30 Days meme - Day 20 - A Hobby of Yours

[mossygirl]

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Day 20 - A Hobby of Yours

Let's go with anime. I can't believe Escaflowne aired on Fox nearly 10 years ago (August '00, if wiki is correct). Since that's what I consider the "official" start of my love of anime (it's very hard to put a marker on it; I loved Digimon before, and going even further back, there were a few anime movies I loved as a kid without knowing they were from Japan at all. Even with Escaflowne, it was a while before I knew it was "anime," but I have no idea when that happened), I've been a fan for nearly 10 years. I've certainly had highs and lows, but I've found enough good shows over the years that I've yet to regret getting into anime.

Let's do an inventory again!

Yes, these are all DVDs that I physically and legally own :D (which is why the thrift store bootleg of season one of Rurouni Kenshin will not be included ww).

Completed series:

-.hack//sign (6 volumes + extras)
-Animatrix (OAV)
-Baccano! (boxset)
-Boogiepop Phantom (4 volumes + extras)
-Catgirl Nuku Nuku (OAV)
-Clannad (2 volumes)
-Code Geass (6 volumes + extras)
-Cowboy Bebop (boxset)
-Escaflowne (8 volumes)
-Escaflowne: Girl in Gaia (movie + extras)
-Fruits Basket (4 volumes + box)
-Gankutsuou (6 volumes + box)
-Gundam Seed (2 boxsets + extra copies of 1, 6)
-Gundam: The 08th MS Team (boxset + extra copy of 4)
-Here is Greenwood (OAV)
-Infinite Ryvius (6 volumes)
-Interstella 5555 (movie)
-Jyu Oh Sei (boxset)
-Kare Kano/His and Her Circumstances (5 volumes + box)
-Kino’s Journey (boxset)
-Last Exile (7 volumes)
-Lunar Legend Tsukihime (3 volumes)
-Magic Knight Rayearth Seasons 1 & 2 (2 boxsets)
-Millennium Actress (movie)
-Mushishi (6 volumes + box)
-Nausicaa (movie)
-Nightwalker (2 volumes)
-Noein (5 volumes)
-Orphen (boxset)
-Outlaw Star (boxset)
-Petite Princess Yucie (boxset)
-Please Save My Earth (OAV)
-Princess Tutu (boxset)
-RahXephon (7 volumes + box + movie)
-Rayearth (OAV)
-Revolutionary Girl Utena (10 volumes + 3 boxes + movie)
-Rumbling Hearts (3 volumes + box)
-Sentimental Journey (1 volume)
-Scrapped Princess (6 volumes)
-Shamanic Princess (OAV)
-Slayers (boxset)
-Slayers NEXT (boxset)
-Slayers TRY (boxset)
-Slayers Premium (OAV)
-Stellvia (8 volumes)
-Toward the Terra (6 volumes)
-Twelve Kingdoms (10 volumes)
-Ultra Maniac (7 volumes + box)
-Voices of a Distant Star (OAV)
-Whisper of the Heart (movie)

Incomplete:
-Love Hina (volumes 1-2, Christmas movie)
-Otogi Zoshi (volume 1)
-Rune Soldier (volume 1)

In a way it's a lot, but in a way it's a little. (That is, compared with how much anime has been released in the U.S.) There are still other series on my "to buy" list (topmost are Clannad After Story and Honey & Clover, followed by a slew of others), as I am a good little consumer and collector. There are some series that I might've missed out on if I hadn't snapped them up -- like Utena, which is out of print and certainly would be more expensive and tougher to collect now than it was when I picked it up. And Gankutsuou ... which is still in print, but no longer widely available in the super-sweet packaging I got it in (exquisite artbox, DVDs with reversible covers and art inserts!). ... I know, I know, it's flimsy reasoning, but a girl's gotta spend a little money on something, and anime is better than designer jeans and high heels.

(Well, if you're me, it is.)

Still to go:

Day 21 - A recipe
Day 22 - A website
Day 23 - A YouTube video
Day 24 - Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 - Your day, in great detail
Day 26 - Your week, in great detail
Day 27 - This month, in great detail
Day 28 - This year, in great detail
Day 29 - Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 - Whatever tickles your fancy