Fandom of the Year Meme 2017 Edition
I actually did start this in 2017 but then life got in the way. Still this is the one thing I like to post on LJ because it is easy to access and I can look back year from year whereas Twitter and Tumblr you can't really save your posts.
1. Your main fandom of the year:
I only really got into one fandom in 2017 and I didn't get into it until the last part of the year but if you follow me on Twitter its pretty easy to guess that its Dragon Ball. Well actually its an old fandom that I got back into. I never really expected to fall so much in love with DB again. In fact I would even say I have become sort of "snobby" in my tastes with anime and usually avoid long running shounen. But I guess there is something to say for nostalgia. I only meant to watch the episode when Vegeta and Bulma's daughter was born. Next thing I knew I was marathoning the whole series and rewatching DBZ. This was really the only big "new" thing I've become obsessed with this year.
2. Your favorite Film this year:
Films that I saw in the theater
Your Name (honorable mentions Wonder Woman & In this Corner of the World at Otakon)
Older Films I first Saw in 2017
Hitchcock's The Lodger
3. Your favorite Book read this year:
My favorite novel was probably the Handmaid's tale. My favorite thing I read overall though was probably the Kamisama Kiss manga which I probably started in 2016 but finished in 2017. It's funny after the first season of the anime I might have dropped the series but the 2nd season came out when I wasn't watching much and I liked it so much more than the first. Then I read the manga where the anime left off and loved that even more than the anime. It just goes to show sometimes first impressions are wrong. I drop a lot of series quickly because I don't have time to keep up with something that doesn't interest me but I guess I am lucky I did pick up this series again.
Other than that I've been reading and enjoying DB fanfiction: My favorite was this very long Vegeta and Goku focused fanfiction called A Good Man which I just finished at the end of 2017. https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9901820/1/Dragon-Ball-Z-A-Good-Man
Ki Blind was also a really good read. https://www.fanfiction.net/s/745618/1/KiBlind
Both these stories explored things I know Dragon Ball never will: Vegeta's past and the characters not being able to use their powers. I honestly don't read fanfiction for every series I enjoy but with Dragon Ball there is so much the series can't explore because of the type of series it is that fanfiction lets me enjoy these characters from new angles. And of course I also read some Vegeta & Bulma fanfic
4. Your favorite Album or Song this year:
I loved the Boogie Back ending for DB (lots of Vegeta and Bulma) and also I listened to the Your Name songs quite often.
5. Your favorite TV Show this year:
Anime-
The best anime for me was still definitely Showa Rakugo Genroku Season 2 which was a fantastic followup from the first season. But if I am being my honest the one I had the most joy watching was Dragon Ball Super, hence my main fandom of the year.
I didn't watch a lot of anime this year but I also highly enjoyed March Comes in like a Lion, Natsume Yuujinchou S6 & Eccentric Family Season 2
And I am currently enjoying Ancient Magus Bride and now that is 2018 Ive finally started Great Passage and Made in Abyss two series Ive wanted to watch for awhile but couldn't (more on that below)
There weren't any new favorite live action TV shows I watched this year (just continuations of old ones) which is actually somewhat surprising for me. At least not that I can recall
6. Your favorite Community this year:
Still the Versailles Family :)
7. Your best new Fandom Discovery of the Year?
That I still love Dragon Ball lol
8. Your biggest Fandom Disappointment of the Year?
I was going to say Anime Strike lol but amazingly enough in 2018 Anime Strike is no more. So what was one of the worst things about 2017 is already much better in 2018.
I guess other than that despite loving the series I am not too fond of the DB fandom. Don't get me wrong I've met a lot of really lovely people but I met just as many immature ones which can be frustrating especially when for the past few years I've only been involved with the friendliest of fandoms ( Yona of the Dawn, Doctor Who/Big Finish, Versailles, etc).
Edit: And I almost forgot finding out the news about the Kenshin manga-ka. Not going to elaborate but google if you don’t know.
And also DB related losing Hiromi Tsuru the voice of Bulma
9. Your favorite Fandom Boy of the year:
Vegeta
10. Your favorite Fandom Girl of the year:
Bulma & Bill from Doctor Who
11. Your biggest Squee moment(s) of the year?
Going to London and seeing Alex and George on stage and meeting the Versailles Family
Gallifrey and meeting Scott Handcock
Regen Who and meeting Robert Shearman
12. Your Fandom that you haven't Tried Yet, but want to?
I am determined to start Star Blazers/Space Battle Ship Yamato this year. I was going to start it this winter but the winter anime season is busier than I thought.
And will this be the year I finally finish LOGH (I am on the last season)
13. Your Biggest Anticipations of the New Year?
Going to Paris to the not-Versailles con (well its a Versailles convention in everything but name). Actually I am most excited about finally going to France and hanging out with my friends from the Versailles Family than the con itself. The con is only a day but I will be in Paris for a week.
14. Your Favorite Written Relationships of the Year
Vegeta and Bulma from DB Super. I never expected to get so much Vegeta/Bulma goodness in Dragon Ball which is one of the reasons I got pulled back into DB in the first place. They were my first anime ship too.
As for non-romantic I just loved Steve and Dustin from Stranger Things
15. Favorite Game
I only started playing it at the end of the 2017 but it was inevitable that it would be Dokkan Battle
16. Favorite Audio Drama
I listen to so much Big Finish through the year I know I will forget some but for me some highlights were
* Hamlet and King Lear
* Cicero
* The Shape of All Things
* Hex's return to the Main Range (I just love Hex)
* The War Master Box-Set
17. Theater I saw in 2017 (because I want to keep track)
* La Ronde and Pitchfork Disney in London
* Little Foxes and Farinelli & the King in NYC
Nothing planned yet for 2018 but I hope to see something this year.
1. Your main fandom of the year:
I only really got into one fandom in 2017 and I didn't get into it until the last part of the year but if you follow me on Twitter its pretty easy to guess that its Dragon Ball. Well actually its an old fandom that I got back into. I never really expected to fall so much in love with DB again. In fact I would even say I have become sort of "snobby" in my tastes with anime and usually avoid long running shounen. But I guess there is something to say for nostalgia. I only meant to watch the episode when Vegeta and Bulma's daughter was born. Next thing I knew I was marathoning the whole series and rewatching DBZ. This was really the only big "new" thing I've become obsessed with this year.
2. Your favorite Film this year:
Films that I saw in the theater
Your Name (honorable mentions Wonder Woman & In this Corner of the World at Otakon)
Older Films I first Saw in 2017
Hitchcock's The Lodger
3. Your favorite Book read this year:
My favorite novel was probably the Handmaid's tale. My favorite thing I read overall though was probably the Kamisama Kiss manga which I probably started in 2016 but finished in 2017. It's funny after the first season of the anime I might have dropped the series but the 2nd season came out when I wasn't watching much and I liked it so much more than the first. Then I read the manga where the anime left off and loved that even more than the anime. It just goes to show sometimes first impressions are wrong. I drop a lot of series quickly because I don't have time to keep up with something that doesn't interest me but I guess I am lucky I did pick up this series again.
Other than that I've been reading and enjoying DB fanfiction: My favorite was this very long Vegeta and Goku focused fanfiction called A Good Man which I just finished at the end of 2017. https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9901820/1/Dragon-Ball-Z-A-Good-Man
Ki Blind was also a really good read. https://www.fanfiction.net/s/745618/1/KiBlind
Both these stories explored things I know Dragon Ball never will: Vegeta's past and the characters not being able to use their powers. I honestly don't read fanfiction for every series I enjoy but with Dragon Ball there is so much the series can't explore because of the type of series it is that fanfiction lets me enjoy these characters from new angles. And of course I also read some Vegeta & Bulma fanfic
4. Your favorite Album or Song this year:
I loved the Boogie Back ending for DB (lots of Vegeta and Bulma) and also I listened to the Your Name songs quite often.
5. Your favorite TV Show this year:
Anime-
The best anime for me was still definitely Showa Rakugo Genroku Season 2 which was a fantastic followup from the first season. But if I am being my honest the one I had the most joy watching was Dragon Ball Super, hence my main fandom of the year.
I didn't watch a lot of anime this year but I also highly enjoyed March Comes in like a Lion, Natsume Yuujinchou S6 & Eccentric Family Season 2
And I am currently enjoying Ancient Magus Bride and now that is 2018 Ive finally started Great Passage and Made in Abyss two series Ive wanted to watch for awhile but couldn't (more on that below)
There weren't any new favorite live action TV shows I watched this year (just continuations of old ones) which is actually somewhat surprising for me. At least not that I can recall
6. Your favorite Community this year:
Still the Versailles Family :)
7. Your best new Fandom Discovery of the Year?
That I still love Dragon Ball lol
8. Your biggest Fandom Disappointment of the Year?
I was going to say Anime Strike lol but amazingly enough in 2018 Anime Strike is no more. So what was one of the worst things about 2017 is already much better in 2018.
I guess other than that despite loving the series I am not too fond of the DB fandom. Don't get me wrong I've met a lot of really lovely people but I met just as many immature ones which can be frustrating especially when for the past few years I've only been involved with the friendliest of fandoms ( Yona of the Dawn, Doctor Who/Big Finish, Versailles, etc).
Edit: And I almost forgot finding out the news about the Kenshin manga-ka. Not going to elaborate but google if you don’t know.
And also DB related losing Hiromi Tsuru the voice of Bulma
9. Your favorite Fandom Boy of the year:
Vegeta
10. Your favorite Fandom Girl of the year:
Bulma & Bill from Doctor Who
11. Your biggest Squee moment(s) of the year?
Going to London and seeing Alex and George on stage and meeting the Versailles Family
Gallifrey and meeting Scott Handcock
Regen Who and meeting Robert Shearman
12. Your Fandom that you haven't Tried Yet, but want to?
I am determined to start Star Blazers/Space Battle Ship Yamato this year. I was going to start it this winter but the winter anime season is busier than I thought.
And will this be the year I finally finish LOGH (I am on the last season)
13. Your Biggest Anticipations of the New Year?
Going to Paris to the not-Versailles con (well its a Versailles convention in everything but name). Actually I am most excited about finally going to France and hanging out with my friends from the Versailles Family than the con itself. The con is only a day but I will be in Paris for a week.
14. Your Favorite Written Relationships of the Year
Vegeta and Bulma from DB Super. I never expected to get so much Vegeta/Bulma goodness in Dragon Ball which is one of the reasons I got pulled back into DB in the first place. They were my first anime ship too.
As for non-romantic I just loved Steve and Dustin from Stranger Things
15. Favorite Game
I only started playing it at the end of the 2017 but it was inevitable that it would be Dokkan Battle
16. Favorite Audio Drama
I listen to so much Big Finish through the year I know I will forget some but for me some highlights were
* Hamlet and King Lear
* Cicero
* The Shape of All Things
* Hex's return to the Main Range (I just love Hex)
* The War Master Box-Set
17. Theater I saw in 2017 (because I want to keep track)
* La Ronde and Pitchfork Disney in London
* Little Foxes and Farinelli & the King in NYC
Nothing planned yet for 2018 but I hope to see something this year.