Author profile

Name:	Alain Gravel
Handle:	Rakna
E-mail(s):	rakna@globetrotter.net
ICQ:	15447709
Significant Other?	None, girls have too good taste for that ^_^
Hobbies:	Anime, computers, writing, watching TV, chatting with friends, administrating simple webpages, did I mention anime?
Religion:	None. I have no need for spiritual guidance and I'd rather trust rational thought. No offence to believers however. If it goes you good, great! Just don't try to convince me to share your beliefs.
Favorite Animes (Top 10+):	- Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 - Berserk - Big O - El-Hazard (OVAs & The Alternative World TV series) - Gatekeepers & Gatekeepers 21 - I My Me! Straberry Eggs! - Legend of Black Heaven - Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV series & End of Evangelion) - Noir - Serial Experiments Lain - Slayers (TV series, OVAs, Movies) - Record of Lodoss War (OVA & TV series) - The SoulTaker - Trigun - Vandread (Note: those are sorted alphabetically because, aside NGE which ranks first -- some might have guessed if you considered all the fanwork I do over that series -- it's hard to choose what I prefer, it changes with how I feel)
Favorite anime characters:	- Alucard - Ayanami Rei - Caska - Gally - Hoshino Ruri - Ifurita - Iwakura Lain - Lina Inverse - R. Dorothy Wayneright - Sohryu Asuka Langley - Tomoe Hotaru - Vash the Stampede - Washuu
Favorite Movies:	That's a tough one, because I love watching movies. But I guess that if I was asked what movies had the most impact on me, it would have to be those: - Aliens - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Terminator 2 - The Evil Dead trilogy - The Star Wars trilogy I think I could watch those over and over again and not get tired. True classics...
Anime DVD profile:	My DVD collection on DVD Profiler
Additional info or how I became interested in anime and fanfiction:	I've always been interested in anime (as a very young kid, I watched series such as UFO Robot Grendizer, Captain Harlock, Astroboy, Gatchaman, etc) but really became an "otaku" with the first release of Sailormoon. From that point (good timing provided the Internet in my region), I started to talk with people who were into Sailormoon and anime in general and got introduced to this addictive world. Having discovered fansubs, shopping by mail and an incredibly extensive collection of anime tape at a nearby video renting store, I've now seen, more then 3 years later, over an hundred anime series/movies. Among my favorites series are: Rurouni Kenshin, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Slayers, El-Hazard, Tenchi Muyo, Record of Lodoss war, etc. And while some may argue that it isn't anime, I do also have a good interest in Disney animation movies (if they can get rid of the songs and the funny animal friend, it can result in good movies; I think "A bug's life" is proof of that). I only really became aware of the existence of fanfiction in 1998. I had read a few SM fics before, but not much. I think my interest in fanfics started with my interest with Ranma 1/2 (and you all know how many Ranma fanfics there are). I only started reading fanfics seriously in the last part of 1998. I only became a fanfic author myself in February 1999, on February 14th to be exactly precise. TOILI (well, originally the Prologue, previously named "Valentine's day: Ayanami Rei") is my first English work. Before that, I worked for years (ever since I was 14) on a still unfinished fantasy project named Allansia (nothing professional, just a huge story I write for fun as a hobby). I'll probably get back on it one day, making yet another revision, this time giving the story a bit of an anime feel.