You're probably the only fan of this.

[TheArcaneThinker]

Championsheep rally .

Its a really fun game where you get to be in control of sheeps and race with other sheeps , each with its own style , around diverse maps as you shoot chickens , use forcefields , jump on other sheeps , use jet packs , etc . It has a great soundtrack too . An really really fun game .

It was a single copy, full of dust behind tons of CDs when i picked it .

 

[Entitled]

Most of the things that I like are that.

Well, not really, because nowadays everything has a handful of fans, but I take pride in going after obscure works.

It's not that I hate the mainstream, it's not exactly worse than what I consume, but it still makes my eye roll when people are gushing about how this or that movie is the best thing ever, while really it's only special virtue is that it's themes were tolerable enough for millions of viewers' common denominator.

I especially prefer whole mediums and genres that are generated by non-commercial hobby artists, such as webcomics and web graphics novels, fanfiction (the publishable-novel-quality type, not the interchargible wish fulfillment ones), online serialized novels, or fan-translated works unpublished in the west, like manga and visual novels.

Some of my current favorites include:

Worm [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-1-gestation/1-01/] (Completed Web Serial) Kind of a dark superhero story with lots of escalation.

The 1632 series [http://www.goodreads.com/series/85018-1632-universe] of novels. Historical time travel adventure and politics. Not that obscure, but I'm a proportionally huge fan of it.

Legend of the Galactic Heroes [Legend of the Galactic Heroes], the anime. Epic space opera with political intrigue.

The Alexandra Quick series [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3964606/1/Alexandra-Quick-and-the-Thorn-Circle] that are technically Harry Potter fanfiction even though they are more of a separate stories with other characters, settings, and plots. Better than canon, not that it contradicts it.

 

[Queen Michael]

Hmmm, well. There's an American manga called Nightschool that came out a few years ago that I'm rather fond of. They sold the volumes at Barnes and Noble and it got a TV Tropes article, so it must have a fanbase. But damned if I ever met anyone who's heard of it.

I read that series a couple of years ago. Didn't hate it, but I prefer the artist's earlier series, Dramacon.

There was an American written "Manga" called X-Men Misfits that only got one volume and I've never heard anyone ever talk about it but me and my lady.

I saw that one in the local geeky bookstore. Thought about picking it up lots of times, but I never did.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Hmmmm..... If I'm the only fan of something, it's probably something I've created and haven't showed anyone.

Behold my poem about the Taco Man:

His hot sauce is a high-grade acid,
His expression always seems quite placid,
He attacks his foes with scalding beef,
You'll beg for death, he'll grant relief,
So run run run as fast as you can,
You'll never escape from the Taco Man.

Sorry.

Also, I have shown this to two of my friends and I wouldn't say they were fans of it, so we're still good on that front.

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

Animorphs. While everyone else read Sweet Valley High or Goosebumps, I was reading Animorphs. Strange, since while I'm sure it wasn't the intended selling point, it had more blood and gore on average than any other teen book series, and matured with its audience utilizing far fewer end-chapter jump scares than Goosebumps.

I do recall someone once comparing it negatively to Power Rangers which was also big in my youth, but I don't feel that to be a fair comparison. These 'teens with attitude' are outgunned by about ten thousand to one by the aliens, their wise mentor is dead eaten alive by chapter 5 of book 1 and never revives, they can bleed and lose limbs (and so can everyone else, frequently), and one of the overarching themes is how insanely stressful such a life really is, particularly for their leader.

 

[Pyrian]

Sundog: Frozen Legacy. Never met anybody else who's played it.

 

[Michael Tabbut]

This is more of a regional thing, but the Melodeath band Scar Symmetry is one of my favorite bands at the moment. They have their fans but they're pretty much unknown in the state of Massachusetts (to the point you can't find an album from them anywhere).
The film adaptation of Doom I hold in a "so bad it's good" light. "Semper Fi, ************!"

 

[babinro]

Columbo

At least this is what best applies when I thought of this question. I should clarify though as this is a show people clearly enjoy. I'm in my mid-30's and a LOVE the show. I've loved it since my teenage years and I can still watch repeat episodes today. In fact, it's easily among my top 5 television shows of all time.

I consider this unusual for my age group.
Most fans of Columbo tend to be a generation older.

 

[mitchell271]

Otto-Matic. Played it on Mac years ago and got it immediately when I saw that it was on the App Store. I just LOVE that game and particularly it's soundtrack. Fingers crossed that Pangeasoft will release Bugdom and Nanosaur for iOS next! ;D

Ha ha! You're not the only one! I remember loving that game as a kid on the school computers. Didn't know it was on the app store so I might have to check it out again!

OT: Something obscure... Hm... Try this out. 2 of my favourite bands, Woccon and Black Crown Initiate both put out full length albums this year after they, again, both released stellar EPs last year.

 

[Lupine]

The Returner and Versus. These are two Japanese live action movies in the vein of Devil May Cry and The One/The Matrix respectively.

Spoiler

Animorphs. While everyone else read Sweet Valley High or Goosebumps, I was reading Animorphs. Strange, since while I'm sure it wasn't the intended selling point, it had more blood and gore on average than any other teen book series, and matured with its audience utilizing far fewer end-chapter jump scares than Goosebumps.

I do recall someone once comparing it negatively to Power Rangers which was also big in my youth, but I don't feel that to be a fair comparison. These 'teens with attitude' are outgunned by about ten thousand to one by the aliens, their wise mentor is dead eaten alive by chapter 5 of book 1 and never revives, they can bleed and lose limbs (and so can everyone else, frequently), and one of the overarching themes is how insanely stressful such a life really is, particularly for their leader.

I for one loved that series. And you're right people usually give it crap and I'm not exactly sure why. I just had a friend bring it up negatively and I was a bit annoyed with him because he never actually made it past the first book. I have every book, start to finish, I would save money as a kid in order to get them when there was a book fair at school.

 

[chocolate pickles]

There are others out there (we call them <url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Scorpibros>Scorpibros), but I don't think anyone is as big a fan of <url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.375364>The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption as I am.

...oh dear god. As if one wasn't bad enough...

On topic: Pretty sure I'm the only person who will ever admit to liking Margaret Thatcher. Also the only one to think the second Lion King movie was actually pretty good.

 

[FPLOON]

I used to and still love this old show that once aired on cartoon network called "Time Squad".

About a genius kid taken from his life at a crappy orphanage by literally C3PO and buff idiot Hulk sized stereotype manguy voiced by the same fellow who voiced Hercule from DBZ.
Where they go on back in time adventures to fix wrongs but instead usually make things worse like accidentally not brining the genius kid along, resulting in Benjamin Franklin making the light bulb instead of Thomas Edison...

... take my word for it, it's much funnier than it sounds............... could explain why I alone like it. >_>

Spoiler: Time Squad in a nutshell...

Animorphs. While everyone else read Sweet Valley High or Goosebumps, I was reading Animorphs. Strange, since while I'm sure it wasn't the intended selling point, it had more blood and gore on average than any other teen book series, and matured with its audience utilizing far fewer end-chapter jump scares than Goosebumps.

Despite loving Animorphs, I mostly remember the non-affiliated parody series Vegemorphs... It was basically Animorphs only with kids turning into vegetables...

OT: Outside of Vegemorphs, there was this one manga series called Kingdom Guardian Hearts... It was like the moe equivalent to Tenchi Muyo with superheros, aliens, ninja assassins, love triangles shapes, [other] harem-related tropes, and the MC getting a magical armour... thing... (Not all of the volumes were released in the US due to Tokyopop closing down their US branch, though...)

Other than that, the show Class of 3000 where Andre 3000 [from OutKast] plays a music teacher helping out a group of talented kids... Each episode had a song that tied into the plot of the episode, which utilized a different genre of music than the previous episode's song... Sure, that last statement sounds like I'm describing a concept of Phinieas and Ferb, but this show came before it and only lasted for one season due to some legal dispute or something like that...

 

[sageoftruth]

The Bountry Huntress Chronicles.

Considering I wrote it myself, and haven't distributed it anywhere, I'm pretty certain I'm the only one who's read it.

 

[Queen Michael]

The Returner and Versus. These are two Japanese live action movies in the vein of Devil May Cry and The One/The Matrix respectively.

Spoiler

I watched The Returner years ago. A really cool flick.

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

Saitama Chainsaw Shoujo.

It's a short manga from the author of All You Need is Kill, about a nerdy girl who's boyfriend is stolen from her by a transfer student, so one day she comes to school with a chainsaw.

And that's all I'm gonna say about it. The less you know about it, the better, but it's one of my favorite manga.

 

[deathbydeath]

Most of the things that I like are that.

Well, not really, because nowadays everything has a handful of fans, but I take pride in going after obscure works.

It's not that I hate the mainstream, it's not exactly worse than what I consume, but it still makes my eye roll when people are gushing about how this or that movie is the best thing ever, while really it's only special virtue is that it's themes were tolerable enough for millions of viewers' common denominator.

I especially prefer whole mediums and genres that are generated by non-commercial hobby artists, such as webcomics and web graphics novels, fanfiction (the publishable-novel-quality type, not the interchargible wish fulfillment ones), online serialized novels, or fan-translated works unpublished in the west, like manga and visual novels.

Some of my current favorites include:

Worm [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-1-gestation/1-01/] (Completed Web Serial) Kind of a dark superhero story with lots of escalation.

Basically this. My favorite works are ones with balls (which Worm has in spades), and I get disappointed when it feels like an artist compromised their vision or potential in an attempt not to frighten their audience. I understand why some would do that, but it still turns me off.

As to my own contribution to this thread, DeadCore [http://store.steampowered.com/app/284460/] is one of my favorite platformers to be a thing. In what appears to be a series of $10 experimental AA titles published by Namco Bandai (see also: Minimum [http://store.steampowered.com/app/214190/]), DeadCore is like Dustforce in 1st person, but with less dusting and more deathtraps. It's a real gem in every area except its title, with one of the best artistic directions this year and level design so murderously creative the designers should be kept in a padded cell when not making games. It's a damn shame nobody's heard of this, and yet another black mark against gaming's farce of a journalism scene.

 

[Diddy_Mao]

The Sloppy Seconds: Not the most obscure band in the world but even amongst fans of the genre you're not likely to find folks too familiar with them.

Dr. Steel: He was briefly internet famous for a few years and then kinda faded into the shadow. It's a damn shame because I really liked his music and stage persona.

Blue Monday: Was an American Manga series set in the late 80's eaely 90's. Kind of a "slice of life" romance/comedy thing...with dick jokes.

 

[EHKOS]

Down in Texas you'll find people who enjoy it, but up here in Michigan, I appear to be the only one who likes the chopped and screwed musical sub-genre. It's basically a few DJ tricks over a slowed down track, OG Ron C does it best. I've never met anyone who knows about it AND likes it.

 

[Queen Michael]

Blue Monday: Was an American Manga series set in the late 80's eaely 90's. Kind of a "slice of life" romance/comedy thing...with dick jokes.

I freakin' love Blue Monday. It's got a permanent spot on my top 100 comics list.