Hello, long time anime fan now living the dream in Japan

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Hello, long time anime fan now living the dream in Japan

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Hello, my name is Justin. I am an American teaching Engrish at an all girl's high school in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. If you don't know where it is, it is 90 minutes north of Tokyo by regular train and less than an hour by shinkansen. I have been living in Japan for the past 5 years throughout the country (I have also lived in Ibaraki, Kagawa, Ehime, Hiroshima, Niigata, and Saitama). I will be 30 this June and have unofficially been in anime fan since I was 4 or 5(unofficial as in initially watching Robotech, Speed Racer, Flying House, Super Book, and Voltron/GoLion as a child but without the awareness it was anime), and have officially been in anime fan since I was 10.

I officially became a fan during a winter vacation visit to the Philippines to see my mother's side of the family. My cousins were all big into something called Dragon Ball Z (though they also showed me Sailor Moon, Ranma and Slam Dunk). It was the episode where Android 18 just man-handles Vegeta and I never seen anything like it. The high intense action blew me away and even though the villain won that fight. It just had me hooked. The first anime VHS tape I bought a few months later was the dubbed version of the Street Fighter II movie. That also just had me by the balls. Chun Li vs Vega/Balrog is still to this day one of my favorite anime fights ever.

Most of my favorite anime titles are naturally old school. They include the Gundam franchise, Ashita no Joe, Saint Seiya, the Macross franchise, Street Fighter II and Hajime no Ippo (the manga has been in publication since 1989).

Outside of anime and manga, I like video games, studying Japanese, listening to music, and martial arts.
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Re: Hello, long time anime fan now living the dream in Japan

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Welcome! I have never been to Tochigi, but my friend's wife is from there. When he visits Japan, he always stays with his in-laws there. I live and work in Fuji, and I have a great view of Mt. Fuji from the window here this morning. Cloudless skies today.

A few of us on here also grew up watching Super Book and Flying House too. Welcome to the forum!
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Re: Hello, long time anime fan now living the dream in Japan

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Thanks for your welcome and glad to know a fellow Japan resident is here.
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Welcome to the Lounge. Pull up an anime and enjoy.
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Hi Justin! You will like it here. I know it is very exciting to be able to teach in Japan.
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Welcome! :D
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Thanks. I connect more to old school anime fans such as ourselves anyway.
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Welcome aboard!
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Welcome to the forum Justin!
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Welcome!
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