Hello fellow Otaku!!
So this is an introductory section primarily for the sake of introducing myself... yay!

Before I do that, tho, here's a list of my accounts on other websites:
* Tumblr-Haitaka123
* DeviantArt-Haitaka123
* MyAnimeList-Haitaka

How did I get into anime/manga?
I have a gf who absolutely loves manga and anime. (Need I say more?)
Through my childhood I was never allowed to watch Pokemon, Yu-Gi_Oh, Bey-Blade, Naruto, etc.
Therefore, the first Anime I ever watched was Kiki's Delivery Service by Hayao Miyazaki when I was 11.
(about 17 years after it's release-Danish theaters were being slow)
My initial reaction was one of great awe. The movie was just SO AMAZING!!!
Miyazaki's skill and attention to detail was, and still is, one of the very best.
Shortly after that trip to the movies I had a full arsenal of every Studio Ghibli movie I could find.
I watched them constantly and became convinced that they must be the best movies I had ever watched!
After having been in the USA for 3-ish years, 4 girls in my class convinced me to start reading and watching more.
My gf (one of the girls who re-introduced me to manga/anime) gave me a llloooonnnnngggggg list of her favorite manga and anime. Naturally, I'm going through those first.
So far so good-I'll be putting the list (plus some other ones I've read/watched) on here so y'all know what craziness I'm enjoying! ^^
My favorite artist remains Miyazaki-so I decided my user name should relate to that. Haitaka is the Wizard from Tales from Earthsea-his name meaning Sparrowhawk.

I hope someone at least reads this. I see it as a great achievement if someone does : )
Anyway, I should really get to posting my list.
So...

For info on my read/watch list, refer to my account on MyAnimeList

Have fun spending money and time on one of the most expensive "common" hobbies out there!! ^_^

Best wishes-Haitaka ^_~

Maybe I'll regret this ^^

Okay, so I've been staying up for three hours more each night for the past few days to sketch a bit-trying to improve my drawing skills. I was wondering if I should upload some of my doodles/sketches? They're by no means really good-mostly just practice. I'll end up making some good pieces eventually and uploading those. If anyone's interested in my doodles I'll send them some by theOtaku mail.
As you can see from the title I'm very optimistic now and might regret posting this later. But I think taking this risk of possible slight humiliation is worth it. If no one cares, that's okay too. Thanks for reading ^^

Christmas!! ^_^

It's finally Christmas! :D
I've spent my first day here at TheOtaku and now I feel the need to upload something.
ANYTHING.
So I thought I'd try to draw a manga version of my gf on a park bench... or something like that.
I might upload one of my attempts at drawing tonight.
If not, I'll definitely get at least one of them scanned by tomorrow.
Please remember that it's just a drawing-nothing I've spent too much time on.
And I only started trying to draw manga a week ago.
So... well if anything it'll be a starting point so I can see my improvement in the future ^^
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

(on a random side note-I wish the male emoticons had better hair. I'm a little reluctant to use them)