About THAT

The Blog

The THAT Blog was founded on August 10, 2006 by a group of avid anime lovers. The name “THAT” (an anachronym for The Anime review site that Has great fanboyism over the Almighty Megas-good Tsuraya anime blog) was initially coined by one of our founders known as Impz, and serves as the name for our blog. There were four original founders of THAT, namely Alkanphel, Jooo, Mr Admin and Impz. Out of these four, only Impz is left. Read about our old bloggers here in the old “About us” page.

THAT Blog is here to provide an insight into the various ongoing anime and manga series in the world. We are a diverse team blog that aims to bring you different perspectives of anime, and makes sure that good writers have a platform to expose their writing to readers who are able to interact in an intelligent manner (and sometimes fanboyish/fangirlish manner). All in all, we try to make sure that you are entertained. That’s why you are reading our blog, right?

The current layout (v3.0) utilizes a modified version of the Modicus Remix 0.2 by Art Culture. Below are our active bloggers in THAT.

The active bloggers and their profiles

Below are all the active bloggers in THAT.

Like to be known as – Impz, Impzy, Impzie

Role in the blog – Head Honcho, Slave Driver and NOT a Trap.

Enjoys – Shoujo, Romance, Slice of Life, Horror, Comedy

Dislikes – GAR, Mecha, Gore, Blatant fanservice and Retarded Moe

Fill in the blanks, Life … – is really fun at times, but generally screws you up.

I am … currently studying my Master’s degree of Media Economics in a university. I am generally lazy and procrastinate over every single thing that I can get my hand off. I also have a girlfriend by the online nick of Thirteensugars, who usually annoys the hell out of me. I still love her a lot, too much in fact. I am supposed to be the head honcho of the blog, but all that means is that I do most of the work that no one wants to do. I am also part of the informal TEAM BLUE network.

Most hated anime of all time – Kimi ga Nozomu Eien OR Grave of the Fireflies. I can’t decide which set of main characters I wish for them to die more.

Blogging motto – I don’t believe in hate, only in love.

Like to be known as – Lupus, Ken

Role in the blog – That guy who does random, stupid shit. Also, I tend to draw a lot of flame, intentionally or not.

Enjoys – Comedies; iyashikei anime that are also comedies (Yuno-sama kawaii yo Yuno-sama! \o/); Saito Chiwa and Kugimiya Rie doing loli voices; watching other people suffer.

Dislikes – Harem; smartypants; “The theme is reflected in the character’s actions, his escapist attitude… all the shows reflect the director’s anti-imperial attitude…”; you.

Fill in the blanks, Life … – is CRAWWWWLING IN MAH SKIIIIN!

I am … A final year law student at the Australian National University. Stressed. A guy. Nasty. *deleted because of the outcome of a recent New South Wales Supreme Court case*. Not to be taken seriously.

Most hated anime of all time – I hate all harem anime equally, some more equally than others, e.g. FUCK YOU MAGIKANO.

Blogging motto – I don’t believe in love, only in hate.

Like to be known as – Calawain

Role in the blog – Episode Reviews, Spam Cleaner, Mr. Reliable

Enjoys – A little bit of everything except maybe shoujo~ See my MAL.

Dislikes – Shoujo

Fill in the blanks, Life … – sucks and then you die…and then estate attorneys like me give people your money.

I am … A third year NYC law student, super nerd, gamer.

Most hated anime of all time – There are so many to choose from, the above mentioned MAL has many low rated scores, apparently I rate much lower on average than other users. If I had to pick one it would be Kimi ga Nozomu Eien because I absolutely hated every single character on that show. I hoped that they’d all get hit by cars.

Blogging motto – Who cares if nobody else watches it? I like it.

Like to be known as – Crusader

Role in the blog – NKVD (anti-troll police), Destroyer of Spam, Episode Reviews, Comrade Angry

Enjoys – Shoujo, Romance (the old definition, i.e. Romance of the The Three Kingdoms), Mecha, Comedy

Dislikes – Emo, Terrorists, Impudent Infidels, Self Righteous bastards under the age of 18

Fill in the blanks, Life … – Life is too short to spend crying about perceived personal tragedies.

I am … a soldier in the pay of the United States government. I have attended UCD for way too long and hope to get the hell out soon. Long time fan of animu, and fervent gamer spanning Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, and my brother’s PS3. Still playing table top miniature war games after nearly a decade.

Most hated anime of all time - Tie between Kimi ga Nozomu Eien and the Evangelion (pre-2000)

Blogging Life motto – Never tell the truth when a lie will do. Unless said lie is grounds for court marital or can be interpreted as perjury.

Like to be known as – Extrange, Metrololicon Extrange

Role in the blog – Manga God, Lolicon and Sexual Harraser of Impz.

Enjoys – Manga, Seinen, Sci-Fi, Heavy plots, Romance and Ecchi

Dislikes – Yaoi and Pure Comedy

Fill in the blanks, Life … – needs 48 hour days, I can only read 50 volumes of manga in 24 hours….

I am … a University student/ part-time teacher/ part-time programmer which can Kage Bunshin no Jutsu so I can do all the stuff at the same time. OMFG…did I just use a Naruto expression? *Hangs himself in a sakura tree to make himself taller*

The biggest manga enthusiast you will ever find, full-time good looking metrosexual (with pics to prove it), a bit of a hard-head and with a witty tongue trained by the hands of Guybrush Threepwood. Too bad life tends to F*ck me up good with Writer’s Block once every 4 months.

Most hated anime of all time – Angel Sanctuary

Blogging motto – Adapt your text, adapt your style, adapt yourself.

Like to be known as – Shokkeru, Shok, Shokky

Role in the blog – Episode Summary Writer, Lowly Servant.

Enjoys – Action, Mecha, Slice-of-Life, Mystery, Comedy.

Dislikes – Crappy fanservice, ugly character designs.

Fill in the blanks, Life … – is what you make it to be.

I am … a Game Design/Programming student and part time QA tester. ~~Wastes~~ Spends most of his time playing FFXI.

Most hated anime of all time – I hated most “popular” shounen anime (you know which ones I’m talking about) simply because they were popular most of the time.

Blogging motto – What? More work?

Like to be known as – Maipeisu, MP, Pat

Role in the blog – Episodic Blogger, Review Writer, Hyperanalytical Social Recluse, Starry-Eyed Optimist, Zanbatou-Swinging Dragonslayer

Enjoys – EVERYTHING. Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Comedy, Shojou, Romance, Mecha, War Chronicles, Youkai, Horror, Psychological, Piercing the heavens with my massive drill muahahahaha

Dislikes – Mediocre plots, episodic stuff with no direction, too much fanservice

Fill in the blanks, Life … – is but a dream, hurtling ever closer to waking.

I am … a paralegal at a small immigration lawfirm, drummer for three bands, recording artist, analog synth fanatic, engineering undergraduate student at UMD, lover of all things Japanese (learning the language, hoping to study there), aspiring writer… I wear many hats.

Most hated anime of all time – MD Geist II, and i doubt anything will EVER change that. If you’ve seen a shittier film, let me know. Really.

Blogging motto – “Your nimble moves cannot affect me. I do possess the Ultimate Eye.”

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Like to be known as – Reverse Vampire, RV

Role in the blog - Write nonsensical video games/anime reviews, RPG-in-charged news reporter, the XBox hater, the Wii warrior, the PS3 slacker, the official ‘loli’ behind the blog

Enjoys – RPGs! (Such as Kingdom Hearts, Persona 4, Final Fantasy), the supernatural and the occult, anything that makes my adrenaline goes WOW and people that can leave me alone, knowing when to talk to me at the right time, Toppi-centric.

Dislikes - Annoying people (Especially party poppers), over-the-top fan girls/boys, 24 hours a day (Wish there are more hours in a day), boring stuff, wrong things that happen in the wrong time, I’m just like Yuu Kanda from D.Gray Man, too many thing that I hate to pin it down.

Fill in the blanks, Life … is never fair. Get used to it (Written by Bill Gates, and this quote is starting to annoy me)

I am … just a student studying, and failing Math all the time. Struggling with music and a girl who loves writing fanfictions. I’m so stressed with piles of homework till I want to escape reality and go to dreamland where I can ignore what anyone says that are annoying or stupid. Unfortunately I’m a very sad person in real life (sobbed)

Most hated anime of all time - Ragnarok the Animation (Even though it’s MMORPG), never mention it in front of me ever again. Never touched that anime ever since and ANN has rated it a no-no for anime watchers like us.

Blogging motto - Know when to come at the right time. BTW, I’m IN LOVE WITH TOPPI (From World Destruction.)

Like to be known as – lelangir

Role in the blog – guy who doesn’t do episodic posts

Enjoys/Dislikes - see this

I am … this

Like to be known as – Phuzy, buny, phuzy buny

Role in the blog – I write stuff.

Enjoys – badminton, sleep, sunnyd.

Dislikes – filling out “about me”s even though nobody reads them.

Fill in the blanks, Life … – is this a trick question?

I am … a Second year Chemical Engineering student at the University of Waterloo, go ahead, stalk me.

Most hated anime of all time – dragonaut…piece of crap…

Blogging motto – Teh buny is on teh interwebs blog’n.

Like to be known as – Jiff

Role in the blog – learning as I go

Enjoys – Comedy, Slice of life, interesting takes on old themes

Dislikes – Mecha, Harem, the disruption of pace by needless fanservice

Fill in the blanks, Life … – is more fun experienced with someone else.

I am … A very curious person, always on the lookout for new things to try. Bookish. A lifelong student with an insatiable desire to learn. When I’m not reading, watching anime, or gaming, I’m asleep.

Most hated anime of all time – Bleach, poster child for wasted potential

Blogging motto – Writing should be the starting point of discussion