Introduce Yourself.

Name: Ralph Velazquez Jr. (aka. RalphVBoy).

Function: Part-time Sales associate for good 'ole Circuit City and a Full-time student

Location: Flower Mound, TX

Catchphrase: "Have a good one."

Favorite Anime Quote: "Gai-sensei, please acknowledge this. Now is the time...to abide by and protect my way of the Ninja!" -- Rock Lee from Naruto, episode 49

Favorite anime people know: Rurouni Kenshin, Trigun, Naruto.

Favorite anime people might not know: Hunter X Hunter

Favorite anime studio: Nippon Animation

Favorite artist/creative person in anime/manga: Yoshihiro Togashi and Nobuhiro Watsuki.

Least Favorite Anime: Didn't dig Blue Gender.

Cosplay: Not yet.

Conventions attended: Akon 2005.

Seen fansubs on VHS: Yep.

When I'm not watching anime: I'm working, working out, at school, doing school work, reading a book, watching a movie, watching a TV show, or relaxing.

What I really wanted to do: Own a business.

What did you have for breakfast: Breakfast bar

Can you rollerskate backwards: Nope.

Musical instrument(s): Dabble in Piano

Last good book you read: Man on Fire by A.J. Quinnell. Loved it even more than the movie.

Favorite Book Quote: "You are going to hell, Rabbia...you will not be lonely." - Creasy

Favorite Magazines and/or Comics: Nothing currently

Favorite rhythm game: Dance Dance Revolution.

Favorite live-action movies: The Thing, Dawn of the Dead (remake), 28 days Later, and Forest Gump.

Which team do you support: Dallas Mavericks and the Dallas Cowboys.

What do you look like: 5'7 short, stocky Puerto Rican with brown hair, brown eyes, and who's always smiling ^_^

Ever owned an 8-track player: Nope

Travelled more than six time zones away from home: Not yet.

If money were not a problem, I'd live here: Boston, MA.

True love, absolute power, or lots of cash (no "money-buys-me-power" answers): True Love without a doubt.

Broken bones: Left arm. Twice >_<.

Beer, hard liquor, cocktails, or non-drinker: non-drinker

Age you discovered that you probably don't want to be eating hot dogs: Haven't stopped eating them *steps on scale* O_O;

Number of jigsaw puzzles you've completed, lifetime: 4-6

Music: XM Radio

Odd or Oven: Odd

first anime ever: Samurai Troopers

goal in life as a teenager: Live wherever I want.

goal in life now: Enjoy life.

favorite game: Resident Evil (all of 'em).

favorite constant: Como?

broken hearts, inflicted or sustained: Inflicted 1 and sustained 1 ;_;

ice cream: Anything with fudge :D***

Name: Set- setsumei, picked the name out of a Japanese dictionary. I could have called myself huggybear1969 for all I care. Apparantly it means 'explanation' so there is somesort of darkhorse mystique behind that me guesses.

Function: Cel collector, artist, regular bowel movement

Location: 'Cumbria, UK/Nitta Gun/Japan'
Catchphrase: "I like chicken tonight'
Favorite Anime Quote: "I'll never give up the unit, never, never!-- Malmot- Guyver OVA 1

Favorite anime people know: Guyver, Urotsukidoji

Favorite anime people might not know: Devilman, Violence Jack

Favorite anime studio: Dynamic Pro, Toei

Favorite artist/creative person in anime/manga: Satoshi Kon. Toshio Maeda, Shirow Masamune, Yoshiki Takaya

Least Favorite Anime: Yu Yu Hakusho, Blue Gender, Blue Sonnet, Pokemon, Yugi-Oh, Digimon

Cosplay: No.

Conventions attended: Non.

Seen fansubs on VHS: Devilman 70's TV series

When I'm not watching anime: I'm at college, doing commisions, eating pizza, learning korean, watching Japanese films, writing letters, sleeping, feeding the dog, travelling, thinking, using cheap aftershave



What I really wanted to do: Film maker, screen writer,

What did you have for breakfast: I eat pro-biotic liquid drinks, my body can't process solid foods, and if it tried, i wouldn't excrete properly unless I used the combo-pill therapy

Can you rollerskate backwards: Shut up.

Musical instrument(s): G.tar, base guitar, meracas

Last good book you read: 1984, Silence Of The Lambs, Hawaii, the complete works of Francais Bacon

Favorite Book Quote: "If it doesn't work phone this number.'
Favorite Magazines and/or Comics: None. Haven't got the patience, money/time for em.

Favorite rhythm game: Err...none.

Favorite live-action movies: Knumchuckles

Which team do you support: I despise all physical sports apart from swimming and cycling and tosisng a ball between two or more people

What do you look like: Hideous- plastic surgerory went pete tong...i roam the streets at night looking for the next best scrap of alley food to dine on, and sleep with the crocdiles in the sewer- my Dad keeps my cel collection in his whiskey cabinet- try googling 'setsumei' and see what happens. My chin is bigger than Tarantinos, and one of my eyes comes out of it's sockets- sometimes kids throw me a penny and I'll do that stuff just for eye candy. Sometimes people called Mac and Todd with Anime Expo '97 shirts come to my gutter with they're digital cameras. If I'm lucky I'll get to grope they're girlfiend's butt when they're tring to look overly kewl on da' street. Because of this recent increase in fame, I've dyed my hair...why what's wrong with that? Most ugly people now try to look beautiful.

Ever owned an 8-track player:They are for oldies.

Travelled more than six time zones away from home: Been to a few countries now. At first the time zone thing messed me up, but I reckon I'm used to it now.

If money were not a problem, I'd live here: Austria- where Hitler lived in the color films of him and that,
True love, absolute power, or lots of cash (no "money-buys-me-power" answers): Mexican Chili burger with space mushrooms and fires w/ potato sallad

Broken bones: My nose...x2

Beer, hard liquor, cocktails, or non-drinker: Cocktails if they're on offer.

Age you discovered that you probably don't want to be eating hot dogs: Hilarious.

Number of jigsaw puzzles you've completed, lifetime: Five.

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music: anything that isn't hip-hop marijuana crap

odd or even: odd

first anime ever: Samurai Pizza cats, though I count the Guyver really because it was the first time I realised what good anime is about.

goal in life as a teenager: Take over the world with my best friend. Destroy countries. Have sexual intercourse with Japanese women.
goal in life now: Get payed for drawing stuff.

favorite game: Tenchu (psx) the age of good video games is officially over. Games come out now nearly as fast as a new HIV infection occurs in South Africa, and they're all rubbish. Best decade for games was between 1985-1999.
favorite constant: planck's constant (6.63*10^-34)

broken hearts, inflicted or sustained: Three
ice cream: Samurai Sword, exploding racoon

Best thing that you ever had: My retro video games consoles

Most irritating thing in existance: Answering que call thingys

Most terrifying thing ever: Rent cheque

Fave food: Mush

Hair color: Brown/Green

Number of times you've said to yourself I can't do this: Five

Hey. I made a words. About time.



Name: James
The Space Runaway is Ideon, and besides that, I like the romantic ring in has to it.

Function: Carbon-based space occupier.

Location: Fairfax, Virginia (<=this is Northern Va, I cannot stress how important this distinction is)

Catchphrase: "[Word], or [same word with completely twisted accentuation] as some people say."

"Survey says...not...even...close (or simiar ending expressing a negative answer)."

Favorite Anime Quote: All of the quotes I'm trying to think of are too long, and I'll mess them up. I'll come back to this.

Favorite anime people know: Zeta Gundam, Patlabor, Galaxy Express 999, quite a few others.

Favorite anime people might not know: Ah...Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Touch, L-Gaim, The J-9 trilogy, but most especially Braiger, again, I can't really stick to one.

Favorite anime studio: Sunrise, but especially up until 1988.

Favorite artist/creative person in anime/manga: Tomino Yoshiyuki/Adachi Mitsuru, respectively.

Least Favorite Anime: Eiken disgusts me on the sheer concept, I'm not actually going to watch it. Besides that, all of the other "moe" crap (the bad "moe") that people seem to be infatuated with these days.

Cosplay: Don't. Come. Near. Me.

Conventions attended: None. None Con '98.

Seen fansubs on VHS: Yes.

When I'm not watching anime: I am most likely locked into some other Japanese related vice. Odds are good it involves electronics, robots, or both.

What I really wanted to do: Astronaut. Hah! Ah... ;_;

What did you have for breakfast: A cup of coffee.

Can you rollerskate backwards: If you push me.

Musical instrument(s): Euphonium (currently in hiatus). Karaoke box, also a pretty awesome whistler.

Last good book you read: I very recently re-read Timequake by Kurt Vonegut Jr, so I guess that'll work.

Favorite Book Quote:
"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain."

Favorite Magazines and/or Comics: Nine, by Adachi, Rough, also by Adachi (and my favorite of his work), many, many webcomics, mostly the ones from the Dumbrella and Dayfree Press collectives, and, uh, I don't know. I derive a lot of pleasure from the syndicated newspaper comics, but not for the reason the creators intended (Ha! Garfield doesn't like Mondays! But he likes lasagna! HAHAHAHAHAHA!)

Favorite rhythm game: Guitaroo-Man.

Favorite live-action movies: Probably any 80's sci-fi piece would be on my list.

Which team do you support: Um...the Democrats...?
Oh, sports. Yes. I support the sports.

What do you look like: A longhaired stoner hippy artist, although I am none of those things, save for longhaired. No piercings, no ink, no hair dye. Glasses, dark brown hair, tends to stay skinny. Sino-American mish-mash.

Ever owned an 8-track player: Unfortunately, no. Nostalgia cannot always come out victorious. I've got a record player, if that counts for anything.

Travelled more than six time zones away from home: Too many times to count.

If money were not a problem, I'd live here: I've enjoyed San Francisco and Vancouver, but I'd most likely either go back to Hong Kong or head to Switzerland, in which case I'd really need money.

True love, absolute power, or lots of cash (no "money-buys-me-power" answers): I'm gonna go with love on this one. Awwwwww.

Broken bones: My nose.

Beer, hard liquor, cocktails, or non-drinker: Beer, although I'm fairly picky.

Age you discovered that you probably don't want to be eating hot dogs: Seven?

Number of jigsaw puzzles you've completed, lifetime: Oh get out of here.


music: Lots of the music that gets labelled under "classic rock", pre-punk (such as The Clash), Japanese rock ballads from the sixties and seventies, um...Baroque.

odd or even: I enjoy all numbers equally, even if they are imaginary.

first anime ever: Doraemon

goal in life as a teenager: Graduate high school.

goal in life now: Graduate college. I set the bar real high.

favorite game: Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Dragon Quest V, The Super Robot Wars Alpha series.

favorite constant: Acceleration under Gravity - [i]g[/i]=9.80665 m/s?

broken hearts, inflicted or sustained: How many fingers am I holding up?

ice cream: Ginger! Will settle for Red Bean if Ginger is unavailable.

Name: Kizu/hajimenokizu

Function: Mostly do Shinsengumi stuff

Location: Chicago
Catchphrase: ?I?m going to make you pee?

Favorite Anime Quote: "Rurouni Kenshin?

Favorite anime people know: Rurouni Kenshin, Peace Maker Kurogane, Samurai 7, Fruits Basket, MKR, X, Hajime no Ippo, Slam Dunk, Marmalade Boy

Favorite anime people might not know: Yamato, Doraemon, Daimos, Voltes V, Shougeki Shinsengumi

Favorite anime studio: I guess Studio Ghibli

Favorite artist/creative person in anime/manga: Watsuki sensei, Kurono sensei, Leiji Matsumoto sensei, Miyazaki sensei

Least Favorite Anime: Sadamitsu?

Cosplay: Definitely not but I get dragged anyway

Conventions attended: ACEN 2005

Seen fansubs on VHS: Yes.

When I'm not watching anime: Translating Japanese books I can?t read or playing PS2 or PSP or writing fanfic or LJ RPG

What I really wanted to do: Become a musician, playing piano or clarinet

What did you have for breakfast: I don't eat breakfast.

Can you rollerskate backwards: Can?t rollerskate at all

Musical instrument(s): Piano, Trumpet, Clarinet, Guitar, Organ

Last good book you read: Victorian home (not done yet)

Favorite Book Quote: None

Favorite Magazines and/or Comics: The economist, RK, PMK, not much of a reader

Favorite rhythm game: DDR

Favorite live-action movies: Mibugishiden

Which team do you support: Cubs and White Sox

What do you look like: Shinsengumi/Saitou Hajime/doujinshi

Ever owned an 8-track player: My friend tells me it existed

Travelled more than six time zones away from home: Almost every year

If money were not a problem, I'd live here: I?d live back in the Philippines or back in Okinawa

True love, absolute power, or lots of cash (no "money-buys-me-power" answers): make things happen

Broken bones: Mine and a few others

Beer, hard liquor, cocktails, or non-drinker: Beer and cocktails

Age you discovered that you probably don't want to be eating hot dogs: LOL.. Not yet


music: Too many to mention

odd or even: odd

first anime ever: Voltes V or Daimos can?t remember

goal in life as a teenager: be president or austronaut (right?)

goal in life now: try to be good

favorite game: suikoden and final fantasy series

favorite constant: Sleep

broken hearts, inflicted or sustained: 4

ice cream: maybe rocky road or cookies and cream

Name: Marie or ?Shampoo? also known as ?kibaphile?

Function: illustrator (currently product illustration)

Location: Kansas Shitty, Misery = Kansas City, MO
Catchphrase: ?Grrrrrrrr?

Favorite Anime Quote: "[talking to wallet] Your so cute when your fat? ? Naruto from ?Naruto?

Favorite anime people know: Ranma ?, Naruto,

Favorite anime people might not know: Boogiepop Phantom, Noir

Favorite anime studio: Studio Pierrot

Favorite artist/creative person in anime/manga: Rumiko Takahashi, Masami Kishimoto

Least Favorite Anime: Fruit Baskets

Cosplay: Yes yes yes!

Conventions attended: too many to remember

Seen fansubs on VHS: of course

When I'm not watching anime: drawing, roadtripping, sleeping

What I really wanted to do: Already doing it ^_~

What did you have for breakfast: English muffin

Can you rollerskate backwards: use to -_-

Musical instrument(s): m y ^%$#$ after eating poached eggs lol!

Last good book you read: The Rebel by Al Camus

Favorite Book Quote:
?O take the nasty soup away!
I will not, will not eat my soup!
I will not eat it, no!"? Soup boy Augustus ??Struwwelpeter?

Favorite Magazines and/or Comics: eh.. Mags suck nowadays

Favorite rhythm game: DDR

Favorite live-action movies: too many to count

Which team do you support: :P none

What do you look like: ?Supposedly? Anne Hathaway mixed in w/ Katy Jurado (when she was in her 20s) according to my coworkers.

Ever owned an 8-track player: yup

Travelled more than six time zones away from home: yup

If money were not a problem, I'd live here: I?d live on my own priv island in fiji or perhaps Bali, Indonesia? *_* yummy?.

True love, absolute power, or lots of cash (no "money-buys-me-power" answers): have love,? gimme some cash to keep it happy lol!

Broken bones: none

Beer, hard liquor, cocktails, or non-drinker: cocktails

Age you discovered that you probably don't want to be eating hot dogs: eh??? Hot dogs rawk!


music: im eclectic

odd or even: yes.. im very odd

first anime ever: Speed Racer

goal in life as a teenager: to get laid

goal in life now: to get laid.. repeatedly :D

favorite game: suikoden III

favorite constant: FOOD!!!

broken hearts, inflicted or sustained: inflicted 7, sustained.. 2

ice cream: vanilla bean