Oh the things I'll do to avoid working -- even 
reply to something very off topic. Well, here's 
something to make it ontopic:

Several years back I knew zilch about anime. I 
was interested certainly. I saw Akira, remembered 
G-Force and other anime from my childhood fondly, 
and so forth. My friend and I rented something a 
la tentacles which did little to whet my appetite 
for the artform. Enter Sailormoon and then my 
discovery of cels and then presto...the world of 
anime opened up to me. I still get strange looks 
from other cel collectors who say "you get 
interested in an anime because you liked the 
cels?" Yes, often (*blush*) I don't exactly buy 
cels before I watch something but I become 
interested/educated by what other people have to 
say. And I've taken many, many suggestions from 
other cel collectors (to whom I curse for making 
me want to collect cels from even more series!)

Am I major anime fan or a wannabe? Who really 
cares? The only person who cares is the one who 
asks -- this isn't a competition. Some people are 
so overly concerned about who fits in and who 
doesn't. Is the true fan someone who goes to all 
the cons? watches all the new stuff? has artbooks 
from simply everything? can sing the opening 
title? 

Well, okay -- I do have sort of an answer for you 
-- the true fan would want to know why you like 
or watch the things you do, or how to get a hold 
of it. Or wouldn't be such a snob about other 
anime (I mean I used to harass my roommate about 
being a DBZ fan and then I started watching it. I 
liked it and I was sure glad to have her around 
to answer my "stupid" questions like "why do they 
have to be blonde?" etc.)

Wendy

PS: I haven't heard of Scryed, have never watched 
Noir but have heard of it, only seen a couple 
episodes of Ecaflowne and I'm not sure I want to 
see Weiss Kruz. I can submit an anime resume and 
references on request ^_~*

*please note to read this post in the spirit of 
overworked silliness from a usually quiet person.