Klitch

On a personal level I'm rather uninteresting. I'm extremly lazy and unmotivated and am quietly proud of that fact resulting in a severe obsession with procrastination. I accept change and pressure with a shrug; everything tends to work out eventually, hence why procrastination works so well. I play video games, play soccer, sea kayak, scuba dive, volunteer, and watch anime. I'm a college student at Colorado State University studying History and Political Science with the intention of eventually teaching. I'm a registered Democrat and am quite politically active. Spiders freak me out. I've never been to an anime convention but then I haven't really paid attention to whether or not any actually happen here in the middle of nowhere. I've run out of random things to say about myself.

I'm a relatively new convert to anime and am still experimenting with my likes and dislikes, but I generally prefer shounen, comedies, and action/adventures and can do without harems, yaoi, most mecha, and any anime with animal protagonists. I cut my anime teeth on Naruto so forgive me if I don't dismiss popular animes as necessarily garbage like some anime snobs do (early on I actually began with a few dubbed episodes so I actually do apologize for that). I have something of an affliction in that I find myself almost incapable of dropping an anime regardless of how much I dislike it so, if nothing else, I tend to end up with a full picture of the anime that I watch. In fact the only animes that I've "dropped" were ones where I happened to catch a few episodes on television and didn't bother following up. Knowing that I have trouble abandoning poor animes and moving on, I realize that I'll likely never finish my constantly growing list of "Want to Watch" anime, which, in part, makes me happy. I'm thoroughly enjoying anime at the moment and am thrilled to see the truly staggering library that is out there waiting for me.

At this early phase in my anime experience my favorite anime has got to be Toradora!. I normally don't like romances (anime or otherwise) as they typically remind me of my own follies and drag up old, unwanted memories, but Toradora! is the first, and to date only, romance that has finished with me feeling better than when it started. No matter how jaded you have become Toradora! will have you believing that true love exists once more, as corny as that may sound. Simply put, watching Toradora! is one of those rare experiences that give you a new perspective and legitimately affects you in a deep and meaningful way.

As for my least favorite anime ever, that honor belongs to Hamtaro. I don't think a reason is really needed there. My least favorite anime that I haven't dropped? 07-Ghost. A decent first episode followed by 20 episodes of some yaoi emo walking around in a church capped off by 4 episodes of hectic nonsensical chaos and a finale that served more as a TV ad for the next season than as any sort of plot builder does not a good anime make. You'd think that'd be obvious, eh?

Since I've decided to start writing reviews, I suppose I should I should add a caveat here. Sorry my reviews are bereft of humor, but I'm woefully unimaginative.

My favorite anime characters in no particular order:

   Male

• Nara Shikamaru - Naruto / Shippuden (I identify with him as an intelligent but patently unmotivated person)
• Ryuuk - Death Note (I love how he watches everything without getting involved and eventually gets exactly what he wants)
• Tagami Keisei - Shikabane Hime: Aka (He's like the really cool big brother I never had)
• Hitsugaya Toshiro - Bleach (He tries to act older than he is and tries to remain detached, it's enjoyable to see him fail at both)
• Zaraki Kenpachi - Bleach (The guy's a madman and I love it)

  Female

• Pino - Ergo Proxy (Her innocence makes me smile)
• Tayuya - Naruto (I'm not quite sure why but I really grew attached to her character)
• Felli Loss - Chrome Shelled Regios (Reasoning should be obvious to anyone who has seen the anime, she's adorable)
• Senna - Bleach: Memories of Nobody (Just love her personality)
• Aisaka Taiga - Toradora! (One of the most sympathetic characters I've ever seen)