I've been a member since August of '07, and visited the site even earlier than that. However, back then, I wasn't much interested in joining any forums, or "internet communities." This will explain why I have so few posts, cause I never really paid any attention to the forums even after signing-up. I can't even imagine how much I've missed.
My user name, "Soul-Slayer," may seem unoriginal, childish, and an obvious reference to Bleach. You'd be right. I become obsessed with Bleach when a 14 episode marathon was airing on Adult Swim (2006-ish); so, back then I used Soul-Slayer for everything, and it stuck especially due to my mad skills at Halo in my High School computer class: "Ooh, it's Soul_Slayer. I'm so.... *Ahhhhh!* Fuck you Soul_Slayer!"
Now, it may be suicide to admit this, but I do not read manga. And, as an American, its my displeasure to say I never really read comic books, either. I watch cartoons... and discovering anime was a God-sent. My first anime was either Haruhi Suzumiya or Popotan (well, technically that would be DBZ and Pokemon, but at that age I had no concept of American/Japanese cartoons). You can imagine the affect Popotan had on my young mind *wink*. At last count, I've watched roughly 60 or so animes. Not sure if that's an accomplishment or not. The only Manga I've read is
AIKI by Isutoshi. The only Animes I own on DVD are Strawberry Panic (all), Kenichi (eps 1-26), and Ikkitousen (1st season).