User:Luxartisan

I've been an anime fan since Osama Tetzuka's Astro Boy -- the original, not the remake -- was shown on television on one of the more obscure networks of the day. Not sure why, but I loved the drawing style and have to admit that Astro Boy, with his dark spiky hair and rocket-feet, was my first anime crush. I was hooked without even knowing that it was Japanimation that had entered my creative soul. Life being what it is, I moved on with random anime series like the original Voltron, Belle and Sebastian and Kimba the White Lion being treats to be treasured, though I still had no idea that the artwork was Japanese. Years passed and American animation was the only means of satisfying a love for the artform at my disposal. Finally, years later, my college-aged son came home on break with DVDs of Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star and Evangelion. "What's that?" I asked. "Anime, Mom." "Oh. OH!"

I forced a friend to view Princess Mononoke when it was showcased at a local university and began watching all the anime my son owned. I became an immediate fan, but DVD sets were expensive and anime-based websites were sparse. Besides, anime was a crazy college kid thing or childish entertainment, wasn't it? Wasn't it? But I've loved science fiction and fantasy long before it became popular, and anime just "fit" with those interests. So while my newfound hobby simmered, I stayed involved with the X-Files fandom until the end of its prime-time run in 2002.

That's when my interest in anime re-ignited and I discovered that online anime websites had proliferated and I could now watch all the anime I desired. I don't claim to be an avid viewer, but I have my favorites and am not afraid to admit I write well-received fanfiction under different pseuds in several fandoms. I also post on Tumblr as luxartisan and serve as the admin or admin/bureaucrat for the Psycho Pass, Ouran HS Host Club, Doukyuusei film and Free! wikias and have contributed to several anime topics on Wikipedia.

What else can I say? The Meyers-Briggs personality inventory says I'm INFJ, which represents only 2% of the population. It explains a lot. But I say embrace your weirdness because that's what makes you, YOU. Peace out.