I live in the city of Nieuwegein, in the province of Utrecht, in the center of The Netherlands.
Basically, it's in the middle of nowhere.

I am a guy, born in 1982. Finished my school, studies, etc, etc in 2004. Now I make blinds and other sun blocking products you can put in front of your windows.
My music taste varies, I like rock, metal, etc, etc, j-pop, j-rock, quite a few pop songs and the occasional underground music ( like Russian metal from the 80's, yes it exists ).
Besides manga and anime I also collect some "normal" comic series.

How I found out about anime? About 6 or 7 years ago, it was a saturday night, didn't go out and nothing on tv....so what did I do? I started to zap trough the channels until I saw Hellsing on a german tv channel. It caught my attention, because I never saw anything like that before. Before that I knew that anime was : Pokemon and stuff. That was basically it, I thought it was childish stuff. Until I saw Hellsing. It got me hooked. So then I started to search the net for other anime series. I watched the first eps of GITS SAC 2nd GIG and got hooked. That's when it all started to turn me into a anime fan.
I read some manga, bought my first anime dvd's and mangas and even went to an anime convention.

Now I try to get my hands on the newest releases of Berserk, Bleach, Tenjo Tenge, Air Gear, etc....do I need to say more .
For me anime and manga are not really a way of life, but more another piece in the puzzle of things that make me who I am. I totally enjoy it, but don't let it get out of control to much. There's only so much space in your shelf, ey?