hi all!
randomly found this site
live on the outskirts of san francisco
ANIME:
it all started with starblazers & robotech!
didn't really watch much anime later except for the occasional drunken blockbuster night with friends
jumped back into anime a couple of years ago...with a vengeance!
My "IF...THENs":
IF i'm hooked after watching the 1st ep...THEN the anime will most likely become a favorite
IF i watch past 1/3 of the season series...THEN i'll say that the anime was pretty good
IF the 1st 1/3 of the season series ever becomes unappealing..THEN i'll drop the anime
i'll watch anime based on #1) animation style & quality/character models #2) premise #3) story pacing/character progression
generally i like mecha, action, historical, sci-fi & seinen but i'll give almost any anime a shot
some favorites - macross franchise (except macross7), gurren lagann, ninja scroll (movie), basilisk, GitS franchise, evangelion, claymore, bamboo blade, full metal panic!, black lagoon, moribito, code geass, soul eater, sengoku basara, eden of the east
favorites that require special attention:
shigurui - may be slow and hard to follow but outstanding animation quality, artistic style, and unique premise/story make this anime a favorite for me
makoto shinkai - (voices of a distant star, the place promised in our early days, 5cm per second) using off the shelf software and home pcs/notebooks to produce anime of exceptional quality is truly a talent to be admired
Yasuhiro Yoshiura - (pale cocoon, eve no jikan) another talented director/artist like makoto shinkai
currently watching canaan, bakemonogatari, umineko no naku koro ni, needless
GAMES:
played pretty much every console classic
favorite obscure game = blaster master for NES
last console played = N64
favorite N64 games = goldeneye/starfox/wcw vs nwo: world tour/star wars: rogue squadron
abandoned console gaming indefinitely & moved on to pc games exclusively
my favorite pc games are:
strategy = civilization series/total war series (shogun total war is still my favorite)
hack&slash = diablo2 (I FREAKING LOVED THIS GAME!!!!...until the game and my accounts got hacked to pieces & ppl were running multiple farming bot instances)
fps = return to castle wolfenstein multi-player (LOVED THIS GAME TOO!!!)/call of duty series
rpg = baldur's gate series (storyline was win)/neverwinter nights
mmorpg = guild wars series ----> age of conan (gfx = win but game = fail for me)
flight sim = il2 sturmovik
don't really game much now..last games played were age of conan & call of duty: world at war
waiting for diablo3 & guild wars2
OTHER STUFF:
i like samurai & ninja movies (currently watching tenchijin taiga drama)
