chobittsu Cutie Collector

Hi,

I'm Jean-Luc and live in the Netherlands. I'm a little older than the average anime/manga fan, but I guess I'm just a late bloomer. I became interested in anime and manga (in that order) a few years ago when I was browsing through some inventories of resin kits and saw figures from Sailor Moon that I happened to see several years ago when I was interested in cartoons in general. This type of animation peeked my curiosity and it was during the browsing that I remembered this series. I saw other figures and I was wondering where they originated from, so I did some searching and ended up with Love Hina. I think this series triggered my interest in anime and I particularly liked the female characters. They were bold and there was this so-called fanservice, which I found very interesting and I still do very much; it has become one of my criteria for purchasing anime/manga and their related items. To this day, I only collect female figures, regardless of scale. I usually go for the cute or sexy characters (or a combination of them).
As for manga, I do not own many series: 8 english series; 3 still ongoing and 13 japanse series; 4 still ongoing (plus several stand-alone manga).
Regarding anime, I have a nice collection of dvd's, both european and japanese editions, of around 80 series (most of them are complete, some of them are still in the process of being acquired).
I am studying japanese; partly so I can understand my japanese manga and dvd's, but also because I like to to go on vacation to Japan.