I’m an Anime fan. And that’s a fact. I’m not really addicted to Anime, but I really like it. Since I started learning about Anime back when I was still a single-digit-aged person, it has become my passion to watch each and every episode of what Anime I’m currently hooked on to. The oldest Anime I can remember was Daimos and Voltes V. It was both categorized as a Mecha Anime, as it involves Robots. And soon after that a lot more Anime’s were introduced here in the Philippines and some of them became popular like, Dragon Ball, Sailormoon, to name a few. Then more Anime’s came from Japan, which were it originated. Yu Yu Hakusho (Ghost Fighter), Slam Dunk, Hunter X Hunter, Dear Boys, Gundam, Ranma 1/2, Love Hina, Ah! My Goddess (my personal favorite), Saber Marionette, Time Quest, and many more flooded the local commercial channels.
Anime are Japanese animations (read: cartoons) that mostly originated in Manga’s (Japanese comic books). There are many classifications of Anime’s, which targets different ages, and/or different criteria and types. Here are some of the types:
Shoujo manga/anime is targetted at junior or high school girls. Shoujo stories are usually based on the romantic development between characters, but with other plot elements and sub plots. Usually the main character is a girl but often it can be a couple or sometimes a young man.
Shounen manga/anime is for junior to high school boys. Usually more focus is set on action and fighting, though there is some room for character development.
Seinen stories are different again, with a varied target audience. Seinen manga usually revolves around a hobby such as a sport team. Seinen stories are usually less violent or sexual than other forms of manga.
Yaoi or also known as Slash manga are usually devoted to the relationship between males be it friendship or sexual. The readership is mainly female, as most have romantic elements.
Hentai Anime/Manga often is synonymous with animated pornography. Some hentai has room for a plot though for the most part this is merely to get to the sex. Much hentai is based on fetishism of some description.
As an Anime fan I also join Anime related forums. One such forum Anime Elites which I joined just recently, are one of the many new Anime forums with members based here in the Philippines.
I’m hoping to be active once again in the forum community. Not to mention I’m an Admin of three forums to-date.
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