MKSTEEL's Profile - MyAnimeList.net (original) (raw)

I have been a fan of the genre since seeing Macross' western adaptation ROBOTECH back in the 1980s. During the 1990s I deepened my knowledge and discovered a wealth of sub-genres within anime itself. In the 1990s I found one of my most favourite titles in Anime, Kosuke Fujishima's creation 'Ah! My Goddess/Oh My Goddess!' whose OVA charmed me in a way that other 'Magical Girlfriend' titles failed to. Far from being my only favourite, other genres attracted me with titles like the seminal 'Akira' and popular 90s titles like Ninja Scroll, Gunsmith Cats, Record of the Lodoss War, 3x3 Eyes, the massive Tenchi Muyo franchise and Fujishima's ongoing Police Anime 'You're Under Arrest', were among some of the titles I saw interest in.

As the millennium approached, I fell off as a regular anime viewer keeping less touch with the industry news but finding choice titles here and there. Recently I have been coming back to the anime well with Ah! My Goddess' TV series in the early 2000s & CLAMP's Chobits and Kobato being some newer titles that helped spark new interest, one newer title that really impressed me in particular was Production IG's 'Usagi Drop' which utilized a touching & minimalist narrative to genius effect, showing just how powerful Anime can be as a storytelling device. It's really overwhelming to see how diverse the genre has become in the past few decades as the technology has lowered production costs, on my NetFlix alone there are countless titles, let alone the streaming sites with their massive catalogues. Definitely an exciting time to be a fan of this ever-expanding animation genre pool.

Other Hobbies: Avid Reader, Creative Writing, Table-top Boardgaming, Video Gamer, Film & Music Buff, Video-Editing

Favourite Films: 2001, ALIEN, Blade Runner, The THING, The Shining, Forrest Gump, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Green Mile, Red Dragon, The Fifth Element, and The Shawshank Redemption.

Favourite Bands: Daft Punk, Black Sabbath, NIN, Tool, and A Perfect Circle