Hello and welcome to Keba's Anime and Manga Place (KAAMP for short)! Here at KAAMP, I write about anime and manga that I have seen/read as well as my views on them. I'll also post about my original stories from time to time.

Just beware that some of my posts contain spoilers. I'll put them in spoiler tags just in case.

KAAMP's history: KAAMP was created in July 2002 by yours truly. It was a sloppy-looking website on Yahoo's now defunct Geocities. I posted my anime fan art on that site. Also, for a time, I posted my thoughts on the few anime series that I had seen. Now that I look back on it, my thoughts were rather ill-informed (is that even a word?) because I had only seen bits and pieces of anime dubs. Now that I've seen more series, I think that my commentary on various anime will be a little better than before.

So, come on in and stay awhile! KAAMP is now in session.

Progress Report/Questions

I think I'll give a little Sketch Marathon update, since I haven't actually posted my sketches. Truth is, I'm over a week behind. In addition to not catching up from my initial stumble, I'm having trouble finding full-body references for certain characters, thus impeding my progress.

If you're wondering why I don't Google pictures of characters, it's because there's so much junk that I have to wade through. I don't want to scan a sea of pixelated junk, bad fan art, porn, and stuff that has nothing to do with anything.

What are some good sites that specialize in official anime artwork? If you know of any, please list them. They can be general or series-specific.

I also noticed that some series have more official art circulating than others. I'm guessing this is because the series are more popular and/or have stood the test of time. I'd like to watch more of those types of series. So, to you, what are some series that are pretty much required viewing? List as many as you want.