I'm not sure how it started, but I do know that I used to watch Transformers all the time when I was about 3 to 4.

Then it moved on to the old SatAM Sonic the Hedgehog, although I'm not sure that qualifies as anime. Anyway, I watched that for a long time, until it just miraculously disappeared off the airwaves.

After that, I kinda fell into a slump of not watching too much anime. Pokemon and DBZ came along after a while, and I loved them. Looking back now, though, I don't see how I loved Pokemon at all...DBZ is decent when they are fighting, other than that, it's kind of annoying how they spend a lot of time powering up and talking to one another...You'd think they were friends instead of mortal enemies...

After a few years of that (it was about 1999 in the Pokemon/DBZ phase, although I still watch DBZ/GT now and then), I got into the whole anime thing. I tried IRC once, but didn't totally understand it, and tried to get some info on a few of the channels, and they kicked me out....After about a week or so of that, I stopped trying and uninstalled it.

However, now I use IRC all the time, although I haven't been on in a while. But I don't use it for downloading any anime. I used to use it for that when I didn't want to wait for the entire second season of Naruto to finish downloading. I also use it for the Naruto manga.

I use BT for most anime nowadays, obviously.

And manga, I used to read it all the time, although it was a 4 or 5 mile (maybe more) trip to the nearest bookstore that had any. On a bike....We (my otaku-ish friend and I) never got around to finding out which bus went up there, since we knew there was one...

But, I have a bunch of anime DVDs, mostly boxsets of series I've seen. A few of them were purchased because I saw them as fansubs. RahXephon was one, Please Teacher! was another, and Abenobashi Magical Shopping Arcade it another, although I only have the first two discs.

Manga, I have 8 of the 14 volumes in my room, although I have read all of the series. I have also read the first couple volumes of Akira, and found it odd that Otomo made a movie of all things. He should have made an OVA in the least! Not a two hour movie! There was so much more than the movie there but...Whatever, his manga to do as he pleased. Read the first 4 volumes of GTO...But I'd rather complete my Love Hina collection than start another one.....Speaking of which, I need to make some space for my manga....If I get a job...

Eh, anyway, it's been a long time coming, but my gaming addiction has started wearing off and has been shunted into anime recently. I only play old-skool games like Sonic 3 & Knuckles (S3 locked-on to S&K) nowadays. Maybe a few newer games, but not as often...It seems anime and to a lesser degree at the moment, manga, has taken over my life. Although the Harry Potter franchise is a close second to both of them.

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