So how did everyone come across the A.A?

[Two-twenty]

I bought the 4th volume of Cowboy Bebop in mid February this year and on the inside of the cover it was advertising a DVD with a cool looking person on the front with a bass: FLCL.

I went on the net to find info and came across the review, then spent the next two weeks reading the entire library. Only then did I click on the “lounge” button and find out that there were forums. :eek:

[Master Blaster]

I was referred here by Kuzu Ryu Sen, it's all his fault. Blame him.

[Dtortot]

Damm you Grive.

[soundchazer]

Found Kain drunk in a bar and he started rambling about this project of his. He pretty much told me he intended to become a demigod among people who worship anime, or something like that ;)

[Phate]

Originally posted by Master Blaster
I was referred here by Kuzu Ryu Sen, it's all his fault. Blame him.

Already have. I asked him once exactly what was going through his head at the time, and why he did it. Said he forgot. o_O Kuzu, you should be ashamed.

Anyway, I happened upon this site last September when looking for info on a gundam series (didn't find it), but joined up anyway. That's bascially it.



/me shakes head at Kuzu

[Griveton]

Quite short story.

I used to check www.furikuri.com relatively often, and they had a link to AA's review of FLCL. I once decided to click on it and as they say, the rest is history :eek:

[Sanda]

Well... I was introduced to the Anime Academy by a friend... Alex San Lyra... he had read a lot of reviews from AA and one day I went to his house to draw and watch anime and he showed me the site and the forum. I thought it would be cool to join in and so I did!

Sanda

[Arkmon]

Was on an IRC channel (forget which one), then someone in the channel posted an AA forum thread. The End.

[Frapp]

A friend in college had told me of the site. I joined about a week or two before Professor Griveton went on hiatus and the Staff position contest began.

[Jay]

Back when Anime Academy was Anime Compendium, my acquaintance, Majin Gohan (a.k.a. Keitaro), would occasionally mention to me how he had joined an all-purpose anime site following a failed attempt at a little project called DBZ-Nation. Eventually I would wander into the site, post maybe twice on the forums (oh god, the question I asked… it’s really quite disgusting), then that would be the end of it. While browsing the Bid for Power forums I noticed there was a post by Kain in the anime discussion board. Now, Kain was a mod on the boards from at least until Nov 2000 to at least April 2001 (in fact he and Kjel gave me quite the hazing when I became a mod…), and he hadn’t posted in a loooooooong time, so naturally I see a post from him and go :eek:!! I cant remember if his post was a promotion or a simple reply, but in his sig was a link to Anime Academy. At the time I knew next to squat about most anime, so when I joined the forums (as the first non-staffer, mind you :p) it was more like a third or fourth place to talk with the same old people (the boards were, effectively, Bid For Power Forums Clone #4 for a while). However, the chat room was full of people I didn’t know inside-out already, so I stuck around. And that is my gallant tale. FEAR!

[TheMuffinless]

Well i was out searching for more random pointless and completely meaningless sites for Kenshin (not that i dont have like 50 allready) when I came upon the AA on google. I entered and read the good the bad and the ugly of the library while spending a good part of the week trying to figure out what the holy fuzziness of old apples this was! Clicked on lounge and had fun annoying people with random pointlessness.......i mean talking about anime.........yes...........of course......

[Arima]

I was looking for some good animé to watch, but couldn't really find any synopsis on some things, so I did a search and this site came up, and then I found out about the Academy part, and I was in.

[HumanoidTyphoon]

Many a year ago, I was continually threatened by a creepy dead friend of mine to the old Compendium site. So I've been coming here for reviews for a long time but it never dawned on me to join the forums until a month or two ago. Ah, dear Corpse. :bowing

[Ovafiend]

just happened to do a search on an anime on msn or yahoo and it had a link here. so i guess i happen to stumble on to it by luck.

[iggypop]

I originally just came because I was looking for either FF MIDI's to download and make fun at or just looking for anime reviews....I don't really remember. I think I did come because I was looking for reviews, and this site was one of the first to come up. The first time I read through the reviews, I was stunned at the layout and the professionalism of the staff, so I started to often come and read the reveiws. A couple of times I clicked on the lounge link, I wasnt too interested. Finallly, I signed up and here I am!

[Mana]

I learned about this place through Ritalin and Sweet Sharie who were both friends of mine though a different site. I wandered through the library and stuffs but was reluctant to join the forums because I didn't even know what forums were....
Eventually I met enough people at teh site who talked (dragged) e into joining, and I've been here ever since, for the most part.

[fugupinkeye]

Stumbled across the library after I stumbled across lain dvd 1, and was considering if I sould continue on with it. Started using the library pretty often.

THen after finishing Rahxephon, I was confused about certain things, and so decided to give the forum a try,and found a like that answered my question. After that I just never left. everybody was pretty cool to a newbie like me, and all that, so I stuck around.

[Mira]

I did a google search for some anime reviews and voila here I am. I didn't join at first but read the posts, reviews and whatnot.
mira

[Alex San Lyra]

I don't really remember how I came across Anime Academy, I was looking for some info on EVa... or maby Cowboy Bebop... I DO know, however, that I spent some time visiting it before I noticed there was a forum. At first I thought it was only a great place to se some decent reviews.

After one month or so of review seeing I had seen them all and was a bit sad that I had to wait for the next news update to see a new one. It was at that time that I started to look further into the site and notice the forum thingie... yes, I know, I'm blind, after all it's right there in front of me.

In any case, there you have it...

[Yurika Star]

Here is my story gentle beings, get a beer and read if you wish:

I bought Quake 3 off ebay and enjoyed the game much, i talked about it alot but i found the game empty due to ym poor connection so hereing about these thigns called ''mods'' and ''tc's'' i looked for said things.

After looking for Quake 3 mods i found Bid for Power at a relatively early stage. bid for Power was a DBZ orientated Quake 3 conversion, at the time anyway. I was amazed by the pretty beam affects they seemed to have, i heard it was about a thing called DBZ, watched a bit of that, enjoyed the first two seasons as thats all they showed at the time. I realised i ahd seen this style thing before, and soon realised that this crazy stuf was not actualy american but those insane japanese cartoons i had liked to watch.

When BfP didn't seem to ever be released i couldn't be assed to hang about so looked at other stuff.

Some time later i found a Bfp RC3 d/l with some friends at an ez board, got it, me and my friends then went into a nice little BfP stage where we even set up a damn popular ez board for a time, god knows whats happened to it now, they were the brains, for information purposes I went on the BfP site.

After about 3 months i realised there were a forums and i joined under the genius alias Akuman. *note* You must realise i had probably been browsing the Bid for power site for about 2 or 3 years almost daily before my break from it due to non-release, how i never saw the forum i am amazed. */note*

By the time i had joined the forums and come back to the Bid For Power site i was at the stage of detesting the new DBZ so i was ok about the non-dbz'ness.

Joined forum, didn't like it. About 4 days after i joined BfP i was browsing the anime section and saw a thread/advert about AA, this seemed good, i heard that it was full of a bunch of cool people but would probably flame, bash and ban me if i liked DBZ, so i entered, impressed by this anti-dbz approach as i decided that everything past the Frieza bit suced much ass.

Went there, joined the forums, made a thread about anime movies, which you can still find under ''Fave Anime Movie'' i think. In the misc forum I had a nice little punk talk with Inferno Jolted (Ritalin) in a thread called ''Local Bands'' i beleive, where i used excessive bold and large font.

In this thread i talked about the song All - She Broke My ****, pf-chan goes ''Hey you sexy son of a gun would you mind sending me this song, I'm sure you'll get sex0r.'' sadly sex0r never came, or maybe that was just my imagination, but i sent her the song. At this time a lovely chap named PSJ also asked me to send him this cheerys ong about breakage of the penis, so i did, i am sure someone else asked me to send so i did.

I started talking to PSJ and Inferno on msn after they added me to there dealies, me being to frightened to do anything for fear of rejection.

After much talking and attempting to make friends i decided i liked it here, stayed around, started talking to a select few people.

I spamed my way, mostly, to 1000 posts in about 7 months, went on IRC, got banned, went on IRC, got banned, this continued for a long time until i just got banned.

I soon grew into the godly person i am now with countless females wanting me and such.

This is the story of Yurika Star aka. Yuri aka. Brit-f00 aka. Die you mutha ****er get banned mutha ****er aka. Someone who pissed a certain mod off a bit and doesnt care.

I do hope you enjoyed my story of heroism and jolly times, i beg your pardon for i am now sighning on to msn to speak to my homies.

[Erigion]

I wandered over to the Anime Academy from a link at some crappy forum I don't go to any more. I arrived just a little before the last forum explosion and I've been here ever since. Oh yea I hang out in the chat room quite a bit.

And well I'm sure you found that very boring. I don't blame you, I would have found it boring as well.

[Bikutoru]

Kain, Mugs, Corpse, Kei, Kj, Jagan, Strife, Keitaro, Mandrake, etc all begged me to come.

I wasn't going to, but when you have so many people begging you, it's hard to say no. Must be because I'm such a nice and considerate person, hell, even Yurika star likes me, and I'm sure I forgot to unban him a few weeks ago.

Everyone likes me, I bet if i wasn't here, I'd have Omae...Harlock..a bunch of people just bugging me, all the time, about it.

So ends my elaborate web of lies.

(I came to AC to find out wtf a Kain was, according to mugs, he was some weird guy. After a few days...like...1-2 weeks on AC, AA came up and I decided to register like....a day or 2 after)

[Jagan eye]

Whilst engaging in a heated philosophical debate with my good friend Biku regarding the dietary habits of a pack of hamsters, he linked me to a riveting piece he'd written, a review of a video game that he'd posted on none other than Anime Academy Lounge. Imploring my critique of his literary work, he unwittingly caused me to take up residence here, much to his chagrin, I'm sure.





God knows why he posted a game review on an anime board. What a dumbass.

......0......


:O!
Vanchu doesn't know anything about the gundam hamster thing, he's not ready. -Biku





Edit: oh, and you suck -Biku²

[Luggles]

Human_Fighter reffered me here.

[BCG347]

After watching my first quality Anime (Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust) I was astonished, so I looked for a review to see if anyone badmouthed it. I searched on Anime Turnipike and AA was the only site that showed up. Luckily for Kain he gave it a good review.:mad:

[Frog]

At the time i was looking for reviews and this happened after the sci-fi website closed down its forums and reviews on anime. Then my cousin recommended this to me and i have been on ever since.

[Baka Senpai]

I wanted to read a review of a particular anime. I typed "anime reviews" on google.ca and somehow ended up here. This is one of the two anime review sites i go to. hehehe

Si-yenara

[TheUnlikelyOne]

I was referred by Alex. I came, I saw, I liked, I joined, but am just beginning to post. I have been lurking quite a bit, though.

[MeAndroo]

Spent half my day at work checkin out the library...was a little smaller back in 01, but still quality. Hit the lounge, stayed a guest for about 2 weeks, then joined...pretty basic. It's crazy how many registered people there are now, though, regardless of how active there are.

[Shinta]

I was just browseing the web looking for some reviews and messages boards and found the site through Google.

[Liegenschonheit]

I was actually looking through Project J, and saw a link. Out of curiosity I clicked it and got sucked in. Now I'm trapped and I can't get out.

[tuxedomask]

You can blame MP3 on this. I was searching for a certain title(forgot) when I saw the link in AA. I realized that AA circulates the titles of pretty good songs so I usually used to hang out in the main page(only ~.~). Gradually, I started to reading the reviews and started frequenting the site. One fine day, after a few months(last year), I finally saw something which I wonder why I didn't see it before... the Lounge link:p . Upon clicking it, I was introduced to my first forum(no longer a virgin:D ). The moment I registered, I stepped in the Velcro AA welcome mat and haven't been able to free myself since.

[Zee'd]

was walking bored around frankston/melbourne/australia one day. university's closed for the day (in the morning.....), friends in other classes, home's internet failing yet again.....

came across this shop called animecha, seems nice, walked in and made a friend (naota) + found a site (AA) that day..........

[Ritalin]

I was searching on AniPike for a good review site... happened to read Kei's Outlaw Star review, clicked the lounge button. That was that. Shortly I realized it also had an IRC channel, and ever since mid Janurary 2002, I idle in IRC 24/7.

/me huggles Kei

[Airman]

I asked the gamefaqs anime/manga board (http://s1.cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/gentopic.asp?board=200) for a good anime review site. One that came up in the thread was the A.A. I checked it out, thought it was cool, and joined.

[Paul Eye]

Like most of us, looking for anime/info reviews sometimes last autumn when I started getting into this wonderful world of anime.
I didn't join this forum until late february 2003 though...I didn't even know this forum exists until around late january 2003, and when I noticed it, first I just kept looking through what's going on, not really feeling like joining in. Then one day I just decided to join after all, and see if I'd have anything to say to whatever is being discussed here for the moment. That's it.

Oh yes...I seem to recall that just out of a coincidence, both me and my friend themacaque found this site unaware of each other's actions at about the same time...
Also, coincidentially we joined the forums one day apart :) also unaware of each other's actions...

[Naota]

Originally posted by Zee'd
was walking bored around frankston/melbourne/australia one day. university's closed for the day (in the morning.....), friends in other classes, home's internet failing yet again.....

came across this shop called animecha, seems nice, walked in and made a friend (naota) + found a site (AA) that day..........

Hehe, and I didn't even refer you to the site. I remember logging on only to find this mysterious Zee'd person posting on AA, and thought to myself that nick is familiar, after a few PMs realized it was you. There were quite a few Animecha (the anime/LAN store I work at) people on AA, at one stage. Now it's basically you and me left.

As for me, I was bored browsing the net one night, found AA in it's fledgling stages, utilized the library for a few weeks, browsed the forums for a while, then decided to sign up. The rest is history.

[Sagoshi]

^^ I was searching for a review of Hunter X Hunter, and I ran into A. A. It was the best site I've ever gone to!

[Ojisan]

early last year, I was looking for reviews and found this place via link from some lesser website. It took me a year to finally bother joining the forums.

[Cora]

As for me, I was doing a Google search for the name of an anime i couldn't remember (Saishu-heiki Kanjono) and looked for links to a site that had the name.... low and behold I found AA and the anime I was looking for. I searched the Library for an hour or two agreeing and disagreeing with some of the reviews along the way. After tiring of that I went to the forums, browsed a bit and decided to sign up cus this seemed to be (and is) the best anime forum and library I have found out there. Hooray for AA

[d23]

I hungered for information of Love Hina, and sought the help of Yahoo!.
I was brought here.

[Knives]

yeh i did a google search too, i think for information on trigun, i dont remember

[Jeff-kun]

I have got a friend in the netherlands... who has got a nice girlfriend in brazil most of you might know and she has got a other girlfriend in brazil who made me join the AA so all four of us are in the AA togheter..

Well should be enough confusing info for now if something else pops up i'll tell ya all ;)

[unlikelyhero]

I remember about four or five months back, I was looking to see how good some anime was before I started watching it. I can't remember which one it was, but anyway I accidently clicked on the link to Anime Academy and liked what I saw and decided to stay and join, although there was some mistake with my account and I couldn't even post for the first five weeks I was a member.

[sswiftfire]

Actually, it was my bro who introduce me to this place but i just join coz I need help. :D

[Two-twenty]

Originally posted by sswiftfire
Actually, it was my bro who introduce me to this place but i just join coz I need help. :D

Who's your bro?

[Kurorakuda]

I was looking around the main site, got bored then started fooling around with the links. I just stumbled in here and started reading some of the posts.

[Baka Neko]

A while back I was glancing around Anipike and I noticed there were lots of Anime Academy links, so curiosity kicked in and I read a few of the reviews...and then a lot more after that. I decided most of the staff had interesting viewpoints and I discovered they had forums. This is the first forum I joined, hehe. That's pretty much it.

[sswiftfire]

Originally posted by twotwenty
Who's your bro?

He's just a frequent visitor. I guess. Probably not a member here.

[Alex]

I did a search for an anime, most likely Cowboy Bebop, although I cannot be sure, and definitely via Google. Google rules. Anyway, I ended up at the Library, stayed there for a while, then checked the rest of the site out, and finally ended up at the Lounge. And the rest, as they say, is history. :)

[TJFox]

I'm new here and I found this place by looking for information about FLCL. Actually, I'm pretty new to anime in general.:)

[JackO]

i heard about it from my friend richard and then ive been comin to the site since
JackO

[sen90]

looking for info on tokyo mew mew

[Animefanboy]

Well I typed in a serch for anime reviews and A.A came up, I read the reviews and saw the forum option and decided to join. A week later A.A. crashed and my profile got destroyed, thats ok I only had like 10 post. But I was here for when A.A. reopened or what I like to call "A.A. Resurection".

[Tank]

I was looking for the review for Whisper of the Heart on all the anime sites and coincedentally, saw on the homepage that they had reviewed Hand Maid May. Well, Hand Maid May being my favorite anime, I read it and felt like destroying my pc at the score that was given, but I decided to stuck around and thats how I got involved with AA.

[Mamimi]

I was looking for info on Grave of the Fireflies, because i was curious after watching it what other people thought of it. I found a great summary and review here, then saw that there was a forum, so I joined right away!

[rvx3452000]

Crome 44 introduced me, but he forgot his password, and now he's triggerman.

[Trippin]

I came across here when I was searching for pics from Burn-Up W. Read the review, read other reviews, and then found myself in the forum.

[Primeval]

I was playing starcraft with some kid and we started talking about anime. He then told me about this site that had tons and tons of reviewed anime and forums where u can talk about the anime. That site off course was A.A.

[kiyone]

I think I was searching for information about an anime and came across this site, it's been so long I forgot.

[Orax]

I think I was just finished watching Onegai Teacher around early fall '02 and I really really liked the anime and I wanted to know what other people thought about it. I looked for reviews somewhat nervous since i knew there were going to be a lot of crappy reviews out there. I stumbled upon AA and found that they had good reviews by intelligent staff members and therefore AA became my primary source for anime info. About couple weeks to a month later i finally realized that there were some forums, joined as Elgrad making posts here and there, then came the AA crash and i rejoined as Orax.

[Hideki]

came across it through a site that let u dl slam dunk, looked at some reviews, for a week, got bored, noticed the lounge, signed up, and got :hump ed...... y doesn't ne body do that ne more?.... ne body know what i'm talking bout?

[genki sakura]

I found out about this site from another site called allkenshin.com.

[WhiteSabareWolf]

i just found it ....somehow....while on netscape

:o

[Risen Hell Fire]

um.............http://www.animeacademy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11009

[xamdbz01]

um.............http://www.animeacademy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11009

whats funny is that this thread is older than the one you linked.

[Risen Hell Fire]

whats funny is that this thread is older than the one you linked.
true but this one isn't doing as well as the one i linked. so.....this should die and the other one should live.

[Kagura]

Indirectly referred by Roark even though I was looking for Sailor Moon reviews.

[Veraca]

i was looking for 1000words from FFX-2 and came across a site that didn't have it but had Chain by Yaida Hitomi and several others. on the side of the site was a link to the AA and I clicked it. wondered what the "lounge" was and clicked that. i looked around a bit and was like "sure what the heck? being in a new forum wont hurt..." and i joined. here i am now with a bit over 1k posts ^^;;

[darylcrowe]

Ahh harking back to july last year, i can't honestly remeber the details. But i know i was fed up of fanfiction.net and i also wanted to learn more about anime in a whole.

Of course i came across this here site quite by accident ( not sure what i typed in to google..). I found this site and thought whoa, and then i read the FAQ and thought, what the heck i'll just join!.

The rest is barely remebered history.

[Ninja Realist]

Looking for a review of Angelic Layer.

[Dimesion 12]

actually, i went over Tank+ house and got on his computer. Found AA on it.

[hekikuu]

a friend of mine told me about the review site, and i happened upon the discussion board shortly thereafter. at the time, i was working 16 hours a day, and didn't have much of a life, so i became very involved online. lately, things have eased up a bit, and it seems like there have been fewer philosophical threads, so i've become less involved here, and my post count has not been rising very steadily. even so, i'm here almost every day, and i still watch a buttload of anime. what's funny, is i can't get the friend who told me about AA to post on the lounge. people are different, no?

[Kaikyaku]

Googling for anime reviews. I can't remember what specifically.

I started off reading the new reviews... then the old reviews.... then the lectures.... then the lounge.... then finally joined the forums. I come here way too much. :rolleyes:

[shadowflamedx]

I found on the newtype. I was gonna join earlier but it mentioned faxing something so I came only for the weekly reviews. I Then joined the lounge and started my journey of being a newb.....good memories....

[DarkKanti]

I think I was looking for reviews. It was about a year and a half before I realized they even had forums.... x_X

[animefreek_CM]

My friend was constantly pestering me to join, so i finally gave in. been happy ever since

[Jintzey]

I've really only been into anime for maybe a year and a half or so thanks to Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. After seeing the final episode of Wolf's Rain last night yet again, I started wondering if that really was it, so I searched on google for info about the final episode and this site came up in the links. I checked it out, liked what I saw, and joined up, so here I am. :-) I've only seen what Adult Swim shows so far, with the exception of the InuYasha fansubs of the entire series and the first 3 movies. I haven't made my way through the entire series yet, so don't spoil anything for me, hehe. ;-) I'm trying to catch up with reading the translated manga online too, since I hear the story has a slightly different spin in manga form and also the story continues beyond the animation. Actually, my first introduction to anime (and actually liking it) was FLCL. I didn't know wtf it was but I was strangely drawn to watch it until I couldn't get enough of it! I still don't know why I liked it but it's so weird you gotta love it I guess, LOL. Anyway, I guess I still feel fairly new to this stuff so I'm just looking to expand my horizons and get to know some people here. :-) I hope I didn't go way off topic here, just getting my feet wet since this is my first post, LOL. :-)

[Zee'd]

I've really only been into anime for maybe a year and a half or so thanks to Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. After seeing the final episode of Wolf's Rain last night yet again, I started wondering if that really was it, so I searched on google for info about the final episode and this site came up in the links. I checked it out, liked what I saw, and joined up, so here I am. :-) I've only seen what Adult Swim shows so far, with the exception of the InuYasha fansubs of the entire series and the first 3 movies. I haven't made my way through the entire series yet, so don't spoil anything for me, hehe. ;-) I'm trying to catch up with reading the translated manga online too, since I hear the story has a slightly different spin in manga form and also the story continues beyond the animation. Actually, my first introduction to anime (and actually liking it) was FLCL. I didn't know wtf it was but I was strangely drawn to watch it until I couldn't get enough of it! I still don't know why I liked it but it's so weird you gotta love it I guess, LOL. Anyway, I guess I still feel fairly new to this stuff so I'm just looking to expand my horizons and get to know some people here. :-) I hope I didn't go way off topic here, just getting my feet wet since this is my first post, LOL. :-)

Welcome.. welcome... Hope you have a nice stay here in AA...

But the surprising thing (and the main reason why I made this post) is the fact that you started anime with FLCL... it is one of the TOP few animes recommended NOT for people new to japanese animation....

Oh, and you might want to read through the FAQ a bit, just in case...
/me eyes the scanslation reference....
Just in case....

[Jintzey]

But the surprising thing (and the main reason why I made this post) is the fact that you started anime with FLCL... it is one of the TOP few animes recommended NOT for people new to japanese animation....
Thanks Zee'd! LOL yeah, I'm known for doing things the non-traditional way. ;-) Actually I had no idea why I wanted to watch it, I was convinced I hated anime, but I felt like it was hypnotizing me, haha. I like things that are strange and unusual so maybe that was it. Well I don't know what it was but I'm glad it got me into it because I'm enjoying getting into new things. :-)

[FireballX301]

I only recently came across the forum, but I've been using this site for ages to gauge whether anime is worth buying. Simply because I'm cheap.

I got into anime when I was six or so, watching old DBZ episodes.

[Lews Therin]

I stumbled on to this site while looking for information on Kenshin episode 95. I then read the reviews and realized there was a forum.

[Akimichi Choji]

My friend who is sort of my guru of anime. Told me if i was looking for a deeper meaning in anime then I should look up and join this site.

[Neon]

Again, a friend told me.

[dancingcrane]

Great site! I'm on an AnimExpo mailing list, got a recoomendation to Anime Academy Radio (an internet streaming radio station), and did a search on anime academy, out of curiosity.

I've loved anime for some 26 years, from way back, when viewings were few and far between...

After a while away, doing the family thing, I'm back, with a young crowd of new anime fans in my wake (mom of five kids plus my "net kids"), to find the anime culture incredibly increased, and finally gaining legitimacy in this country (USA). About time!

For myself, a deep story, memorable and moving characters and great music are the big draws. I'm looking forward to making a lot of wonderful discoveries here! Reviews will be so helpful, thaks for being here!

[madpierrot]

I found out about this site though AnimeFringe's Top 25 Anime Websites list. I think that AnimeAcademy got like #3 on the AnimeFringe list so I thought to myself that I have to check out this site and like the person in the right up said this site certainly deserved to be that high.

[Saya-biki]

I typed "Azumanga Daioh" into a search engine and was checking out reviews. I came across AA and checked out the forums.
I soon joined and,err, now I'm...that...guy

[Junko]

I dont really remember but I'm pretty sure I was looking for anime.

Now that i think about it i didnt ever realize it was a forum until a couple months later.

[Freya]

hearing endless conversations between RGT and NeoTsuska2100 about Anime and AA... and than i slowly got into Anime and decided to check out AA one day! n_n thanks RGT! love ya forever! lmao!

[oompa loompa]

One of my friends told me this was a great place just to talk about stuff..... so i thought i would join and spread my dark influence on the young and impressionable


if you listen to chicago back wards it tells you to spread the blood of the innocent in the name of lucifer :)

[yoda]

Mr. crazy told me it was a neat place so I decided to check it out

[Geistlos]

I was looking for information on Gunslinger Girl somewhere in March and stumbled into the main website. Revisited it again on Saturday and went to read all of the reviews on the anime I have and everything in the lecture hall. Decided to join today.

[RuKiAsShAdOw]

My friends referred me, so i decided "what the hell, it's free and fun." Plus I can be an a$$ and no one knows who I am!

[nirvana beyond stupidity]

While searching in yahoo, I stumbled apon this site while looking for more information on anime movies and music.

[sohryu]

During one of my many visits to evamonkey.com, I noticed he'd placed 12th in that AnimeFringe top 25 list. He mentioned how he was happy he made it to the list that had the likes of Anime Academy, and I didn't know what the hell it was, so I did the clicky clicky, noticed the reviews and the lecture hall.

A week later I noticed the Lounge, so I decided to join and be the sohryu you all know and love...

Okay, fine, then, the sohryu none of you know or love(sniff, sniff)

[JOJO]

While i was looking on na review of Evangelion in rentanime, they mention agreeing with Anime Academy about not being the best anime, so i decided to check out this website, i spent like a month just reading the reviews, and then decided to try out the Lounge.

[Itachi Uchiha]

My Sharingan showed me the way.

[Someace45]

I was looking for an anime forum to join on google, and I found this place. When I went to create an account, I found out I was already a member. So, now, I'm like, a newbie with an account that's over two years old... IN YOUR FACE ALL YOU VETS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR LESS THAN TWO YEARS!!!!
Lol, now another mystery: Why the hell is my username 'Someace45?'
What a silly name.

[ouatic]

I came across this site while I was looking for Anime reviews, so I could see whether I should watch a certain anime.

[Yuhara]

I found the site from this guy ^. thanks ouatic.

[NO.9]

I came across this site once at 3 am when I entered in my search engine: "Who would win in a fight? Alucard or Vash" because I had finished looking at this Hellsing site and it mentioned their similar appearance. Then I was sent here and have been here ever since.

[Syner]

I really hate to say this...BUT I HAVE NO FREAKIN CLUE lol

one day I just found my self always coming here and i've been here ever since...maybe destiny made my path of life cross this place...who knows..but I do hope that I never leave :)

[Kiba]

It was back in May and one night I was looking for stuff about Hellsing and happend to come across this place, I spent the next two months just reading reviews and then one day in August after reading all the reviews they had, I deceided to check out the lounge and it asked me to register and I said what the hell so I did and here I am today.

[Tremolo]

I cam across AA when searching for anime reviews primarily, back when I was an anime noob. Watched quite a bit of stuff, shadowed the forums for a pretty long time, then eventually joined.

[AqueousMessage]

My friend who is no longer logging on to this site referred me to this "awesome anime forum". I've been coming and going ever since.

[Demonthenes]

I actually know a friend of Junko's in real and from his computer he introduced me to her. I marked her as a referal since my friend doesnt contribue to this forum.

[Major Tom]

Well, my first post outside of the general discussion bit! How long have I been here.....?

Anyway, back in March/April of 2003, I was looking around for info on anime. I had recently poured a lot of money into one of my all time favourites series (Robotech), and it had dawned on me that the origins of Robotech was in anime.

I already knew what anime was, I was a fan of it already, but prior to that anime was a) rarer than hens teeth in my part of the world, it was a real luxury to be able to see some b) being a poor student for much of my life meant I couldn't afford things that I couldn't find, and c)even if I knew where to get stuff on the internet, it would take forever and a bit for my connection to download a single episode.

In anycase, one of my friends said, after seeing that I was investing in Robotech, suggested that I see Cowboy Bebop, cause I might like it. So I went down to Shin Tokyo, the shop i had purchased some of my Robotech boxes from, because I had seen Cowboy Bebop there, bought the first disc, and like it I did. But more so, they had trailers for more anime, and I discovered that anime is no longer more precious that 24 carat diamonds, it now commonly available!

Of course, when looking at trailers, they try their best to make the series look good, and I didn't want to pour money into something I wouldn't like (although that is somethimes inevitable....) so I hopped on the net, and did some searching for some of the series (it was Chobits, or FLCL, or something like that) and came across the Anime Acadmey. It was a swanky looking site, and had a rather large review library often with reviews by more than one reviewer, so I bookmarked the page, and it became my number 1 reference site when researching anime I was looking to buy.

Some months later, I was perusing the forums (I had discovered their existance some time after I found the site, and they had some interesting discussion there, but I didn't frequent that often), and found something that I simply had to reply to (I can't find my first post.....and I can't remember what it was now), so I joined up, and here I am today.

I have referred some of my friends...Staker, who posts infrequently, and Localised Pain, who left because he couldn't start enough fights.

Thsi was my first forum, and it started me into the forum world. Not that I'm a forum whore....I don't belong to that many. I signed up for BBAkira, but I haven't been to that one in months, I did sign up to AMG reviews, but I always had problems with my account, so I left it for a while, and now I can't log in at all, and I currently belong to the Red Orchestra Forums, and the TrueCombat: Elite forums.

[dark_goddess18]

My cousin told me about it when we were playing burnout2.when i joined it seemed to be very big and i would not fit in.

[isolatedotaku]

Google search. Plain and Simple, glad I did it too.

[Yokuhiro]

My story is different than most. I had to do a project for art, and i picked animation to do my project on. After getting done with clay animation and all that what not, i finally got to do what i was waiting for JAPANESE ANIMATION. I begun to search for reviews on some awesome anime and stumbled upon this, yes while in school. Clicked on the site, and came to it once a day at school. Eventually i was wondering how to become a member of the "academy" and i finally found out that the louge was the place to be. It was my first forum, but yet it was about anime..so i said hey why not join? I joined got everyone pissed at me for spamming, escially LadySage, and got a freaking D on my project. So yeah, me finding anime academy is as random as, the priesident picking his nose on tv. That tis my tale, it is not as good as Jay's but hey i qualify...

[Ghost~Writer]

If I'm being honest I've been checking out the Library here for nearly two years now as I find the reviews here resonate quite nicely with my opinions on most titles.
I finally decided that browsing around the net had lost much of it's charm and decided to take up the next challenge, forums. To date I am a member of two forums... AA and Gaia.

[Beanie]

I was looking for something new to watch and did a google search for anime reviews.

[Neon]

When I first came across this site, I was just looking for something to do and was just playing around. But once I signed up and got in, I realized that, due to my lack of knowledge and experience with different anime shows, I could learn alot about different animes and try and see if I would fit in here. Compared with the rest of the world. Back in march I finally able to afford some of the animed OVA's and show that I have been hearing about, so far I agree with a lot of the things that people are saying about the shows like Chrono Crusade, Hana Yori Dango, Angelic Layer.

This place is a good idea for ideas.

[Hokage]

Around a few days ago i was searching for info on the best and quickest way to learn japanese, about the schools and culture, then i came across this site. I'm still browsing, its the best i've come across.

[The Executioner]

I found this site when I heard about it from an article from Shonen Anime. I browsed around and thought this place was kind of interesting for their neet reviews and articles :alex: .

[mylifeisinblue]

Just joined. I came across this site much like everyone else. I was searching for anime a few minutes ago and I found this site. I looked around a bit and decided to join. I've been into anime since '03 and my fave anime is Lupin the 3rd. My fave part aer the lectures, I always learn something new about an anime that's interested me, or I've learned something I didn't know about anime that I've seen already.

Hope to make a few friends here.

[Dark_Chaos868]

I the reason that i am here is becuz my best friend told me about this place and I have to check it out for my self

[lompton x]

the reason I'm here is because this site is pretty much in every way the perfect site for me and welcome to all the noobs

[Kaito Fujiwara]

the reason is simple,
I got sick of GAIA ****ing up all the time

[Miaka Lee]

I was looking stuff up^ on the anime called Now and Then, Here and There
and came upon this on acciedent. But I'm glad I did.

[swankygoose]

Found the site looking for information on FLCL and found this which rocks.

[Javer]

I was sick of reading so-called reviews for anime that were submitted by amateur fans who didn't sound like they knew what they were talking about. So I cast about for a reliable site with decent reviews and a wide range. And months later, joined the forum. : )

[kyubichan]

I googled for anything on Candidate for Goddess and Wolf's Rain, and found Anime Academy ^^

[sweetsejanna]

well i was searching for anime forums and came across tis.. and nice name so i join it... kinda cool name anime academy....

[Javer]

well i was searching for anime forums and came across tis.. and nice name so i join it... kinda cool name anime academy....

Yeah, ain't it? It's like a school . . . about anime! :D

[Junko]

I came here kinda looking for that since I never had alot of friends who liked anime and I wanted to learn about it and such.

School about anime... HAH.... this place is worse then a school. (that's a compliment)

[Javer]

I came here kinda looking for that since I never had alot of friends who liked anime and I wanted to learn about it and such.

School about anime... HAH.... this place is worse then a school. (that's a compliment)

"Worse" as a compliment? American youth: not just revolutionizing spelling anymore. : )

[flclluva_123]

white sabber wolf told me about animeacademy.

[Meanie]

white sabber wolf told me about animeacademy.

And everyone let out a moan that day.

For me, I saw it advertised in a old magazine(newtype I think). Anyway, after reading a couple dozen reviews and all the lectures I clicked the horrid "lounge" button.

[Junko]

"Worse" as a compliment? American youth: not just revolutionizing spelling anymore. : )


What i mean by that (I really feel like I should reply) is that I actually have to try to be intellegent here while at a public school they almost expect you to be stupid.

[Niner]

(I really feel like I should reply)

You feel that a lot. It's a bad habit. Cut it out.

is that I actually have to try to be intellegent here
We're sorry it's such a chore that we require intelligence 'round these parts.

[Junko]

I'm wokring on it. Anyway, that's a good thing that the people here are smart and I really enjoy it here whether or not some people enjoy me.

[Windborn]

I was looking for information on the Twelve Kingdoms - there's damn little out there! Most websites are just selling the DVD's - and 'lo!' there was a review of it here. Not entirely certain what made me jump on the bandwagon... Maybe just that I've never really been able to talk as much as I cared to about this wonderful stuff without someone telling me to shut up. -_-

[lady_kiyano]

well i found it when i was looking for stuff about fruits basket and other stuff like that. then i came across this and i thought it looked fun so i made a name and everything. thats how i came across it.:anghorn:

[M.Baka]

Anime.

It brings people together

[Silk Dragon]

I got here looking for stuff about Appleseed and inuyasha... nice place... tho I dont really understand it...

[aeroshadow]

Well, since none of my friends are really into anime like I am, and I love message boards in general, I kept my eye out for a good one concerning anime, logically. I almost settled down in the AnimeSuki forums, and there's a small chance I might in the future, but before then, I discovered Anime Academy.

First, I came across just the reviews. I loved them to death, and I found them much more rational than other review sites like THEM, and their library was of a decent size. While their reviews weren't quite up to par with a few others I've found here and there, I loved them for their general consistency and style.

I soon found the forums, in which I posted like twice then lurked for awhile. The fact that most of the frequent posters knew how to spell highly appealed to me. I also thought TIF was totally awesome, so eventually, I registered an account and joined in.

[sakura_blossom]

It was back a while ago when I actually found the website. From what I remember I had read anime reviews on a previous site, and I wondered if there were other websites like that one which also reviewed anime. After searching I came across anime academy and read over the reviews for some anime that I have seen and was judging on seeing. I liked what I read and saved the website to my favorites, it wasn't until about a couple months later that I realized that there was a forum to the website as well.

[Cornwiggle]

I was looking for S-CRY-ed info and found a topic. I don't even remember it know, but I thought that this would be a good place to sign up.

[Zen of Anime]

I was refered by an old freind who got ban.

[[-=[montney]=-]]

Dude, no get it right: Matt refered me then I referd you.

[ant]

I found the library and stayed there for about 8 months until popped my head into the forums section. Spent a few weeks lurking then I joined!

[Shinomori]

Browsing the internet for all things Outlaw Star (I think it was Outlaw Star anyway) and found a link (can't remember where from, AniPike most probably).
It was a while ago now so it's all quite vague. Like Ant I've been in the review section for a while now and finally decided to join the forum which, judging from the 'death of AA' thread - and the fact that everyone here seems to have a ridiculously superior knowledge of anime than I do - seems a fairly daunting, yet interesting, place. I think this post serves as a relatively adequate introduction :)

[Miecell]

I was looking for a completely different board with the initials 'AA' & got bumped into this place.

I thought it was kind of nice and joined in :]

[Retlor]

I got referred here looking for a review of an anime series.

I liked the look of it and signed up.

[Jeannie]

A group of friends I knew used to go here so I joined in the agreement that they'd shut up. It worked and here I am.

[lucky]

Once upon a time, Moe dragged me here. I think we met on another forum and he decided to invite me here too. I come and go, probably never will make a Senior unless some miracle keeps me around.

[Mr. Otaku]

I was looking for some anime stores and I came across this site.

[kLaUS]

I found the library and stayed there for about 8 months until popped my head into the forums section. Spent a few weeks lurking then I joined!

the same situation, but hey, the library really help me out to find some great animes, of course, the forum setion has help me out a lot more..

[animanic_critic]

I began liking anime for a long time, but from all I saw back then, most of the anime I got to watch sucked (since they're mostly "hyped" anime titles - no worries). I was looking for a place where I can find out the really good anime titles, and I came across A.A. The forums also turned out to be the most interesting one I've come across for some time.

And then, as they say, the rest is history...:victory:

[animeluver]

i was surfing the web lookig for a quality forum and i happened to find 1....ANIME ACADEMY! so yeah, im new and lookin for freinds and such.
:XD:

[NausicaaBoy]

its the best community of anime lover Ive ever met! soo I guess thats why I joined and have hung around. luv you guys/gurls!!! *sniff*

[D.A.]

Err... it's a little bit lengthy, but I'll try to make it short. It was a not very nice day, and I was chasing after a shinigami-wannabe, then suddenly he unleashed his Bankai. I was caught off-guard, thinking that how could a lousy orange-haired brat who can't even lead a shitty shonen show right ever learn to achieve such a nonsense technique... anyway, when I come to my senses, I found myself in front of this Academy. Oh, did I mention that his Bankai has the form of a hairless monkey? In short, I wanted to find an anime forum to express my thoughts about how sucky Bleach is. I'm also seeking some comrades to assist me in my plan to nuke Studio Pierrot.

[Angi]

I was looking for both anime and japanese related stuff. I'd been doing that for several years. Then, one day, I just happen to fall in this web site with other fans, cause there are practically none where I live, and joined

[zarahf]

By complete accident. It was a link to a review from another page...at this point I haven't even the foggiest idea which. But it got me here all the same.

[Osaka!]

I think it was when I was looking for some anime review in google and got this website as a result.

[Ieyasu]

I was driven from my previous forum when the rampant elitism, incessant bitching and obnoxious people finally got to me.

I spent many a minute wandering the interweb when I came across this delightful oasis of shtuff.

[Milkymagic]

I try to locate as many anime review sites as possible for different opinions on an anime I'm interested in seeing, or in some cases I'm curious how others felt about a particular anime. I stumbled into Anime Academy after searching for links on a particular anime (don't remember which one) and got a match that led me here. Of course, I never even checked out the forums till last year, around August I believe. My mainstays before AA were The Anime Review, THEM Anime, The Anime Critic, Anime Jump, and Anime World. Oh, and Rossman is the besht with reviews (google please, and try Macross: Do You Remember Love? for the best results!).

I'd say it was 2003-2004ish when I was just reading the reviews on this site everytime they popped up. Some I agreed with, others were close, and others I had my own differentiating thoughts on (the beauty of an opinion!). After years of surfing through all the reviews time and again, and watching loads of anime and forming my own opinions, I finally had my opportunity to go to a Con (Animefest 2006). After the convention, and meeting some folks, it dawned on me that there could be a community for discussing anime fascinations here and there. I never participated in message boards before I went on this one, I usually stuck to my close network of friends and kept to myself, but around August of 2006 I chose to peek in here. Then I decided to just be a member and start talking, hoping somebody would know where I was coming from with my interests, or hope to at least carry up some worthy conversation.

And I still clench my fist when I think of Favorite Anime Directors, my personal favorite thread, and first passion to the forums!

Dumb Facts: My lame website The Anime Players (www.theanimeplayers.com) was supposed to be cancelled since last month, but it's still up, and the message boards look like hell. Don't read them! xD

I live with my friend (and webmaster of my former site The Anime Players) Tlan, he's damn good looking, and taught me all about cool shit like Berserk and BECK. He also kicks my ass in almost every video game known to man.

[zero one]

i've been here since the begining! (ish)

[Pachinko]

My sister and her little friends were on it one day. Then, for a while, I just lurked about for the longest of times, reading random things here and here. Then I went ahead and created an account. Yeah, woooah. Epic, I knoooow.

[Zashiki-Warashi]

I enjoy looking for different review sites to look at different ways to review anime and this site was one that I really liked. What was really dense of me was not noticing for a while that there was a forum here. Be in awe of my observation skills.

[Neo-Hunter]

well My story is a bit diffrent, it started when I was a sophmore a buddy had brought to our english class a anime for the end of the school and we all watched it, some found it funny, but i was intruged by it my Juinor year i started watching anime and then during after school, I found this site and then during 04 I joined the Lounge.

[Testament]

I was in school looking for any good sites that would give me lots of anime info...I came across Anime Academy and checked it out. After a while I decide to make an account..and here I am...

[Yuri Kawai]

Just like how Yuri came across any other anime forums.

[Woolsburg]

Was looking for anime and came across this site

[laffinizluv]

Got bored, looked up some anime, found this site, got bored again, joined the forum, posted, found this thread, posted in it.


A documentation of my time here.

[Chris Alassal]

A fellow anime fan and buddy of mine in highschool was checking the site out during a break, and I- curious- started looking at A.A. myself. I've checked the site itself since 2004 or so, and just now decided to join the forum.

[tsukasa-13]

looking up doty hack sign

[bwing55543]

I got here in a Google search for anime reviews. Then, I decided to join the forum in order to discuss anime.

[General Suburbia]

Hentai?

Actually, I don't really remember. It's been years since I found this site. Maybe it was a nasty mind that led me here.

[laborpilot86]

This has probably gotta count as the weirdest ever.....While researching a paper (which I got an F on:eyebrow: ) I found a book of essays about anime called Cinema Anime. One of the essays was about the interesting cross-cultural impact of anime fandom, and Anime Academy was mentioned and cited, so I typed in the URL and boom! here i am.

[AnimeLover]

Google =3

[Kain]

One day back in September of 2001, Mugs and I were like, "hey, let's start the Anime Academy."





Yeah, that's all I got.

[Tyrdium]

One day back in September of 2001, Mugs and I were like, "hey, let's start the Anime Academy."Lies! AA was clearly started by Tibetan monks in a bid for world domination.

[Kain]

This is true, but "Nomadic Yak Herders Academy" just didn't roll off the tongue quite as well, so they handed the reigns over to us.

[laborpilot86]

That is the funniest post ever.

[Overlord Evan]

My friend was looking over my shoulder and forced me... on my own computer. Might as well stay around, right?

[Deja~VU]

Well, when I was looking through different anime sites ^^

[ash_chan]

My friend was looking over my shoulder and forced me... on my own computer. Might as well stay around, right?

:3 Yes my friend. You should stay. I love you. o 3o~<3

I'm not sure if I've already responded...
But I found AA in Newtype USA. I laughed because they switched the pictures for AA and Gaia.

[laborpilot86]

Typical for Newtype USA

[Akito]

Typical for Newtype USA
Come on. Don't be so hard on the poor guys, they're doing their best! Besides, everyone knows how hard to tell apart Anime Academy and Gaia Online can be.

[laborpilot86]

I'll cut them some slack when they stop shilling for ADV. Not that i have any against ADV, they do have Macross:yes:

[Himinite]

I was one of the original reviewers back when this was still AC. Yep this is Neo if anyone actually remembers this crazy fool. And yes.... I'm back ^_^.

[Sorrow-kun]

For those not in the know, what is AC?

[laborpilot86]

I agree. Inquiring minds want to know the SECRET ORIGINS OF ANIME ACADEMY.

[Akito]

Oh! Oh! I think I know what the "A" stands for!

[Himinite]

Ok, well AC stood for Anime Compendium. It was the brain child of Kain and it spawned from members of the Bid For Power forum. AC took a break and when Kain got back AA was born.

[Mana]

Ah, Neo :O Odd seeing you back. Hullo~

[animanic_critic]

Ok, well AC stood for Anime Compendium. It was the brain child of Kain and it spawned from members of the Bid For Power forum. AC took a break and when Kain got back AA was born.
Hmph... thought you were referring to my initials.

:3

[Carlito]

I was just looking for a forum to post in. That wasn't really an option in the polls, because it wasn't for an anime forum specifically.

[ash_chan]

Come on Besides, everyone knows how hard to tell apart Anime Academy and Gaia Online can be.

Oh yeah.
Totally.

[AnimeLover]

Everybody makes mistakes. Just some bigger than others.

And hey! Nobody commented on the fact that its even in there. That's pretty impressive, not every site strolls on into that magazine.

AA FTW!

[ash_chan]

Everybody makes mistakes. Just some bigger than others.


True.
I just found it really funny seeing Gaia's original bright pink-and-white layout being confused with the very blue Anime Academy.

[AnimeLover]

Sort of off topic, but are you subscribed to Newtype?

I dunno... I've bought individual issues here and there, but the 90$/year seems kinda steep -_-

[Deja~VU]

Some people came here because either it sounds cool or interesting, or by a mistake, OR was told by a friend.

[Akito]

Sort of off topic, but are you subscribed to Newtype?

I dunno... I've bought individual issues here and there, but the 90$/year seems kinda steep -_-
What?! $90? That's retarded! A yearly subscription to Shounen Jump's only a third of that!

Call me crazy, but I can find far more satisfaction from following Luffy or Naruto's adventures than from reading two month-old news. Then again, you can also "acquire" Jump's mangas on the internet, though it's not easy on the eyes to stick them to the computer screen like that.

[ash_chan]

What?! $90? That's retarded! A yearly subscription to Shounen Jump's only a third of that!

Call me crazy, but I can find far more satisfaction from following Luffy or Naruto's adventures than from reading two month-old news. Then again, you can also "acquire" Jump's mangas on the internet, though it's not easy on the eyes to stick them to the computer screen like that.

Newtype pictures and comics do make interesting collages, but that's another topic, and another thread. ;P

[Deja~VU]

Newtype pictures and comics do make interesting collages, but that's another topic, and another thread. ;P

True, no wonder of the comotions for the pass few years -.-;

[Two-twenty]

* Two-twenty gently nudges the thread back on topic

[Deja~VU]

2-20, why does your Avatar look so,you know >.>

[Kain]

* Two-twenty gently nudges the thread back on topic
2-20, why does your Avatar look so,you know >.>
Ahem.
* Two-twenty gently nudges the thread back on topic

[Illjwamh]

Damn, I haven't posted in here yet? I could've sworn I already had, like 3 years ago or something.

Oh, well. I was looking for information on the anime Hand Maid May, of which I'd seen a few clips somewhere, and ended up at the review page for it here. Noticed there was a forum not long after, and badda bing, badda boom, here I am. Just like dozens of others' stories, I'm sure.