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The King of Harts
 Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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You name your car, you name your boat, you name your farm animals that you're just going to eat later on, but do you name your collection? If you don't have a name for it, think of one now. It can based on contents, expense, size, age, origin of releases (imports), whatever your little heart feels is right.
Until a recent exchange with Blood-, the thought never even ran through my mind, but I felt like I should name it. My collection is my pride and joy, kind of like a retiree's RV. So, after some running through potential names based on various calculations, I believe I found the perfect name: The Oh Zone. I decided on The Oh Zone because I imagine any non-fan walking into my room that is dedicated to nothing but anime would be, "Oh my God!". Hell, I imagine even some fans would have similar reactions. Because you see, my collection isn't just a really big shelf the size of a wall, it's an entire room. So when you walk through that door, it's just wall to wall anime stuffs. Figures, discs, postcards, wall scrolls, posters, even the backdrop for my TV is a non-stop slide show of anime wallpapers. Other names I considered were The Black Hole and The Twilight Zone. After spinning around in my chair looking at it all, I felt the name needed to capture the area of of the space it takes up. My collection isn't really huge quantity-wise (at least compared to other hardcore collectors), but it sure as hell takes up room. And so I started running off names based on holes and zones and came across Ozone and decided to turn that into Oh Zone when I thought of reactions from others. So yea, names, what you got, guys? If you can't think of one, lets get some teamwork going on to give your collection the name it deserves. |
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Sohma_Curse
 Posts: 512 Location: New York |
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I suppose I'll name my collection 'Modesto.' After about a year of collecting, this is my modest collection:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/jamesa23/IMG_2223_zpsce87531a.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/jamesa23/IMG_2224_zps870e85d0.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/jamesa23/IMG_2225_zpsb5bb924a.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/jamesa23/IMG_2234_zpsa2ec4bcf.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/jamesa23/IMG_2237_zps4486149f.jpg |
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zawa113
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I don't really have a name for the collection as a whole, but I myself am "The Curator" of it. I actually don't name a lot of things, I jokingly said at work that I planned to name my PS3 that I plan to get Black Friday and my co-workers were like "seriously?" "....no"
That said, I still have names for individual shelving units to help me find things easier. Manga has Main 1, Main 2, Side, Annex, Bedside, Oversized, Ongoing normal size, Ongoing oversize, and SOS (Shelf of Sorrow). Anime has Main (which is a completely different shelf from the manga main, which I put artboxes on top of), Arboxes, and movies (I can fit all my anime on fewer shelves, lucky me!) |
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Blood-
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Cool thread idea!
First, to describe the current state of my collection, both with respect to general content and mode of display. My collection is overwhelmingly anime DVDs with a smattering of Blu-ray titles. I have a modest amount of manga, almost 100 figures (most of which are buxom temptresses) several anime T-shirts, about 5 anime scrolls and then some odds and ends (fridge magnets, keychains, CDs, etc). My anime collection is fairly eclectic in that it spans a number of different genres. Unlike TKoH's lovingly and well-constructed display space, my own is an absolute shambles. I've got DVDs in bookshelves, rammed into my TV cabinent, packed away in boxes and bags, heaped on the floor and even on one end of my futon. It's an embarrassing and inelegant clutter. My figures are placed with no particular design strategy where ever they can fit. One of my wallscrolls is hanging over an already existing picture ... actually I've done that twice. Let's just say the feng shui of my place is seriously effed up. Eek. Okay, so what name do I fashion from this abundance and chaos? I give you the... Eeklection! Eek + eclectic + collection. Runners up: Fan Sway (a play on feng shui) The Space Goblin (a nod to the fact that a lot of my titles are SF/mecha and my collection is indeed gobblin' up a lot of space). S'more Gas Borg - my collection definitely has the flatulent air of a mindless, cobbled together collective that wants to assimilate everything in its path. |
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st_owly
 Posts: 5234 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland |
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My housemate describes my collection as that of a mad woman. I'm inclined to agree. Moving house with over 1000 books in tow isn't fun. But I like to think of it as a testament to my lonely teenage years.
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RightStufSpecialsMinion
Company Representative
 Posts: 331 Location: Iowa |
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The Horde. That way, whenever I buy something else to add to it at work, I can yell "For the horde!" and it makes perfect sense and doesn't get me any blank stares at all, nope.
Also, since I ran out of bookcases long ago I can lounge on the floor piles of books and DVDs and pretend I am a dragon. TMI? |
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Blood-
Bargain Hunter Posts: 23771 |
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Oooo, The Horde is a good one! Do you hoard the Horde?
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RightStufSpecialsMinion
Company Representative
Posts: 331 Location: Iowa |
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It is... precious to me. |
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Ortensia1980
 Posts: 803 Location: some town near Amsterdam |
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Would it be too easy if I'd just call it "My Happy Place"? Because it is and every new addition to it just makes me happier. I am genuinely beyond saving at this point.
Though other people might be more inclined to call it the Nerd Zone or something like that. I get it though. It can be quite shocking to the uninitiated. |
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varmintx
 Posts: 1200 Location: Covington, KY |
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My family and friends used to call it their own Blockbuster (since they would borrow so much). I guess that name doesn't quite work anymore.
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The King of Harts
Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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MangaDex. Gotta read 'em all! Blood, I really think you should stick with Pervert Nation. It's so apt for both your collection and you. Also, Horde really is amazing, Minion. I wish I had taken into account a cool tag line when thinking of a name. And, just throwing it out there in case you wanna grab Shawne's ears, but For the Hoard on the front, TRSI's logo on the back, would make a cool shirt.
The Manga Asylum. You're welcome.
No, it'd be too precious. When I hear that I picture a petite girl in a white dress opening a door to a whimsical land filled with anime and manga and saying with a huge grin on her face, "Welcome to My Happy Place". Unfortunately, this same girl also has blank eyes and never changes expressions, but that's why you look away and admire the collection. |
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st_owly
Posts: 5234 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland |
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Nailed it 
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Crisha
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Wow, that's some mighty fine bullshit right there. You should just call it what your inner id was going for before your superego got in the way: Erection "Wow, Blood-! Your Erection is so huge!" "How much did you pay to get your Erection?" "Your Erection makes all the fangirls go wild." |
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larinon
 Posts: 992 Location: Midland, TX |
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Hmm...
My friends refer to it as The Shrine, or sometime The Shrine of Anime, so I would probably have to go with that. It feels like I need something in the form of "[blank] of [blank]", but The Horde is pretty awesome. Den of Iniquity is not bad but more of an all-purpose nomenclature. It's not something I've ever tried to sort out before. Incidentally, my car is named Yukari. (Azumanga Daioh character -- color reminded me of her) |
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Ortensia1980
Posts: 803 Location: some town near Amsterdam |
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Wish I had come up with The Horde. That's an awesome name.
That's me. Apart from the blank eyes that is 
I can't come up with anything other than that name unfortunately. I've got all sorts of things in my collection. It's mainly DVDs and BDs, but I don't really focus on any particular genre. And I've got about 20 figures (which are mainly girls with weapons), couple of posters, 2 scrolls that I don't have room for, about 15 VHS tapes, a modest manga collection that isn't on display, couple of shirts and other stuff like phone accessories. |
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