Interests: Japanese anime (see anime list below); Sailormoon; drawing; anything in the arts; writing; reading (currently, it's Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter); movies (especially classic and older movies, Alfred Hitchcock); Japanese language; tv shows Alias, Unsolved Mysteries, The Untouchables (in all of its incarnations but mainly the original 1959-1963 tv series); video games, esp. Chrono Trigger, Metroid, and Dance Dance Revolution; Deanna Durbin (1930s-1940s young actress known for her beautiful singing voice); Emma Shapplin; Jennifer Rush (THE singer who originated "The Power of Love" before Celine Dion made a hit out of it)

Favorite Characters: Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter, Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury, Chibi Chibi (all 3 from Pretty Soldier Sailormoon); Sakura Kinomoto, Tomoyo Daidouji, Kero-chan (all 3 from Card Captor Sakura); Lime (Saber Marionette J and J Again); Miyu (Vampire Princess Miyu OAV and TV); Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy (Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek movies 1-6); Sophia Petrillo (The Golden Girls); Marle (Chrono Trigger); Samus Aran (Metroid series)

Favorite Books: Dibs: In Search of Self by Virgina M. Axline; Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling; The Kindaichi Case Files: The Opera House Murders by Yozaburo Kanari; Phantom by Susan Kay; Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux; Star Trek: The Ashes of Eden by William Shatner; Star Trek: Doctor's Orders by Diane Duane

Favorite Comics: Calvin and Hobbes; Garfield; Peanuts

Favorite Music: oldies (50s, 60s and 70s), 80s, soft rock, hard rock, anime soundtracks, movie soundtracks, dance music and remixes. I'll listen to nearly just about everything except country and rap, though I do listen to a few good songs from those genres

Favorite Songs: Now in its own page

Favorite Groups/Artists: ABBA; The Beatles; Sarah Brightman; Depeche Mode; Erasure; Josh Groban; Knight Sabers; Kylie Minogue; Peach Hips; Pet Shop Boys; Smile dk; Tears For Fears; 2 Unlimited; U2; "Weird" Al Yankovic

Favorite Soundtracks: Back to the Future trilogy; Chrono Trigger RPG; Flashdance; Footloose; Moulin Rouge; Phantom of the Opera (original London cast recording); Run Lola Run; Saturday Night Fever; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Favorite Anime Soundtracks: Bubblegum Crisis Complete Vocal Collection; Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro; Sailormoon TV series and movies (original Japanese soundtracks); Vampire Princess Miyu TV

Favorite TV Shows: Alias; Batman (1960s version); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Get Smart; The Golden Girls; Mystery Science Theater 3000; Perfect Strangers; The Simpsons; Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em!; Star Trek: The Original Series; Unsolved Mysteries; VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders; Who Wants to be a Millionare (Regis Philbin rules! ^_^)

Favorite Cartoons: The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3; Captain N: The Game Master; Chip 'n Dales Rescue Rangers; Darkwing Duck; Gummi Bears; Inspector Gadget; Jem; The Legend of Zelda; Sonic the Hedgehog (the more darker version with Sonic, Tails, Bunny, Antoine, Princess Sal, etc.); Super Mario Bros. Super Show; Super Mario World; Talespin (The Disney Afternoon block was a big thing to me when I was kid. That and TGIF.)

Favorite Anime: Bubblegum Crisis OAV; Card Captor Sakura; Dragon Half; Lupin III (mostly the movies); Rose of Versailles; Saber Marionette J TV; Saber Marionette J Again; Sailormoon (especially Sailormoon S and Sailormoon Sailor Stars series); Trigun; Vampire Princess Miyu OAV and TV; The Vision of Escaflowne

Runner-up Favorite Anime: Cowboy Bebop; Iria: Zeiram the Animation; Neon Genesis Evangelion; Tenchi Muyo

Favorite Movies: The Adventures of Wallace & Gromitt; Airplane!; Back to the Future trilogy; Chicken Run; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Galaxy Quest; The General (1927 silent classic with Buster Keaton); The Goonies; A Hard Day's Night; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; The Lady Vanishes; Lord of the Rings trilogy; Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro; Moulin Rouge (2001); Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind; The Neverending Story; The Phantom of the Opera (1925 silent version); The Princess Bride; The Producers (1968); Rear Window (1954); Run Lola Run; Sailormoon R The Movie; Shadow of a Doubt; Spaceballs; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country; Strangers on a Train; Original Star Wars trilogy; The 39 Steps (1935); Vertigo; Way Out West (1937 Laurel and Hardy classic)

Runner-up Favorite Movies: Alien; Aliens; Dark City (1998); The Goodbye Girl (1977); Minority Report; Monsters, Inc.; Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth; Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion; Millennium Actress; Noises Off!; North by Northwest; Project A-ko (first A-ko movie); Rob Roy (1995); Romancing the Stone; Sailormoon S The Movie; Spirited Away; Star Trek III: The Search for Spock; Tenchi Muyo in Love (aka Tenchi the Movie); Time After Time; To Be Or Not To Be (1942 original); Toy Story I and II; Young Frankenstein (or "Fron-ken-steen", take your pick ^__^)