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Bio Update: Nov 11, 2012

AnimeABCs Statistics You're Dying to Know

I'm on Letter: E

Anime of Choice: Eureka Seven

Fav Character: 

Fav Yaoi Pairing:  

Goal Completion Date:  Jan 1, 2013

~AnimABCs Event~

So, since Capeta, I've been having a hard time finding good anime to keep myself enthralled.  In hopes of coming out of my slump, I'm going do my AnimABCs!  Here's how it works!

As of today, I challenge myself to watch 1 anime for every letter of the alphabet.  I'll start with an anime title that starts with A.  Here are a couple rules I'll follow:

1. The title can be in Japanese or English, as long as it starts with A. 
2. I can choose ANY anime that starts with an A (including OVAs, TV, Movies, etc).  
3. I can only move on to the next letter once I've completed the previous letter.  Since this is the case, I will choose only "completed" status animes.
4. Once I've completed A, I'll move on to B, then C, etc. 
5. For a bonus, I'll watch an anime that starts with a number at the very end!
6. NEW EXCEPTION: To be flexible, I'll allow myself to watch anything anime that are currently "Ongoing" during this time.

I'll keep a blog of the list of animes I've seen in my marathon.  Keep an eye out for it!

Since I'm busy with life, I won't be setting a time limit on it.  This marathon can last from a couple weeks to a full out year!  We'll see!

The challenge will be to continue the alphabet, and resist watching any animes that appear out of sequence!

Why not try this yourself?

~*~

Me, Myself, and Anime

When it comes to A/M, I'd like to think I'm fairly well-versed.  I've spent way too much time on it and thanks to it, I've become a hermit whose longest relationship I've ever had (other than with my folks) is with my computer (ah~ I love you! *kisskisshughug*).

I used to have a habit of marathoning A/M, but have since overcome it with a strange addiction to solitaire.  Now, instead of watching fifteen episodes of anime in a row, I pause every three to four episodes to play some intense, eyebrow-scrunching solitaire before resuming.  I'd like to think its an improvement.  Fortunately now, I can afford to spend the time watching as I no longer have to pretend to study or do school work.

If only 'Epic' was a genre...

My tastes in A/M have remain (mostly) unchanged since the start of my Otaku journey some 10 years ago.  While the general targeted age of my tastes have changed, I still find myself a slave to animes/mangas with an epic theme.  There's nothing I love more than an undefeatable main character with an addicting storyline.  Throw in some comedy and you have my ideal anime genre.  I generally prefer genres like Shounen, Action, Drama, Comedy, Romance, and Epicness (its a genre in my book).  Stuff like One Piece, Gintama, Skip Beat!, Soul Eater, Fushigi Yuugi, Basilisk, and Major (to name a few) totally make my day.

My least favourite genres (i.e. the genres I hate with a passion) are Harem (unless its reverse harem... like Nadeshiko and even then, I still hate Angelique), ecchi (in most cases) and general panty shot/fanservice/big titties/pervertness genred A/M.  Unfortunately for me though, there seems to be more and more of these ridiculously pointless A/M and less and less of 'good' anime nowadays.  In my opinion, if I'm spending time reading stuff like this, I might as well just read hentai.

Spontaneous Ratings

5 stars - "OMFG.  So good."

1. I'll totally recommend this one to EVERYONE.
2. I definitely marathoned this one.
3. Upon finishing, I feel a sense of loss and emptiness in my soul.
4. I'm likely to: (1) rewatch/reread the entire series from the top; (2) go back to certain episodes/chapters to rewatch/reread my favourite scenes; and/or (3) start watching/reading the anime/manga counterpart.

4.5 stars - "Really good!"

1. I'd recommend this if it came up in a conversation.
2. I probably marathoned the anime.
3. Upon finishing, I'm likely to feel a sense of loss but will get over it quickly.
4. I may or may not do (2) or (3).

4 stars - "I enjoyed it."

1. I probably didn't marathon it.
2. Upon finishing, no sense of loss is felt.
3. I probably won't go back to certain episodes to watch my favourite parts though.
4. Easily replaced.

3.5 stars - "It was so-so."

1. Easily replaced.
2. Upon finishing, may feel as if I'd wasted my time.

3 stars and below - "..."

1. Probably stalled or dropped.
2. Upon stall/drop, likely to feel annoyed and as if I'd wasted my time.

Not rated - ?

1. Usually too insignificant for me to bother rating.
2. I forgot.

As you can see, most of my ratings are either between 3-5 or not rated.  Anything not rated is generally a result of my laziness or a lack of interest.

Remarks

I've seen quite a bit of anime and am always open to suggestions.  In turn, if you'd like suggestions, drop me a line!  You're also welcome to checkout my anime stats for what I really enjoyed.

Well, since I'm feeling sleepy and lazy, I'll end this profile update now.