Japanese connection amoung memebers

[Eechironin]

It seems a lot of us are fans of Japanese manga (I know Vanessa is :) ), anime, culture, and/or have visited.

So questions is, does this apply to you?

Do you love/like anime?
Do/did you go to anime centric (mainly anime related, not a Sci-FI that had anime) conventions?
Do you have anime/manga media in your house?
Have you been to Japan (stayed, not pass though on connecting flight).
Do you have family or a close friend who is Japanese?
Can you speak or read a little Japanese (the kana's, some kanji)?
Do you have Japanese co-workers?


Making that list makes me realize how much I am linked, but for the answer is:
All of the above. :shock:

The funny thing is, not all of it was my choosing.

I was, I think, 13 years old first time I went to Japan (with parents, of course).
I was in Tulsa, OK in a Sci-Fi connection in 1987 when I first truly discovered "Japanese Anime" (opposed to anime with English dialog (not translated, made up story that fit action, AND being something other then a "cartoon").
In 1993 I was in Venzeuela when I met a Japanese woman who would become my girlfriend.
I met an university buddy, a Japanese family that needed a tutor for their sons, and a friend with the same hobby at different times and places, who worked at the same company which I eventually ended up working for.

Getting into anime and learning Japanese are 2 items I chose, the rest sort of happened.

Its all good. :)

[Rune174]

I had a Japanese friend that I often hung out with in High School. He taught me a bit of Japanese (Alot of cursewords too lol). I still have his email.

[Silvador]

Do you love/like anime? - Yes
Do/did you go to anime centric (mainly anime related, not a Sci-FI that had anime) conventions? - No (None around here that I am aware of)
Do you have anime/manga media in your house? - Not nearly as much as I would like there to be.
Have you been to Japan (stayed, not pass though on connecting flight). - No
Do you have family or a close friend who is Japanese? - No
Can you speak or read a little Japanese (the kana's, some kanji)? - Not really
Do you have Japanese co-workers? - No

[lily_redwood]

Do you love/like anime? - sure do
Do/did you go to anime centric (mainly anime related, not a Sci-FI that had anime) conventions? - yes
Do you have anime/manga media in your house? - i have more then what you could ever imagine X_X
Have you been to Japan (stayed, not pass though on connecting flight). - yes i have ((my parents live and work there))
Do you have family or a close friend who is Japanese? - yes
Can you speak or read a little Japanese (the kana's, some kanji)? - a little but im acutly fully austrilan
Do you have Japanese co-workers? - yes

[Eechironin]

Silvador wrote: Do you love/like anime? - Yes
Do you have anime/manga media in your house? - Not nearly as much as I would like there to be.


Internet is awesome to get a collection. ;)
I tend to go online more then go to store or TV.

lily_redwood wrote: Do you love/like anime? - sure do
Do/did you go to anime centric (mainly anime related, not a Sci-FI that had anime) conventions? - yes
Do you have anime/manga media in your house? - i have more then what you could ever imagine X_X
Have you been to Japan (stayed, not pass though on connecting flight). - yes i have ((my parents live and work there))
Do you have family or a close friend who is Japanese? - yes
Can you speak or read a little Japanese (the kana's, some kanji)? - a little but im acutly fully austrilan
Do you have Japanese co-workers? - yes

Speak fluent Aussie? Barrack for you! (ok, I looked that one up ;) )
Sounds like you had a right time.
Maybe you can send Silvador something if you need some space. ;)
(I might just do myself, I have more then I really want.

[LunaIsAce]

Do you love/like anime?
Do/did you go to anime centric (mainly anime related, not a Sci-FI that had anime) conventions?
Do you have anime/manga media in your house?
Have you been to Japan (stayed, not pass though on connecting flight).
Do you have family or a close friend who is Japanese?
Can you speak or read a little Japanese (the kana's, some kanji)?
Do you have Japanese co-workers?




I LOVE ANIME.
I went to my first convention last year when i turned 18! I'll be going to another this year!
I have a lotta Manga and Dvds!
I have a chinese friend?
Yes i do!
Does it count that i had a personal japanese teacher?


I LOVE to cosplay :D

[Symphony]

I've never been a big fan of manga or various other Japanese things. When I was young I watched various anime films, and I enjoyed the Akira manga.

Other than that, I think the closest I get is playing the Final Fantasy games.

[Silvador]

Eechironin wrote: Silvador wrote: Do you love/like anime? - Yes
Do you have anime/manga media in your house? - Not nearly as much as I would like there to be.


Internet is awesome to get a collection. ;)
I tend to go online more then go to store or TV. I actually don't do much browsing. See, I'm not exactly very computer literate, so to avoid nasty surprises, I tend to stay... near the edge of the pool so to speak. I make it a point not to go off and download many series. When it comes to the internet and downloading stuff, I take a very paranoid approach, especially when it comes to things with high demand like ripped anime series.

[Eechironin]

Silvador wrote: Eechironin wrote: Silvador wrote: Do you love/like anime? - Yes
Do you have anime/manga media in your house? - Not nearly as much as I would like there to be.


Internet is awesome to get a collection. ;)
I tend to go online more then go to store or TV. I actually don't do much browsing. See, I'm not exactly very computer literate, so to avoid nasty surprises, I tend to stay... near the edge of the pool so to speak. I make it a point not to go off and download many series. When it comes to the internet and downloading stuff, I take a very paranoid approach, especially when it comes to things with high demand like ripped anime series.

That's cool. Nasty stuff out there.
Can get safe only rentals if the mood strikes you. :)

[Caroline]

((Well here goes Etchi-Ronin,

Quote: Do you love/like anime?
Do/did you go to anime centric (mainly anime related, not a Sci-FI that had anime) conventions?
Do you have anime/manga media in your house?
Have you been to Japan (stayed, not pass though on connecting flight).
Do you have family or a close friend who is Japanese?
Can you speak or read a little Japanese (the kana's, some kanji)?
Do you have Japanese co-workers?

1) I do enjoy anime. I've enjoyed it for quite some time now. The first anime I actually watched was Robotech from Harmony Gold. The first animes I bought were a tie between Devil Hunter Yohko and End of Summer.

2) I'm not much of a convention goer kinda person. Got soured after the first two that I tried. Too many... unwashed, irritating, overly-stereotyped people there that ended up fouling the waters for me. There are only so many times I can be "corrected" for calling it Robotech before it gets annoying. Now, the conventions might have changed some, but I do enjoy watching the story of some of the bishoujo anime too. Vicious, EL, Five Card, Angels in the Court, all have plots. You don't have to fast forward to the sex scenes.

3) Yes, a lot of it. Including several Region 2 DVDs that required a multi-region DVD player to play. I also have Laser Disks... though I'm worried that they've warped. I haven't been able to store them properly. I also have a bunch of anime-esq paraphalia, such as music CDs, posters, pvc figurines, mouse pads, trade papers, PC games, Sega Saturn Games, info books, and the like.

4) I have been to Japan once over the new year, to visit a friend. On my bucket list I plan on going again.

5) Don't really have one.

6) I can speak/read a bit of Japanese, and I can puzzel a bit of it out as well. I really need to get back onto the old Rosetta stone to try and work on it a lot more. I have several translation and text books that, if I actually worked on them like I'm suppossed too, I'd probably have better than tourist, but not fluent. Spahn puts out a pretty good Kanji/Kana book.

7) Can't say that I have Japanese co-workers.

So... there you go Etchi.))

[xivk]

Do you love/like anime? yesa
Do/did you go to anime centric (mainly anime related, not a Sci-FI that had anime) conventions? noes
Do you have anime/manga media in your house? sorta
Have you been to Japan (stayed, not pass though on connecting flight). like to
Do you have family or a close friend who is Japanese? sorta
Can you speak or read a little Japanese (the kana's, some kanji)? sorta
Do you have Japanese co-workers? sorta

@_@

[Rikardo]

I absolutly love anything to do with Japan, so much that I even have my character as a Samurai!!!