Believe it or not, A2M is already a year old. I can’t believe it myself. Within that one year a lot of things happened. I lost my job because our company went bankrupt. I went from one client to another as a freelancer. But because I made one good decision a few months ago, this site remains despite all the issues I went through. And that decision is forming a team. I owe it all to my teammates. Even though some of them went Houdini on us, most of them are still around and kicking. And they’re certainly some of the coolest people I’ve ever met (although we haven’t really met each other personally).

Now that it’s been a year since I started this site and half a year when I started the team, let me thank everyone. I still think that Anime bloggers are the nicest people on the internet because if it wasn’t for them, this site would remain unoticed. There’re too many names to mention but if you’re really curious about who they are, just follow the links in our blog roll as well as the blog rolls of those sites. Yeah, almost everyone in the anime blogosphere has helped me out somehow - promoting the site, promoting my campaigns, and giving me advice when I was a new comer.

And of course, I would like to thank the team for staying with me and for all the brilliant ideas:

Alex - The girl who keeps saying she’s lazy yet she makes anime layouts, helps me out with admin matters, and she’s the most active poster too (well, next to Amanda ^_^).

Amanda - The number 1 poster who knows a lot of stuff, not just anime and manga. I chat with her sometimes and she’s cool.

Shadro - The podcaster.

Senna - The other podcaster and the first one among the staff to master the lazy image layout plugin.

Kuro-tan, Tenken (thanks to Kuro for reminding me. :P), Panzer Magier, Stonebear, Manabi, and Melissa - thank you all!

Now, for the fun stuff…

Making Fun of Our Stats

Top 5 Most Viewed Posts:
1. Top 10 Greatest Anime Series Of All Time by Darren Pangan
2. Shion no Ou 01: Shougi with a Murder Mystery by Amanda Liu
3. Claymore Intimate Persona~Character Song Shuu~ Amanda Liu
4. Love Celeb by Eli Garton
5. Hana Kimi Live Action (Taiwanese Series) - Plastic Surgery Is NOT a Good Reason by Alexandra Papillon

Top 10 Keyphrases
Without “anime and manga” to make it interesting:

1. shion no ou
2. kaze no stigma
3. claymore intimate persona
4. love celeb
5. suzumiya haruhi no gekisou
6. greatest anime
7. top anime series list
8. kaze no stigma review
9. kaze no stigma manga
10. love celeb manga download

Weirdest Keyphrases
Complete with Amanda, Alex, Darren, and Senna’s smartass comments.

• japanese plastic surgery addict blog
  Amanda: Yes because A2M is addicted on plastic surgery o.O.
  Alex: I knew I shouldn’t have sold google my secret…
  Darren: Visit Anime 2 Manga for all your Anime and Plastic Surgery needs!
  Senna: Because we all secretly want to look like anime characters.
• for the love of life david sylvian monster download
  Amanda: Who’s David Sylvian?
  Alex: Okay…this one deserves a “I have to go stand over there now”.
  Senna: I understand what they’re asking for, but I still don’t get it.
• gangsta tinker bell
  Amanda: Come over to A2M because that Gangsta Tinker Bell sprinkled us with special anime fairy dust….
  Alex: Because Disney has a special edition I don’t know about?
  Darren: LOL
  Senna: Fairy dust = bling bling
• say zombie in french
  Amanda: Anyone take French here?
  Alex: I’m going to tell everyone it’s probably “le zombie”. Apparently it’s “zombi”.
  Senna: Either way, it’ll eat your brains.
• any incest in the life of v.c. andrews?
  Amanda: I dunno, you tell me.
  Alex: Probably, the anime industry should make a million series off her books. They’re chockfull of incest.
  Senna: Eww, I don’t want to know.
• elfen lied f*cking traumatized me
  Amanda: Same here
  Alex: Never saw it.
  Darren: “Lilium” f*cking traumatized me.
  Senna: Nyuuuu!
• it only get s
  Amanda: Huh? It only get shit? Or does it stand for something else?
  Alex: Someone knows other people know what they type as keywords. Smart cookie, or maybe dumbass?
  Senna: That’s right, it only get s.
• is arima soichiro rich
  Amanda: Probably.
  Alex: Who cares?
  Senna: Yes. And he’s hot and intelligent too. Damn you, Yukino Miyazawa!
• how can i contact akira toriyama?
  Amanda: Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and tap into the spirit world.
  Alex: Stalking if you have loads of money, access to directories, binoculars, a lot of disguises, contact me for details.
  Darren: Who ever typed this in Google emailed me with the same question. (True Story).
  Senna: Just read DBZ and let it flow through your soul.
• kaze no stigma manga free download -pay -$
  Amanda: If you’re searching for a free download then why do you need to pay $?
  Alex: No comment.
  Senna: I’ll sell you some free downloads …
• lolicon chicks
  Amanda: Dude, lolicons are guys who love lolis. Unless there are lesbians who prey on lolis (which there probably are)..NO LOLICON CHICKS here OK? Alex, Senna, and I are STRAIGHT AS AROWS.
  Alex: Amanda already said it.
  Senna: I like boys.
• fairy landing manga
  Amanda: That narrows it down.
  Alex: Okay….
  Senna: I think you want the Tokyopop website there, kiddo.
• ax group catholic
  Amanda: I remember going to a Catholic school years ago…And they were yelling at me for bringing Pokemon pencils. I don’t think a Catholic group would come to AX….Unless they’re asking who’s Catholic at AX? My friend is…
  Alex: I don’t think Trinity Blood adheres too closely to Catholicism but hey, who am I to say.
  Senna: Like Axe-tan and Axe-kun? Axe-groupCatholic?
• what is 2 squared
  Amanda: Use a calculator
  Alex: It’s 3.
  Senna: Are you really so lazy you need to ask google to do your homework?

Blog Master of 2007 Winner

I and everyone else at A2M would like to designate psgels of Star Crossed Anime Blog as Blog Master of 2007! We don’t believe in bells and whistles like voting, nominating and all that jazz. When we decide someone is worthy of an award, that’s it. No nonsense! So, anyone can be blog master the next time we hand out an award; it could be you! You don’t have to notify us, we will find you. Also, every winner gets a special photoshopped banner (what award is complete without one of those?) made just for them.

Here’s why we picked psgels: We believe that he’s the most dedicated blogger to anime, he updates regularly and often before everyone else. He also braves watching unsubbed episodes to bring us the freshest episode synopsis and thoughts. I also read every one of his monthly rankings and believe me, he’s probably THE most thorough of any of the blogs out there. No one can surpass psgel’s awesome hardwork and diligence. Here’s to psgels! Psgels embodies true dedication and that deserves RESPECT, bitches.

Miscellaneous Staff Section

If you wanted to know more about our staff members, here’s a section where they let loose and talk a bit about well…anything. If any of our interests catch your eye, feel free to oh say, diss George Clooney (we have other interests too!) but no hanky panky. Alphabetical order by name, no preferences; A2M is 100% fair.

Alex

Favourite Movies: Jesus Christ Superstar, Before Sunrise, Last Life in the Universe
Favourite Books: The Darkangel, Hard Times, The Island of Dr. Moreau (I do read a lot, I just don’t particularly like anything enough as a favourite.)
Favourite Actors: Sophia Myles, James Stewart, Audrey Hepburn, Johnny Depp (duh)
Height: 5′2″
Weight: undisclosed, of course
Music: Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, The Pixies, Soundtracks, Danny Elfman, your usual indie/80s post-punk/whatever music

Favorite Anime (top 3 and all-time):
1. Shoujo Kakumei Utena
2. Sailormoon (shut up)
3. Wolf’s Rain

Top 3 Manga:
1. Shoujo Kakumei Utena
2. Anything by Kaori Yuki
3. Kare First Love/Parfait Tic/Shoujo along those lines

Amanda

Favorite Movie: Taiyou no Uta
Favorite Book: A Great and Terrible Beauty
Favorite Actor: None.
Height: 5′6″
Weight: Guess all you want.
Music: ayaka, Namie Amuro, K, BoA, Paramore,and many more (mostly J-pop but am currently trying to mix in regular American pop-rock/dance/R&B)

Top 3 Anime (in no order and for now):
- Shion no Ou (duh)
- Saiunkoku Monogatari
- Mushi-Uta

Top 3 Manga (in no order and for now)
-Shion no Ou
-Claymore
-NANA

Darren

Favorite Movie: Braveheart
Favorite Book: Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill), The Art of War, Joe Sugarman Books, Mark Joyner Books
Favorite Actors: Mel Gibson, Nicholas Cage, Robert De Niro
Height: 5 ft. 8 in. (for real)
Weight: 143 lbs (for real)
Music: Alternative, Rock, Country, Pinoy Music, Christian

Favorite Anime (top 3 and all-time):
1. Rurouni Kenshin (minus the fillers)
2. Slam Dunk
3. Time Trouble Tondekeman!

Favorite Manga (top 3 and all-tme)
1. Slam Dunk
2. Rurouni Kenshin
3. Hajime No Ippo

Senna

Favorite Movies: The Princess Bride, Jurassic Park, Stranger than Fiction
Favorite Book: Ella Enchanted (why, yes, I do have a thing for fairy tales)
Favorite Actors: Jude Law, Emma Thompson, Johnny Depp, Kenneth Branagh
Height/Weight: If I were an anime character, I would obviously be 5′2″ and weigh 90 lbs.
Music: Jars of Clay, Buck-Tick, Vienna Teng, Yoko Kanno, and many more.

Top 3 Anime:
-Escaflowne
-Scrapped Princess
-Whisper of the Heart

Top 3 Manga:
-Please Save My Earth
-Kare Kano
-Skip Beat!

Shadro

Favourite Movie: …wait I have to pick just one…aw, that isn’t fair…all right fine…um…all right I’ll have to go with Shaun of the Dead
Favourite Books: oh hey I remember this um…John Dies at the End, Ender’s Game, Brave New World, some other awesome books
Favourite Actors: Kevin Smith (yeah he can act too), Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
Height: Well god the height of a hot blooded awesome mech pilot
Weight: well god the same as above
Music: the rock, the nerdcore, the other music

Stonebear

Favourite Movie: presently The Dark Crystal
Favourite Book: Dune
Favourite Actors: Shaun Connery
Height: 6′
Weight: My weight I know not
Music: All genres of rock, classic, blues, a little jazz, and a very little country
Books: Sci-fi and fantasy mostly

Lastly, we want to thank Darren for maintaining A2M and hosting it. Without it, we wouldn’t have a place to turn what anime we watch into something productive (blogging is writing too!). Thanks too to those who read us, we hope you visit us regularly!

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