Hello there! I'm stararnold, and welcome to Starship Fandoprise! This WORLD features a mix of features/news posts based on multiple topics regarding anything of pop culture (incl. animation/cartoons/anime, comics/manga, music, books, video games, live-action TV/Film, etc.), as well as webpolls/websurveys and brief posts about what goes on in my fanboy life. Hope you enjoy your visit!

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About the WORLD's Host

Other WORLDS runned by the host (check 'em out for more content by this guy)
Leijiverse 999, DC and Marvel Assemble, Star Trek Nation

Known at DeviantART as
beavers2010

Birthday
04/10/1986

Gender
Male

Where I live
LaSalle (Montreal), Quebec, Canada

Anime Fan Since
Early 1990s when I started watching The Transformers (1984), though that was before I learned that not all cartoons are American (However, while the classic Speed Racer series was the second anime I got into, you may consider this what made me the anime fan I'm today if you don't consider the original Trasnformers to be anime)

Member of theOtaku.com since
05/30/2005

Achievements
Medal for Meals-on-wheel's service, Medal for conflict manager team, Mabel Award at High School Graduation, Honouroll at college, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting and Drawing concentration) in University

Favorite Music Genres
Rap, Rock 'N Roll, Disco

Favorite Comic Book Superheroes
Batman, Superman, Robin, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, Witchblade, Wolverine, Batgirl, Supergirl, Green Lantern, Captain America, Hulk, Black Cat, Punisher, Venom, Mr. Fantastic, Huntress

Favorite Non-Anime Cartoon Characters
Brian Griffin, Scooby-Doo, Norville Earle "Shaggy" Rogers, Woody Woopecker, Master Shake, Felix The Cat, Thomas "Tom" Cat, Brain the Dog

Favorite Anime/Manga Artists
Leiji Matsumoto, Go Nagai, Masumune Shirow, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Kunio Okawara, Shoji Kawamori, Hisashi Hirai, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Kagami Yoshimizu, Kazuko Tadano

Favorite Anime and Manga Series/Multiseries
Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers), Gundam (all incarnations), Tetsujin 28-Go (Gigantor. only the 1963 Anime version), Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Gatchaman (1970s series), Galaxy Express 999, Dragon Ball, Tokyo Mew Mew, Mazinger, Rockman (Megaman), Mach Go Go Go (Speed Racer. only the 1967 Anime version), Transformers, Galaxy Angel, Cardcaptor Sakura, Mobile Police Patlabor, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, School Rumble, Azumanga Daioh!, Voltron - Defender of The Universe, Dirty Pair (only the classic anime version), Lupin III (only the old school "Lupin III"), Slayers, Death Note, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Robotech, Gurren Lagann, Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Corpse Princess

Favorite Tokusatsu Multiseries
"Gojira" (a.k.a. Godzilla), Ultraman

Favorite Non-Japanese TV Series
Star Trek (all series), Doctor Who (all series), Battlestar Galactica (all series), Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Scooby-Doo (classic series), Superfriends, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, American Dad, 12 Oz. Mouse, Robot Chicken, Angry Kid, Futurama, Ghostbusters (1986 Filmation Series), Puppets Who Kill, He-Man and The Masters of The Universe (1983), Sons of Butcher, MTV's UnderGrads, The Jon Dore Television Show, The Daily Show, Spider-Man" (both 1967 and 1981 versions), The Incredible Hulk (1977), The Colbert Report, ThunderCats (1985), G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero (1985), The Ripping Friends, Inspector Gadget (classic series), Megas XLR, Chappelle's Show, Jonny Quest (1964 Version), Space: 1999, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons, Red Dwarf, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast, Rocko's Modern Life, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Supernatural, The Marvel Super Heroes (1966), Celebrity Deathmatch, Trailer Park Boys, Steve Wilkos, Tosh.0

Favorite Non-Japanese Movies
Predator, Deep Blue Sea, Man's Best Friend, Blankman, Godzilla (1998), Planet of the Apes (both versions), Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Colon Movie for Theaters, all Spider-Man films, all Superman films, all Batman films, all Star Trek films, Spawn, Home Alone, "ush Hour, Fist of Fury (a.k.a. The Chinese Connection), Game of Death, Kung Pow: Enter The Fist, The Eagle's Killer, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Spaceballs, 101 Dalmatians (both versions), The Green Hornet (2011), Transformers (2007), Speed Racer (2008), Iron Man (2008), Training Day, Saw films, Kick-Ass, The Expendables

Anime Online Viewing Status of 5/20/2013

Today, I finished watching on streaming video, Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Endless Odysssey, and what an amazing work I found it to be, though I was disgusted by the last episode's ending. At least Captain Harlock's creator Leiji Matsumoto was not part of the team that made the anime itself, and it's not part of Harlock canon either.

In the meantime, I await to see if more episodes of the edited-for-DVD cut of Space Battleship Yamato 2199 will arrive on streaming video websites so I can finish watching the whole store as I am at episode 14 of the cut itself.

6:25 PM Canada EST

stararnold's Anime DVD Collection

Here's another piece of info about me as an otaku. This time, I present to you, a list of all Region 1 anime DVDs I own so far.

  • Speed Racer Collector's Edition (English Dub) Added to the list on 3/15/2013
  • Battle of The Planets 25th Anniversary Collection (English Dub)
  • The Best of G-Force (English Dub)
  • Galaxy Express 999 (English Dub/English Sub) Added to list on 10/11/2012
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Movie I - Special Edition (English Sub)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Movie II: Soldiers of Sorrow - Special Edition (English Sub)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Movie III: Encounters in Space - Special Edition (English Sub)
  • Arcadia of My Youth (English Sub)
  • Super Dimension Fortress Macross Vol. 2: Under Crimson Skies (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Super Dimension Fortress Macross Vol. 3: Dangerous Divisions (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Super Dimension Fortress Macross Vol. 4: Fallen Angels (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Super Dimension Fortress Macross Vol. 5: When Worlds Collide (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Super Dimension Fortress Macross Vol. 6: Eve of Destruction (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Super Dimension Fortress Macross Vol. 7: Hell's Fury (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Original Dirty Pair: OVA Collection (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Hyper-Combat Unit Dangaioh (English Dub)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Appleseed - Essence of Anime (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Ghost In The Shell 2.0 (Englsih Dub/English Sub)
  • Slayers OVA Collection (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Harlock Saga (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Mazinkaiser Vol. 1: Turbo Smashing Sensation (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Mazinkaiser Vol. 2: A Fire Blast From The Past! (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Patlabor Movie 3: WXIII (English Dub/English Sub) Added to list on 8/06/2012
  • Galaxy Angel Z Vol. 3: Stranded Without Dessert (English Dub/English Sub) Added to list on 8/19/2011
  • Ghost in The Shell 2: Innocence (English Dub/English Sub) Added to list on 4/5/2012
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: The Empty Battlefield (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: The Far-Away Dawn (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: The Rumbling Sky (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Inu Yasha The Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island (English Dub/English Sub) Added to list on 8/06/2012
  • Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Halo: Legends (English Dub/English Sub)
  • Wolverine: Marve Animated Series (English Dub/English Sub) Added to list on 4/12/2013

Note that the first two DVDs in my list each contains episodes of an alternate U.S. T.V. edited version of 1972's "Science Ninja Team Gatachaman" (whose ADV Films-distributed English dub is completely called "Gatchaman").

4:19 PM Canada EST

News: Tennant and Piper Returning to Doctor Who for a Guest Appearance

Last night, while I was watching the entertainment news show Innerspace on SPACE: The Imagination Station, I had found out that David Tennant and Billie Piper will make guest appearances in a future episode of 2005's Doctor Who T.V. series intentded for celebration of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary. However, the report did not say if Tennant will actually be playing the Doctor's previous incarnation or the clone accidentally created in the episode where Donna Noble was forced to permantly depart from the TARDIS due to dangerous circumstances. As for Billie Piper, if showrunner Steve Moffat intended the episode of Amy Pond's debut to feature a reboot of the Whoniverse's timeline, it's uncertain at the moment if she will indeed reprise the role of Rose or play a different character. Nevertheless, I look forward to the episode, and happy 50 years to Doctor Who too, although the Doctor Who's 50th anniversary's not until November 23.

6:24 PM Canada EST

News: Patlabor To be Revived by a Live-Action

I don't know if any of you heard the news yesterday, but I have found out from ANN that a Japanese live-action Patlabor ...

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News: Free Comic Book Day 2013

Are you into comic books or are someone who has never read a comic book before but want to get into reading comi...

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