Konnichiwa. I'm Ben, a 24 y/o animation fan in Southern California.
I like animation so much, I went to school to learn how to become an animator, and although my career path is now more special effects oriented, I still love animation. I only recently started watching anime. Before this year, it's been mostly Disney, Don Bluth, and Tex Avery (as well as some of the feature-length anime giants, like Akira, Metropolis, and Princess Mononoke). I guess it took me so long because I saw anime as limited to Pokemon and whatever crap Adult Swim was showing. The first series that really pulled me in was Black Lagoon. But I've really been enjoying Lucky Star and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (who isn't?).
So yeah, I'm a n00b. I'll be poking around the site, downloading a little of this, and a little of that. I'll probably ask for recommendations a lot. I'm a member of other private tracker sites, so I know how it works, and I keep a good ratio (2.050 with 575GB DLed at MySpleen).
So hi. How are you?