Ok, so cutting out the drama for once, I thought I would just go over my first year as an anime hobbiest. No, again, I am NOT an otaku, or think I am worthy of the title. I don't think Japanese stuff is better than everything, I have no desire to have a mecca to Japan, and I don't see myself dating what are essentially drawings. I can't stand cosplay, and while I may venture to a convention once I have the means, I have no desire to brag about my anime knowledge which, let's be honest, is limited at best.
So I thought I would quantify what I have collected in the past year to prove I am at least a hobbiest when it comes to anime. Here is what I could gather:
Anime I Own:
1) School Rumble - 3 sets and 1 OVA
2) Azumanga Daioh - 1 set
3) The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - 1 set
4) Shakugan no Shana - 1 set
5) Negima! - 1 Set
6) Love Hina - 2 Sets
7) Full Metal Panic - 3 Sets
8) Negima!? - 2 Sets and 1 OVA
9) Pani Poni Dash - 1 Set
10) Ah My Goddess - 2 Sets
11) Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple - 2 Sets
12) Sgt. Frog - 2 Sets (Preorder, so technically I own them).
Anime I Completely Have Watched:
Chobits - Intend to buy
Angelic Layer - Intend to buy
Kanon - Intend to buy
Momotte Lollipop - Won't buy
World of Narue - Intend to buy
Negima - Ala Alba - If dubbed, Intend to buy
Lucky Star - Intend to buy
Anime I Partially Have Watched:
Excel Saga - May finish
Kaze no Stigma - May finish
Best Student Council - May finish
Hayate the Combat Butler - Intend to finish
Haruhi 1.5 - Intend to finish
Air - May finish
Desert Punk - Dropped
Fooly Cooly - Dropped
Genshiken - Dropped
Karin - Intend to finish
Shuffle! - Dropped
Slayers - Dropped
Totals:
22 DVD Sets
17 Owned Series
5 Owned/Boxed OVAs
23 Watched series
6 watched OVAs
35 Known series
28 Known series universes
Manga I Own:
School Rumble - 12 volumes
Negima - 23 volumes
Negima Neo - 1 volume
Azumanga Daioh - 1 Omnibus (4 volumes)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - 2 volumes
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Light Novel - 1 Hardback
Shakugan no Shana - 3 volumes
Shakugan no Shana Light Novels - 2 volumes
Love Hina - 4 volumes
Full Metal Panic - 4 volumes
Full Metal Panic Overload - 1 volume
Sgt. Frog - 3 volumes
Hayate the Combat Butler - 2 volumes
Totals:
62 Volumes of books
3 Light novels
59 Manga volumes
So as you can see, I have a modest collection that I will probably take a pic of soon and more is on the way. I hope to find more titles that interest me, and I hope to let you know which ones rock, and which ones fail to make the grade. I hope to, again, do more of the audio Mega Media Mondays (as I get time, realize I'm in college) and just enjoy the world of anime, which was once a strange and puzzling pasttime, is now something I am very much a part of, and I think its made me happier.
Anyways, I would talk about my thoughts on the industry or why I like paticular genres, but I talk about them enough, and probably will when I have little to talk about.
I hope you have a splendid weekend, and look forward to more things on here, maybe....perhaps......
....who am I kidding, of course!
The Allengator
