The Anime Society 5: Tentacles For All!

Not a bad selection IMO - Trigun is a series I heard and saw recommended all the time when I first got into anime, though these days less people seem to have watched the 90s classics. Ga-Rei -Zero- isn't as well known as the others, but personally I think it's awesome, and the first episode is especially memorable. Lastly, K-ON! should provide some variation from the plot and action of the other two. That's the kind of screening I liked to see in my uni's society, a good mix of old and new anime of different genres, and not just the really popular stuff that most fans will have seen already.

Aberystwyth Anime Soc met from 6:30 PM until 9 PM twice a week, though a lot of us showed up at 6 PM to socialise before the screening itself, then went to the pub after until midnight, so it was usually 12 hours out of my week. Didn't affect me at all, I just planned my work around it, even at Masters level. So unless your course is ridiculously intensive, I doubt 4 hours a week will make any difference at all.

I've also been accepted to uni this year, definitely will be checking out my anime society there too. It'd be nice to make some friends IRL who are as into it as I am so that I can cosplay/go to cons with them I currently only have my brother to go to cons with :/ My best friend watches anime as well but he only watches a few series here and there, not really into it. I'm also lucky to be going to a uni which has a Go society -- always wanted to try out the game since I'm a huge fan of Hikaru no Go

How many people were in your anime society?

I believe so, but the capital is ridiculously hard to get to from North Wales by public transport - I have to go through Shrewsbury to get there by train, and if I'm crossing the border anyway, might as well go to an expo in the Midlands instead.

I'm watching a lot at the moment - the full list of everything I have on the go is here, though the summarised version would be Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Honey and Clover and eighteen ongoing series, my favourites of which are Attack on Titan, Genshiken Nidaime and Hunter x Hunter. Manga-wise, the same situation. I'm mostly reading After School Nightmare, Letter Bee and Here is Greenwood at the moment, but am collecting a total of twenty series.

Having your favourite series in your sig is a great idea! It could promote discussion about them, or make it easier for people to recommend you similar anime and manga if you'd like. I used to do that... but then my Top 5 became a Top 50, so I thought I'd switch to a list of what I've watched recently instead.

I see. Thanks . You could always link to an external list of your anime

I always have one linked in my sig - here's the direct link though, if you're interested.

http://www.anime-planet.com/users/AngryJellyfish/anime

Oh right. Thanks.
I'll join anime-planet, it looks cool

Just don't start a to watch list, I did and now I have about 200 animes to get around to

So many interesting looking series, so little free time... I know the feeling. I've limited my A-P want to watch list to just the stuff I already have downloaded or on DVD, ready and waiting to be watched, and even then it's 70 titles. No doubt there would be hundreds more if I included shows I don't have but would like to.

So many interesting looking series, so little free time... I know the feeling. I've limited my A-P want to watch list to just the stuff I already have downloaded or on DVD, ready and waiting to be watched, and even then it's 70 titles. No doubt there would be hundreds more if I included shows I don't have but would like to.

Are you a boy, btw?
What was ur first anime/manga? I think mine was either beyblade or digimon! Then I started watching yugioh .

Yes.

First anime... probably The Moomins and/or Willy Fog, though my memories of the early 90s aren't great, and I can't say for certain how many episodes I watched of either, so I've not included them in my lists. Certainly didn't know they were anime until quite recently, either. Then I got caught up in the Pokemon craze in secondary school, but again I didn't really differentiate between that and other 'cartoons', aside from the fact that I could openly admit to liking this one without classmates calling me childish.

The manga series Chobits is what I consider to be my first proper step into anime/manga fandom, however, as by then (aged 17, and still a closet fan of animation in general) I bought the first three volumes knowing that they were distinctly different in style from western comics (and printed 'backwards'). I wish I could remember the first anime I watched after this point... I *think* it was either the first episodes of Love Hina, or the Ghibli film Princess Mononoke, but I can't be sure since at the time I was buying loads on DVD, and not making detailed lists the way I do now.

Does anyone believe anime will pick up in the west anytime in the future among people 16+?

I'm afraid I've not seen any other those, with exception of anime.
What genre do you like? I particularly like supernatural series.
I enjoyed psychic academy, mahou negima sensei, inuyasha, flame of recca and ranma 1/2 amongst others!!

Define 'pick up'? In the US, its popularity among teenagers and young adults is considerably higher than Europe. However, in comparison with Asia and obviously Japan, it's not remotely close.

It's highly unlikely anime will ever garner comparable interest in the west because it's ultimately intended for Japanese audiences and accordingly will remain largely a niche outside the country. Places like South Korea and Taiwan bear similarities culturally to Japan (somewhat) and therefore their interest in anime will be slightly higher.