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I'm a bit in the middle with this one. I like a lot of different anime from many different eras. 90s shows like Slayers, Cowboy Bebop, the first Zoids series, and Monster Rancher are some of my favorites of all time. Then shows like Azumanga, Gurren Lagann, FMA, Rahxephon, Haibane Renmei, Chobits, My-Otome, HSD: Kenichi, s-CRY-ed, and Angelic Layer of the 00s are also on that list. I don't recall watching any anime from earlier than the 90s outside of Studio Ghibli films, some of Dirty Pair, and Speed Racer. But I also found out that the original Cutey Honey was aired in the 70s, so I did watch that one too. And some of the newer spin offs. @RepentantSky Your list is awesome, so I wanna chime in a response. 10. @leinwandname has a point really about both the target demographics and the life experiences of a large number of Mangaka. As a author, and as a tip to other authors, writing from experience is the most used tool/crutch in creative writing. It gets tricky writing from a view point that the author doesn't know or may not understand. So, it typically doesn't happen in most of the writing industries. 9. It's an unfortunate aspect of anything commercialized. The line "Sex sells" is like an industry standard in any sort of media production. However like @Beocat said, it's grossly skewed in favor of sexualizing women. Not that there isn't any cases where they sexualize men though. Just not as common to see. It would require a massive shift in the way people react to the oversexualization of character's in any type of media production to see it come to an end. 8. Do you mean how certain genres use the same tropes and character archetypes/stereotypes repetitively? I'm not sure exactly what you mean here. 7. I hate when they try to overlay one world on top of another and don't really try to blend the two in any cohesive way at all. It usually give me a headache trying to comprehend how anything functions in these awful mashup type settings, so I usually stop watching them like a couple episodes after the worlds are blended. 6. My own personal art style is me trying to find a blend between comic book styles and a more realistic anime/manga style. I find it hard to get into an anime that go for a massively disproportionate facial/body anatomy. It's honestly my biggest hangup with shows like Sailor Moon Crystal, or anything by CLAMP. I find it really difficult to get past the lack of proportions in the art style, so I kind usually give up. 5.I DESPISE harems. I find it UTTERLY RIDICULOUS for a half dozen people to fall in love with a single person. I also find that it's typically a completely bland Protagonist that this happens to. The fact that they say the protag's lack of personality is so that the audience can more easily put themselves in the MC's place just pisses me off even more. I see this as a lack of creativity on the author's part, or a typical male self-insert. HAREMS NEED TO DIE. PLEASE. 4. I have a personally involved perspective on this, being a member of the LGBTQIA community in two aspects. Yaoi anime is typically more Ecchi, Yuri is usually written by guys that have no clue(I used to be in this category) on the complexity of female emotions. Dramas do exist for these as well, but are also typically bland in someway or another as the cast/crew really don't understand what they're trying to depict in these scenarios. Or they do and they're not given the okay to make it more accurate. I am really sad to say this, but the probability of a Bi MC who is torn between being involved with a member of BOTH binary genders is extremely low. With the way society sees Bis and Aces and non-binaries, such a media production is not likely to make it past the pitch phase. 3. I agree with you here. I find it really hard to be interested in something when they don't film or animate what they're trying to convey. 2. Never been a fan of gore really. So I can't add anything on this. 1. This has more to do with who gets cast. Usually they try to bring in Seiyuu, in the case of the original, or VAs, in the case of dubs, who have proven themselves and live near to the studio doing the audio production. It's typically a budget concern, but there are cases where they want to use an actor's fame to bring in more audience. It really doesn't always have to deal with the lack of talented seiyuu/VAs, but more concern toward the budget. They also tend to not like taking risks on unknowns. So, there's what I have to say on this matter.

@Greeneyes when it got out of control, pre-moderation was introduced and a lot of the YouTube advertising was intercepted before it was made public. I personally feel that Blogs would be a better medium to showcase written works, and you'll still get front page exposure.

Anything and everything . Our trip is completely packed with travel and fun things to do- aside from Machu Picchu I believe we’re spending a good deal of time in the Sacred Valley, Cusco, and Lima. From what I’ve heard I might have to bring a baby Alpaca back home - they’re super fluffy and cute (and I love fluffy and cute ). And I also can’t wait to dive into the culture and history of Peru, there’s so much to learn! (Yes, I am a museum lover) This cracked me up and made my day

I ran across this question while looking through one of my old notebooks: “If you were stuck on an island and you had 3 things with you, what would they be?“ I’m guessing this is just an old activity one of my elementary school teachers made us do to take up time, but it kind of intruiged me. It’s an in-context way to think about what things you truly love the most. After thinking about it for a while, I made some guidelines to truly emphasize the meaning of the question - A) You have a stable supply of food and water, and other basic essentials (Shelter, fire, etc.) B) You are going to be stuck on this island until you die. Means of escape or communication are futile. C) You are alone on this island. What would you bring?

So I already have shelter and a steady supply of food(and probably a hunting weapon, too?) 1.Pictures of family and friends. 2. Large collection of books. 3.A Wilson brand volleyball.(tee hee) This is quite difficult. What are yours @rd7? You said butt!

I've honestly never rewatched an entire series, but I definitely do like to go back and watch certain episodes and scenes where I either think I missed something, they have great depth, or I just really really liked. One of my favorite episodes ever is when Goku goes ss3 for the first time, I lost track of how many times I've seen that one, it's pretty dope. Plus this

I honestly forgot that the dot hack series was of the same genre and had the same central plot as SAO when I watched the first 3 SAO series. My ex before last was a massive dot Hack fan, so much so that she owned all DVDs of the series that had been released at that point and several of the games too. Honestly, looking at SAO again, and comparing it to dot Hack is kinda insulting dot Hack. SAO was a completely improperly paced story. It honestly feels like something a 12 year old in the 90s would have written as a fanfic for dot Hack. At least that's how I see it. I'm kind of in a mood to sit down and properly watch dot Hack again, as I never got to finish it.

I have watched at least a handful of almost all the Zoids series. Kinda looking forward to watching Wild sometime soon. My favorites were New Century Zero then Chaotic Century. I love that the characters actually bond with the zoids they're piloting, rather than just piloting them. Any one like the series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann?

I actually have a copy of MK8 for Wii U somewhere, or at least I did. My ex-wife actually had me trying to play the 3DS version of Smash at one point too. Sadly, at minimum, 75% of my game library in total has yet to be completed. The list of titles I've actually finished is probably less than a 5th of all the games I have played. I can only seem to finish the REALLY good FF and LoZ titles.

I already own Odyssey and BotW. I got them with my system. I have the demo for arms, but haven't bought the full version yet. I did enjoy it. Still need to work on completing both Odyssey and BotW though.

Very well said I agree that often a series is worth at least a couple viewings to see things you may not have taken in the first time. This is even more true since you then have at least some opinion of the series so you are subjective yes, but this can help as much as it can hinder respectively. I agree on this as well. If the series is something I just fell in love with then ya its getting watched a lot though if not then its going in the ol storage mentally if nothing else.

Yep, but it depends on the kind of anime I am watching. When I really, really, REALLY, like a series, I re-watch it, say, about seven times or so. Also, re-watching an anime is a great way to find details you missed before. It also gives you a chance to look at an anime from a different perspective.

Sometimes I do. It depends on the anime though. Sometimes an anime isn't even worth finishing the first time. Sometimes the anime is complicated or layered though and a rewind or second run through will let you catch stuff you missed. Serial Experiments Lain for example. Some stuff I'll watch a second or even a third time from a different perspective. I watched the first bit of SAO 3 times (don't judge), switching my brain each time between programmer, player, and game master. I watched Hanasaku Iroha the second time just to look at the background artwork. (If you haven't seen it in HD or on BR it is worth it, at least if you're into that sort of thing.) Sometimes I'll be in a certain mood or frame of mind and reexperiencing a particular anime/book/movie/etc. that complements that mindset just seems like a good way to spend an afternoon.

Well I hope you have a good time there then sounds like it means a lot to you.

Halsey was my first concert ever. Lol. At my age, it was long overdue! I had gone to a couple of others after like, Blackbear and Eden. These were with groups of friends. It was definitely an awesome experience and will be looking forward to going to another one of her concerts whenever she drops a new album.

Hi all. what's doin'? Haven't been here for a while.

I have not seen this series no. Blue Gender

Well I am a java guy a bit of a beginner, but I like playing around with it. I want to try some other things out though. I mostly have made RPGs.

I just checked it out. Looks awesome! Sakuya is one of my favourites along with Flandre and Remilia

Ya I have not been to many concerts that is something I wish I could do more of. Maybe someday. I bet it was a blast,