[✕] Abara (13)
[✔] Aku no Hana (58)
[✔] Amon: Devilman Mokushiroku (41)
[✕] Appleseed (25)
[✕] Araragi Express (32)
[✔] Bad Company (10)
[✔] Battle Royale (119)
[✔] Black Magic(6)
[➤] Chichi no Koyomi (12)
[✔] Chidaruma Kenpou - Onorera ni Tsugu (2)
[✔] Claymore (159)
[✕] Complex (24)
[✔] Crimsons: Akai Koukaishatachi (36)
[✕] Crows (95)
[✕] Cyber Blue (31)
[✔] Deadman Wonderland (58)
[✔] Devilman (53)
[✔] Elfen Lied (113)
[✕] Genocyber (5)
[✔] Gunnm: Last Order (124)
[➤] Hadashi no Gen (54)
[✕] Hellsing (92)
[✔] Hokuto no Ken (245)
[✔] Hourou Musuko (123)
[➤] Ikkyu (27)
[✔] LifE (23)
[✕] No.5 (37)
[✕] Piano no Mori (242)
[✔] Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin (235)
[✕] Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä (59)
[✔] Keimusho no Naka (12)
[✔] Kiichi!! (87)
[✕] Kimi no Knife (71)
[➤] Kozure Ookami (142)
[➤] Kurosagi (220)
[➤] The Push Man and Other Stories (16)
[✕] The World Is Mine (163)
[✔] Venus Senki (29)
[➤] Zetman (226)
Comments & suggestions are welcome :) (Previous goal: Scanners Approved Titles - Level MAX -> ON HOLD!)
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(Afterwards I'll respond to your messages & will properly greet any new friends -
I will only be sporadicly online, so please be patient until then)
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Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Height: 1m64 Zodiac: Aquarius/Rooster Countdown To My B-Day Blood Type: O- Languages: Dutch, English, French, German (basic) Religion/Politics Left-Wing Anime status: Currently on hiatus Manga status: Ongoing
Activities: Cultural Worker Hobbies: Card/Boardgames Favorite style: Skatewear Favorite sport: Extreme styles Favorite food: Malaysian Favorite Anime/Manga: Saint Seiya Favorite Drama: My life :) Favorite Gamegenre: Beat 'em up/Hack and slash/JRPG's/Shoot 'em up Favorite Game: <3 FF IX <3 Favorite Music: Alternative/Electro/New Wave/Power Metal/Punk Favorite TV Shows: Crime/Detective Favorite Movies: Cult/Fantasy/Film-Noir/Sci-Fi Favorite Books: Graphic Novels Favorite Quote: Life is like a box of LEGO! Dislikes: Clams/Cockroaches/Cold/Discrimination/Long walks MOE Point: Tsundere Computer: HP Pavilion x360 Camera: Iphone SE 2020 Consoles Owned: Arcade/Atari 7800/GB/GB Color/NES/Wii/DS/3DS/PS2/PS3/PSP/Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Figures:My Collection
Things I Love @Cons
1 Free goodies & manga excerpts (Sankyuu!)
2 Guests from my childhood (Gather all those old actors, mangaka, singers,...)
3 Onigiri (Tuna with mayo, wrapped in crispy nori)
4 Ramune (Gotta taste those 36 flavors)
5 Sales on merch (Yes, I would like a bag with that)
Things I Hate @Cons
1 Huge props & giant backpacks (I'm standing right behind you, ya know?)
2 Free hugs-solicitations (You stink!)
3 Nightcore & Vocaloid (Makes my ears bleed)
4 Terrible cosplay (No, I'm not body-shaming)
5 Weeaboos (Screaming hyperactive fangirls/boys)
Why? Because the man is a f*cking GENIUS! Now go away, your mind is not ready yet...
Favorite Game OST
Why? Because sometimes I'm faced with nostalgic memories! Now go away so I can cry a river, build a bridge & get over it...
Favorite J-Rock Band
Why? Because I love the experimental sound of it. You nosy brat!
Favorite Japanese Albums
1 Cuushe - Red Rocket Telepathy
2 Galaxy 7 - Eye Of The Dragon Who Wished To Be A Man
3 Handsome Kenya - Amnesia
4 Maximum The Hormone - Zawa...Zawa...Za..Zawa......Zawa
5 Miyavi - Miyaviuta -Dokusou-
6 Sophia - Yume
7 Susumu Hirasawa - Byakkoya/White Tiger Field
8 Utada Hikaru - Ultra Blue
9 X-Japan - Dahlia
10 Zwei - Z
Favorite NON-Japanese Things
American TV
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Battlestar Gallactica
Deadwood
OZ
Six Feet Under
Sopranos
Tudors
Tour of Duty
The Wire
Xena
X-Files
British TV
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Absolutely Fabulous
'Allo 'Allo
Bad Girls
Call The Midwife
Hercule Poirot
Keeping up Appearances
IT Crowd
Little Brittain
The Office
Peep Show
Other TV
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30 Degrees In February
Romanzo Criminale
European Graphic Books
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Abelard - Renaud Dillies & Houtière
Blacksad - Guarnido & Diaz
Blue is The Warmest Color - Julie Maroh
Boxer - Reinhard Kleist
China - Li Kunwu & P. Ôtié
Dancing on the Volcano - Floor De Goede
Kochi Wanaba - Jamie Smart
Love Trilogy - Brrémaud & Bertolucci
Marzi - Marzena Sowa
Medz Yeghern - Paolo Cossi
Michel - Zidrou & Roger
Ordinary Victories - Manu Larcenet
Tank Girl - Hewlett & Martin
V For Vendetta - Alan Moore & David Lloyd
Watchmen - Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Why I killed Pierre - Alfred & Olivier Ka
Zombies - Olivier Peru
American Graphic Books
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Calvin & Hobbes - Bill Watterson
Contract With God Trilogy - Will Eisner
Daybreak - Brian Ralph
Hellboy - Mike Mignola
Maus - Art Spiegelman
Mice Templar - Bryan Glass
Monsters on The Hill - Rob Harrell
Mouse Guard - David Petersen
Sin City - Frank Miller
Stitches - David Small
Tanpopo - Camilla d'Errico
Walking Dead - Robert Kirkman
Wet Moon - Ross/Sophie Campbell
What are your thoughts on...? I'm glad you're interested in my opinion regarding a particular title. But please, don't let me type out a wall of text, without even replying a little 'thank you' note :)
If you won't be able to do that, then don't bother asking... (don't worry, I'm not expecting an instant response)
Not yet aired shows on the 'Watched' list? Sometimes I'm all 'clickerdieclick' while adding shows to my 'PTW' list (OCD). If you want to point out any mistakes, please feel free to do so! But first make sure I didn't already correct it :)
Hentai?
Yes, but I have a fairly clean list.
200 Hentai titles (mainly notable OVA's from '84-'06) are divided between the different sections.
First anime? Nils Holgersson (Nils no Fushigi na Tabi) <Me thinks>
Watching since? '87 -> Génération Club Do
Series that needs a sequel/rerun/...? NaNa! Damn you "sudden illness"
Which medium? In order: torrents stored on HD (4TB), streams (CR & others), download (YT & others), scans (MF & others) & DVD (BlackBox, Kana, Kaze,...), books (Glénat, Dybex,...)
Owned BOOKS
Manga: 98
Manhua: 3
Owned DVD
Film: 15
OVA: 17
TV: 10 (complete)
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10: The world's most spectacular manmade wonder & remarkable creation of what I believe represented perfection
->If a show receives a 10, I'll hunt every con down in search of a legal copy!
Points: Music (OST)/Art (Style)/Voice acting (OV)/Characters (Depth)/Story (Pacing)/Begin-End (Plot)/Enjoyment (The feels)/Value (Rewatch?)
1: Every form of media needs to be burned or shredded in public
->I have never given a show this much of a low rate except Yuki Doke!
- -: Unrated -> In the process of watching it or haven't seen it in a long time to give a thoughtful score.
(The latter are aprox. 200 titles & I try to keep it that way)
Hentai: Everything above 5/10 is considered a masterpiece of lewdness!
(or the bizarro-meter is just exceptionally high)
Honorable RX Mentions
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* Shoujo Sect
* Urotsukidoji
* A Kite
* Legend of the Blue Wolf
* Sex Demon Queen
* Dragon Knight
* Kimeira - Angel of Death
* Legend of Reyon: The God of Darkness
* Level-C
* Mezzo Forte
* Sensitive Pornograph
Nah, absolutely all scores are based upon personal enjoyment (& I have a very obscure taste) ^_^
High Score 10
Airy Me (5 min.)
Akira (124 min.)
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. (242 min.)
Berserk (625 min.)
Blood: The Last Vampire (48 min.)
Blossom (5 min.)
Chiisana Ahiru no Ooki na Ai no Monogatari: Ahiru no Kwak (1196 min.)
Jin Sheng Yuan (5 min.)
Hadashi no Gen I & II (169 min.)
Hotaru no Haka (88 min.)
Je T'aime (11 min.)
Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä (117 min.)
Metropolis (109 min.)
Mukougaoka Chisato wa Tada Mitsumeteita no Datta (5 min.)
Nakedyouth (10 min.) NSFW
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (101 min.)
Saint Seiya (2736 min.)
There She Is!! (25 min.)
Tonari no Totoro (86 min.)
Toradora! (600 min.)
Tuzki: Love Assassin (2 min.)
Low Score 2
Born By Myself (6 min.)
G Senjou no Higeki (9 min.)
Nami (3 min.) NSFW
Sign (9 min.)
The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (3 min.) NSFW
Utsu Musume Sayuri (3 min.)
List Setting
Watching:
I'll try to binge & marathon it as fast as I possibly can (according to my available free time), but I won't skim through the episodes. In the mean time I'll pace myself with more easy going anime.
-> There can be like 5 shows in this list that I'll be watching altogether.
ERRATA: The rest of the list contains a selection of titles I will most likely watch this year.
Completed:
Bear in mind that I'm watching anime since the 80's, so I've added them without rating (they'll need a rewatch)
-> I won't fill out the start/end date, 'cause it's too much of a hassle (If you're comparing lists, imo you just need the rating) yeah, I'm a lazy ass!
Dropped:
NONEXISTENT!
-> I don't drop anime/manga, I put them on hold thinking that one day they'll get better :)
ERRATA: Some titles were stuck in the 'On-hold' or 'PTW' list, unable to find at this very moment. So I've moved them temporarily in order to keep the rest sorted.
Those shows will be picked up later!
On Hold:
Mainly due to unavailable episodes (reasonable quality or subs - I'll only watch RAW if it's a kids show, a short commercial or an AMV, I'll try to avoid dubs) & I'm too lazy to use Google o/ Procrastination o/
-> I won't exceed 50 entries
Except the Manga section: Because of the constant merging of one shots & lack of decent translations I could not keep up, so I've set the max limit to 100...
ERRATA: All the other titles are 'crappy' shows to keep me entertained during boring moments!
PTW:
I'll put everything in here that looks remotely interesting 'cause of high rating/popularity/obscurity, recommended by friends/books/reviews or to complete a franchise.
-> There can be a possible inconsistency. I'm working on the missing titles, but you know: Lazy ^^
I will keep them managed until I've reached the max level of 7500 total entries
Completed: 10,54% of all anime & 1,46% of all manga Mean score: 0.50 lower than global mean Franchises: 223 anime & 41 manga Episodes: 15370 Chapters: 3799 Average time spent: 218.81min/day Highest streak: 239 eps. in 1 week Breakdown: Watched 8 months, 2 weeks, 7 days, 6 hours & 15 minutes of anime! Read 1 month, 3 weeks, 8 days, 6 hours, 47 minutes of manga! To go: min. 372 TV, 264 OVA, 176 Movies, 18 Spcl My rules: ALL FILLERS ARE GOOD, STOP DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THEM!
Favorite Decades
ANIME MANGA
Favorite Types
ANIME MANGA
Favorite Genres
ANIME
1 Drama
2 Adventure
3 Romance
4 Slice of Life
5 Historical
6 Mystery
7 Fantasy
8 Action
9 Sci-Fi
10 Shounen
MANGA
1 Psychological
2 Drama
3 Seinen
4 Shounen
5 Action
6 Shoujo Ai
7 Adventure
8 School
9 Sci-Fi
10 Historical
Favorite Studios
1 Studio Ghibli
2 Madhouse
3 Gainax
4 Production I.G
5 Studio Pierrot
6 Studio Hibari
7 Gonzo
8 Telecom Animation Film
9 CoMix Wave Films
10 Asread
* Membership 3 years
[s]4 years/[s]
* Posts 150
200
250
400
500
* Time 100 days of anime 5 days of manga
* Completed
750 Anime & Manga
1500 Anime & Manga
* Entries 1500 Anime & Manga
* Ratings Anime/Manga list contains each at least 100 rated entries in 'Completed' section
Anime/Manga list contains each no more than 5% of non rated entries Anime/Manga list contains each no more than 49% of entries rated 8 or higher Anime/Manga list contains each no more than 10% of perfect (10) rated entries Anime/Manga list contains each don't have a 'mean score' of 8.0 or above
* Favorites 15 Characters/People
MalGraph
80/132
ANIME
What exactly did I just watch? - Dementia/Psychological: level 1 You discovered a whole new world of weird. Keep on watching.
My mind is full of fu** - Dementia/Psychological: level 2 Your attempt to wrap your mind around this failed completely.
Is this the real life? - Dementia/Psychological: level 3 It has become hard to distinguish between reality and fiction.
Signed the contract - Mahou Shoujo: level 1 Became a magical girl and started saving the world, step by step.
Magic is my middle name - Mahou Shoujo: level 2 Transformed into a magical girl: level two. In the name of the Moon, I will punish you!
Normal high school boy - Slice Of Life: level 1 Got started into the furious ride with slice-of-life anime.
cute × ( girls + things ) - Slice Of Life: level 2 Didn’t get bored of watching cute girls doing cute things. As if that’s possible.
Enjoying life - Slice Of Life: level 3 Found the equilibrium between boring and interesting.
Prima Undine - Slice Of Life: level MAX Awarded Ph.D. degree in sliceoflife-ology. You can teach others how to stay calm and take it easy.
3... 2... 1... Liftoff! - Space: level 1 You've taken one small step for man, not such a giant leap for mankind.
The Earth looks so small from up here - Space: level 2 You're finally outside the atmosphere, but there's still a lot to explore.
So manly I can’t breathe - GAR: level 1 Watching all those men made you feel like a little girl… and you liked it.
Testosterone storm - GAR: level 2 Your body has adapted into GAR anime. You can hear your muscles growing.
You are already man - GAR: level 3 Resistance is futile. People are simply no match for you.
Me? PILOT this thing?! - Mecha: level 1 A secret organization wants you to pilot a huge mecha. Can you do it?
Engineer - Mecha: level 2 After watching over 40 mecha anime you should be able to build your own mobile suit. Remember not to kill the rest of us.
Mechazawa - Mecha: level 3 Having watched over 60 mecha anime, you’ve probably become a robot already. Nice job, hero.
Gettin' your keys on! - Music: level 1 You don't know what you've just listened to, but you like it.
This is even better live - Music: level 2 Proudly display the badges you have earned in the fancafe.
Dreaming of the city - Music: level 3 Your musical knowledge has expanded so much you are tempted to make a career out of it.
Growing suspicions - Mystery: level 1 It's suspicious because nothing looks suspicious, and if it looks suspicious from the start it's obviously suspicious.
Detective's assistant - Mystery: level 2 Now it's your business to know what other people don't know too.
Genius detective - Mystery: level 3 You're already a genius at unraveling mysteries... but how is it possible that everywhere you go someone ends up dead?
Stalker - Romance: level 1 I’ll stalk you so hard you won’t notice me for 24 episodes. Why don’t you love me yet?
Unrequited love - Romance: level 2 If you won’t confess, they’ll never know how you feel. But don’t bother if you’re the best girl - these never win.
Sparkles and bubbles - Romance: level 3 Every time you two get close you feel butterflies in your stomach. Now kiss.
Heart full of love - Romance: level MAX So many romance anime! You surely are an expert in relationships already.
History class - Historical: level 1 History doesn’t have to be boring. There’s a lot to learn.
A look at passing time - Historical: level 2 Instead of dreaming of the future, you prefer to look back at the past.
Archaeologist - Historical: level 3 You have learned that sometimes going further just isn’t worth it. And yet you try.
Paranoia fuel - Horror and Thriller: level 1 It's not like you needed to sleep tonight, anyway.
Too many teeth - Horror and Thriller: level 2 You know something is following you. You just don't know what.
Extreme phobia - Horror and Thriller: level 3 You are terrified; you are transfixed.
Knockout! - Sports: level 1 You've held your own in the ring, time to go all the way.
Get your head in the game - Sports: level 2 The odds are against you, time to get in the zone.
Feels… weird, man - It’s just an ice cream Watched Boku no Pico. This is what you get when you follow /a/’s recommendations.
Memories - Studio Ghibli Once you've seen them, you can never forget them.
Completionist - I’ll endure anything You’ve managed to survive watching so many anime without dropping any of them. You masochist.
VHS master race - Pre-1980 anime You overwrote my cartoons with The Karate Kid?! MOOOM!
Cassette tape - Classics: level 1 The first time you watched these, you didn't even know what they were.
Solid color - Classics: level 2 Bomber jackets, high-waisted jeans, an overload of patterns, and bishies everywhere.
It's raining... tragic backstories! - Classics: level 3 It might be the nostalgia lens, but you swear things had more substance back then.
Blockbuster - Classics: level MAX Man, do you feel old as all hell.
I like them long - Long runner Didn't fall asleep while watching long anime series. 100 episodes isn't a big deal to you.
Blink, and you'll miss it - Shorts: level 1 It was over before it started, but it managed to tell an enticing tale.
Quickie addict - Shorts: level 2 You've been saying "one more" for the past nine hours.
Block by block - Shorts: level 3 Just like in a game of tetris, you're building something great out of small pieces.
Short but gold - Shorts: level MAX You have learned that some of the greatest things come in small packages.
The first step - Passed 100 mark Watched 100 anime. Congratulations, you broke the magical number. Take a breath now, it will only get more difficult.
Casual watcher - Passed 200 mark Watched 200 anime. You’re used to seeing character’s eyes bigger than their nose. If they have any nose.
A millionaire - Passed 300 mark Watched 300 anime. You DID buy all of them, right?
Bragging rights - Passed 400 mark Watched 400 anime. That’s… a lot. You can be proud of yourself, that’s for sure.
A lot of free time - Passed 500 mark Watched 500 anime. Now pause, take a breath and stretch a bit. Remember not to sit too close to the screen.
Not even my final form - Passed 750 mark Watched 750 anime. Your power level is way above others’. The only way is up.
Gotta watch them all! - Passed 1000 mark Watched 1000 anime. You should already know what that picture means.
MANGA
Curiosity - Mystery: level 1 If it is you who is curious, no case shall remain unsolved.
[u]Determination[u] - Mystery: level 2 No matter who the villain is... you WILL find out the answers.
Mixed feelings - Romance: level 1 98% hatred, 2% love. Give it some time and these two will reverse.
Love me or die - Romance: level 2 Yandere is a form of love too. A rather extreme one, but still!
Breaking the chains - Romance: level 3 With love, nothing is impossible. You just have to let someone break you free of restrictions.
Heart that never stops beating - Romance: level MAX When I see you, my kokoro goes doki-doki and the sekai starts to spin around. How could I live without you?
The stakes are high - Sports: level 1 Joined the game for real. The more you read, the more addictive it gets.
Sweet tooth - Vampire/Demon: level 1 Donuts? Really? You lived for 500 years just to eat them?
Inner fujoshi awakened - Fujoshi: level 1 I was just taking a peek in this manga I accidentally found... and surprisingly liked it.
Not a day without BL - Fujoshi: level 2 It's already too late to stop and turn back, just remember to watch your back while reading.
Yaoi detector - Fujoshi: level 3 I don't care! I ship it!
But that's forbidden love - Yuri/Shoujo Ai: level 1 Cute girls doing cute things... right?
I kissed a girl... - Yuri/Shoujo Ai: level 2 ...and I liked it!
All female school - Yuri/Shoujo Ai: level 3 There are only girls here to love... but I don't mind it.
HONEY, I’M HOME - Horror: level 1 WHAT IS FOR DINNER TODAY
Lovely smile of a psychopath - Horror: level 2 You can’t spell slaughter without laughter.
What have I become? - Horror: level 3 Sweetheart, something's wrong with your make up...
Heart attack - Horror: level MAX Not all surprises are pleasant, but it looks like you love being scared.
I peek just a little - Eek! Wait a minute, this wasn't the men's bath?
I’ve seen some sh-- - And it still hurts Despite seemingly endless suffering, you’ve never dropped any manga. That’s impressive.
At the end of the galaxy - Pre-1980 manga Your never-ending journey for the most forgotten comic books has finally paid off.
Casual reader - Passed 100 mark Read 100 manga. Looks like reading doesn’t hurt.
Bookworm - Passed 200 mark Read 200 manga. Sitting in your comfortable chair, reading favorite Korean comics. This is bliss.
Dat scent - Passed 300 mark Read 300 manga. There’s nothing better than the smell of freshly opened book. Or a PDF.
Where do I put these? - Passed 400 mark Read 400 manga. Consider investing in another bookshelf, or you’ll be swimming in books soon.
Half a grand - Passed 500 mark Read 500 manga. Now think of what kind of person you’d be if you didn’t start reading manga then. On that particular day…
♡ HI, it's been a while. Our club has been on hiatus for over 2 years, mostly due to COVID and adjusting to life since then. I'm pleased to bring news about us opening a discord server and migrating everything we had from the club to the server. I hope to make it more interactable with this and build a small community again. In case this all seems unfamiliar, the main purpose of our small community was to gather and chat about Boys Love (the genre) and give each other recommendations, have lists of different types of BL and now we've expanded into Manhwa & Manhua. To join the server, feel free to click on the banner or below where it says "SERVER LINK". The link expires in 7 days, if you need a new one feel free to DM me! I hope to see you there! ♡
Good to hear back from you. Yes, that's right. I'm still teaching English in Japan. Life here has been pretty good...in spite of the North Koreans lobbing missiles our way.
Hi.. Just checking to see if you're still around here. Glad to see you are. If you're wondering, I think you came across me first (on last.fm). Cheers!
No problem. Thanks for accepting my request!
As for your questions, well I'll be happy to answer them
1. My favorite genres are Shounen Manga. Yes, you might not be a huge shounen fan or anything, but when a Shounen Battle Manga is done right, you can really see the characters grow throughout the series. Not to mention, some of my favorite manga are Shounen, Like Jojo and Saint Seiya.
I also tend to like psychological series such as Parasyte and Gantz, but right now, I'm not planning to write one of them.
As for my disliked genres, they'd have to be Slice of Life, Romance and Comedy. All 3 just bore me if the story isn't moving along at a steady pace, and that's pretty much the reasoning.
2. There are many Mangaka that act as inspiration toward me, but if I'd have to name a few I'll go with Hirohiko Araki (Jojo), Kurumada Masami (Saint Seiya) and Takei Hiroyuki (Shaman King). All 3 of these Mangaka do an amazing job at developing characters in intense story lines filled with battles and it's something that I can appreciate as a Manga reader.
Hope that answered your questions. If you have anything else, feel free to let me know either on my page, or through skype.
Thanks!
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As for your questions, well I'll be happy to answer them
1. My favorite genres are Shounen Manga. Yes, you might not be a huge shounen fan or anything, but when a Shounen Battle Manga is done right, you can really see the characters grow throughout the series. Not to mention, some of my favorite manga are Shounen, Like Jojo and Saint Seiya.
I also tend to like psychological series such as Parasyte and Gantz, but right now, I'm not planning to write one of them.
As for my disliked genres, they'd have to be Slice of Life, Romance and Comedy. All 3 just bore me if the story isn't moving along at a steady pace, and that's pretty much the reasoning.
2. There are many Mangaka that act as inspiration toward me, but if I'd have to name a few I'll go with Hirohiko Araki (Jojo), Kurumada Masami (Saint Seiya) and Takei Hiroyuki (Shaman King). All 3 of these Mangaka do an amazing job at developing characters in intense story lines filled with battles and it's something that I can appreciate as a Manga reader.
Hope that answered your questions. If you have anything else, feel free to let me know either on my page, or through skype.
Thanks!
- Ryucario