About Me Ramblings!

As the title says, this is the section about me. I am the webmaster of FantasyAnime. Everything in it is made by own hands.

Name ... Alex

Sex ... Male

Age ... 26

Location ... Florida

Occupation ... Web designer

Sign ... Gemini

Favorite food ... Pizza

Favorite color ... Blue

Favorite music ... Rock, pop, alternative, 80's, dance, techno, classical, anime/video game/movie soundtracks

Favorite movies ... Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars series, Matrix trilogy, X-Men trilogy, Indiana Jones trilogy, The Breakfast Club, Spaceballs, BASEketball, Big Trouble in Little China, The Goonies, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Pecker, The Never Ending Story, Legend, Adam's Family Values, Mirrormask, Dungeons & Dragons 2, Chronicles of Narnia, Spiderman series, Daredevil, Hulk, Elektra, Fantastic Four series, V for Vendetta, Hell Boy series (yes, I love all the super hero movies, and I yearn for more!)

Favorite movies genres ... Even though my favorites above are limited to comedies, fantasy, and super heroes, I actually pretty much like all movie genres except horror/suspense. I'm even into independent and foreign films.

Favorite TV series ... Merlin, Earthsea, Jim Henson's The Storyteller

Favorite American cartoon movies ... Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Nightmare Before Christmas, South Park movie, The Secret of NIMH, The Last Unicorn, The Incredibles

Favorite American cartoon series ... Southpark, X-Men (90's Fox version), Spiderman (90's Fox version), Conan The Adventurer, Disney's Gargoyles, The Critic, The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Drawn Together, Batman, Batman Beyond, Superman, Justice League/Unlimited

Origin of anime interest ... My best friend, Robert, and Sailor Moon got me into anime. The time was somewhere around the mid 90's. Robert introduced me to anime movies such as Akira, Ninja Scroll, and Fist of the North Star. Sailor Moon eventually made its quiet debut on TV. At first I thought it was the dumbest cartoon I've ever seen. I was bored one day, I decided to give Sailor Moon a chance and I watched an episode. I thought it was pretty cool, so I watched it at again the next day, then the next. Before I knew it I was addicted. Sailor Moon made me realize how good anime really was. Since then my interest in anime has grown stronger and stronger. Now I'm a full-blown obsessive anime fan, with too many anime DVDs.

Favorite anime movies ... Vampire Hunter D/Bloodlust, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaä and the Valley of the Wind, Ninja Scroll, First of the North Star, Casshan: Robot Hunter, Wicked City, Project A-Ko series

Favorite anime w/ multiple genres: comedy/action/drama ... Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo, Magic Knight Rayearth, Slayers, Fushigi Yuugi, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Orphen, Naruto,

Favorite anime comedies ... Full Medal Panic Fumoffo, Golden Boy, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Miami Guns

Favorite anime adventure/dramas ... Magic Users Club, Escaflowne, Full Metal Alchemist, Hunter X Hunter

Favorite anime fantasies ... Record of the Lodosss War, Legend of Crystania

Favorite sci-fi anime ... Geo Armor Kishin Corps, Cowboy Bebop, Hellsing, Ghost in the Shell series

Origin of RPG interest ... My story with RPGs begins in 1994, the glorious year when Final Fantasy 6 came out (under the name Final Fantasy 3). Final Fantasy 6 touched my heart and introduced me to the wonderful world of RPGs. Later I got into Chrono Trigger, then Shining Force, then FF Legend, then Lunar (for Sega CD), then Phantasy Star, and so on.

Favorite RPG ... Final Fantasy 6

Second favorite RPG ... Shining Force

Every other favorite RPG ... all the ones covered in my site, duh

FantasyAnime mission ... It has always been my desire to spread my happiness. Since anime and classic gaming are two of my most passionate interests, I created FantasyAnime to satisfy that desire. It is also my wish to preserve that which has given me so much happiness, to help keep their legacy alive.

FantasyAnime goals ... My goal for this year is to add more coverage to Playstation RPGs.

OS's familiar with ... DOS, Windows 95/98/ME/XP, Mac OS 9/OS X

Major software familiar with ... Adobe Photoshop/ ImageReady/ Illustrator/ InDesign/ After Effects/ Premiere, Macromedia Fireworks/ Freehand/ Dreamweaver/ Flash, Microsoft Office, Quark Xpress, Avid Xpress Pro, Alias Maya (just the 'modeling' part for now; Maya's such a complex program that familiarity of it is divided into different genres)

Major software still getting into ... Alias Maya (rigging, animation, rendering), Macromedia Flash (just the Actionscript part), Blender

Web languages ... I know HTML/XHTML and CSS by heart.

Career goals ... I've been doing professional web design for two years now and I'm HATING IT. It's so dull and boring. I yearn for more creativity. However, I think it's just because I've had bad jobs. I'm confident there is a better web design job out there. I am currently looking for it, while suffering with my current web design job. I want one that has a nice balance of variety, challenges me, and will produce a lot of good work that I can put in my portfolio.