leinwandname

Heh, my PC is so bad - well my GPU at least - I can run most newer games only on 25-40 FPS... the only reason, apart from the nintendo and PSP era Monster Hunter games, that I still play on my old hand-helds. (And I love the old RPGs like BG, TES which my GPU can handle) Doesn't matter - ya won the bet >.>

Hmmm, apart from the typical childhood anime like DBZ, Pokémon, OP, etc... I remember Crayon Shin-chan, but it didn't run that often. I loved Phantom Thief Jeanne, DoReMi, Captain Tsubasa, Case Closed and Inuyasha (gosh, I loved Inuyasha and Case Closed). But my most hyped childhood anime were OP and Naruto Classic - when I was in primary school I would often pretend with a friend to be some of the charactes and do stupid stuff during recess, invent possible plot lines, etc...

I had to study English and French at school, and for some reason had the not so magnificent idea of studying Latin... English has the advantage that it is the language of the internet - but if you moved to France you'll probably discover French websites, maybe watch some French youtubers, French social medie (Well, the same as everywhere else in the west but with French people >.<). TV, as mentioned by XII360, is a great way to improve your listening skills, even if you at first don't understand much you will eventually start to improve. Reading books is another option. There are books of different language-levels, so you might want to look for the ones fitting for your level. You could ask on reddit (pretty much every country has a subreddit) for easy books for beginner, or other methods of improving your skills. Depending on your age, you could go to a bar, or the likes, and just approach people and talk with them. I don't know how open the French people are in this regard, but the fact that you're foreign and want to learn French gives you something to talk about and a reason to start a conversation.

A wii lass? Unfortunately we cannot talk anymore, for the wii is a console only villains, the most wretched breed, go for. jk ^.^ NeinNeinNein-tan! Alternatively, Lein-senseisenpaisamma or the triple s. XD How much money ya bet?

Apart from the things already mentioned, I'd say some people thing that anime fans run around with their arms behind their backs like in naruto and contantly scream some japanese words, which might happen at a con (never been to one, so I can't say for sure). Another stereotype is the "weeb". I mean somehow it happened that everyone who likes anime is referred to weeb, while a weeb is a person absolutely and irrationally obsessed with Japanese culture to the point where they don't see any negatives and romanticise everything. While weebs commonly like anime, not everyone who likes anime, even the more hardcore fans, are weebs. But somehow that's the image many people have. I think Anime in general has become more accepted with younger people, so the bad stereotypes often come from older people who have less experience with this. (Ofc, there are school students who dislike people for liking anime and stuff, but it has become, depending where you live, less frequent). A lot of the negtive images these people have, partly have their origins with the media. Whenever there is an incident involving violence or murder or something like that, the media search something to blame for that, like video games, anime, the kind of music they listen to, the meal they ate on the 12th of may five years ago or whatever. And if this person had a lot of anime-merch or was some akward person who only ever talked about anime, it apparently has to be anime's fault. Some less professional media outlets, the only one in english I know is the Daily Mail, like to depict anime lovers as possible murderer and psychpaths... Frankly, When I meet people my age, they either have seen some anime, especially as children, or just don't care. I mean, I don't go up to people and start to talk about random shit, my favourite waifu and stuff, but if I know them somewhat better and think they like me somewhat I usually mention it - I think we can break some sterotypes this way.

Thank you, I'll look around! Latin numbers - classsic problem >.< Problem with my user names are either they are too long (like mine here - unfortunately) or are german (again...), so it's harder for english speakers. But the great thing about leinwandname is, lein looks like lain XD and its a nice short form that anyone can pronounce. Dang it, i've been found it. Thanks!

Lodoss war has a great soundtrack. I love this(link) intro.

Many great anime have already been recommended, so my recommendations are maybe less suited for an introduction into anime, but I'll recommend them anyway - to add to Beocat's advice about trying out different genre, I'd say you should give weird und maybe unconventional stuff a chance. Ao Bungaku Series - It takes several work from japanese literature (For example: No longer human, Kokoro, Run Meros, etc...) covers them in usually two episodes. Sometimes adding some stuff like changing the perspective or adding some personal character-conflicts into the story. What I did, was reading all the books and stories (I think you can look up all the stories on MAL, or on reddit) and then watched the anime. If you have a hard time seperating books from film/series, that might not be so smart and I'd recommend watching the anime first. Bernard-jou Iwaku - A light hearted comedy anime about a girl who doesn't read books but pretends she does so she can act smart after reading summaries. The episodes are only 5 mins long, so it's pretty nice for in-between time. It has references to various authors and pieces of literature and puts them into a comedic environment - I actually found some nice books to read through this anime! Monogatari Series - A very ... unique anime series. It has great visuals and interesting feeling to it. It often delves into Japanese mythology while the anime itself has a modern setting with interesting characters and good comedy. Its a great hard-to-describe anime. Ina Isha - An anime adaption of Kafka's Ccountry Doctor. Like Kafka's book, it's weird and surreal, it's only a 21 mins and the art style adds a lot to the Kafkaesque feeling. Psycho Pass - In a future japan there is a system to determin the likelyhood of someone commiting a crime and their mental state - the Psycho Pass. Inspector Akane Tsunemori, a young woman, starts her job as Enforcer to hunt down various criminals with the help of 'latent ciminals' - people who have a bad psycho pass but haven't commitet a crime, yet are sort of imprisoned. The morals of this system and the people living in this surveillance state are slowly explored throughout the anime. Neo Genesis Evangelion - Humanity is threatened by the 'Angels', creatures from space seemingly determined to destroy humans. Shinji Ikari, a young boy, somehow ends up operating Evangelions's, giant robots, to fight the Angels - but things aren't really easy when you give a teenage boy such a responsibility, especially when it is mentally and physically draining. Add to this personal problems with his father, the head of the organisation creating the Evas, and other the mecha-pilots. Serial Experiments Lain - The akward and lone Lain Iwakura suddenly receives emails from a dead classmate claiming to be still alive. This is her introduction into the Wired - the internet - where the technologically inept girls slowly turns into a techno-expert. But the Wired is a weird place with dubious people lurking everywhere and cryptic message around every corner. And soon the boundaries between reality and the Wired start to get blurry. Berserk - The swordsman Guts lives in a dark world riddled with war and despair. Trying to survive as a sellsword he ends up in the mercenary groupd 'The Band of the White Hawk' lead by the charismatic and militarily competent Griffith who uses the on going hundred years war to follow his dream of creating one day his own country. Slowly the band gains recognition as one of the best mercenaries of the country putting the characters closer to the politics of the world - a dangerous place to be! There is the old 90s anime series (which is the best adaption of the anime, IMO), three movies covering the same story (also pretty good) and a modern adaption about what happens after the original anime (They're pretty bad...)

I am Crocus, keeper of the Twin Capes Lighthouses, 71 years old, Gemini, Bloodtype AB - wait, wrong. My screen name is leinwandname which means screen name because its my screen name - hence the name leinwandname :P. That's not my real name, AFAIK, but I'm weary of putting my real name on some internet forum. I watch most anime genre (Harem, Ecchi, etc. are off-putting for me, not because I inherently dislike them but I think they're often done poorly, IMO . I mean, I loved any kind of fan service when I was younger, and still do to some extend ) but I prefer especially visually pleasing anime like the monogatari series and also pretentious stuff like SEL or Ergo Proxy :P I'm still looking around how active this forum is and how everything works :D Hope I can find some nice people and maybe have a few discussion about these and those anime-things!