I wrote this up a few weeks ago, actually, lol:

[b]What was your first anime? [/b]

Most people in my friends group would say Pokemon, Digimon, Dragon Ball Z, or Sailor Moon but my actual first anime was either Speed Racer or the sort of amalgamation-thing called Voltron. I’m not even sure where I caught my first glimpses, but as a kid my older brother was a pretty big comic book and trading card game sort of guy and I’d accompany him to these nerd outlets that played anime in the background—though I think I first caught Speed Racer on television. 

[b]When did it first resonate with you? [/b]

The first Toonami “power hour” that featured Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (known as Ronin Warriors in the states) and Dragon Ball Z. Over time this whole sort of anime boom got me fascinated with this highly stylized sort of imported media and my dad actually bought me boxsets of Ronin Warriors and Neon Genesis Evangelion. 

[b]What have you recently finished? [/b]

Mikakunin De Shinkoukei (2014)

An energetic slice of comedy that gives me what I call the "K-ON complex" in that I never expected to like this anime and I ended up loving it. I don't think it's characterization or narrative but simply that the bubbly comedy works too damn well. Also it happens to have the best op this season so that helps a lot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLC3VBrldw4

[b]Subtitles, Dubs, or Both? [/b]

Definitely both. This is because I really like to see a well done english voiceover and I think we have succeeded more often than we have failed. I prefer my native tongue but I'm not so self-obsessed to acknowledge that sometimes it's just better as it was. But sometimes stuff just doesn't get translated and I have to deal with that of which I'm completely fine with. 

[b]Favorite Voice Actors?[/b] 

Steven Blum and Wendee Lee are pretty much the staples of good voiceover work and I really appreciate both of them for that; I also fancy Brina Palencia, Derek Stephen Prince, Michelle Ruff, Hilary Haag, and Shelley Calene-Black. 

[b]Biggest disappointment? [/b]

Sonic the Hedgehog (1996) 

Why? 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOOPJ8qP5I

Well for one it's one of the worst dubbing in the history of anime, oh and the story/pacing/narrative is horrid in all shapes and forms. 

[b]Biggest surprising enjoyment? [/b]

K-ON!, as it was described as a "generic, cliche, slice-of-life with a music club that goes nowhere" to me. I found the high energy lightheartedness to resonate with me for some reason and much like dance music it instills a sort of bubblegum candy feeling in me that makes me realize I'm not taking myself completely serious all the time. 

[b]What do you currently look for in anime? [/b]

Honestly, I think I’m all over the place – but if there’s one thing I can say firmly is I think there’s no shonen that can appeal to me anymore. Shingeki no Kyojin resonated poorly with me and that was probably one of the darkest and most well-crafted anime of the genre of shonen anime. This is weird to me because I still hold the martial arts variant of shonen very close to me, but perhaps its nostalgia or something else that makes me not toss those aside. That said I feel I’ve been more critical of childhood favorites in this media then in any other. But to answer this a little better: I’ve been into slice-of-life comedies (K-ON!), romantic dramas (Nana), thriller (Monster), horror (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai), adventure (Nadia), space opera (Galactic Heroes), slice-of-life drama (Beck), and so forth. 

[b]If you could list your favorites, what would they be? [/b]

Cowboy Bebop, Beck, Samurai Champloo, Serial Experiments Lain, Allison to Lillia, Last Exile, Ghost in the Shell, Black Lagoon, Baccano!, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Azumanga Daioh, Madlax, Fushigi no Umi no Nadia. – I could probably go on but those are what are exactly coming to mind right now. 

[b]MAL? [/b]

http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Gowienczyk[