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Me and voice actor J. Michael Tatum at MechaCon 2011
(voice of Sebastian from Black Butler, Kyoya from Ouran High School Host Club,
France from Hetalia, Scar from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, and many more) | | | | |
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Why hello there. I am Sydney Brouillette and welcome to my fabulous anime blog. I have been watching anime since I was very young, but only in the past three years has it become a significant part of my life. As a kid I grew up watching 'Sailor Moon' and many of the early Tezuka series such as 'Unico' and 'Kimba the White Lion', having no clue how huge the world of anime really was. About three summers ago, when a friend and I stumbled upon many of the works of one of the masters of anime, Hayao Miyazaki, we spent a great deal of time marathoning his movies and I ended up falling back in love with this highly diverse genre. My favorite film of all time, to this day, is still
Princess Mononoke- I end up watching it at least once a month. I now have a pretty nice sized collection of anime movies and series that I often share with friends, and has even brought me closer to a few as a common interest. My top five favorite anime series (and why):
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (It is hands down the best anime I have ever seen. Period.)
- Kino's Journey (The only anime to really change the way I view the world/my life in some way.)
- Baccano! (I really enjoy Quentin Tarintino films. And the prohibition era. This is the anime version of those two things mixed together- it's great stuff.)
- Wolf's Rain (All around beautiful and stirring. It really makes you think into its deep ideological and religious subtexts while still being action packed and entertaining.)
- Ouran High School Host Club (This semi-romantic comedy can always cheer me up, no matter what mood I'm in.)
What else is there to know about me? I am a fiction writer in my spare time. I love taking ideas, mythology and characteristics from different cultures, mixing them together and including them in my writing, the way the Japanese often do in anime. I was also a theater/choir "rat" all four years of high school and have had leading roles in plays such as 'Beauty and the Beast' and Rodger's and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella'. My favorite musical artists are Fleet Foxes, Florence + the Machine, Brett Dennen and Regina Spektor. I also love horseback riding, drawing and, of course, Asian food.
I am currently minoring in Asian studies, taking classes in Japanese as well as self teaching, and plan on studying abroad in Japan either my sophomore or junior year. After I graduate, no matter what field I plan on going into, I want to take the opportunity through the JET program to assist teaching English in the Japanese school system in the city of Mitaka in the Tokyo prefecture (if they will allow me the choice).
Mata atode,
Sydney
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I love Florence and the Machine. Have you ever listened to Marina and the Diamonds? For some reason, I think of Marina when I think of Florence. I write fiction also! I also dabble in a bit of poetry, but nothing I would ever show anyone. I used to want to be an author and write young adult novels, never with consistent topics though. I wanted to write books that so many different people could get into. Have you ever read anything by John Green or Courtney Summers? If you're a person that likes to read a lot I think you'd enjoy Looking For Alaska -Green and Cracked Up to Be- Summers. I took theatre in high school and my teacher said I was the best student he's ever had that took the class, but the only roles I've ever played were Regina George, Janis Ian (both from Mean Girls) and minor roles in middle school plays. I am so jealous that you were able to make it to MechaCon because I am always scheduled to work when they have it!!
ReplyDeleteHello, Sydney,
ReplyDeleteAre you in Bill Farge's Japanese class. I took that class for a semester when I was planning for my Fulbright in Japan. Unfortunately, I had to cancel the Fulbright because of illness in my family, but I would love to go to Japan. After you take a couple of semesters of Japanese, apply to study abroad at Sophia University in Tokyo. I think you will really love it.