Don't look at me like that...!

[redpbass]

Ok, I'll admit it...

I haven't written more than 500 NEW words for Still Waters 3 in all of November.

*hangs head in shame*

Instead, I've been on an anime binge, reading this Firefly fanfic, playing Gran Turismo 4 while pining away for Gran Turismo 5, and playing with my guitars and bass, while making this and working out how to play thisI'm

Comments

[redpbass]

Guitars: You can generally get any guitar to sound good if you play it right and don't use weird settings. But yes, even a novice can hear the difference between two different enough guitars when played back to back on 'clean' settings. To put it synesthesially, (I just made up a word!), the shape and weight of the sound is different. They're all similar enough to do whatever you want, but they are different. It's down to preference really, but you'll sometimes hear musicians talking about stuff like how a Les Paul is better for getting a certain sound than a Stratocaster. :p

Anime: Eh...the imperialist elements are annoying at best. In the case of Hyakka Ryouran, the generally pleasant to look at art style and character design (with a few exceptions) overrides it; and in the case of Otome Youkai Zakuro, it makes me roll my eyes. I ignore it though in favor of the whole youkai thing, which I find very interesting in most shows.

As for misogynist, I guess you're talking about Index? That took me by surprise when he started beating up little girls, even though they pretty much had it coming. Normally in anime that sort of thing is taken care of by the team girl, but not in this case I guess. Season 2 definitely has an edge on it, that's for sure.

As for watching anime on animenewsnetwork... http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/video/anime

Been watching Baccano, and I'm about to move on to some others I missed the first time around. Still not interested in MM though ;D

[redpbass]

ANN regional differences: probably. It's probably based on whats licensed in whatever country; they probably don't have the rights to show anime where you are. That's a lot of probablys.

guitars being awesome: it's 'cuz they're awesome. Not quite up to the sheer cool of a well-done walking bassline, but they're still pretty awesome.

anime: ink blots are definitely annoying. They've toned it down quite a bit from the first couple episodes, and the show is much better for the change.

Misogynist: Not my thing, really. I've heard of one of those you listed but never seen it, and that's probably for the best.

[redpbass]

ANN: It's got Baccano (like I said before), all three seasons of Full Metal Panic, Trigun, Trinity Blood, xxxHolic, Buxo Renkin, Gunslinger Girl, GunXsword, Gundam 00, Inuyasha...etc. etc. etc. etc. (lots of etc.s) It's got a lot of the more popular anime from the last eight or ten years, along with a few older ones. Too many to list right now, in any case. And its awesome :p