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My Anime History
-Name: Zadel
-Current age: 24
-Age you began watching anime: 7
-First anime series: Tekkaman Blade and Slayers / Death Note knowing it was anime.
-Age you began streaming/downloading anime: 20
-First streamed/downloaded anime: Darker Than Black
-Do you see yourself watching anime 10 years from now?: I don't think I'd ever get tired of anime.
Score Distribution
FAVORITE CHARACTERS
I would like to point out that they are sorted by order and gender, first male, first female, second male, second female, and so on.
1- Hei/BK-201 (Darker Than Black): Quite a character, despite being a contractor he is one of the few who is capable of showing emotions, skilled in fight, and taciturn personality. i like this type of character a lot. Plus, he is such a badass.
2- Shigure Asa (Shuffle!): She is quite controversial since a lot of people doesn't like her, but I like her because she is the only character who steps away of the obvious choices and classical heroines in the harem genre, meaning: air-headed, innocent, lolicon, or not blood related sister (at least one of them busty) character. She is nothing like the heroines in other harem animes (not including TWGOK).
3- Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop): He is pretty much like Hei, but without the powers and a deeper background, his last scene with Julia is just the mind blowing thing who sets the viewer to the end.
4-Akane Tsunemori (PsychoPass): She is not an specially deep character, and for a
yet unknown reason every time she appears, makes me frown. But there are some pretty decent features that i like of her, like her open and honest personality, and how she takes her works so seriously. Plus she has some nice scenes throughout the series.
5- Katsuragi Keima (The World God Only Knows): For the beginning the anime breaks any standard heroine in harems animes, and he is such a player, thin, with glasses!... no one can expect that much from a player, despite this he has conquered (and re-conquered) a lot of girls so far. The guys with glasses also have rights!!
6- Shizuku Mizutani (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun): In romance anime, we are used to find some archetypical characters in almost every single show. Fortunately, Mizutani is not one of them, while she focus only in studying and basically doesn't give a damn about anyone else, she grows to be a character that actually worries about the people around her, and is SO naive when it comes to love, is just endearing.
7- Senji "Crow" Kiyomasa (Deadman wonderland): One of the most powerful Deadmans in the series, he bends his abilities to slice anyone and anything, and his fear to free clothed women is hilarious.
8- Misaki Mei (Another): I don't really know if is something wrong with me, but this girl, with the eye patch and the creepy eye seems extremely cute. So soft that you think she could break if she falls. Maybe plain, true, any how this girl awakes my deepest paternal feelings.
9- Xerxex Break "The Mad Hatter" (Pandora Hearts): I always liked the "Alice in wonderland" series, in any adaptation, in every single media, the mad hatter always appears to be one of the main characters. This particular version of the mad hatters presents himself as a Chain who can negate the powers of every other chain. Just awesome.
10- Celty Sturluson "The black Rider" (Duarara!!!): This list it's not completed without one character of Durarara (or Baccano) and She is my choice. why? Basically because is a woman without head and still is extremely sexy.
Jokes aside, she is really amazing as a character, very well developed, and... well... she doesn't need a presentation.
Other characters that didn't make it to the top 10
11- The Kotenbu Club, from Hyôka
This couple of couples didn't make it to the top then because i couldn't decide just one of them to place in the list, and it wouldn't be fair just to lace one of them... or all of them. But each character is SO unique and endearing that, if you have watched the series, they don't need any presentation.
12- Team 5D's from Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's
As the aforementioned case, i couldn't decide just one to place on the list [...] But their duels, every single duel they had in the series was amazing (thought I do have a special feeling for the Jack vs Carly duel, it wasn't enough for him to make it into the list)
13- The Cultural Research Club, from Kokoro Connect
Same case as before, this series stands alone by its perfect execution and endearing characters.
14- Ai Nanasaki, from Amagami SS (and Amagami SS+)
As Asa shigure is my preferred sempai, Ai is my preferred Kouhai, the perfect girl, younger, smart, mature, and damn she is cute when she propose to.
15- Gourry Gabiev and Rina Inverse, from Slayers
The best couple I’ve ever seen in an action anime, despite they are not properly introduced as a couple (except from near the end of "TRY") they are the perfect match of clumsiness, skilled, eat-a-lot characters (classical gag in action anime), and the perfect match when it comes to real battles.
16- Yurippe, from Angel Beats and Haruhi Zuzumiya, from... Haruhi Suzumiya's series
Those girls are so charismatic, and yet so damn crazy (each one in its very own way) that I can´t really decide who to place in this number.
Meaning: Yuripe leads a rebellion against the disappearance/soul transcendence of the people in that place they are used to call "Heaven" but considering what happened to her in life, who can blame her? Independent, a natural leader, and a perfect companion... but she is so skilled with weapons that it scares me a little.
On the other Hand: Haruhi leads (without knowing) a club which had a lot of estrange people, and... well... she is basically the one that creates and rules that world they are into (again, without knowing) but she is so damn crazy that just scares the hell out of me... that's why she didn't make it to the top 10, but is still a character I like.
-Favorite soundtracks:
Well... i had a list with videos and stuff, but it grew too large and anoying to keep updated... SO i'm going to place liks to
MY SOUND TRACK SELECTION and a
LINK TO INSTRUMENTAL ANIME OST so you can listen to the songs there.
List your current top 10 anime:
1. Durarara!!!
2. Hyouka
3. Shuffle!
4. Psycho Pass
5. Darker Than Black
6. Phi Brain
7. Angel Beats
8. Usagi Drop
9. Cowboy Bebop
10.Ruroni Kenshin
-Shoujo or Shounen?: Shounen. But oddly enough I find josei very entertaining
-Subbed, Dubbed, or Raw: Subbed (in spanish here’s not much dub) RAW when the stream channels delay or avoid the publication.
-Plot or Episodic?:Both. Thought most episodic animes I’ve seen are really good (like Cowboy or Mushishi). I use to enjoy anime despite it's... format? I think it is?
-Preferred amount of episodes in a series: Anything below 50 is ok for me. MOre than that the series use to loose it's focus on fillers or autoconclusive arcs.
-Preferred Genre: Mystery
-Preferred year of anime: So far, from mid 2011 to mid 2012
-How many series do you watch at a time?: A number around 20?
-How many episodes do you watch in a day? [average]: from 3 to 4 unless I'm doing a marathon to check the quality of a downloaded one.
-Favorite composer: Nobuo Uematsu (i know it's not anime, but shut up)Though in general, i'm a Hanz Zimmer fan.
Manga Preferences
List your current top 10 manga:
1. Kami nomi Zo shiru Sekao (The World God Only Know)
2. Sundome.
3. Goth
4. Enigma
5. B-Shock
6. Fullmetal Alchemist
7. Kiss x Sis
8. Chihayafuru
9. Blood PArade
10.Air Gear
-Anime or Manga?: Both
-Buy or Download Manga?: Read online.
-Weekly Chapter or Monthly Volume?: Weekly chapter.
-Do you buy weekly manga magazines? [Shounen Jump, Shoujo Beat]: No. (They doesn’t exist in my country
-How much manga do you read at a time?: Several. Depends on my free time.
-How many chapters/volumes do you read a day?: 3 to 4
-Do you read the manga before the anime comes out?: Sometimes I caught a manga before the anime adaptation.
-Do you ever read manga in the book store?: No.
-Which anime character would you marry if you could?: Probably Shigure Asa-Shuffle!
-The coolest anime character:Spike Spiegel-Cowboy Bebop (Makoto Shishio from Ruroni Kenshin is very close tought)
-Most kawaii anime character: Ai Nanasaki-AmagamiSS(+)
-Most annoying male anime character: Amagi Kouga-Zetman (Thought Itou Makoto from School days is very close)
-Most annoying female anime character: Ibuki Fuko-Clannad(AS)
-Best anime couple: Chiaki Shinishi adn Noda Megumi (Nodame Cantabille)
-Leading characters or supporting?: Ugg...hummm.aaaahhh- Both?
-Male or Female protagonist: I don't mind.
-Yandere or Tsundere?: I will never understand the passion for a stalker and possible asasins so Tsundere for me. But overall i prefer tomboish girls.
-Large cast or small cast?: Large cast.
Anime&Manga Merchandise
-Amount of Anime DVD's you own: 80
-Amount of Manga Volumes you own: 0
-Do you have any anime models/figures? [if so, list some!]: Yu-Gi-Oh! cards count?
-Do you own anime video games?: Naruto's franchse. Shuffle Essence+, Clannad Another world: Tomoyo After.
-Any cosplay costumes?: None
-List some anime merchandise you own: Yu-Gi-Oh Cards.
-How long do you spend in an anime store?: Never went to any. They don't exist in my country.
-Are you willing to spend over $500 for an anime you love? May be, depends on which animes and if i can find them subbed (in spanish)
All Comments (118) Comments
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Even I'm not sure why I like Hakuryuu. Guy was kind of weak, then strong, and yet he's still a little annoying. Still, for some reason I can't dislike him.
Wasn't sure whether Tamako or Nishikawa was my favorite, but in the end I had to lean towards Tamako. She's smart albeit calculating, and yes, her transformations are great.
Glad you remembered Kimblee, a lot of those I talk to don't recall him very much. He was my favorite antagonist of the series.
Hange is the exact type of character I usually love, so this is no surprise. Smart, enthusiastic, and strong. I also looks forward to her appearing more in the future...I doubt her injuries would be as much as a restraint to her as say, Levi, due to her job as a scientist.
Noda Megumi: Haha yes, I do relate to her. This manga was actually one of my first, and compared to the previous series I had read, I had yet to see a heroine so...weird. But Nodame wasn't just weird--she was insanely talented, even in a strange way. Chiaki was also the perfect type to be stuck with her, and that's part of what made the series so great.
You had good thought on all the characters I liked, so thanks, it's good to see comments like that.
Nodame Cantabile, Monster, Serial Experiment Lain and some others are shows I know are really really really good but I find very hard to start watching for some reason. Everything that I know will make me sad is also very hard to start watching. I usually just watch that stuff when I'm really sick or somehow in need of seeing someone suffer more than I am (which is exactly how I watched Clannad).
Shame how the thread has degenerated into 5-10 people commenting on each others lists though ...
Sorry for it taking so long m(_ _)m
I'm not sure if you're still following the thread, but I posted summaries of Chihayafuru chapters 106-108 in the "what happened" thread you posted ( http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=590541 ). I'm not a native speaker so I don't guarantee they're error-free, but they should be good enough for you to know what's going on.
And I wanted to thank you for pointing out my mistake! I fixed it already c: