Hiya boys and girls (I know you girls ARE out there).
I'm an Otaku lite in the US. Your little community caught my attention long ago and I've been lurking for ages. Well now I'm coming out, so to speak.
Like many of you I like many forms of the *ahem* art that we see on these pages. I live all sorts of anime, computers, otaku stuff in general.
I actually lived in Japan for a couple of years in the 1990's. I even married a lovely Japanese lady and dragged her back to the US. You could say that I definitely prefer 2D girls ;)
I still get back to Japan every couple of years to see the In-laws and make an Akiba pilgrimage. That time is actually coming around next spring and I can't wait to take my nephew with me..
I want to thank EVERYONE that works so hard on scanning, translating, and posting up all the work that I have seen on this site. I only read a limited range of manga and doujinshi but I appreciate all the work that all of you do for us.
I'm glad you have the chance to do those things, I would love to do similar things (as in, hiking through Japan and all that) but unfortunately the budget isn't quite there yet.