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Oh thank you so much
and Ghibli rules ^^
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Don't they? I'm so sad Hayao can't stick around forever
But I'm sure looking forward to when The Borrower Arriety goes stateside
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you're so right
i'm looking foreword for The Borrower Arriety too, it looks awesome. as always
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I remember first watching Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind my freshman year of high school and being completely enraptured by it ^^
Unfortunately, it was airing on tv and I caught it late, so I had no idea what the title was. A couple years later I heard the name, looked it up on a hunch and was rewarded with the realization that this was the movie that got the studio that made Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke off the ground. I went ballistic, watched all the movies over a year's time, and now I'm depressed that Ghibli doesn't pump out a new movie every week 
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the first I saw Was Monoke Hime, I was 12 i think. It was the first time I heard japanese. I was completly amazed and I fell in love with Miyazaki'work
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The first time I heard Japanese I thought it was an idiotic sounding language. I got over it pretty fast though once I got into anime : P
Now I can't tell if I'm fascinated by the culture that produces it or turned off...
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Hihi you right with anime you don't have choice 
hihi me, I'm fascinated 
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Yeah, especially because the culture just seems so bizarre and different, that's the real hook
It's just that I get to wondering about how gender roles and understanding of the real world as portrayed in Anime are affected by the culture there... even though it seems like such an interesting place, I get the feeling I'd just feel really, really out of place there :/
But then that would be an adventure in and of itself now wouldn't it?
And yes, high pitch anime girl voices are terrible! I just don't get how that's supposed to be appealing. I mean, often, those sorts of characters are supposed to be effeminately exaggerated, but to me, it's overdone to the point where I'm just ticked off. Oh well. Guess that's just part of their culture and trade.
What are your favorite shows/movies?
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yeah you're right it's a totally different culture, i'm not shure i'll fit in. but just once I wish I could go there and see how it is
hahaha you're right girls in anime, it's too much and some of them are really annoying
favorite shows/ movie, it's hard to say I love many. I love Miyazaki's film of 'course^^ -tim burton', Labyrinth, 300, Gladiator, Braveheart, Robin hood, Harry Potter, Narnia...
hahaha too hard to chose. I love action/ fantasy/ dramatic in general
shows: i love Big Bang theory, that's 70 show, Dr House, How I met yout mother, Kaamelott (it's french)and more and more
and you what do you like?
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Yeah. Go for it ^^
I'm thinking about backpacking through one of the continents after college, and if I choose Asia, I'll definitely try to make room for a pitstop in Japan. I bet getting around as a hitchhiker there would be tough though...
As for me? I'm the biggest sucker for fantasy in general
Naturally, all things Ghibli will always have a special place in my heart. As for live action movies, I really like the hard hitters, like Dead Poets Society, Shawshank Redemption, and Schindler's list. I know that's an odd lineup, it's just that most movies in general just feel like they come right off of an assembly line. So, even though I loved watching Avatar, it just didn't really move me like some of the more serious (and sometimes darker
As for shows, I actually don't watch a lot of sit coms and comedy shows just because I basically lived through one over my gap year before college
But once in a while I'll sit down with some friends to some good old Big Bang Theory, How I met your mother, and Arrested Development.
I've actually been watching lots of anime shows this last year and a half, so I've gotten one hell of a list compiled
I've tried to stay away from the giants like naruto and bleach, in part because my life will go to hell if I get hooked on a show that's hundreds of episodes, : P but I'm really loving Fairy Tale. Speaking of which, there's a new episode today
It's hard to say what my favorite anime shows are, since I've seen at least a dozen now, and I usually choose really carefully which ones I like to watch, but some examples would be the classics: Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, and Outlaw star
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oh Dead poets society and Schindler' list are awesome, I love it too there are so fascinating and deeply moving
I liked Avatar too but for the special effects rather than the story. I agree with you it wasn't moving, poignant enough.
ahah really a life like a show ? interesting
yeah Big Band and HIMYM are always fun
ah you're damn right anime is taking so much time
that's funny, a friend of mine have just told me about Trigun few days ago! unfortunatly for now I've only watch the first episod but it seems nice. And I don't think I know the others ... shame on me
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No worries. I would give you a list if you want it, it's just that it would be kinda long... I'd say I've seen about 30 shows now (holy crap I only just counted, that's a lot O_o)Then again, I never got into the mega big shows with ludicrous amounts of episodes... rest assured that at least I've got good taste though 
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waw 30 that's a lot indeed. but yeah I'm interessted by your list I think that we've got some taste in common, so I trust your choices, I'm sure they're good
waw your own wabcomic that's so cool
oh reading I love it so much it's too bad I don't have more time to do it.
You're a muscican? that's so great? what are you doing?
You're lucky
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lol. I used to be a pretty serious pianist for ten years or so. I lost my spark for personal reasons two years ago though... in that time I just picked up the guitar, and I've been messing around ever since. Seriously though, if you want to play guitar just go for it
That's great you love to sing! It's a good form of literal release you know? I enjoy it too, but I'm so self conscious about my voice when other people are around that most people don't know. I sang over my gap year, and somehow, everyone liked it so much they wouldn't leave me alone -.- so in that case I just got sick of people asking me to play and sing. But it was pretty flattering at first
I'm excited about my webcomic and the fact that I have the potential to become a decent artist, but it's the work I put into it that will determine the outcome... which I'm really nervous about because I'm infamously lazy as all my friends joke about with me.
I haven't really finished many books in a while...
But the last things I read were awesome ^^ I read Les Miserables and the entire Dune series over a two month period at the end of high school it was the best
As for an anime list, I think I'll just send you a message (can you do that on deviantART? guess I'll find out) I was really happy recently because I found a new one that I really liked, but one of the staff members was involved in a drug scandal and so there was never a second season 
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waw piano, guitar and singing! Impressive is there a thing you can't do ?
Yeah you're right I should learn to play guitar or I'll regret it
I don't like my voice but I just can't listen to something without singing
ahaha I'm sure that if you really want your webcomic to work you won't be lazy
you're so right I hate unifinished story that's horrible not to know what could have happen.
Oh Les MisΓ©rables, I haven't read the book but I've seen the movie
Dune I remember seeing the film when I was little and I was so intrigued. I promised myself to read it one day but I still haven't did. I think I'm gonna make a "Things I should do" list
Right now I'm reading three books in the same time
If only we had more than 24 hours in a day
for the anime list I don't know where you can leave message in deviantArt. I'm must confess that I'm not habituated to the site yet
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Oh yeah, I didn't realize, you are pretty new! Welcome to deviantART! I sent you a "note." I'm not sure how you will receive it, but I hope it works. I don't really like my voice either, but I still like singing, which seems like you, so sing away
As for what I can do, I can assure you I'm just as flawed as anybody else. No illusions there, I was just naturally talented for music, even though I never asked to be.
I took French two years in middle school... I speak portuguese as well as english, so it was easy to learn, but speaking french made my mouth feel sore
READ LES MIS!!! It's the only book that has ever made me cry. Just... the most beautiful piece of literature ever T_T
Dune! Kicks the SHIT out of the movie. Might just be the greatest sci fi world ever conceived in literature. And I'm not the only one who thinks that. The author had to make a public notice telling people not to form a cult revolving his literature.
AND CANDIDE! 
So... there's things we got to do! PICK UP THAT GUITAR!!! And happy hunting
Let me know if there's a genre of anime you'd prefer to start out with, and I'll help you sort out my list
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Thanks for the welcome ^^
Yeah i find your note
waw and you remember french? Me I've learned english at school for six years during High school (I think that's how you called what we called "secondaires" for child from 12 to 18)... but as you see my english is really no perfect. I've also learn German and Dutch but it's a shame I've nearly forgeted all
Dune :"The author had to make a public notice telling people not to form a cult revolving his literature" haha gosh that is so great, people are crazy
oh you like Candide? I do like classical french litterature too. it's what I'm partly studiing. I'm in Superior school (I think it's College for you...) to be a french teacher
but I'm so uncultivated I had never read Ralph Waldo Emerson
Promise I ll try to play
for the anime I think I wanna start with some action(fight, martial art something like that) yeah yeah I'm a girl but not really girlish I like fight and specially Martial Art 'cause I've done judo
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Weeelll.... If you read Dune and like it half as much as I did, you might see why people wanted to start a cult
Secondaires for you is middle school and high school for us. Superior school is college or university for us. And your english is very good. It's much more extensive than that tiny bit that's left of my French. I loved Candide. The fact that it is relevant and funny even today is remarkable. And don't worry about being uncultured. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American thinker who helped found an American school of thought called Transcendentalism. You should check him out anyway, because most of what he talked about had everything to do with being a morally strong individual. For young adults it can be particularly inspiring, like it was for me
Cool that you want to be a teacher
Now, if you want to start off with action anime shows and movies, here's the run down. Even though this narrows things down a little, you'll probably still have a hard time choosing ^^
For awesome gun fight action, watch Trigun.
For brawls, unique martial arts, guns, and gunship action, watch Cowboy Bebop.
For outstanding sword fighting awesomeness, watch Samurai Champloo or Samurai 7. You'll probably also love Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit.
For sort of magic based and hand to hand martial art action, watch Avatar the last Airbender hands down, or try Fullmetal Alchemist. Utawarerumono too. And Kaze no Stigma.
For Mecha and large scale battles on earth with some gunfights and other cool stuff, watch Code Geass (this one is one of my favorites for a reason) and Fullmetal Panic!
For awesome space battles watch Macross Frontier. Maybe also Outlaw Star.
As for movies, Sword of the Stranger is one of the best anime action films. You might also want to look into Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal. Be warned though, these two are pretty gruesome.
Appleseed is sci fi ish with gunfights and small mechs.
And then there's Akira, one of the most famous anime movies of all time. Try it out.
For steampunk airbased dogfighting, Last Exile is the show for you.
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Sorry I answerd your note yesterday but I think it didn't work :s
Thanks a lot for helping me out
I've seen al Avatar (I've got them all) that's really great
And I'm reading Fullmetal Alchemist
Thanks for my english ^^ I've been learning english since I'm 10
I've been looking a little on the intenet for Ralph Waldo Emerson and it really seems interesting
haha I'm looking at the list and it's hard to choose
Again thanks a lot for the list It must have taken a long time to do, sorry :s It's too sweet
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Yeah I didn't get your note reply but at least mine worked fine
And no problem about the help. DeviantART is seriously one of the nicest, most respectful online communities I've ever seen, and the only one I've ever signed up to be in. So I might as well play along right? And if you read my latest journal entry, you'd know that I messed up my current term project by getting sick for a week. So I have an unbearable amount of free time until February, so it really wasn't much trouble coming up with the list. Don't sweat it ^^
That's cool that you are going to be teaching at the end of the month. I lived in Israel for a year, and for a couple weeks I taught kids english. It was really hard, because they didn't know any english at all, but since I was teaching with a friend, we had an absolute blast ^^ We discovered that if we taught the kids how to speak in funny American accents they remembered their worlds better
And you should check Ralph Waldo Emerson out. I don't know if he has been translated to French, because his english might be tough for you to decipher. In any case, one of his most famous essays, and the one that I identified with the most was his essay Self Reliance.
As for your first show, excellent choices! Code Geass is one of my three main favorites. It's really intense. It's literally like a good thriller novel. You just have to know what happens next. The execution of the story is totally gripping, and the power that distinguishes the main character is pretty unique too. Plus it's got some of the coolest battles and wars in any anime. Between the two seasons there's 50 episodes, so it's not too long, but it's short enough to make you wish for more too
Samurai Champloo I personally didn't find nearly as gripping or interesting, but it has some great humor, art, and sword fights.
Enjoy! Let me know your first impressions ^^ I always envy people who are watching my favorite shows or reading my favorite books for the first time because they don't know what's coming
And what is the hour difference between here and Belgium... funny, in another time line, I might have been born there. My mom was offered a job to dance Ballet there when she was younger, but my mom and dad decided against it after much thought : /
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Yeah your note workerd, I must have done something wrong
Ah I've jusy read you journal, so bad for your sickness... what was your project? Oh I see now that you've got the time
haha I do believe you for learning by making fun with accent. I always better remember things when I can remind something special (accent, laugh, anecdote...). And it's a shame but as many I remember insults
Really in IsrΓ«l? waw impressive. I never took the plane so I've never left Europe. I hope I'll do it one day
I'll try sometimes to find Self reliance in french or in english (I 'll use the dictionnary ).
Code Geass really looks great I'll start with this one and as you said 50 episodes, it's not too much
Sure I'll let you know my first impressions
I think the hour difference is 6 hours. but I'm not sure, here in Belgium we re the 19/01/2011 and it's 19h13 now. is that possible?
really you might have been born in Belgium that's crazy
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Yeah so it's about a six hour difference. Not too bad.
My main project idea was to do medieval sword fighting, but something went wrong and I couldn't go. I was going to do Aikido at my school as a backup, but when I got sick, I missed too many lessons.
As for Grandia yeah it's great! I've been playing alot of the great games of the super nintendo, ps1, n64 and dreamcast over these last two years. Grandia was awesome
Europe is so relatively small that even with out flying I'm sure you've done some traveling, right? I've always been moving around. I've lived in seven places total now, and I love traveling. I'm not very wealthy, so I have to work pretty hard to make the money for plane tickets now that I'm living away in college, but it's always worth it
Can't wait to see what you think of code Geass
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yeah 6 hours is not really too much
Medieval sword fighting really? One of my dream is to do that (i'm not sure i'd be able to hold a sword though)! I love the medieval period a lot. I love going to medieval fairs.
I never done Aikido, i was more attracted by judo. I just love it. I was going to pass the brown belt but sadly I had to stop because of my studies, I didn't have the time anymore. I miss it a lot.
you're right Europe is kinda small. And I've make some traveling. I went to France several times, two times in Italy, few times to the Netherland.
euh I've also been in Austria.
I've been several times in the United Kingdom (Ireland, Walles, England ( I worked there a mounth) and Scotland)
I also often go to Germany because I've got family there
waw in 7 places that's awesome! Where have you been? It sure worth it you lucky
oh as soon as I've watch code Geass I'll tell you, I wanted to start today but I was drawing and I want to finish
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