Just a small note, I have updated the About Bloggers section of the site. Currently only me so the plural bloggers shouldn’t really be used however….. anyway, to view it, go up to the top of the page and then go About > About Bloggers or alternatively, click Read On.
About the Bloggers
Name: Sam
Age: 18
Country: Australia
Favourite Anime Series: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Favourite Manga Series: Rozen Maiden
Favourite Game Series: Persona Series
Hello All,
I am Sam and I am the lead blogger for The Otaku’s Study. I am an 18 year old Biomedical Science student from Queensland, Australia. I originally got into english dubbed anime when I was much younger, originally starting out with the series Sailor Moon, which was shortly replaced by Pokemon and Digimon, which I think at the time almost every kid watched. Despite that, I was never really aware of the whole otaku-scene and just followed the series like a regular Australian fan. When I hit High School I got my first taste of what anime really was through the purchase of the first anime volume of .hack//Sign, which I really got into. I suppose in a way you could say that my entry to the area was because of renting .hack//Infection on the PS2 which convinced me to watch the series which then went further into more diverse series. Despite the fact that .hack//Sign was the first series that I watched, the first series I ever completed watching from start to finish was the anime of Pita Ten, based on the manga series of the same name. Over the years however, I have to say that I do not have as big an interest in anime as I did all those years ago, however I will without a doubt watch a good series such as the various episode sets of the When They Cry series (Higurashi and Umineko). Personally my favourite anime genres are comedy, mystery and school-life, a mix of the three is even better!
I also have strong interests in both manga and gaming. Manga took me a fair while to get into, with me getting into it a few years later than anime. My original purchase was .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet which I bought thinking it was a novel. After finding out that it was a manga volume (Back then referring to it as a comic), I returned it. That changed when I picked up a few volumes of Love Hina and after finishing reading it, I had a number of manga series that I was into. As of now, I like to think I have a considerable size manga collection which takes up the top shelf of my rather large bookcase. I do occasional imports of several manga at a time so I am usually well supplied for reviews. My interests for manga are the same as anime.
Finally, gaming was my first passion, starting when I got a Nintendo 64 as a Christmas present many years ago, making Mario Kart 64 the first game I had ever played. I have now played at least 200+ games over the last few years, raanging from numerous consoles such as N64, Gamecube, Wii, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Every incarnation of Gameboy, Nintendo DS, PSP and PC. I do not at the moment have an XBox360 so I am not able to review games on that however. I am willing to try out any genre of game, however my preferences are for RPG’s, Tactical RPG’s and platformers, and I am not too keen on FPS’s unless they have greater redeeming qualities in graphics, music and/or storyline.
I started this blog over 4 years ago now, originally as a project just to kill some spare time, however after four years and still going strong, I have to say that I really do enjoy blogging and I do hope you enjoy my posts!
Sam on the Internet
Blog – http://otakustudy.com
MyAnimeList – http://myanimelist.net/profile/Sam
PS3TrophyCard – http://ps3trophycard.com/profile/Sirsmarto
ModNation Racers – http://community.modnation.com/en-gb/players/Sirsmarto
PlayFire – http://www.playfire.com/Loki
I also am currently a super-moderator for the Granado Espada and Dragonica Forums for IAH Games, any comments relating to these games can be PM’d to me in the respective forum.
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