Tomikohara
about me
**September 2009 Update** I just came back from a 10-day sailing trip on a steel junk-rigged boat. Total Awesomness. Not much anime-watching happening though sadly... I've been living on my 30-foot sailboat since the summer, and will be living in Laval/Montreal during the month of October (I'm looking for anime-related events to check out while in QC), selling jewelry to pay for a trip to Mexico. My journey starts in Cancun, and I have no idea where and when it will end. Is there much anime and conventions in Mexico?...**
I've been watching anime since a few years; I started with shows like Dragonball Z (the show that got me hooked to anime), Pokemon and Digimon on YTV channel. Little did I know then that so much more (and better) anime existed out there!
I enjoy all kinds of genres, but I tend to lean towards adventure, martial arts, ninja, samurai, survival, fantasy (when not dealing with young silly girls in uniforms), medieval, melancholy, post-apocalyptic, certain romance/ shoujo... I'm less fond of shows like Air, Kanon etc with super stereotypical girls and cliche storylines with atleast one girl who's really stupid silly and makes strange sounds all the time or the shows where a guy suddenly has a girl make herself at home at his place and 1/2 the show consists of your usually accidental nudity-ness... I'm not too fond of mecha/pilot shows either unless they're decently realistic. Comedy's always good =P Let me know if you come across a very realistic show with little plot holes and cliches, with a thought out and thought provoking storyline that I haven't seen.
I prefer Subs over Dubs any day, and I never rate anything lower than 2 or higher than 4.5; That's just the way I am... I also become quite the critic in face of a show that has a weak story and many plot holes, especially when it's a more serious series.
I have a deep love for anime music. Some anime OST's that I really enjoy: Hirasawa Susumu, .Hack, Death Note, Tsubasa Chronicles, Code Geass, Fate/Stay Night, Naruto/Naruto Shippuuden, Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni & Kai, Full Moon Wo Sagashite, Shakugan no Shana & Second,Basilisk, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Uverworld, TM Revolution, Clannad, Kiyoharu, D. Grayman, Rocky Chack, L'arc En Ciel, Ghost in the Shell, Eureka Seven, Maaya Sakamoto, The Pillows, and I really enjoy Minoru Shiraishi's performances (and his troubling relationship with Akira in LS ^.^)
Other shows that I really enjoyed that didn't make my Top 5 list, in alphabetic order: Basilisk, Boogiepop Phantom, Claymore, Fullmetal Alchemist, Haibane Renmei, Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni & Kai, Kino's Journey, Kurau Phantom Memory, My-Hime, Ouran High School Host Club, Paranoia Agent, (Peacemaker Kurogane), The Twelve Kingdoms, Towards the Terra, Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge. I've yet to make a proper, thought-out top 5 list.
Just in case you're wondering, the girl in my avatar and signature is the awesome Sunako from Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge!
When I'm not watching anime, I'm making one-of-a-kind jewelry @ http://www.thebluebead.bravehost.com and listening to AnimeNfo Radio. If you're looking for any cosplay jewelry or clay character keychains, ask me and I'll see what I can do! =)
Check out Animenfo Radio @ animenfo.com/radio !
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Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge
Ouran High School Host Club
As soon as I watched Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge, I thought of Ouran High School Host Club...
Location:
Canada
Member Since:
December 23, 2007
Last Visited:
September 26, 2009
User Stats:
23 / Female
Anime Stats
total episodes: 3,761
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comments
DeusVult
Konnichiwa!
So who is going to swing the champagne bottle on the maiden voyage? That's great to hear. You will thoroughly enjoy it I'm sure. Sorry to hear about the Dinghy.
I've been all over the place with Anime. Last thing I watched that I really like was the School Rumble comedy. Been watching a lot of the new shows coming out with my school's anime club. (I finally graudated btw) Been busy this summer making my kites. Working on this 11.5 diameter fish kite. It will be anchored to the ground and "bob" up and down.
Hope the sailing is smooth and let me see a pic of it on the open sea. =)
DeusVult
Konnichiwa!
Have you shipwrecked on an island yet with that sailboat of yours?
LAYLOM
Thanks! ^_^
for the warm welcome
Kilplow
You Rock!
The Evil Overlord list is just a silly online list of things to do and not to do if you were an evil overlord--you often see them in anime, movies, and literature.
http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html
When I've captured my adversary and he says, "Look, before you kill me, will you at least tell me what this is all about?" I'll say, "No." and shoot him. No, on second thought I'll shoot him then say "No."
One of my advisors will be an average five-year-old child. Any flaws in my plan that he is able to spot will be corrected before implementation.
If my weakest troops fail to eliminate a hero, I will send out my best troops instead of wasting time with progressively stronger ones as he gets closer and closer to my fortress.
If a group of henchmen fail miserably at a task, I will not berate them for incompetence then send the same group out to try the task again.
If an attractive young couple enters my realm, I will carefully monitor their activities. If I find they are happy and affectionate, I will ignore them. However if circumstance have forced them together against their will and they spend all their time bickering and criticizing each other except during the intermittent occasions when they are saving each others' lives at which point there are hints of sexual tension, I will immediately order their execution.
If one of my daughters actually manages to win the hero and openly defies me, I will congratulate her on her choice, declare a national holiday to celebrate the wedding, and proclaim the hero my heir. This will probably be enough to break up the relationship. If not, at least I am assured that no hero will attack my Legions of Terror when they are holding a parade in his honor.
You get the idea, it's a silly, funny, but all too true kind of list.
The "Wheel of Time" is a series by Robert Jordan of twelve books between 600 and 1,000 pages each. The first is "The Eye of The World".
The "Sword of Truth" is a series of books by Terry Goodkind. The first book is "Wizard's First Rule."
If you like science fiction, I'd suggest "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. The other books in the series are very different, however, they might be interesting if you like the last chapter of Ender's Game especially.
Konnichiwa!
I figured you were pretty busy with life when you disappeared from MSN. You certainly are working interesting jobs. I am just glad nothing happened...the internet is funny like that, sometimes people disappear and you just wonder why.
The Best Buy's in Ohio had a firesale on anime (1/2 off), so Shane, myself, and a few other friends have been watching quite a bit--"Afternoons of Anime" as he calls them on the weekends. Some of my picks (usually just one hearsay) turned out well--others did not. My most prized buy was "5 Centimeters Per Second" by Makoto Shinkai.
I finished the first half of Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge, but the second half was somewhat disorientating, the direction really changed radically in it, and they tried to make it very fast paced, so I put it on hold. I've really noticed direction of anime alot in general--particularly "The Girl that Leapt through Time" and "Kure-nai", both had amazing direction.
I've heard "Towards the Terra", but haven't actually seen it myself. Regardless, perhaps I'll look into it when I clear my plate of anime to watch. Anyway, would love to hear more from you.