This was swiped from damn near everybody...
1. How long have you been into anime? 18 years (actually 5 years or so, around the time I realized that the cartoons with big eyes were called "anime").
2. How did you find out about anime? I watched Robotech, Voltron, Speed Racer, and Battle of the Planets as a kid, but it wasn't until high school that I found out it was even Japanese).
3. How did you get into anime? The Sci-fi Channel used to run dubs sometimes (Armitage III, Demon City Shinjuku, Tenchi Muyo in Love, Iria: Zeiram The Animation, Fatal Fury, Patlabor, Green Legend Ran, Macross II, Akira, Record of Lodoss War, Robot Carnival, Odin: Space Sailer Starlight, 8 Man After, Casshan: Robot Hunter, Galaxy Express 999 and its sequel, etc...). After that I started renting more dubs, then joined an anime club during my freshman year at MSU where I amassed an obscene amount of fansubs. Now its DVD all the way.
4. What is your favourite anime? TV Series: Excel Saga, Cowboy Bebop, & Great Teacher Onizuka (3-way tie); OAV: FLCL; Movie: Castle of Cagliostro & Tenchi Muyo in Love (I just happen to like that one, okay? =/ )
5. Do you prefer dubbed or subbed? Subs, definitely.
6. What do you think of that anime shown on cartoon network? I guess its alright, although the series themselves (with the exception of Cowboy Bebop) are mostly fluff, even before the mangled editing and censored dub jobs.
7. What do you think of yaoi? Not my thing, but I guess I can see why others might be into it.
8. Do you have a favourite yaoi couple? No; see #7.
9. What do you think of yuri? Its good if their's a plot to go along with it (okay, sometimes a plot isn't needed...).
10. Do you have a favourite yuri couple? Noriko Ibuki and what's-her-face (the name escapes me) from Tokio Private Police, the only good hentai anime ever made.
11. What do you think about doujinshi? It's basically just fanfiction with pictures. Take that as you will, but sometimes I find it disconcerting that artists with so much style and talent spend their time making other people's characters fuck each other when they obviously have the skill to do something original.
12. Do you like manga? Yes.
13. Did you like manga or anime first? Anime, before I knew what it was.
14. Who is your (current) favourite anime character? Excel Excel from Excel Saga.
15. Do you pick characters from every anime you get into? Sometimes.
15a. Do you try to act and dress like your characters? Not since my newbie days (thank God).
16. Do your friends like anime? Is this supposed to be a serious question? Yes, and I assume so.
17. Are your friends only your friends because they like anime? Of course not; I have friends who happen to like anime and friends that don't. Hell, I've got people I dislike who like anime...
18. Does your family like the fact you like anime? They don't really care, except for my Ma sometimes, who calls it "those stupid Japanese cartoons" when she's pissed.
19. Did you develop other interests because of your interest in anime? Sure; the club, newsgroups... hell, I only got initially interested in the 'net because I wanted to find out more about anime.
20. Are you into anything else not anime related? Sure; sports, music, the entire rest of the web, normal social stuff, you name it.
21. What anime merchandise do you have and what's your favourite piece? The only merchandise I own are my DVDs and manga, plus a little Eva-03 figure I bought on a whim. If I had to pick my all-time favorite piece of related merchandise, it would probably be my Masamune Shirow Intron Depot 2: Blades artbook. The man can draw.
22. Is your room plastered w/ anime pictures? No.
23. Do you have an anime related website? No, but I visit several.
24. Do you role-play anime? Not as much; it's more like original rpg's with anime flavor.
25. Did you learn Japanese because of liking anime? I tried one semester of JAP-101 at Michigan State. I got a D, and left it at that.
26. Do you want to go to Japan? Sure, that'd be nice.
27. Do you like J-rock/J-pop? Some, but it's not my favorite musical genre.
28. Would you call yourself an otaku? Not anymore.
29. Would you say you're obsessed? See #28.
30. How many manga do you have? Probably over 40 trade paperbacks, plus an uncounted number of single issues, anthologies, and an artbook.
31. How many anime tapes/dvds do you have? Oh, wow...altogether? Probably 120 to 130 (including fansubs).
32. Do you have any series completed? Trigun, Cowboy Bebop ('cept the movie), El Hazard, El Hazard 2, Soul Taker, Photon, Dragon Half, All-Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku-Nuku, Elf Princess Rane, Twin Signal, Record of Lodoss War TV, Slayers, Slayers Next, Slayers OAVs, FLCL, Tokio Private Police, Mezzo Forte, Nadesico ('cept the movie), Gundam Wing, Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, Digi Charat, Those Who Hunt Elves, Moldiver, Maze OAVs, Junk Boy, Shamanic Princess, Outlaw Star, Kite, Rurouni Kenshin (original series, first OAVs, and Kyoto Arc only), Tenchi Muyo OAVs, Tenchi Universe, Shin Tenchi Muyo, Puni Puni Poemi, Gundam 08th MS Team, plus dozens of movies.
2. How did you find out about anime? I watched Robotech, Voltron, Speed Racer, and Battle of the Planets as a kid, but it wasn't until high school that I found out it was even Japanese).
3. How did you get into anime? The Sci-fi Channel used to run dubs sometimes (Armitage III, Demon City Shinjuku, Tenchi Muyo in Love, Iria: Zeiram The Animation, Fatal Fury, Patlabor, Green Legend Ran, Macross II, Akira, Record of Lodoss War, Robot Carnival, Odin: Space Sailer Starlight, 8 Man After, Casshan: Robot Hunter, Galaxy Express 999 and its sequel, etc...). After that I started renting more dubs, then joined an anime club during my freshman year at MSU where I amassed an obscene amount of fansubs. Now its DVD all the way.
4. What is your favourite anime? TV Series: Excel Saga, Cowboy Bebop, & Great Teacher Onizuka (3-way tie); OAV: FLCL; Movie: Castle of Cagliostro & Tenchi Muyo in Love (I just happen to like that one, okay? =/ )
5. Do you prefer dubbed or subbed? Subs, definitely.
6. What do you think of that anime shown on cartoon network? I guess its alright, although the series themselves (with the exception of Cowboy Bebop) are mostly fluff, even before the mangled editing and censored dub jobs.
7. What do you think of yaoi? Not my thing, but I guess I can see why others might be into it.
8. Do you have a favourite yaoi couple? No; see #7.
9. What do you think of yuri? Its good if their's a plot to go along with it (okay, sometimes a plot isn't needed...).
10. Do you have a favourite yuri couple? Noriko Ibuki and what's-her-face (the name escapes me) from Tokio Private Police, the only good hentai anime ever made.
11. What do you think about doujinshi? It's basically just fanfiction with pictures. Take that as you will, but sometimes I find it disconcerting that artists with so much style and talent spend their time making other people's characters fuck each other when they obviously have the skill to do something original.
12. Do you like manga? Yes.
13. Did you like manga or anime first? Anime, before I knew what it was.
14. Who is your (current) favourite anime character? Excel Excel from Excel Saga.
15. Do you pick characters from every anime you get into? Sometimes.
15a. Do you try to act and dress like your characters? Not since my newbie days (thank God).
16. Do your friends like anime? Is this supposed to be a serious question? Yes, and I assume so.
17. Are your friends only your friends because they like anime? Of course not; I have friends who happen to like anime and friends that don't. Hell, I've got people I dislike who like anime...
18. Does your family like the fact you like anime? They don't really care, except for my Ma sometimes, who calls it "those stupid Japanese cartoons" when she's pissed.
19. Did you develop other interests because of your interest in anime? Sure; the club, newsgroups... hell, I only got initially interested in the 'net because I wanted to find out more about anime.
20. Are you into anything else not anime related? Sure; sports, music, the entire rest of the web, normal social stuff, you name it.
21. What anime merchandise do you have and what's your favourite piece? The only merchandise I own are my DVDs and manga, plus a little Eva-03 figure I bought on a whim. If I had to pick my all-time favorite piece of related merchandise, it would probably be my Masamune Shirow Intron Depot 2: Blades artbook. The man can draw.
22. Is your room plastered w/ anime pictures? No.
23. Do you have an anime related website? No, but I visit several.
24. Do you role-play anime? Not as much; it's more like original rpg's with anime flavor.
25. Did you learn Japanese because of liking anime? I tried one semester of JAP-101 at Michigan State. I got a D, and left it at that.
26. Do you want to go to Japan? Sure, that'd be nice.
27. Do you like J-rock/J-pop? Some, but it's not my favorite musical genre.
28. Would you call yourself an otaku? Not anymore.
29. Would you say you're obsessed? See #28.
30. How many manga do you have? Probably over 40 trade paperbacks, plus an uncounted number of single issues, anthologies, and an artbook.
31. How many anime tapes/dvds do you have? Oh, wow...altogether? Probably 120 to 130 (including fansubs).
32. Do you have any series completed? Trigun, Cowboy Bebop ('cept the movie), El Hazard, El Hazard 2, Soul Taker, Photon, Dragon Half, All-Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku-Nuku, Elf Princess Rane, Twin Signal, Record of Lodoss War TV, Slayers, Slayers Next, Slayers OAVs, FLCL, Tokio Private Police, Mezzo Forte, Nadesico ('cept the movie), Gundam Wing, Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, Digi Charat, Those Who Hunt Elves, Moldiver, Maze OAVs, Junk Boy, Shamanic Princess, Outlaw Star, Kite, Rurouni Kenshin (original series, first OAVs, and Kyoto Arc only), Tenchi Muyo OAVs, Tenchi Universe, Shin Tenchi Muyo, Puni Puni Poemi, Gundam 08th MS Team, plus dozens of movies.