I'm a big anime/manga fan and have been for years and years! I have a ton of favorite series, but some of my absolute favorites are Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Dennou Coil, Honey & Clover, anything by Satoshi Kon or Studio Ghibli, Mushishi, and...gosh, I'll stop there. I could go on for days.
I've watched a lot of series--in the several hundred range.
I'm a huge fan of the composer Yoko Kanno, who did the music for a large number of anime series (Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Sousei no Aquarion, Darker than Black, Macross Plus, Macross Frontier, Arjuna, tons of others... Look her up!). I actually made my first trip to Japan last summer to see her in concert. Easily the best day of my life, and best concert I'm certain I will ever attend.
I also got an amazing chance while I was there to visit and get a personal tour of Studio GAINAX , which is famous for Evangelion, FLCL, Gurren Lagann, Nadia, etc. Also a very very special experience to me! We also stopped by Studio Ghibli, which is in the same neighborhood, and while I couldn't go in, I did see Miyazaki's car and his cat and got pictures with both, haha.
I'm a convention person--I've been going to anime cons for about eight years now, and have been to more than fifty now!
Hard to believe it's been that many! I make and wear mascot costumes, which is a lot of fun.
Some of my favorite conventions are Fanime, Anime Expo, and Yaoi-Con. I attend those three every year without fail, but usually attend others as well.
Anyway, nice to see there are others who are both into anime/manga and poultry! It's a funny combination of things to be into, but oh well!