Hello there. Welcome to my world of Random Thoughts. In this world I’ll be posting stuff about anime and manga. Not to mention various other topics. I may post the occasional music video every now and than. And from time to time, I’ll just talk about my life in general. But first, here are a few things about me.

I was born an only child, for one thing. Originally I was planning to go into art professionally, but recently I’ve been more inclined towards writing. I still do the occasional wallpaper every now and then though, and I also still draw a little. But much of my energy these days goes into writing fan fiction. I’ve also recently become interested in archive and library work, which is something I’ve discovered I’m good at. Finally, like most people on the Internet, I like cats.

Favorite Anime/Manga

Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew, Card Captor Sakura, Vampire Princess Miyu, Dragon Ball Z, Code Geass, Digimon (Adventure and Tamers), Pokemon (Misty era), Gundam SEED, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Strawberry Panic, Rideback, Full Metal Panic, Slayers, Psyren, El Cazador de la Bruja, Sword Art Online, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Yurikuma Arashi, Kill la Kill, Parasyte: The Maxim, One Punch Man, and Mob Psycho 100.

Other Anime/Manga I Like

Buso Renkin, Gurren Lagann, InuYasha, Kannazuki no Miko, Shattered Angels, Bleach, Naruto, Durarara!!, Spice and Wolf, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, Dragonaut: The Resonance, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Trinity Blood, Blue Gender, Eden of the East, Last Exile, Soul Eater, Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040, Space Dandy, Black Lagoon, Citrus, Riddle Story of Devil, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Favorite TV Shows

Original Star Trek, Star Trek the Next Generation, Star Trek Deep Space 9, Star Trek Voyager, Magnum P.I., Numbers, Shark, The Simpsons, The West Wing, Hawaii Five-O (Remake), NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, NCIS New Orleans, Blue Bloods, Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Leverage, The Mentalist, Elementary, MASH, Bones, The Red Green Show, Almost Human, Rizzoli & Isles, Supergirl, and Sherlock.

Other TV Shows I Like

Murder She Wrote, Simon & Simon, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Powerpuff Girls, The Closer, Major Crimes, Columbo, Matlock, Futurama, JAG, The Rockford Files, Unforgettable, Emergency, Mysteries at the Museum, Castle, Covert Affairs, Alias, Due South, Nash Bridges, Body of Proof, Longmire, The Flash, Arrow, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, It Takes a Thief, Frasier, Home Improvement, and Last Man Standing.

Favorite Movies

Summer Wars, Short Circuit, The Abyss, The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II, Tron, Tron: Legacy, Highlander, The Ghost and the Darkness, Dark Shadows, Ghostbusters, Twister, Apollo 13, Alien, Aliens, Predator, Predator 2, The Martian, Rocky (1-3), Creed, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man (1-3), Original Star Wars Trilogy, Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, Star Trek (The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home, The Undiscovered Country), Star Trek Next Generation (First Contact, Insurrection, Nemesis), and the Star Trek Reboot Films (Star Trek, Into Darkness).

Favorite Musical Groups/Artists

Phil Collins (and Genesis), Journey, Styx, Boston, Queen, Heart, Meat Loaf, Billy Joel, John Denver, Survivor, Chicago (and Peter Cetera), and Josh Groban.

In addition to being a fairly good wallpaper artist, I'm also a fan fiction writer who's written quite a few stories on FanFiction.Net. To check those stories out, CLICK HERE

That’s pretty much all you need to know about me. I'm not sure how often I'll post something here, but I'll try to as often as I can. In the meantime, I hope you all enjoy visiting.

Promoted, Yet Again

I was just informed by PM that I've been promoted to Senior Otaku. I'm actually a bit surprised since I've only been here on TheO for over a year. I guess I'm just climbing up that ladder. Anyway, I'd like to once again thank everyone who's subscribed to me. I'll try not to disappoint.

~Darkarax

50 Subscribers!

As the title says, I now have fifty people subscribing to me here at TheO. I know that fifty probably isn't that big a deal, but I've only been a member here at TheO for over a year. Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone who's stuck with me and everyone who's only just subscribed. I'll try not to disappoint. I know that I haven't been submitting as many wallpapers as I have in the past, and that's due to reasons currently beyond my control. I hope to change that in the near future. For now though, I'm usually here a couple times a day to either post stuff in my worlds or to just see how things are going. Again, thank you everyone.

~Darkarax

Riders of 555

A couple of days ago, I mentioned that I tried to find the series, Kamen Rider 555 online and couldn't. I still can't, but I have been able to find clips from the series. Here's one that's pretty good.

I'm not a huge fan of the Kamen Rider franchise, but I do have kind of a passing interest that comes and goes. After all, the franchise has been referenced in various anime from time to time, and I am rather fond of superheroes. Superheroes and robots that is. Anyway, I've done some reading about the franchise, and I found three or four of the shows in the franchise kinda interesting. So I've attempted to watch some of these shows online for a laugh. Well, thanks for reading my little rants on this subject.

Exceed Is Xyz

This post is for all the players of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game. I've just learned of a change in terminology, which I have yet to fully confirm. The new Exceed monsters that have appeared in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime (which is hard to find on Youtube for some reason) will be called Xyz monsters in the North American card game. I don't know the reason for this name change, although I have just found out how the new name is pronounced (ik-seez). I do know that if this new info is acurate, I may have to update a few of the posts in my Yu-Gi-Oh! Workshop world. Anyway, I just though I should let everyone interested know.

Release Update

This post is for all the Yu-Gi-Oh! fans out there. Especially those of you who play the card game. The release date for the 2011 Starter Deck, which is going to be called Dawn of the Xyz in North America, has been moved from May 31st to July 12th. The reason for this is unknown, but it might have something to do with a possible delay of the ZEXAL anime dub. 4kids has been having a licensing dispute with two Japanese companies. So it's unknown when the series will officially air in North America. The bottom line is that those of us who play the card game will have to wait a couple more months to try out the new Exceed monsters.