We’re almost to the end of it folks, of the year that is. It’s time to reflect back on what we can be proud of this past year and what we can do better the next.
Some of us may be thinking about joining a gym, eating healthier or quitting smoking. Others might be planning to blog more, party less, or to take up a new hobby. There will be resolutions drawn up, lists being made, and plans formulated for a brighter 2008.
When you’re plotting the direction you plan to go in the upcoming year, does anime factor in to it? Will you be planning to watch more anime or less? Spend more money on merchandise and DVDs or choose to invest in manga this year?
What changes in your anime habits do you plan on making? Watch more anime with friends, win new converts to the medium or are you walking away from anime in ‘08?
Do you have lists of series you need to catch up on? Are you going to watch the dubious anime recommendations you’ve been putting off for so long?
My resolutions are:
- To finish all the series I started in 2007 by my first anime con, which will be in May.
- Reviewing more manga and Japanese snacks.
- Do more with the site and post more about Japanese culture including cuisine, fashion, and hopefully, music.
Here’s hoping we can all do more in 2008 of what we love to do most; watch anime and read manga!!
I encourage everyone to share their anime/manga 2008 New Year’s resolutions for posterities sake. They’ll still be posted on the site in 2009 so you can check back and see if you’ve accomplished everything you wanted to!!
Sit through Eva, then curse and swear and outright throw hate for Japan for 5 minutes, then sit down to watch Overman King Gainer to wash away the fail.
-Stay on top of all the anime I say I’m going to follow.
-Follow through on purchasing the titles that I watched and like.
-Write up reviews for the series I liked so I can get more people watching them!
Actually watch anime this year. I think that says it all. Oh, and pass the L2/L1 proficiency test in December. So I may not get a lot of watching done at all.
–Take notes when I watch a show I intend to review
–Write at least one substantive article on my website every day
–Actually come up with a real blogging schedule each season and follow it
Hmmmm…
1. watch what I have downloaded
2. watch my DVDs (won’t happen, too many unwatched boxes)
3. get a job so I can pay for new releases…
4. buy less bullcrap related to anime and manga and just focus on buying anime and manga, unless I get a job, then I’ll be able to afford all of it
- More episode reviews
- Kick kanji to the curb and finally pass that last JLPT xP
-Collect a maximum of six shows on dvd at any given time in order to wait for more box sets.
-Start reading manga again.
Maybe watch Azumanga Daioh again and weep like a baby while singing along to Raspberry Heaven? No, I should read Eyeshield 21 from the start all over again. Or maybe watch Hidamari Sketch again?
-Keep a consistant blogging schedual
-get more traffic on my blog
-Finish the anime I’m watching and PAY for it! or Buy all the animes I’ve not payed for.
-Be nicer to my family…I’m a jerk
What an interesting question that has been posed! Coupling anime into one’s new year resolution. I’m actually quite a newbie to anime, but have become quite intrigued by it. I’m about half way through the first volume of Bleach, and find it excellent. My resolution is to complete the first volume, and finish many more and see how deep the rabbit goes!
@DrmChsr0, why would you subject yourself to such a heinous ordeal? If you watched it once, wasn’t that enough pain?
@sabas, sounds like a good plan!
@MK, good luck on your anime watching and proficiency test! How’s Japan treating you this (cold) time of year? Any good Japanese snacks I should keep my eyes open for in the states?
@Mike, take notes? You’re hardcore ^^//!! Seriously, that might be a good idea, especially with anime I have a hard time focusing on…
@dkong, ah, yes, I’m in the same boat, DVD-wise…
@Orion, but where will kanji go after you’ve kicked it out? Please, think of the kanji! Good luck with your test, kanji or no!
@super rats, hear, hear on reading more manga! I absolutely need to read more!
@JO, sounds like you’ve got a lot to choose from!
@Marie Turner, a blogging schedule is a beautiful thing; it helps in writing more efficiently, at least for me. And in keeping a consistent blogging schedule you will get more traffic.
@Bamboo Forest, You’ll go far after Bleach gets you hooked. There’s so much out there- anime is like an animated library with many genres to choose from. Welcome to the fold!
I’m in the US right now…^_^ Weather’s kind of meh. I don’t know of any new snacks coming out yet…probably March or so will have a new stash. For now, I’d just enjoy sembe.
@MK, not more sembei o_O. I can’t find a good sembei mix that stands out; they all kinda taste the same to me. I need something yummy. I actually saw some marron Pocky at the store the other day. Would you recommend it?
Yup. Finishing series here as well. I need to finish Ergo Proxy, Excel Saga, Paranoia Agent, Gun X Sword, Boogiepop Phantom, Chobits, Basilisk and a few others that friends have given me but I haven’t even started.
Happy belated New Years, btw.