On an unreklated note this is my 666th post.
How do you find the anime you watch?
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How do you find the anime you watch?
Do you learn of new anime from your friends or just search for animes you might like on general anime sites or maybe you just find out about it when it comes out in your local store? So how do you find new animes?
On an unreklated note this is my 666th post.
On an unreklated note this is my 666th post.
Absence is to love as wind is to a flame. It extinguishes the little, it ignites the great.
Life is a test. It is only a test. Had this been real life you would have have been instructed where to go and what to do.
When i argue with reality I lose.....But only 100% of the time.
Once you've decided on a course of action, only you can finish it. As long as you remember that, there's nothing you can't accomplish.
Life is a test. It is only a test. Had this been real life you would have have been instructed where to go and what to do.
When i argue with reality I lose.....But only 100% of the time.
Once you've decided on a course of action, only you can finish it. As long as you remember that, there's nothing you can't accomplish.
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Kura Ookami - Posts: 766
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I find out about anime via this site and just browsing the anime section of JB Hi-Fi (an entertainment shop in Australia). That's any anime in general, but I find out about new anime the same way. I don't have any off-line friends that are anime fans but I have showed some of my friends all of Last Exile over sometime and they really enjoyed it apart from being confused sometimes.
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Warrior 4 Jesus - Posts: 4844
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Combination of several things. Online sites that deal with anime news, occasional readings of NewType Magazine, some fansub recomendations, browsing anime titles at several different locations and then researching them at a number of review sites.
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Rev. Doc - Posts: 2025
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I browse the internet and read articles, reviews, and message boards for hours and hours and hours. . .
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill. Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
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Mangafanatic - Posts: 4918
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My method is weird.... I go by alphabetical order. I simply log on to a site like Animenation and see which series is alphabetically next. I subsequently check them out till I find one that looks interesting, and if the series is completely released, I buy it. (But I order it from somewhere cheaper)
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Azier the Swordsman - Posts: 3109
- Joined: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:00 am
- Location: Earth
I use a sort of sixth sense built from my impressions of the way a given title is marketted and how people react to it. If the show is the light then people are the mirror.
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Cap'n Nick - Posts: 1008
- Joined: Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:00 am
- Location: Kojima, Japan
Kura Ookami wrote:On an unreklated note this is my 666th post.
ooh...Evil...
It's You that I search for
It is You I can't live without
Your hope is what I long for
When nothings left in me
It is You I can't live without
Your hope is what I long for
When nothings left in me
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KawaiiMe - Posts: 21
- Joined: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:27 pm
- Location: Franklinville NJ. (If you've never heard of it. thats ok. No one really has...)
Most of the anime I watch, I find out about from other people. My friend Brielle got me into Fma, s-cry-ed, InuYasha and samurai champloo, and my brother got me into DBZ 
(Which I love him for) but some, like Fruits Basket, I read the manga first at my library - Which had the entire anime series on DVD!
(Which I love him for) but some, like Fruits Basket, I read the manga first at my library - Which had the entire anime series on DVD!It's You that I search for
It is You I can't live without
Your hope is what I long for
When nothings left in me
It is You I can't live without
Your hope is what I long for
When nothings left in me
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KawaiiMe - Posts: 21
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- Location: Franklinville NJ. (If you've never heard of it. thats ok. No one really has...)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/
I usually browse around here and read reviews.
http://animeworld.com/
Use this site just for reading the reviews.
http://www.christiananime.net/
Most of you probably haven't heard of this site. Good reviews and some..strange forums.
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/home/home.php
And finally, I usually try and download an AMV of the current anime I'm looking at.
I usually browse around here and read reviews.
http://animeworld.com/
Use this site just for reading the reviews.
http://www.christiananime.net/
Most of you probably haven't heard of this site. Good reviews and some..strange forums.
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/home/home.php
And finally, I usually try and download an AMV of the current anime I'm looking at.
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Joshua Christopher - Posts: 1982
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My typical sources of info on getting into new series that I haven't seen yet usually lie in either trailers I see on discs for other shows, or just in the stuff I see at Best Buy. If I see something that piques my interests, I might ask friends about it, but usually I go to http://www.animeondvd.com to see what they're reviews have to say. In my opinion they're usually somewhat on the ball in discerning good quality shows from bad, though of course I've disagreed with them before whether on an entertainment factor or moralality-oriented factor :-) I also pay attention to what different companies or licensing companies are doing.
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For what is seen is temporary, but what is
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"If you're going to think then think in German!!!"
"So we fix our eyes not on
what is seen, but on what is unseen.
For what is seen is temporary, but what is
unseen is eternal" 1 Cor. 4:18
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eva-boy7985 - Posts: 327
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I download fansubs usually and if I like what I see, I will continue on with that series and if I don't like it, it get the recycle bin. Just make sure you are downloading unlicensed anime so that way it is leagl.
The Straight and Narrow
I chose to walk the straight and narrow road, but one day I lost balance and fell off it. I had fallen onto some sharp rocks and injured myself. There were people passing by who would merely stare at me, and then keep walking. Thoughts of worthlessness entered into my mind, and as I chose to believe the lies, my wounds grew worse. I was so overcome with grief that I nearly gave up... but then a man walked up to me and stopped. Without saying a word, he started to wrap my wounds, he gave me some water, and then lifted me up and embraced me. He then whispered these words into my ear, "I love you my child." As he said those words I could feel all the worthlessness and despair fall away. He then held out his hands. They had huge holes in them. He then said, "Walk with me." I then took his hand and we walked together. Every now and then I would fall from the road, but no matter where I fell, he was always there to pick me up and tell me that He loved me.
-by Micah Smith
I chose to walk the straight and narrow road, but one day I lost balance and fell off it. I had fallen onto some sharp rocks and injured myself. There were people passing by who would merely stare at me, and then keep walking. Thoughts of worthlessness entered into my mind, and as I chose to believe the lies, my wounds grew worse. I was so overcome with grief that I nearly gave up... but then a man walked up to me and stopped. Without saying a word, he started to wrap my wounds, he gave me some water, and then lifted me up and embraced me. He then whispered these words into my ear, "I love you my child." As he said those words I could feel all the worthlessness and despair fall away. He then held out his hands. They had huge holes in them. He then said, "Walk with me." I then took his hand and we walked together. Every now and then I would fall from the road, but no matter where I fell, he was always there to pick me up and tell me that He loved me.
-by Micah Smith
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Heed - Posts: 149
- Joined: Sat Oct 04, 2003 9:13 pm
- Location: Near Buffalo, NY
the "anime hint" feature on anidb.net isn't too bad if you're looking for ideas.
The cake used to be a lie like you, but then it took a portal to the deception core.
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Kaligraphic - Posts: 2002
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Well, my favorite show ever was found through channel surfing one day...XD I usually have to stick with whatever's being shown on tv, at least until I get the chance to go to Blockbuster, haha. I don't buy much anime as it's so expensive, but I have been considering downloading some...I usually stick to manga when it comes to new series, and if I like it enough, I'll buy the anime. And all of my manga suggestions come from here, since there's such a great review system! ^_^
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Radical Dreamer - Posts: 7950
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Ahh yes, God Bless the man who invented the anime section at Blockbuster, no matter how big or small it may be...
The Straight and Narrow
I chose to walk the straight and narrow road, but one day I lost balance and fell off it. I had fallen onto some sharp rocks and injured myself. There were people passing by who would merely stare at me, and then keep walking. Thoughts of worthlessness entered into my mind, and as I chose to believe the lies, my wounds grew worse. I was so overcome with grief that I nearly gave up... but then a man walked up to me and stopped. Without saying a word, he started to wrap my wounds, he gave me some water, and then lifted me up and embraced me. He then whispered these words into my ear, "I love you my child." As he said those words I could feel all the worthlessness and despair fall away. He then held out his hands. They had huge holes in them. He then said, "Walk with me." I then took his hand and we walked together. Every now and then I would fall from the road, but no matter where I fell, he was always there to pick me up and tell me that He loved me.
-by Micah Smith
I chose to walk the straight and narrow road, but one day I lost balance and fell off it. I had fallen onto some sharp rocks and injured myself. There were people passing by who would merely stare at me, and then keep walking. Thoughts of worthlessness entered into my mind, and as I chose to believe the lies, my wounds grew worse. I was so overcome with grief that I nearly gave up... but then a man walked up to me and stopped. Without saying a word, he started to wrap my wounds, he gave me some water, and then lifted me up and embraced me. He then whispered these words into my ear, "I love you my child." As he said those words I could feel all the worthlessness and despair fall away. He then held out his hands. They had huge holes in them. He then said, "Walk with me." I then took his hand and we walked together. Every now and then I would fall from the road, but no matter where I fell, he was always there to pick me up and tell me that He loved me.
-by Micah Smith
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Heed - Posts: 149
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Mostly I rent it. Living near a university, there is enough of a student population to support at least one D&D/hobby store with a large anime rental section. Of course, this also means that we have an anime club (showings once a month during the regular school year). And yes, I can also rent from Blockbuster.
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Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
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Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
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Technomancer - Posts: 2379
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I use many resources...
1)Internet: Browse random anime review sites and read things that look interesting. I usually read a bunch of different reviews to get a better overall feel for the anime/story. Then I do a search for images to see if it looks like my cup-of-tea. Maybe a trailer if possible.
2) Friend suggests something. Then I'll search it using step 1.
3)Accident or stumbling upon it: Sometimes I'll be in a store scrolling through anime dvd's. If I see something that catches my eye, I'll read the back. Then if I'm still interested I'll take note of the title and do a review search (step 1 again).
4)AMV: yep, sometimes I'll download random AMV's and if it looks interesting, I'll try to watch the series.
1)Internet: Browse random anime review sites and read things that look interesting. I usually read a bunch of different reviews to get a better overall feel for the anime/story. Then I do a search for images to see if it looks like my cup-of-tea. Maybe a trailer if possible.
2) Friend suggests something. Then I'll search it using step 1.
3)Accident or stumbling upon it: Sometimes I'll be in a store scrolling through anime dvd's. If I see something that catches my eye, I'll read the back. Then if I'm still interested I'll take note of the title and do a review search (step 1 again).
4)AMV: yep, sometimes I'll download random AMV's and if it looks interesting, I'll try to watch the series.
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The word 'impossible' isn't in my dictionary... but I don't really have a dictionary you know? - Eikichi Onizuka.
Sorry, but I stop being a teacher at 5 o'clock. - Eikichi Onizuka.
The word 'impossible' isn't in my dictionary... but I don't really have a dictionary you know? - Eikichi Onizuka.
Sorry, but I stop being a teacher at 5 o'clock. - Eikichi Onizuka.
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agasfas - Posts: 2341
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Heed wrote:Ahh yes, God Bless the man who invented the anime section at Blockbuster, no matter how big or small it may be...
With my choices of: Akira, Spirited Away, Doomed Mealopolis, or Steamboy.
-_-
Oh, maybe a Dragonball Z DVD too.
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Joshua Christopher - Posts: 1982
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Here in Austin we actually have 2 anime rental places 
They carry almost every anime dvd licenced. Though usually they only carry one of each title, so sometimes it's a waiting game for the next person to return them. But heck, it's much better then nothing.
They carry almost every anime dvd licenced. Though usually they only carry one of each title, so sometimes it's a waiting game for the next person to return them. But heck, it's much better then nothing.
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.." Prov 17:22
The word 'impossible' isn't in my dictionary... but I don't really have a dictionary you know? - Eikichi Onizuka.
Sorry, but I stop being a teacher at 5 o'clock. - Eikichi Onizuka.
The word 'impossible' isn't in my dictionary... but I don't really have a dictionary you know? - Eikichi Onizuka.
Sorry, but I stop being a teacher at 5 o'clock. - Eikichi Onizuka.
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agasfas - Posts: 2341
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- Location: Austin, TX
agasfas wrote:Here in Austin we actually have 2 anime rental places
They carry almost every anime dvd licenced. Though usually they only carry one of each title, so sometimes it's a waiting game for the next person to return them. But heck, it's much better then nothing.
I have none. At all. -_-
Paraphrasing something Hopeshimmer said: "Josh, I live in a CORNFIELD and we have places to rent anime!"
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Joshua Christopher - Posts: 1982
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Newtype. I read the reviews there, and if I like the anime, I look more into it. Or I stalk the 'Guess the anime picture!' threads on fourms and I look for an interesting looking anime...XD
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Ren_sama - Posts: 587
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NewType is an Awesome Magazine!! I bought one for the first time a month or 2 ago. I t has alot of god info.
The Straight and Narrow
I chose to walk the straight and narrow road, but one day I lost balance and fell off it. I had fallen onto some sharp rocks and injured myself. There were people passing by who would merely stare at me, and then keep walking. Thoughts of worthlessness entered into my mind, and as I chose to believe the lies, my wounds grew worse. I was so overcome with grief that I nearly gave up... but then a man walked up to me and stopped. Without saying a word, he started to wrap my wounds, he gave me some water, and then lifted me up and embraced me. He then whispered these words into my ear, "I love you my child." As he said those words I could feel all the worthlessness and despair fall away. He then held out his hands. They had huge holes in them. He then said, "Walk with me." I then took his hand and we walked together. Every now and then I would fall from the road, but no matter where I fell, he was always there to pick me up and tell me that He loved me.
-by Micah Smith
I chose to walk the straight and narrow road, but one day I lost balance and fell off it. I had fallen onto some sharp rocks and injured myself. There were people passing by who would merely stare at me, and then keep walking. Thoughts of worthlessness entered into my mind, and as I chose to believe the lies, my wounds grew worse. I was so overcome with grief that I nearly gave up... but then a man walked up to me and stopped. Without saying a word, he started to wrap my wounds, he gave me some water, and then lifted me up and embraced me. He then whispered these words into my ear, "I love you my child." As he said those words I could feel all the worthlessness and despair fall away. He then held out his hands. They had huge holes in them. He then said, "Walk with me." I then took his hand and we walked together. Every now and then I would fall from the road, but no matter where I fell, he was always there to pick me up and tell me that He loved me.
-by Micah Smith
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Heed - Posts: 149
- Joined: Sat Oct 04, 2003 9:13 pm
- Location: Near Buffalo, NY
....anything that's based on a Sakura Kinoshita manga I'll watch. XD; Usually I find stuff by word of mouth, or by finding pretty pictures on the internet and looking the series up.
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Debitt - Posts: 3654
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Hmmmmmm...I ask on these forums, and check a bit around on aniDB and AnimeOnDVD 
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dreamhacker - Posts: 164
- Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:54 am
- Location: Norway
I mainly know about anime via Amercan style comics I read (the ads), and ToyFare (sometimes I like to look at magazines about toys, since I like toys), as well as visiting JB Hi-Fi and EB Games to see what new titles are out.
Once I see something, the first thing I zoom in is on the rating and the type of content it contains. Then if the rating and contents seem ok I flip to the back and read the description.
If that sounds interesting enough for me (a good plot, promise of character development, good vs evil - this is a big plus for me!), I convince myself that I should part with the money in my wallet ...
Once I see something, the first thing I zoom in is on the rating and the type of content it contains. Then if the rating and contents seem ok I flip to the back and read the description.
If that sounds interesting enough for me (a good plot, promise of character development, good vs evil - this is a big plus for me!), I convince myself that I should part with the money in my wallet ...
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Sammy Boy - Posts: 1410
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- Location: Autobase, Cybertron
I have an anime-finding device built into my cell-phone - it can track random discs of anime. Sounds handy, doesn't it? Unfortunately it gets agitated whenever DragonBallZ comes on in the afternoon.
Seriously, I order them on-line if enough people say good things about them.
Seriously, I order them on-line if enough people say good things about them.
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bigsleepj - Posts: 3432
- Joined: Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:00 pm
- Location: South Africa - Oh yes, better believe it!
my friends; browsing the anime sections in Hollywood Movies, Blockbuster, Suncoast, and Best Buy; and searching for anime with seiyuus from other anime I like
"I cried out with no reply and I can't feel you by my side so I hold tight to what I know...your here...and I'm never alone"
"In the moon want to sleep want to sleep with the silence you heal me again, through the long and trying day you save me...in the moon I’m just veiled in the silver shining"
"Forever Love, Forever Dream, I can't walk any further, Oh tell me why, Oh tell me true, Teach me the meaning of life"
"Never change... that's what a fool would say in his dreams at the moment when you're facing the end of everything"
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"In the moon want to sleep want to sleep with the silence you heal me again, through the long and trying day you save me...in the moon I’m just veiled in the silver shining"
"Forever Love, Forever Dream, I can't walk any further, Oh tell me why, Oh tell me true, Teach me the meaning of life"
"Never change... that's what a fool would say in his dreams at the moment when you're facing the end of everything"
Adopted by: LeaChan-4ever
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(O.o) Copy The Bunny Into Your Sig
(> <) Help Him Achieve World Domination...
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