I think I’m really slipping out of sync with anime. Seriously, when even my sister who started watching anime under my influence begins to ask me about some current season series which I have totally no clue about, it seems my otaku level is taking a plunge. In fact, I think that she watches at least double of my current watch list.
It wouldn’t be strange if my sister usurps this blog, since I think she does write about anime somewhere out there in cyberspace, in her small blog which I recall spotting on her laptop’s screen a couple of times. I have no idea what the url is though. But then again, considering how lazy she is to write, the chances of that actually happening are pretty low. So I’m safe, I suppose.
Currently, I’m only following Chaos;Head, Tales of the Abyss, Shikabane Hime Aka and Ga-rei Zero. The numbers just keep decreasing with time, don’t they? I guess some people will go “WTF?!?! Why the hell aren’t you watching GUNDAM 00?!?!?” or something along those lines. My answer to that first question would be that I’ve yet to complete the first season of 00, so I couldn’t possibly watch the second unless I want to feel lost. Other questions will probably get the reply of “I’ve no interest in it”.
I’m not sure if my circle of interest has been continually shrinking, or if it’s really the season. Actually, there are some shows that I would be interested in, such as Nodame, but the fact that I’ve yet to watch the previous season holds me back from doing so.
If not for BUMP’s involvement in Tales of the Abyss’ OP and ED, I probably wouldn’t have started on it
I could actually start on some unwatched anime series, but lately, I think I’ve been spending too much time on sleep. Take today for example. School ended at noon, and my Japanese lessons begins at around 7pm. I arrived home at 1.30pm, with plans to play some Eternal Sonata on the PS3, as well as to catch up on some episodes. Nothing went as planned and it turned out that I sleep all the way till it was time to leave home. I think I might be aging too fast. Haha.
It could be that reality is intervening on your otaku life. Normal though, I only follow 2 or 3 series.
“…double of my current watch list.”
Did you plan this?
Anyway it is fine, you got priorities. Shikabane Hime though…you are watching the shitty raws? I sure as hell cannot take those dimensions, and now that FUNimation have licensed it…
Don’t worry, I’m not watching Gundam 00 as well, nor am I planning to start any time soon.
Ah, but it’s not the amount of anime series that you watch that makes up your otaku-ness!
Dude, I recomment to watch Toradora. It is it worth.
Didn’t your sister told you her url? It’s strange.
I also recommend Toradora and definitely To Aru Majutsu no Index. Kannagi’s good, as well. I’m really hoping Shikabane Hime gets good and doesn’t remain a standard shounen-anime. I know you don’t have any interest in Clannad but you really should check out the first (baseball-centric) episode of the After Story at least.
I dunno what to say about Gundam 00; on the one hand you could easily watch season 2 without having seen the first one (it’s not well connected) but on the other I don’t get what’s so great about it. One of my friends seems to think it’s really good, but he just marathoned pretty much every Gundam series a couple of months ago while I’ve only seen all of SEED and Destiny. At the moment I simply watch it as it’s one of the few HD anime that I can see on my PS3 and it has some nice battles.
If you’ve got time for one more, I’d recommend Toradora as well. That’s the only one I’ve really got time to watch because real life is also quite busy. Anime is such a time-eating hobby - it’s hard to keep it going at the same pace all the time.
Yeah, if you’re still in school, anime’s a really time-consuming hobby, like Caitlin said. Especially if it drains you of good sleeping time.
As you are an anime blog writer, I’m guessing you’re undergoing a lot of pressure to write to a large audience- and watch more shows. However, the real point is to watch what you want to watch, although some readers would be happy if you gave a chance on some other shows. Toradora, Kannagi, and To Aru Majutsu no Index are looking promising this season.
Even so… I don’t believe that you should stress yourself out on writing the blog or maintaining a “good otaku” persona by watching more anime if you truly do not feel motivated to do so. As this is your blog- go ahead and blog about the animes you watch.
Epik > Yea, it really is. Currently, I’m taking Japanese lessons twice to thrice a week, although that will be ending soon after all the makeup lessons are cleared and I go back to the regular once a week class.
Panther > I certainly did not plan that when I wrote this post.
Stifler > I thought the whole globe of otakus and their lolis were watching it.
Mark > All right then. I’ll listen to your advice and check out the first episode of Afterstory, since you say there’s baseball.
Caitlin > Real life might get more hectic for me in the weeks to come. Projects and their deadlines, one of which I’m already grouped in a group of 5 with 2 freeloaders, exams, as well as the JLPT which I have totally not started revision for.
Ketaikeon > Actually, I find it difficult to write about the animes I watch on a episodic basis. That’s simply because I’m not one who likes to stick to routine. I’ll probably rant about something if a certain episode in a certain series does give me some sort of inspiration.
Since you’re in Singapore, I suggest watching the new season anime shows on okto Animania. Toradora! and Skip Beat! aren’t bad, unless you’re not the people that watches TV often.
Lolis and otaku… Combine them together, and the whole world will collapse (though saying that reminded me of all the JRPGs on the Xbox 360 — JRPGs on an Xbox! Who’d thunk of that? — I am seeing right now).
Curiously asking: Japanese lessons at that Shaw Tower building, right?
My computer is my TV.
And yes, Japanese lessons at Ikoma.
I’m not the least bit surprised since the same thing happened to me - except in reverse. Imouto-chan infects me (a lad who once dismissed anime as escapist entertainment for people with a hopeless boob-and-blood fetish) with the anime bug, we share a strong interest in anime (albeit in different genres) for a few years, then her passion for anime ebbs away as she mutates into a NEWS fangirl and soon I’m left all alone in otakudom.
I suspect that after I pass the anime bug onto someone else my own interest will start downshifting. Maybe that’s just how things work.
you guys all seem to be watching anime on TV, i only watch what i buy. and has anybody watched City Hunter?
the only loop of anime that i believe exists is the on tuo talk about.