tatterpillar

So my little brother and I are in our twenties, but when we are around one another, we get all shades of stupid. We have a few "games" we play: :babble: 1. Serious Face: This can happen anytime, anywhere. It's basically like the stare game only you can blink. You just have to start with a serious face and then make any face you can to try to make the other person laugh. I usually win this one. :animesmil 2. Laugh Til You Cry: This also happens all the time at any given moment. My brother's antics lead me to laugh in situations which aren't supposed to be funny. The game is once you start laughing, try to get the other person laughing. Once he does, make crazy laughing noises until you both end up laughing at each other and ultimately crying. :rotflmao: 3. Randomly Quote Movies: This is pretty self explanatory. We were sitting around one day with a couple of friends and out of nowhere, my brother gives his best impression of Iago from Aladdin, "RAAAWK, Cave of Wonders!" I was so "WTF" that I couldn't help but laugh. Good times. I can't explain our crazy ways, but we do have ridiculous amounts of fun when we're together. Now start with game 3, lead on into game 2, interrupt for a little of game 1, and go to game two again. Repeat. :animesigh

HellO, I am new to the boards! The title of my post refers to my love of anime, JPOP, Japanese doramas, videogaming, my new hobby of playing CCG, and my current venture into the world of cosplay and cons. I love all things Naruto currently. Aside from all of the above, I also love movies based on comic books and graphic novels. I just saw Watchmen in the theater the other day and thought it was great. There were a lot of scenes involving a certain blue dangly part, just to warn you. I guess that's enough randomness for now. :animeswea

I was lucky enough to be introduced to Naruto by my cousin who gave me the DVDs of all the Shippuden he had at the time (subs of course, I wouldn't have it any other way). I was a little hesitant because a buddy of mine was way into it and I had caught part of a dubbed episode of Pre-Time-Skip Naruto and thought Naruto sounded like Kathy Griffin, ugh!:animeangr But, as fate would have it, I wound up having surgery last summer so I was bedridden and had all the time in the world to watch Shippuden (the way it should be watched) for the first time. I was floored time and time again and I remember thinking how upset I would have been if I would have had to wait on each episode every week since I was furiously going through them as quickly as possible just to see what happened next. Of course, I have watched them all and I stuck with Dattebayo until the end after that. Now I am waiting every week for a short fix to barely hold me over til the next week. It sucks, but I am a diehard fan. :animesmil

So I was introduced to anime by my father. I got my husband into Rurouni Kenshin fairly easily. I say this because he enjoyed DBZ (Americanized) and because Kenshin is an amazing anime. I recently tried getting my brother into Naruto and failed. I even gave him Shippuden and he watched the episodes with Gaara vs. Deidara and still thought it was "just okay." I think it's because I gave him Kenshin at the same time and he loved it. I think Death Note would also be a great anime to start someone off with. Ninja Scroll seems to be a classic as well. I wouldn't say it's great, but it's definitely a memorable experience. I agree with everyone on trying to match the person's interests. The dub thing is also very important. I pretty much stray completely from dubs unless the person absolutely despises having to read subtitles.