The Struggle with Standpoints

Maybe it's wrong of me to pigeon hole people, but it seems that there are various groups of anime fans that have been developed in the anime community that I have only come to notice over the past few months. Some are pretty obvious. The Otaku's and Lolicons are the most vocal anime fans, and as such, have the most notorious reputation due to their quest for finding entertainment from anything that has something to do with one of their favourite shows. I have been in an environment like that before, and I still keep in contact with a select few, even though I can't stand the majority of them. You then have Old-Schoolers and Elitests. These lot also have a reputation for being rather vocal. However, they are kind of like an "Anti Moe" group, so you can tell why they don't get on with Lolicons and such. You then have the newbs and gamers. Ok, not all gamers have crap taste, but most gamers I know certainly do.

Now, you may be wondering I bothered with such a short and generalising view of the anime community. Well, I just want to know is, where do I stand?

Every week it seems like I'm fitting into one of these catergories, then changing to another. For example, during the last anime season, I was keeping up with Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS and Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~. At some point during that time, I was watching old stuff like Devilman Lady. Not only that, but my views change. I could be enjoying an anime and still try to purposely poke holes in it or find criticism.

I know I should be fair, but am I trying too hard to be free from bias?

Playing With My Wii for a Wii Bit

I got Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, today. My first impressions are good. MP3 is pretty good. It's what I expected from a Metroid Prime game. Super Mario Galaxy is astounding. I cannot believe how good it is. Seriously. It's like I'm playing Super Mario 64 all over again.

I'll give a more in depth view of each when I've played a significant amount of both.

So Far

Time for a brief round up. Apologies for the lack of grammar. I just want to get my initial thoughts out of the way since I've finished all my spring/summer anime (apart from Hayate no Gotoku) and want to give them some thought.

CLANNAD - Seems ok so far. Nothing amazing or bad. Just seems like a Kanon clone really. Good comedy though.

Night Wizard - Watched one episode and got bored. Probably won't finish it. Terribly cliche.

D.C. II Da Capo II - Maybe it's just my high expectations after the first Da Capo, but this series hasn't come close to being as good as the first one. Again, kinda boring and cliche.

Shakugan no Shana Second - Still undecided. Seems to be on par with the previous season, which was ok by today's standards.