Well this is a case where maybe we have two many forums (probably introductions and offtopic should be consolidated); regardless, I want to get something going here in off-topic other than just being where I go to delete spam.
Sure we all read Tezuka (should be the law) but what else do we do, what else is there to discuss. Don't be a wallflower, share your hobbies!
Me:
-Intense music collector since late 80's
-Run a small music label (can't be called a business 'coz there's no money in it!)
-Go to lots of music shows (see the pattern here?)
-Passionate about biology (specifically evolution, ecology, genetics, preserving biodiversity, animal behavior, natural history, etc.) --for me, going to a museum is a party!
-Indie and foreign cinema
-graphic design (totally amateur, but whatever)
-Chess (why do am I so lowsy at it?)
-Hiking, camping, biking, sailing, just getting outdoors.
Holy crap, I sound like I'm trying to get an internet date, but what I really want is to hear what other people are into, and then we can have a proper off-topic conversation.
Oh, one other thing, I'm big into this very small number of artists who seem to have a really unique voice. I mean, look at Tezuka in writing Nostalgia. Here he was, loved by everyone in Japan, but Nostalgia showed me his own isolation and that there was still part of him that was still writing about that solitude (I think all deeply creative people feel this). I've found a few others (not as talented as Tezuka though) who seem to write from somewhere else. I don't know if anyone else would see this connection (maybe I'm hallucinating it), but I am always get passionate about these artists who can speak on a deep and personal level--that can speak intimately without it seeming silly. Ironically, Tezuka is the most popular artists of this ilk I've found, but I think that's just because he was both ultra-talented and knew how to work things. No artist wants to be poor and hungry.