- Asbobi ni Iku yo!
a crazy anime about an alien that just wants to play and about a bunch of crazy people who want a movie-style first encounter. Harem++
- Bleach
Borreeeddddd.
- Fairy Tail
Yup.. it’s still going…
- Giant Killing
I’ve recently taken an interest in sports anime. I enjoyed Cross Game, and I’m enjoying Giant Killing. I’m wondering how that will go?
- Heroman
I don’t care what anyone says about this anime. I am enjoying it.
- Hetalia World Series
Yes, its hetalia. Yes, it is hilarious. NO I DONT HAVE ANY PAIRINGS DONT ASK.
- Highschool of the dead
Zombies? Sign me up.
- Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri
OH MY GOD MAKE ME STOP, PLEASE.
- K-ON!!
Wasn’t this supposed to be a music anime? I miss the music.
- Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
The student president is a maid. Yes. She is also SO tsundere. Hnngggg
- Katanagatari
I love this. I love this with all of my soul. It is original, it is amazing.
- Mitsudomoe
These kids are horrible! I enjoyed Minami-ke, so that should explain why I’m watching this.
- Naruto: Shippuuden.
I am actually kind of enjoying shippuuden. BELIEVE IT!
- Ookami-san and Her Seven Friends
The fairy tale theme is cliché and overdone, but still VERY cute.
- Rainbow
- Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin
- Seitokai Yakuindomo
- Sengoku Basara 2
- Strike Witches 2
- Tales of Symphonia: Tethe’alla Hen
- Tono to Issho
- Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru
- Yumeiro Patissiere
No, I don’t know why.
Herro Everybody, its me, Navarr!
I realized today that I hadn’t yet posted an introductory post for myself, despite having (almost all) of the other writers on this blog throw one up.
So Here I am! I’m definitely an Otaku, so much so that a lot of trolls like calling me a weeabo. But that ain’t nice, y’all hear?
I love Animé and the Language more than anything though, and if you haven’t figured that out yet, you’re definitely going to by the content of my posts.
So, what do I have in store for you? That’s a good question that neither I nor the other writers know yet. But, You should look out for more posts on anime from me. =)
Wait, I’m supposed to write about what I like..? Ugh, I’m so horrible at this.. but, I guess I can tell you one thing.
I love Catgirls
I think its self-explanatory.
Introductory Note: A friend sent this to me over AIM and I felt that it had to be shared. I ran a spell check on it and did a few small edits. I pulled it from Cartoon Overanalyzations who in turn pulled it from *BellicoseBreakfast’s deviantArt who in turn made it legible from the “original” 4chan thread. It is very deep, and very long. We’ve inserted a page break after the fourth paragraph. Following this introduction, is the edit in all of its glory for you to enjoy:
Have you ever noticed that the pacing, tone and story development of Pokémon changes after Ash is hit by lightning in the early episodes, how Ash and his world were relatively normal until after the incident?
I have a theory.
The accident with the bike put Ash into a coma. Days later he was found and was hurried to the hospital and treated with heavy medications, which is why Team Rocket became less menacing. The medication took effect and stabilized his coma dreams so that instead of being terrifying, they became idyllic, allowing him to live out his Pokémon master fantasies.
After the beginning episodes, the series is the result of Ash’s subconscious mind fulfilling his desires, as well as attempting to escape reality. Should Ash realize he’s in a coma, he would wake up, but suffer brain damage, so he must take down all of his mental barriers one by one until he can come to grips with who he is and escape his coma (since his mind will not allow him to escape until he’s come to terms with himself).
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Well, it’s taken me long enough.
Hello, I’m Camisado, sometimes known as geeq_chiq or anotherHoLiC. I have been a fan of…this sort of thing…since Pokémon was released on TV here about ten years ago. I live in the UK, where it’s getting less and less difficult to find manga and anime (finally!), but I am a more mature fan now and try not to obsess.
Most of the time I’m at work, where I work in technical support and am getting a qualification while I work. When that’s done, hopefully by April this year, I’ll be doing an honours degree with the Open University. I’m bringing this up now so you know why I’m so quiet in future. It’s going to be about two hours of work, five days a week, for four years. xD;
Okay, so I’d say my favourite game series’ are Pokémon and Zelda, though I also enjoy a bit of Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. …you can tell I’m a Nintendo fangirl. I collect Pokémon plush toys, particularly Pichu and the second-gen starters. I also help run a small Pokémon board.
Anime/manga-wise, I enjoy a lot of CLAMP like Magic Knight Rayearth, Tokyo Babylon (but not so much X/1999) and ×××HoLiC. I recently watched the ×××HoLiC movie – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – so I should be able to review that as my first real post! (And if you’re interested, no, I’m afraid I’m not quite as interested in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle). ×××HoLiC Kei is soon to fall into my hands, too, so look out for that.
Greetings, the name’s Amanda Calamity, but I also go by ASH (which is intended to be in CAPS) and I pretty much will allow anyone to call me anything.
I’ve always had a love for anime, though for many years I had no idea what it was called. My first anime was Pokémon like many other anime fans, but I started to really get into it when I watched good ol’ adult swim. Afterwards, I found a thing called “the anime network” which was “on demand.” For those of you that don’t know what in the hell “on demand” is, well…it’s basically a program that comes with digital cable in which you can watch videos whenever you want and a lot of the shows/movies are free. (I’m horrible at explaining things). Anyway, back to my point, I started to watch all sorts of other anime and thus here I am today, eight years later.
My favorite anime currently is Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) and my favorite manga is RE:Play. Why am I telling you this? I dunno. It’s not like you really give a hoot. It just felt necessary to tell you.
I have a rather wheird sense of humor.
I’m not like a lot of other “Otaku” where I download anime, buy thousands of swag items and make pairings of characters that show no possibility of being together EVER. I also try to stay away from the really popular anime and watch something different.
Besides anime, I love Japan in general. I love the language, the culture and music. The one thing I am not too fond of is it’s food, considering I don’t like seafood ><
I don’t feel like talking about myself anymore because it feels awkward and you’re probably tired of reading about me. 
Hope you don’t find me too boring in the future, <3~ Amanda Calamity
Hello World!
I’m Mindez, yet another contributor to this fine new blog. And this is the traditional ‘Hello World!’ introductory post that’s expected of me.
So, a bit about myself! I’m Mindez online, Daniel in the offline world. I’m from the UK, England specifically. Currently studying Computer Science in my second year at Manchester University. I have Twitter here, email here, and a probably very poorly maintained and out of date MyAnimeList here. Actually, looking at it, it doesn’t look too far out. Yes, it is extremely short.
I’d consider myself the otaku newbie around here. I’ve seen far less anime, read far less manga and probably know far less Japanese than anybody else here. Well, let’s put it this way, I’ve just spent a good few minutes making myself a translation guide to the categories of this website and now I’m sitting back in mild pride while simultaneously knowing that nobody would be impressed. Well I am. Er, I’m getting a bit sidetracked aren’t I. That’ll probably happen a lot. I tend to forget where I am mid-sentence and just kind of go with wherever it takes me.
At the moment I’m watching バカとテストと召喚獣 [Idiots, Tests and Summoned Beasts] as recommended on this blog, some random other series’s as and when I feel like them, and I’m always happy to hear recommendations. I’m here as the newbie to learn after all.
So that’s basically it for my introductory post, if you’ll excuse me I’m going to go free up some space on my external hard drive so I can go on an anime downloading spree soon. Hoorah!
Mindez.
I spent a very decent amount of time procrastinating when it came to watching this anime. If you’ve ever seen my Anime List, you’d know that I spend a very decent fraction of my time watching a LOT of anime for no particular reason. Because I had been working with my step-father for some time, I had a good amount of catching up to do. So I prepared the episodes but never watched them – until yesterday, that is.
For such a ridiculous concept, this anime is incredibly enjoyable. Let me explain the very weak plot:
Akihisa Yoshii is a very, very stupid character – though, with a very kind heart. He is the “Idiot” of the animé. He attends Fumizuki Academy, a school where instead of everyone being on an equal level, your class is chosen by the score you received on your entrance exam, and there are six different classes students are sorted into: A, B, C, D, E, and F. The “A” class is, of course, the smartest of the smart and looks almost exactly the same as a Five Star Hotel whereas the “F” class is the lowest of the low – Wooden (broken or breaking) desks, walls where the air from outside floats right in, and traditional Japanese sitting mats without any stuffing inside them.
However, despite this sorting students are encouraged to promote their grades through an event they call an “Exam Summoning Battle,” or ESB for short. During these battles, the students call forth “Summoned Beasts” whose HP/AP equal the combined score of the student’s Testing ability. If the lower class can defeat a higher class at an ESB, they are permitted (though apparently not required) to switch class facilities.
Other than this climb to the top, the rest of the plot tends to focus on the love triangle between the females Mizuki Himeji (cute, innocent, withdrawn) and Shimada Minami (tomboyish, tsundere) and the main character Akihisa, of whom is too stupid to realize that either of the girl’s like him.
Overall, this is a very fun and relaxing anime with a lot of fighting, a quick bit of absolutely ridiculous perversion (without any actual fan-service & LOTS of nose bleeding), and some sort of a storyline.
Personally, I think if gg is subbing it, it has to be good of some caliber.
こんにちは、みんな！
We’ve undergone a name change and the URL will be changing with it within the next few days. I am no longer writing for 日本へ行こうか but WE are going to write for Collective Otaku!
This site will probably stay small, but who cares? We’re all going to have fun. I’m still welcoming authors onboard, so look out for introductory posts (as always)! If you’ve subscribed to the RSS please unsubscribe for the moment (let me get Feed Burner setup first).
I’m fairly sure that we’re going to cover *everything* Otaku. Games, Anime, Manga, Japan, Japanese, and anything else we can think of!
So, welcome aboard and thank you for joining us on our journey. ^_^
千里の道も一歩より – A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step
I’m Alex, my friends call me Yuki; I’ll be posting here every now and then with information, tid-bits and quirks about Japan, sometimes about anime, sometimes just randomness. Check out my bio, or better still my own blog or website, if you would like to know more about me.
And on a more relevant note, my recommended Anime for today is: Hetalia (it’s also my Favourite anime).
