What Has AN Done For You?

[Justinian]

Well the question is that. What has Anime Nation done for you? Me, well I'd say it really opened up a whole new realm of anime that I never knew existed. I would still be marathon-ing Bleach and Love Hina if it weren't for these forums. I'll also throw in that it gave me something else to do online other than **** around on Facebook and look at pot sites.

[Soluzar]

Well... I met tenshi_a through this site, as well as a whole bunch of friends.

I'd say that's something.

[Naraku]

Well besides a place to talk to people when I'm bored, I'd honestly say nothing really.

[Broand]

I almost became a weeaboo but then I found these forums and thus reverted my weeabooness.

Good thing too. I might have run into gaia before I got here. I consider myself saved.

[tenshi_a]

Hmm, overall................ nothing much. I'm just wasting my time here. :P

...well, actually that's detrimental since I could have been doing better and more productive things.

I met Soluzar here....

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...and everyone else...

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...hmmmm...

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...so has anything good really come of my being here? I guess not! :P

[hiei_kurama27]

I joined while I was still only watching what was on TV and when my interest in anime was only 10%, so AN introduced me to everything else and better things. If not for this place, I'd probably not be an anime fan and my personality wouldn't be what it is today (oddly enough).

[Holy Knight]

Ask not what AN can do for you, but what you can do for AN.

Sorry, couldn't resist. :P

Seriously now, it's given me a forum to go to. I've tried others, but for some reason, I keep coming back to AN. It must be the mix of community, level-headed discussions (mostly) and people who have good taste in anime and manga.

[Lord Timaeus]

It was the first forum to have actually put up with me*, which was a rarity for me at the time I joined. And not to mention I somehow even got Goddess of Cake to join the SOB Brigade**, which also wouldn't exist if I hadn't come across FURUBA4EVER, who got me into Bleach to begin with.

*Eventually it did. You "LOL STARMORPHERS" crowd can shut up now.

**All other members hold credit to FURUBA4EVER and/or Videl.

[Gibb]

I met people who aren't really annoying like 99% of all other anime forums on the internets.

[Sushikins]

It's been a place where I can have (generally) intelligent discussion about anime and other similar topics with people who share my interests. I've also made some good online friends with some of the people here as well.

I don't know what it is about AN, but it's the only forum that I consistently come back to.

[Solid_Snake]

Delivered lulz

[The Million Dollar Prons]

A better thread would be "What have I done for AN?"

But of course the list of things Prons has done for AN would be 12 feet long.

[ladyshiro]

I've met alot of interesting people who like anime just as much as I do. Alot of the people on here I consider friends.

[Nami]

Friends and knowledge, of course. ^-^

[Tidusauron12]

Yeah, I've been exposed to hundreds of anime that I never would've even knew existed (especially the classics), but over all, I'll have to say not much.

I've wasted a lot of my life surfing AN.

[Caster13]

I've learned a lot of knowledge on nerd related stuff (and I'm still learning here and there), been introduced to series I would have otherwise never seen, entertained by a lot of the threads, learned about a lot of other subjects, and A LOT more.

Also, I don't post flaming remarks anymore, so I think it's helped out my personality.

[Magami No ER]

For me, it was a jumping post for a lot of shared good/bad ideas, anime titles, other related sites, and relastionships. It also once had an excellent eva forum.
I only say that it isn't said jumping post "now" because I tend to frequent a (nice) boatload) of other sites now that inspire me differently, but even though I considered leaving, I just couldn't abandon AN in the end...<3

[Phantom]

I never knew all the problems Anime companies were suffering with before i came here -_-;

[kenshinbebop]

It's burned my crops, soiled my water, raped my women...


In reality...in the early days it gave me a great place to discuss video games and anime...now I just hang out in the music section...

[Tidusauron12]

^Oh yeah...

I got into the pillows FOR REAL, thanks to you. That's one thing AN did... helped me discover my favorite band.

[Trefellin]

I never listened to folk metal before I came to AN, thanks Woooh. :thumbsup:

Also, AN taught me that there is more than just morons on the internet.

[goddessofanime]

Lots actually:

1. Delivered Lots of lulz on a variety of subjects

2. Got to know about certain series on here; or, also not the only fan in the world of certains series (for example, I liked the Love Hina anime and the Bount arc in Bleach)

3. Got to meet cool people on here and made me some friends. You know who you are ^_^

[Old Ape Face]

I hand it to AN for giving me a better social life, Nexus for taming my rage and improving my sense of humor, and work for giving me a better sense of taste and character.


In other words I give AN credit for taking me to places I've never been to that have improved my life style, from the misadventures of making ignorant comments to horrible grammar and spelling. However I think I've learned more away from AN then I have coming here and chatting around.

[Reidar]

Ask not what AN can do for you, but what you can do for AN.

Sorry, couldn't resist. :P

I was just about to post that exact line.

Let's see...uh...oh, it's given me - no, wait, that was from winning the lottery. Hmm. Well, I can at least say that it hasn't killed my firstborn child. That's good, I suppose.

[J Dude]

It's allowed me to talk to some cool people (and some stupid people) and make some online buddies that I've been talking to for quite a while now on AIM. It's allowed me to have anime/video game discussions with people, since those are two things I enjoy the most in life. Without meeting some of these certain people, I'm sure I never would have watched certain shows or perhaps even played certain games that I have now. I've been to several forums before, but this is the only one I've been to that's worth sticking around at.

[Fobb]

It's burned my crops, soiled my water, raped my women...


Don't forget enslaved the children.


If I say "nothing really" no one will be offended will they?

Now that I think about it, AN taught me what not to do in real life.

[Midoriko87]

What HASN'T AN done for me?

I can accuse perfectly sober (?) persons of being alcoholics/drug addicts, and the Russian boys provide me with more entertainment in a week's time than most receive in, I dunno, a week-and-a-half's time...

Thank you, AnimeNation. :bow:

[Woooh]

I never listened to folk metal before I came to AN, thanks Woooh. :thumbsup:

:thumbsup:

On topic: AN has allowed me a place to vent, argue, and experience video games, music, and of course, anime.

[Samurai Drifter]

I dunno, provided lulz? I never get anime recommendations from AN, nor have I listened to any music or read any books that I wouldn't have anyway because of it. I suppose I just come here to kill time.

Wait... there was one time when I got the name of a movie I'd seen an ad for but forgotten the title of. That's the only useful thing the AN forums have ever done for me.

[goddessofanime]

Of course, thanks to AN, I now know why the cake is a lie.

[Onigiri]

Other than make me feel stupid? (Seriously, you guys are a patronizing bunch.)

Umm, it's helped me broaden many horizons (anime, books, internet shiz, bladdy blah).
It's very good place to enjoy my excess time; to stop and smell the cynical roses if you will.

[Haro!]

It's done a lot come to think of it.

It has given me a place to procrastinate on doing work, which I am doing right now. My inner-nerd would have had no place to manifest itself outside of AN. AN has also made me less attractive to women somehow (the more time I spend here the less time I spend with girls). Ummmmm oh and thanks to AN I know Cho, whose skills I am using to sweep a woman off her feet.

[Animematt55]

made me happy, made me emo. Entertained me when I was bored.

[Old Ape Face]

What HASN'T AN done for me?

I can accuse perfectly sober (?) persons of being alcoholics/drug addicts, and the Russian boys provide me with more entertainment in a week's time than most receive in, I dunno, a week-and-a-half's time...

Thank you, AnimeNation. :bow:

In real life people take me as a drugy who's wasted but that's really my personality, I'm so lade back that people take me as a hopples idiot who can't do anything right. This sort of attention makes me very nervous and up tight around serious topics and that's why I blow up when people argue with me.

But I've learned to keep my head down, I try to make everything look like a joke becuase well it's not funny to me when I screw up, seriously. I think I owe Animenation an apology for being like this, I know there are so many nice people on here and people who give great information on stuff that I know little about. Between going to school and coming here, I've learned so much in 4-5 years then I ever did doing what I did back in high school. It's not just Animenation, though it has been a big part of it.

Then again as I think about it, my lazy lade back careless attitude sort of puts a certain character to Animenation sort of like the comic relief to a serious topic. Honestly the person you read about here is the person I am in real life, I have little self esteem and I feel physically weak some times, but I hate to be a quitter so I keep doing what I do, and my over confident personality sort of goes too far hence why I screw up a lot.

[Lemina]

I wouldn't have been as much into anime if it weren't for AN. I used to create threads for recommendations and read posts people did as references into what I wanted to get. It has helped me postively for the most part. AN also has helped me perfect my English writing skills considering it wasn't my first language. When I first joined, I used to use a lot more smilies to get what I was saying across. So, after thousands of posts in almost 6 years, and I have gotten a lot better at it, naturally. Even today, you'll notice how much I try to make my posts as grammatically correct as possible when you see my "Minor edits".

[Trefellin]

In real life people take me as a drugy who's wasted but that's really my personality, I'm so lade back that people take me as a hopples idiot who can't do anything right. This sort of attention makes me very nervous and up tight around serious topics and that's why I blow up when people argue with me.

But I've learned to keep my head down, I try to make everything look like a joke becuase well it's not funny to me when I screw up, seriously. I think I owe Animenation an apology for being like this, I know there are so many nice people on here and people who give great information on stuff that I know little about. Between going to school and coming here, I've learned so much in 4-5 years then I ever did doing what I did back in high school. It's not just Animenation, though it has been a big part of it.

Then again as I think about it, my lazy lade back careless attitude sort of puts a certain character to Animenation sort of like the comic relief to a serious topic. Honestly the person you read about here is the person I am in real life, I have little self esteem and I feel physically weak some times, but I hate to be a quitter so I keep doing what I do, and my over confident personality sort of goes too far hence why I screw up a lot.

This is the part of the movie where one guy starts a slow clap and then everybody joins in to applaud your warming speech. :|


I'm just taking the piss outta you in a jovial way. Don't get mad.^_^

[Kyuu Dan]

It's allowed me to laugh my arse off on more than one occasion, not to mention it brings up 'wonderful' topics of conversation. Just about everything posted in the General Discussion is fun to read, and then there's the anime forum...

[Sendo Takeshi]

It got me the last few volumes of Hajime no Ippo for cheap(shocking, I know).

[Tonyx35]

AN has...

Broaden the scope of the types of Anime I watch. Mostly watched Sci-Fi, Mecha and a few Fighting titles when I joined here and now I watch a whole lot more (older series and films too).

Gave me a heads up on games coming out soon or games I should look into that are already out and I may have not heard about. The Off Topic stuff has been very interesting to me from time to time. This is the only message Board that I'm remotely active on and I get to use a nice assortment of smilies. :D The more senior members here seem to always have something Interesting & Useful or fun to "say".

[Soluzar]

The more senior members here seem to always have something Interesting & Useful or fun to "say".
That's an interesting thing for you to say... considering that not terribly many members could be considered more senior in terms of join date than you. The current incarnation of the forum was only started in 2001, or so I am led to believe.

[J Dude]

AN also has helped me perfect my English writing skills considering it wasn't my first language.

Just curious, but what is your first language?

[VidelCoolGirl]

Helped me find my fav. Anime Battle Athletes
Helped my grammar and english.
Not be a anime noob.
Taught me that anime is not plural.
Made me a mod.
Got me friends on AIM that I've been talking to for years now.
Brushed up my sense of humor.
Gave me leet computer skills.
Got me into RPGs.
Got me into J-pop.
Got me 4 Hare + Guu DVDs.
Taught me that DBZ is NOT the only anime out there.
Made me a S-Mod.

[Nigokio]

Just curious, but what is your first language?

It's probably Spanish. :naughty:

What has AN done for me. I've met some great people here to talk about and not talk about anime and I've got a better understanding of how the anime industry works thanks to the incite of a good amount of the members here. If I hadn't met some people here I wouldn't be as big into other genres of anime either. I sure know as hell I wouldn't have even considered watching Hentai before I came here :P.

[Tonyx35]

That's an interesting thing for you to say... considering that not terribly many members could be considered more senior in terms of join date than you. The current incarnation of the forum was only started in 2001, or so I am led to believe.
The thing about that is I registered back in 2002 only to post a question or something. I didn't start to actively participate here until around June 1st, 2003 and that's why I consider some members who joined within that span of time to be my senior. I apologize if I confused you.

[germanturkey]

AN has made me a bunch of friends when we had the New Love Hina club. BillGoku, Kitsune, Garundia Knight (sp?) and many others bring back fond memories. as well as the second largest thread on AN...

[Soluzar]

I apologize if I confused you.
No need to apologise, but it does explain what you said. Since I've only been lurking since mid 2004, I wouldn't have known that you didn't become active straight away.

[superplough]

Basically it's gave me something to do in late 2006/early 2007 before I got a life. Now that my life has been removed from me forcefully, I'm back.

Intertesting reads (pretty much anything Bernard finds and posts), lulz, people who I could consider friends (but I doubt they'd feel the same) and of course the anime. I am no longer a "DBZ IS THE BEST AND ONLY ANIME YOU CAN ALL GO TO HELL" type anime fan. It IS still my favourite though, and I still hate Naruto.

Also it's helped my typing/spelling/grammar quite a lot.

[Justinian]

AN has made me a bunch of friends when we had the New Love Hina club. BillGoku, Kitsune, Garundia Knight (sp?) and many others bring back fond memories. as well as the second largest thread on AN...

Why don't we have a Love Hina club now...I would join...

[germanturkey]

^^ because AN smite the club section years ago.

[Soluzar]

Why don't we have a Love Hina club now...I would join...
The clubs were closed because they were deemed to be full of spam. I'm not passing judgement, you understand. That's what the admins said, not what I'm saying. Although I don't think there's anything written up in the rules, you couldn't make another club thread like the old ones.

[Animematt55]

Well, we don't really need "clubs" Why not just make a topic expressing your like, and discuss the series?
I know traffic has dwindled here, but it is still one of the more active forums I go too

[Hara!]

Everywhere else on the internet that concerns anime makes me want to put the World to fire.

[germanturkey]

suki isn't bad. but it lacks the familial atmosphere you find here. btw, Soluzar, you're full of spam... :P

[Soluzar]

suki isn't bad. but it lacks the familial atmosphere you find here. btw, Soluzar, you're full of spam... :P
Yep... it would be pointless to deny it. -_-;

*hides postcount*

[Lord Timaeus]

btw, Soluzar, you're full of spam... :P

He has "Lesbian Schoolgirl Ninja" in his title. I don't think the spam is his biggest concern.

Kinda makes me gay for him, though, just not in a Pinkospada way.

[Old Ape Face]

This is the part of the movie where one guy starts a slow clap and then everybody joins in to applaud your warming speech. :|


I'm just taking the piss outta you in a jovial way. Don't get mad.^_^

Oh please piss on me, I deserve it. ^_^

[Etchd]

AN gave me nightmares for failing ANUnity. :lol: j/k

[Jia]

Prove that some people who like anime can be normal. :D
No offence intended.

[tenshi_a]

How on earth did you manage to come to that conclusion here? -_-;

[Suiko Eiji]

For me, specifically, AN has given me a great bunch of people to kill time with. It's also been a fairly good place to actually discuss anime without too much 4chan-esque trolling or posting restrictions like some other forums. Like Lemina, it's helped me with some of my written communication (unlike her, English is my first language), which has paid off academically and professionally.

The clubs were closed because they were deemed to be full of spam. I'm not passing judgement, you understand. That's what the admins said, not what I'm saying. Although I don't think there's anything written up in the rules, you couldn't make another club thread like the old ones.

Arguably, some were and some weren't. I didn't think the Lupin III Master Thieves club was too full of spam, but at the same time, we weren't really as active. The Rurouni Kenshin club arguably had more spam (they liked to call it RPG) and was a larger member base. Some clubs were pure spam. It had gotten to the point that people hanging out in the clubs were just AN regulars, rather than the intended purpose of having actual/physical anime clubs create postings to gather new members, and likewise have AN get more eyes on their site. Seeing as it strayed from that purpose, it was probably better to axe it entirely rather than it just being spam.

[Lynx]

Even though I've fallen heavily into lurker mode the last few years I still come back to AN. I can usually find something interesting to read up on.

[Scandiadream]

It has exposed me to a lot of good anime, manga, and video game titles.

Most people here are very reasonable. I enjoy posting here so much.

[Tuna]

It gave me my reintroduction to anime, back when I had all but forgotten about it...and showed me what a larger, yet still intelligent forum could look like...and it introduced me to Gaia (yes, AN used to be a major sponsor of that place)...and it was still waiting for me when I came to my senses...
^_^

[Soluzar]

Arguably, some were and some weren't. I didn't think the Lupin III Master Thieves club was too full of spam, but at the same time, we weren't really as active. The Rurouni Kenshin club arguably had more spam (they liked to call it RPG) and was a larger member base. Some clubs were pure spam.
I see. I believe that the clubs were closed less than six months after I joined, so I don't really have the same knowledge of them that you do. Thanks for clarifying.

[Tuna]

Isn't the "Anime (Genre/Series/Studio)" section essentially the same as Clubs? Just more on-topic?
:3

[Soluzar]

Isn't the "Anime (Genre/Series/Studio)" section essentially the same as Clubs? Just more on-topic?
:3
Yes. Exactly.

[Suiko Eiji]

Isn't the "Anime (Genre/Series/Studio)" section essentially the same as Clubs? Just more on-topic?
:3

Yes and no; clubs were the quick and dirty way to get a directed discussion about a series which didn't have its own series specific sub-forum. Like I mentioned before, when I was in the Lupin III club, we wanted a subforum but couldn't get the traffic, so the Lupin III became the place to talk about Lupin with other Lupin fans. Some clubs that already had sub-forums dedicated to them (Rurouni Kenshin) hosted RPGs and other types of games, which were typically verboten in the normal sub-forum.

Other clubs like the Otaku Syndacate were purely social organizations and rarely on any real topic. I think there was one club that started out as an Initial D club but eventually turned into cars of all makes and models.

[Caster13]

I'm pissed that the CLAMP sub-forum isn't around anymore, and instead some other unimportant series are still there. And a lot of people want the CLAMP section to come back.

[Caifane]

i met some people one of them being a girlfriend so thanks for hooking that up AN.

[fujyoshi]

I guess it helped me meet some new people. Can't really say much it did for me though

[Mikosage]

It gave me a very interesting way to use my new laptop. I was originally looking for an anime forum, but ironically the people in OT are so entertaining that I VERY rarely ever post in the anime section.


Kinda makes me gay for him, though, just not in a Pinkospada way.

:lol: QFT

[goddessofanime]

I'm pissed that the CLAMP sub-forum isn't around anymore, and instead some other unimportant series are still there. And a lot of people want the CLAMP section to come back.

Yeah! Why did they get rid of it anyway?

With Code Geass, 20 million versions of Tsubasa and XXXholic coming out, I"d think the CLAMP forum would still be around.

[Caster13]

Instead they have RahXephon and FMA. 1. Who the **** watches RahXephon these days.? 2. FMA is done, except for manga releases.

I WANT CLAMP!!:$%&#!:

[Trefellin]

^Silly boy! Don't you know that the only way to get what you want is with bombs, executions and propaganda. -_-;

[minmae]

If it wasn't for AN then I would still be Cowboy Bebop obsessed.

Golly gosh. :D

[Haro!]

If it wasn't for AN then I would still be Cowboy Bebop obsessed.

Golly gosh. :D
If it weren't for AN i wouldn't know girls like AN existed and I wouldn't have incentive to head to the west coast.

[Broand]

They made me a birthday thread. :/

[Spadesy]

AN helped me get suggestions for good anime (back when I watched it a lot anyway), and I met some pretty good people here. I like to go in the mIRC chat as one of my many past times.