Usagi fans...who are you?

Usagi · Post by **Usagi** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 20:07 -0700

Age; 18!
Im 5 foot Evin, yes.....Im short
I am Single, but that is just fine, Senior in high school and got one best firend, Fumiko Yoshiro ^^ I love to cook and spend a lot of time with her family , evin though we have a big language gap, we comunicate just fine and learn form one another.

Job: nothing really, just chillion right now finishing school but I am a Comic Artest Lady- nothing big thought- just the kind in school newspaper lol

Intrest: Japan, Iv always had a thing for learning about it, and the lands people a culture, I love to learn about Lituratue and other cultures. Givernements and Wars.

First Usagi experience: I was watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turltes and I saw Usagi Yojimbo on TV and I was like "BUNNY!!!!!!"...I got the Ninja Turtle not think anything about who he really was or anything, just that he was a Bunyy. and I love BUNNYS! Then about .....3 years back I found out more about the TMNT and the UY relationship and boom , there you go, I was Cosplaying him by next years con.

Comics: Ok, lets see.....I Love Manga, so I got all the Sailor Moon, Gundam wing and Di Gi Charate Englsih Mangas. I got Raw Japanese mangas of Inu-Yasha and True Romance. As for Usagi Yojimbo, Umm.....Well....err...I got 2 mangas form a used comic shop , but they are hard to find *snif*

Music: Anything. I Love the 60's ....Beatles Rocks all! I also love the Japanese Music such and the troditional geisha music, Samurai Song, and Moon over Tokyo, I also love Ayumi Hamasaki!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of my favorite movies: The Lion King! ^_^..Umm.....Chicago, Les Miserables, Laybrinth, The Mexican, Tora Tora Tora, Hamburger Hil, Wind talkers, A Beautyful Mind, Dances with Wolves, Casablanka, Dick Tracy,Tarzan, Mulan, ....Lilo and Stitch.oh ohh and the Studio Ghibli Collection and I love Director Hayo Mayazaki, passion of the Christ, the Last Samuri, Gunho- (Funny) and uhh....the life of a Geisha...

Dream Vacation: Japan, and if I like it, you'll NEVER see me again.

silent bob · Post by **silent bob** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 6:11 -0700

I GUES its my turn.My real name is sean davidson.Im 12 years old.I love usagi and japanese history.I STUDY AT DOJO in knoxville that teaches kendo ,Akido.my favorite movies are the samurai trilogy,starwars,crouching tiger,hapy gilmore,and caddy shack.My favorite band is LED ZEPPLIN. I love to draw.I love usagi yojimbo so much and other comics i flew arcoss the cuontry to see Sakai-san and others.by the way icant believe that johny cash died.

Gamefreak · Post by **Gamefreak** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:22 -0700

im 15 live in Utah in the middle of nowhere. Im lonely and all i wanna do is read UY comics.

Bienenoberst · Post by **Bienenoberst** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 7:50 -0700

Age: 32 years old.
Home: Bremen, Germany
Fav. Comics: Lewis Trondheim: Donjon, Lapinot (can't recall the American title. Anyway, it's published by Fantagrapgics), Asterix, Benito Jacovitti: Cocco Bill, Art Spiegelman: Maus, The Smurfs and of course UY.
Fav. Manga: Dragonball, Akira
Fav. Music: Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Mellencamp
Job: Student Teacher
Else: Communist. Big Sumo-Fan.

goandal · Post by **goandal** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 16:22 -0700

I like Usagi!

RayU · Post by **RayU** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 15:17 -0700

Hi! I'm a once-every-other-month lurker.

I've been a fan of Usagi ever since Critters #1. I was able to go back to get most of the Albedo (not #2, though... $$$$$! Should have bought it when it was only $$!) and just about every story going forward. Even have some posters and original drawings framed on the walls.

I'm 37, and currently reside in the Dallas, TX area. I grew up in Hawaii and worked in Southern California for a while. Ah the days when I could buzz down to San Diego for the ComiCon.

The number of comic book titles that I get has plummeted over the years (I started reading comic books when they were only 60 cents in 1982!), but Usagi will always be #1 on the list, even if the list goes down to just Usagi.

I'm a database programmer,and sound/multimedia system operator where I work.

hobbies include: paintball, rollerblading, bicycling, Aikido & Karate (out of practice, though)

-RayU

4NT · Post by **4NT** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 22:01 -0700

Ok, I saw this post and thought, why in the world would I want to post my personal information on a discussion board with a bunch of people I don’t know and may never meet?
I started sifting though the posts, glancing over some of the age groups (very surprising in some cases), interests, hobbies, etc and then it dawned on me.

I “know” almost all of you in some capacity. For those of you (if any) get the Mile High Comics Newsletter this will make sense. I have not been to a comic book convention since 1993 and I have never met face to face with another Usagi follower, but over the course of the past 5 or 6 years, I have managed to meet most of you either though Ebay transactions, letters column of UY comic book, and most of all through the past year of participating in this discussion site.

We have a very solid community, and we should all be very proud!

Having said that…

My name is Erik Young; I’m 29 (mark another one up for the two-nine-ers) and live in Dallas Texas. I have been collecting Usagi since about 1997 or so. I started collecting comic books back around 1985 beginning with the X-Men and very quickly moved on to the Ninja Turtles. I am a huge fan of the Turtles. Back in the mega anthropomorphic era everyone knew all the fuzz ball comic characters, so I have never been a stranger our favorite samurai. I’m not sure what got me into Usagi exactly, but I’m glad I am.

Aside from comics, I’ve managed to find other interests. I actively study Kung–Fu, Tai Chi and raise a few bonsai’s (see any Eastern themes?). In addition, I am one year away from finishing my bachelors’ degree, which will have taken me 12 years to complete. I work for CompUSA, a nationwide technology retailer as a Project Manager. I work out of their corporate offices here in Dallas and have been there for about 4 and a half years. I love Star Wars movies, Kurosawa films, a respectable chunk of anime, and Crouching Tiger is my favorite movie of all (formally Star Wars held the top spot). Musical interests are mostly British: Oasis, Supergrass, Blur, Coldplay as well as a ton of other stuff.

Including the infamous Albedo # 2, I’ve owned just about every comic and hardbound Stan has put out. In my mind there are few storytellers better than Mr. Sakai.

Ironically, I currently only own 3 or 4 Usagi comics and maybe 6 paperbacks. Some of you may remember seeing me post on the board. I had a few auctions on Ebay over the summer for entire sets of Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3 of the Usagi Comics, Albedo 2, 3, and 4 as well as about 10 HB novels. That was me. I sold off my Usagi collection to help fund my fiancées engagement ring. Honestly it was the best decision I have made and one of the best sacrifices I could make. The beauty of comics is the collecting, and I will enjoy collecting them again. In the meantime I pick up the TPB’s here and there and relive the adventures.

Geeze

, I should have started out with “It was the best of time, it was the worst of times…” Sorry for the loooong post, I didn’t think I had it in me.

Thanks for the opportunity, and it has been a real pleasure to get to know all of you!

-Erik

takematsu · Post by **takematsu** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 18:27 -0700

I sold off my Usagi collection to help fund my fiancées engagement ring.

That is a fine example of someone with their priorities on straight.

(The wee red-tailed imp on my left shoulder was urging me to write something humourous and cynical. Nuts to him.)

Szyszka · Post by **Szyszka** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:25 -0700

Wai, wai, the first forum I belong, where I'm not the oldest!!

I'm 23, psychology student, Poland. Do I miss something, but am I the only girl here

? Anyway, I bought my first book of UY about a year ago, when I had to mauch money to spend and I bought it just to have something to read in the train (that was the dar time in Poland, when thete was only Oh my Goddes, Dragon Ball and X volumes published from all "manga types" comics...). And I bought it, read it in during my trip, then took off the train and as hipnotyzed went to the nearest bookstore and bought next book. And I'm still buying next volumes as soon as I see them on the shelf...

How much I am an Usagi freak? I'll tell you: I hate to learn by heart, but in one session we had 4 "deadh" exams. The only thing that could keep me near the books was a big "angry" Usagi's poster (made by me, that's why it was not so cute

), hanging from the wall, watching me... Well, I passed those killing exames, fluently XDDDD

Hobby: I used to practice kendo, but it became to expensive for me. Now I'm subbing anime, attending my classes and read all Japanese novels avaliable in the library. I'm interested in Japan since I was 5 (yes, FIVE).

Anime: well, Eva was... boring to me. Because of all this "psychological" stuff, that was put into it, without any logical sense. It was like :"let's take a bunch of theories, mix them, add some philosophy and draw it" anime for me. It had some great moments, that cought my heart, but I like Kare Kano better (it is a lot more "real" I say). If you want to see a piece of good psychological work, you should see "Lain". The best shisophrenia study ever

I also love cats and all anime relatred to them (Azumanga!!).

I don't listen to the music... sorry! Sometimes OSTs, but not often...

Favourite movies: a lot. I'm a movie freak a bit

I've seen Miazaki's "Spirited Away" and "Neko no Ongayashi" three times

, Finding Nemo, Shrek, Kurosawa's movies, Fiedler on the Roof, Leon the proffesional, Ronin, Star Wars, Star Trek... I watch almost everything (I don't like Woody Allen).

Miran Ali · Post by **Miran Ali** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 21:45 -0700

Hey I'm 29 too!

First encounter at the Johns Hopkins University comic book club. Been mad about it ever since. I always get hungry when reading Usagi, so whenever I get a new one, I go to a local Korean joint to read and eat!

I make trousers in Bangladesh. My website's www.misami.com

HOKITA · Post by **HOKITA** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 7:45 -0700

Age : 29
Location : New England - Mountains.
Occupation : PC/Tech
Usagi Intro : Original series from Fanta got me hooked.

I've studied the art of AIKIDO for over ten years now. I train in all types of Japanese weapons. I'm no master until death and then a new training will begin. Use the Naginata, Sword, and Jo. Love the art of Stan and the story lines of his work. Blows me away. Had a dwarf rabbit named Usagi who passed away last year after living seven good and companion keeping years. Love Samurai Films, Star Wars, Fire Arms, and my 65 ford Galaxie 500 ltd 2 door 352, 4 barreled carb, duel exhaust banshee speed having of a car

jaybird · Post by **jaybird** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 21:37 -0700

hey all luv the new forum

im 21 years old and came to pittsburgh to study animation and just got my degree back in june. no jobs for me though since i have no experience and am not too skilled yet at 3d animation programs. luv to do 2d though but it seems all those jobs are over seas in china, india, or korea. go fig.

but it was when i came to the burgh that i got interested in usagi. there is a comic book store right next to the school so i visited there one day and bought a few old tmnt comics. i remembered usagi from the cartoon and still have his action figure. but i have to admit i was more than surprised to find an ad for his comic. i had no idea he had one of his own! and i was in luck for the store had a handful of back issues. i bought #7 and was instantly hooked for life. since then i have become fascinated in everything that is japanese culture. im not too interested in their pop culture but more in there customs and manners, history ect. usagi led me to another comic/manga that i luv too. lone wolf and cub. definatley worth a try.

for now i work in a photo lab and am working on various illustrations to use in a portfolio to try and find work in other promising fields. i've gotten into tae kwon doe and became a first degree white belt last thurseday. ive wanted to learn a martial art ever since i could say "ninja" lol.

music? where to begin... i dont admit to liking everything but its a wide range. i make myself custom cd's. the line up might be something like this... misfits followed by the eagles... then no doubt...destiny's child... bluegrass...war...80s single...eminem...jazz...
well its a pretty wide range.

i luv clint eastwood movies and comedies with jim carrey. just watched "say anything" from the 80s the other day and luved it!!! tons of other stuff i could put down here but this is already too long anyways.

abayo!

jaybird · Post by **jaybird** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 21:38 -0700

hi there! dont worry im a girl too!
lol

takematsu · Post by **takematsu** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 14:32 -0700

luv to do 2d though but it seems all those jobs are over seas in china, india, or korea. go fig.

When I was in Korea, I was lucky enough to make the acquaintance of a couple of animators at Sun Woo Animation-- at the time, they'd just wrapped the run of Gargoyles and were still producing episodes of the Alladin series. I was given a tour of the offices, and off in one corner there were some... North Americans! Apparently, if you're willing to entertain some culture shock (which should not be underestimated), it's not entirely fruitless to apply to the overseas studios (although I think you might also try applying to the US companies that commision the work-- Disney, WB, Saban-- and indicate that you'd be OK with going overseas to act as a sort of liason/quality control/overseer; that's what these guys were).

goandal · Post by **goandal** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 16:24 -0700

Is this the best post or what?

Keep it going!

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