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31 || Austria || Risa || They / She
Watching anime since 25+ years
Reading manga since 20+ years

MY INTEREST STACKS

For the Girlies and Enbies & The Female Gaze (Part 1)
For the Girlies and Enbies & The Female Gaze (Part 2)


HOBBIES, INTERESTS & LIKES

Writing, worldbuilding, books, media in general, DnD & other TTRPGs, biology, dinosaurs, space, paganism, renfairs, rain, autumn, winter, forests, fashion, cats, ...


MY LIST

I've watched ca. 270 individual TV and ONA series (not counting prequels and sequels on my list) and ca. 80 individual movies (not series-related movies) on my journey as an anime fan.
Why so many anime and manga? Uhm, because I'm old.
Also, I'm watching like 15-25 TV / ONA anime series a year, plus a bunch of non-related OVAs and movies. So, that really adds up after 25 years.

I'm only adding my favorite old OVAs and movies tho and I'm only adding manga I can remember well (have read a bunch of short boys love / girls love / romance / other one-volume manga).

I'm rarely watching live action series and I'm only playing 1-3 video games a year, although I love a couple of live actions, cartoons and games. My main sources of entertainment is animation, books and music.

I usually only finish entries that I liked/loved and/or entries that were memorable for various reasons, but I take a look into lot of new seasonals, only to drop 90 % of them very soon.
I drop most anime and manga that I'd rate below 7 (and not adding every awful series to my list).
Also I'm not adding most Pokemon or Conan movies, neither do I add music videos since they are bloating my list even more (sadly).

Please do not recommend something to me, I always got a lot of anime to watch and manga and novels (also western ones) to read.
For Secret Santa: Please only recommend me entries from my paused- or my plan-list.




FAVORITE MEDIA









LOVE & DISLIKE

Genres I Love

(High) Fantasy & Steampunk
Dark Fantasy & Cosmic Horror
Adventure & Historical
Romantasy & Romance
Childcare & Slice of Life
Cozy Fantasy & Iyashikei
Drama & Psychological
Aviation & Military
Dystopia & Utopia
Science Fiction & Mecha



Never Watched Much Of / Not Fond Of Series Like ...

One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Fairy Tail, Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, Black Clover, Fire Force ... lot of lengthy and popular battle shounen, with a few exceptions.

Never liked ecchis, harems, most moe, isekai & romcom series, etc.
To be honest, I think ~ 80 % of anime, manga and light novels are quite bad to ... abysmal, yet there are great ones out there as well.

In theory I love horror and dark fantasy, but often it's just laughable edgy. So I rather like dark and creepy atmospheres and worlds. I can't stand too edgy characters and plots and can't take them serious (already had my issues with Eren of some kind).

Also I love romances, but I'm quite picky as well.

There are great female and queer characters in anime too, but I can't stand it, when they are just harem inventory or older teenage / adult characters who act like a child for most parts.







What I (Dis)Like In Characters

In general I like various types of characters, except bland slates, edgelords & co.
Also I'm not fond of "strong independent women", who are just acting like a bratty and rude teenager, like a macho man or look down on other women. This is mostly an issue in some western life action and animated shows.

For and foremost I like kind characters, who feel real and manage to be kind and have depth without coming across as saints or goodie-two shoes. I'm so tired of shows, where everyone is awful to another, but I'm also tired of superficial portrayal of empathy and kindness.

In general I like complex and fun characters with different sides to them and I like good-natured people, who fucked up morally and get some interesting inner struggles to deal with. Roy Mustang might be the prime example for this.
Also I like (often powerful or influental) characters, who have to deal with the responsibility coming with their power and position they are in.

I'm really fond of intelligent women and non-binary characters with strong passions, and in general I like competent characters.
Also it's great to see characters, who I can interpret as neurodivergent, without them being the antisocial and "robotic" stereotype, portrayed as pitiful or anything.

For most parts I prefer older characters, but there are also more than enough kid or teenage characters I like.