Fandom entry meme
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branchandrootThis one looked like fun.
If you're interested I'll pick three of your fandoms for which you can answer the following questions:
01: What got you into this fandom in the first place?
02: Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
03: Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
04: Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
05: Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?
dancing_serpent gave me Angel Sanctuary, Eyeshield 21 and Katekyou Hitman Reborn.
Angel Sanctuary
1. ...you know, I don't actually remember for sure? I think I may have gotten the anime in a trade batch and gone looking for the manga after I heard that the anime was only a skeleton of the first arc.
2. Insofar as AS has a fandom I'll probably stay in it. It, um, really kind of doesn't, at least not an active one. But I was pounced by a post-canon mega-bunny and keep going back to peck at it. Besides, there's the Tennis Sanctuary crossover which is always good to run off a drabble for now and again.
3. Hmmmmm. Pretty much any issue that has Mad Hatter, who is unquestionably my favorite, the screwed up little thing.
4. Yes, see 2.
5. Totally! It's wonderfully complicated and vaguely Gnostic and has the most glorious gender and identity bending characterizations.
Eyeshiled 21
1. Once upon a time I was working up notes for an article on the sub-genres of shounen and asked my flist for examples of shounen-sports. ES21 was cited and the next time I had a slow period I went for it.
2. Depends on whether InaMura get their heads out of their asses. The multinational arc featured the most appalling national stereotyping possible and I stopped reading because of it. I dearly love the characters, though, and keep hoping InaMura will go back to doing what they do best.
3. Manga over anime. Hiruma in Las Vegas! Purely and entirely on account of how good he looks with all those long fingers full of cards. Also any match featuring Sena and Shin.
4. Yes, though not as much as I usually do for something I like this much. Thing is, ES21 has a very tight plot and it's kind of hard to find space for the kind of fic I tend to write.
5. Yes! If you never try any other sports manga, try this one, it is epic, it is incredible, it is moving, it is the way a sports manga should be written! (Look, I hate football, and I love this manga, okay?)
Katekyou Hitman Reborn
1. This is entirelyreaderofasaph's fault. She kept nudging everyone with mentions of it and how cool Hibari is I really needed another manga to add to my weekly collection so I asked where the real plot starts and gave it a go.
2. I'm... not exactly in the fandom. Because it's insane. But I do think I'll probably keep KHR as one of my playgrounds for a while.
3. Manga over anime, definitely. Any Dino-Hibari interaction at all. Gokudera's and Yamamoto's and Tsuna's ring battles. All moments of TYL!Hibari and TYL!Mukuro. Gokudera and Gamma's fight; Yamamoto's and Genkishi's fight; Hibari and Genkishi's fight. And the anime episode of Lambo's ring battle purely because his seiyuu pulled out a darn sexy twenty-years-later Lambo.
4. Indeed, yes. In fact, this series keep arc-bunnying me, which is kind of how tenipuri worked, so I suspect this one is a keeper too.
5. That... depends. I think the answer is "yes, but skip parts". See, issues 1-59 are total slapstick idiocy with Issues to boot. If, however, you start at 60, it's a tight, fast-paced action story with lots of emotional development. Until you get to the latest arc, where it totally degenerates into trash again. I'll give a heads up when and if it Amano gets her groove back. Also? The fandom is insane.
If you're interested I'll pick three of your fandoms for which you can answer the following questions:
01: What got you into this fandom in the first place?
02: Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
03: Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
04: Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
05: Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?
dancing_serpent gave me Angel Sanctuary, Eyeshield 21 and Katekyou Hitman Reborn.Angel Sanctuary
1. ...you know, I don't actually remember for sure? I think I may have gotten the anime in a trade batch and gone looking for the manga after I heard that the anime was only a skeleton of the first arc.
2. Insofar as AS has a fandom I'll probably stay in it. It, um, really kind of doesn't, at least not an active one. But I was pounced by a post-canon mega-bunny and keep going back to peck at it. Besides, there's the Tennis Sanctuary crossover which is always good to run off a drabble for now and again.
3. Hmmmmm. Pretty much any issue that has Mad Hatter, who is unquestionably my favorite, the screwed up little thing.
4. Yes, see 2.
5. Totally! It's wonderfully complicated and vaguely Gnostic and has the most glorious gender and identity bending characterizations.
Eyeshiled 21
1. Once upon a time I was working up notes for an article on the sub-genres of shounen and asked my flist for examples of shounen-sports. ES21 was cited and the next time I had a slow period I went for it.
2. Depends on whether InaMura get their heads out of their asses. The multinational arc featured the most appalling national stereotyping possible and I stopped reading because of it. I dearly love the characters, though, and keep hoping InaMura will go back to doing what they do best.
3. Manga over anime. Hiruma in Las Vegas! Purely and entirely on account of how good he looks with all those long fingers full of cards. Also any match featuring Sena and Shin.
4. Yes, though not as much as I usually do for something I like this much. Thing is, ES21 has a very tight plot and it's kind of hard to find space for the kind of fic I tend to write.
5. Yes! If you never try any other sports manga, try this one, it is epic, it is incredible, it is moving, it is the way a sports manga should be written! (Look, I hate football, and I love this manga, okay?)
Katekyou Hitman Reborn
1. This is entirely
readerofasaph's fault. She kept nudging everyone with mentions of it and how cool Hibari is I really needed another manga to add to my weekly collection so I asked where the real plot starts and gave it a go.2. I'm... not exactly in the fandom. Because it's insane. But I do think I'll probably keep KHR as one of my playgrounds for a while.
3. Manga over anime, definitely. Any Dino-Hibari interaction at all. Gokudera's and Yamamoto's and Tsuna's ring battles. All moments of TYL!Hibari and TYL!Mukuro. Gokudera and Gamma's fight; Yamamoto's and Genkishi's fight; Hibari and Genkishi's fight. And the anime episode of Lambo's ring battle purely because his seiyuu pulled out a darn sexy twenty-years-later Lambo.
4. Indeed, yes. In fact, this series keep arc-bunnying me, which is kind of how tenipuri worked, so I suspect this one is a keeper too.
5. That... depends. I think the answer is "yes, but skip parts". See, issues 1-59 are total slapstick idiocy with Issues to boot. If, however, you start at 60, it's a tight, fast-paced action story with lots of emotional development. Until you get to the latest arc, where it totally degenerates into trash again. I'll give a heads up when and if it Amano gets her groove back. Also? The fandom is insane.
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Date: 2009-05-25 02:18 pm (UTC)(I was in a long time ago, but stopped reading shortly before the Dinosaurs arc. Never had the chance to pick up the anime, though)
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Date: 2009-05-25 02:29 pm (UTC)Of course, I'm moderately convinced that the Jump editors pushed InaMura to keep writing after the actual story ended (after Nationals were over), and that this is why the multinational arc is so... dubious. But I may be able to read again soon, because they seem to have settled down to proper games instead of weirdly nationalized stereotypes.