School rumble, yaoi manga, etc. In light novels: The Haruhi series Favorite Books: Harry Potter, Catcher in the rye, Thinner, To kill a mocking bird, the outsiders, Dracula, etc Favorite game: Kingdom Hearts, Fire emblem, DDR, SIMS, and pokemon Favorite TV shows/Movies: Supernatural, Star Trek: TOS, and in movies: Star Trek, I am sam, RENT, Beauty and the breast, without a paddle, eurotrip, inuyasha 1-4. spirited away, etc. Favorite Drink: I don't drink Non-Alcoholic Drinks: Iced tea, coke and milk. Favorite Foods: Hot Dogs, Noodles, Chocolate, potatoes, and chicken burgers. Favorite Sites: Animenewsnetwork, youtube, myanimelist, tvtropes, fanfiction, deviantart, and google. Favorite Music: Anything but rap really Hobbies: Watching anime, reading, biking, studying history, surfing the net, watching movies, etc Fun facts about moi: --I have a large ego; EVERYONE WILL BECOME ONE UNDER MY POWER  !
-- I don't many video games but just read fics about them -- I once read all of harry potter books in one day -- I once read over 2000 books over a summer -- I still don't get evangelion's ending Favorite Quotes: "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"- Albus Dumbledore "Albus Severus, you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew."- Harry Potter "Just who the hell do you think I am?!"- Almost EVERYONE in Gurren Lagann "Get going Simon. Just don't be distracted by the what-ifs, should-ofs, and if-onlys. The one thing you choose for yourself, THAT is the truth of your universe."- Kamina "If it wasn't for gay men, I wouldn't talk to men at all."- Margaret Cho "Prussia has occupied my vital regions!"-Austria |
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