About the Blogger

About me

Nice to meet you, I’m known as Yumeka in the online community. I’m a major anime fan, and a fan of animation in general. I’m also trying my best to learn Japanese and possibly get some sort of career relating to anime, manga, Japan, or the Japanese language. I have a B.A. in East Asian Language & Literature (country of emphasis is Japan). I live in sunny Southern California, USA, and am currently working part-time as a Japanese/anime enrichment teacher for the Los Angeles YMCA.

If you’re interested in reading a more detailed page about me, check out the About the Webmistress page on the main AnimeYume site. There’s more info about me there than you’d probably care to know =P

In addition to anime, my other big interest is animals, particularly issues relating to animal welfare. I have another site, Animal Quotes, where I host one of the largest collections of quotes and excerpts relating to animals and animal advocacy.

And below is some info on my anime interests. I will try to keep this page updated as much as I can ^_^ You can also see a much more detailed and up-to-date list of my anime on my MyAnimeList.net account.

Anime I’m currently watching

Bleach, Naruto Shippuuden, Fairy Tail, Hetalia, Inuyasha: The Final Act, Nyan Koi!, Letter Bee, Full Metal Alchemist 2, Kemono no Souja Erin, Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini, Natsu no Arashi! Akinaichuu, Kimi ni Todoke, Bakemonogatari, Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu 2, One Piece, Pokemon Diamond & Pearl

Anime I’ve completed

5 Centimeters per Second, Air, Akira, Allison & Lilia, Amatsuki, Angelic Layer, Asatte no Houkou, Azumanga Daioh, Black Cat, Blood+, Brave Story, Canaan, Cardcaptor Sakura, Chi’s Sweet Home, Chobits, Clannad, Claymore, Code Geass, Cowboy Bebop, Darker Than Black, Death Note, all Digimon series, Doki Doki School Hours, Dragonaut, Eden of the East, El Cazador, Elfen Lied, Escaflowne, Eureka 7, Evangelion, Excel Saga, Fruits Basket, Full Metal Alchemist, Fushigi Yugi, Ginga Densetsu Weed, The Girl Who Leaped Through Time, Gundam 00, Gundam Seed, Gunslinger Girl, H20, Haibane Renmei, Hakushaku to Yousei, Haruhi-chan/Churuya-san, Hayate the Combat Butler, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, His and Her Circumstances, Ichigo Mashimaro, Inuyasha, Itazura na Kiss, K-ON!, Kannagi, Kanon, Karas, Kurokami, Last Exile, Love Hina, Lucky Star, Macross Frontier, Magic Knight Rayearth, Massugu ni Ikou, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Michiko to Hatchin, Mon Colle Knights, Munto(TV), Mushishi, Nana, Natsu no Arashi, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Noir, Now and Then Here and There, Ouran High School Host Club, Paranoia Agent, Phantom – Requiem for the Phantom, Please Save My Earth, Pretear, Pretty Sammy, RahXephon, Record of Lodoss War, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Romeo x Juliet, School Rumble, S-Cry-Ed, Seirei no Moribito, Seto no Hanayome, Shakugan no Shana, Shaman King, Shangri-la, Shikabane Hime, Slayers, Sola, Sorcerer Hunters, Soul Eater, Spice and Wolf, Sumomomo Momomo, Tactics, Tenchi Muyo! (OVA 1 to 2, Universe, and Tokyo), Tengen Toppa Gurren Langann, Toradora!, Trigun, True Tears, Vampire Knight, White Album, Wolf’s Rain, World Destruction, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and many Studio Ghibli films

My favorite anime

Azumanga Daioh, Cardcaptor Sakura, Death Note, Evangelion, Inuyasha, Kannagi, Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Naruto, Noir, One Piece, Pokemon, Wolf’s Rain

My favorite anime characters

Vash (Trigun), Asuka (Evangelion), Chopper (One Piece), Osaka and Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh), Inuyasha, Kagome and Sango (Inuyasha), Makina (Shikabane Hime), Taiga (Toradora!), Shana (Shakugan no Shana), Nagi (Kannagi), Rock Lee, Gaara and Shikamaru (Naruto), Haruhi and Kyon (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Mireille and Kirika (Noir), C.C. (Code Geass), Kagami (Lucky Star), Kiba and Toboe (Wolf’s Rain), Rukia and Chad (Bleach), and most of the 480+ pokemon (my favorite pokemon is Vaporeon)

My favorite anime movies

Pokemon 2000, Sailor MoonS: Hearts on Ice, Cowboy Bebop the Movie, The End of Evangelion, all the Inuyasha movies, Revolutionary Girl Utena the Movie, The Girl Who Leaped Through Time, Fullmetal Alchemist Movie: The Conqueror of Shamballa, 5 Centimeters per Second, and pretty much all of Studio Ghibli’s movies, especially Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Spirited Away

And if you’re bored and feel like doing some reading, you can also read my “condensed” autobiography of how I became an anime fan, “How Anime Came My Way”.