Konnichiwa! Hajimemashite! Elizabeth desu. Douzo yoroshiku *smirk* No, that is not the extent of my Japanese; it's just the useful, spiffy Business-brand Japanese I'm being taught at college. I know more...much more...*evil laugh* For the ignorant masses, I am Elizabeth- 19-year old I am currently attending Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, under the pretense of majoring in Japanese, so I can go over to Japan, and become an American/female version of GTO. Well...not really. I just think it would be cool to teach English in Japan. And if I can't, then I'll translate all that manga and anime that comes into America every year. Er, to avoid anymore Elizabeth is...
I wonder how many will be offended by that last blasphemous statement? What? A group that is the equivalent to the entire population of Mexico City? Well, I'm fucked! Okay, here's some nonthreatening stats. Anything with a star (*) beside it means that that particular item influenced this webcomic... email: sakura_pockets at hotmail.com (drop a line!)
Authors/Mangaka: Neil Gaiman*, Harlan Ellison, Anne Rice, CS Lewis, Hermann Hesse, CLAMP*, Kazusa Takashima, Yoko Matsushita*, Kaori Yuki*, Togashi Yoshihiro, Erika Sakurazawa, Maki Murakami... Books/Short Stories: Neverwhere, American Gods, The Beast that Shouted 'Love' at the Heart of the World, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Till We Have Faces, Demain, Memnoch the Devil, Good Omens, Smoke and Mirrors, various myths, legends, folklore, etc. Manga/Manwa/Comic Books: Tokyo Babylon*, Yami no Matsuei*, X*, Gravitation, Kare Kanno, Wild Rock, Love Mode, HunterxHunter, Petshop of Horrors*, The Sandman*, Paradise Kiss, Demon Diary, INVU, Basara*, Angel Sanctuary*, Count Cain, Boys Next Door, Cruel Fairytales, Chobits, Clover, Gouhou Drug, Card Captor Sakura, Inu-yasha... Anime: Xtv, Yami no Matsuei, Gravitation, Excel Saga*, Fruits Basket, FLCL, Inu-yasha, Tokyo Babylon, Angel Sanctuary, Samurai X, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Kakumei Shoujo Utena, Gundam Wing, Serial Experiments Lain... Singers/Bands: Radiohead, Tori Amos, The Weakerthans, The Smiths, Morrissey, X Japan, Mark Underwood... |