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I hate having to pick THE favorite - there's so many to choose from! - but I think the Ghost in the Shell series is probably at or near the top of my list. I've also really liked (in no particular order) Haibane Renmei, Shakugan no Shana, Mushi-Shi, all the Haruhi Suzumiya episodes and movies (except maybe the infamous "Endless Eight" arc.. OMG!), Clannad: After Story, Lovely Complex, Spice and Wolf, Natsume's Book of Friends, Angel Beats!, Usagi Drop, Humanity Has Declined (the banana episode always makes me lol), the Bakemonogatari series, Shigatsu Kimi no Uso, Shin Sekai Yori, Kokoro Connect, Pet Girl of Sakurasou (first season anyway), Kotoura-san, Blue Spring Ride, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash. Also all the Ghibli movies.. I just watched Whispers of the Heart again a couple weeks ago, but also Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro... So, so many more.. Hard to even make a top-10 list! I know I'll think of more as soon as I post this too.

Due to a lack of time I don't play nearly as much as I'd like, but I'm a big fan of video games. Everything from coin-op arcade games like Space Wars and Gauntlet back in the day to PC games like Doom or Quake to more recent MMORPGs like WoW and Skyrim, I've at least tried most everything - and played some a lot more than I probably should have. Sandbox/simulation games are what I keep coming back to however. I've played pretty much every version of Sim<anything> over the years, even SimEarth and SimAnt. I used to be really into Minecraft back when it was still Mojang/Notch. These days my current obsession is Kerbal Space Program (with the Kerbal Engineer and kOS mods). Keeping an eye on No Man's Sky and Space Engineer for the future. So what's your favorite and/or current video game? What sort of games do you like?

Only 36?? I remember watching the original Uchuu Senkan Yamato on Saturday morning cartoons in the 70s. Speed Racer on MTV reruns too. I've been reading (mostly SF) books and watching anime since before the Internet.. even before microwave ovens! If I ever stop, I must be dead.

"Another" is the only other one I can recommend too. I don't follow the genre though. About the only other "horror" story I can even come up with offhand is HS of the Dead. That's no Shiki however. I mean, it had a couple moments, but in the end it's just another zombie apocalypse story. Also maybe Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, if you don't mind a bit of horror with your comedy. The only episode with any real horror content (IMHO) was when Teiichi finds out how Yuuko became a ghost in the first place.

3-gatsu no Lion and Blend-S are also on my list, but lower in priority. I'd like to watch them, but if history is any guide I probably won't get around to doing so. So many animes, so little time. If you like Aishiteruze Baby, try Usagi Drop. Rin is such a cute kid. Well, got a preview of Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou (Girl's Last Tour) & it looks almost as depressing as Gakkou Gurashi (School Live). May have to take that one off my list.

Yokai apartment life is the only current one I'm following. Was kind of hoping it would be something like a cross between Pet Girl of Sakurasou and Natsume Yujin-cho . Not nearly as good as either one of those IMHO, but it is keeping my interest so far. I also have The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in my crunchy queue. I usually binge-watch and I don't start until the last episode for the season is done. I've finished everything I wanted to watch from last season so I'm actually kind of in-between at the moment, waiting for this season to end & pondering what to queue up first once it does. What's good this season? Kind of have my eye on Magus Bride & Black Clover to start. Maybe MMO Junkie & Kino's Journey after that if I have time. Also been trying to find someplace streaming Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou so I can check that out.. Any other suggestions? Edit: Dies Irae is also on my ToDo list.

We have solar (+batteries) here so.. same as always. All our power, DSL, and cable TV around here is on poles though, so we often lose everything when we lose power. This includes access to TV/cable and streaming services. Once we even lost utility power, DSL, *and* then the next day we lost cell service as well! The neighborhood was eerily quiet for about two days.. and DARK at night! In desperation I had to switch to my DVD collection on my NAS. IIRC that last day we mostly did Wii sports though.

I just joined so I thought I'd say "hi". Hope this is the place. I've been watching anime since high school however, which is a very long time indeed seeing as I'm 3868 years old. (In Minecraft years. ) I enjoy "hard" science fiction themes mostly, subs > dubs - I can usually understand spoken Japanese, though I'm not conversational - and I prefer the 12/24-episode-and-done format. Totally not into Naruto or Inuyasha. Probably not fighting robots either, even though playing with robots IRL makes me happy. My favorite series ever was definitely "Ghost in the Shell". On the other hand I'm not afraid of cute or goofy either. I've enjoyed oddball stuff like "Hyouka" or "Usagi Drop", I'm looking forward to the next season of FLCL, and I've even been known to like the rare romcom like "Clannad: After Story" or "Toradora". I have a friend from HS who's a voice actress so if she's had a part in something I'll usually give it a watch, even if it is just that silly squid thing in "Hand Maid Mei". As I type this I've got a re-watch of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" queued up in Crunchyroll while waiting for the current season to finish up. I tend to binge-watch so I usually wait until the season ends to start watching a series. No spoilers please! I also read books, program computers, build arduino (microcontroller/electronics) projects, and play video games. My current obsession regarding the latter being Kerbal Space Program. I'm usually something of a lurker, but if you do see me around the forum(s) don't be afraid to say "hi"!