• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

"Bass-wa Watashi"

#204
The K-ON manga is now being translated into English...just picked up Vol. 1 at Borders. Gotta agree I like the anime more than the manga. Anyone hear anything on when / if the anime is going to be commercially released here in the US, either on TV and/or DVD? Don't really care if it's subtitled or dubbed; as an old time anime fan I normally prefer subtitled, but usually a studio can sell a series a lot faster if it's dubbed. If dubbed, I just pray the voices are decent - I still remember Minmay's voice (Robotech) with a major wince...
 
#208
Eibhlin said:
haven't seen that anime before, but couldn't help laughing at the similarities. :bassist:
Link Removed
My Facebook
Click to expand...

lol! Nice pic!

The Japanese seem to have made the schoolgirl look into an anime icon. My daughter (age 12) keeps asking when I will let her wear the short skirts and tall socks/stockings, which is what all the anime fangirls want to wear. I answer her with, "When you are on a stage, instrument in hand, with a band, or its for a part in a play. That, or wait until you're 21."

Cherie ;)
 
#210
Cherie, you should be able to find the entire thing with fan-made subtitles Invalid Link Removed.

Being on stage is a great opportunity to wear things we couldn't/shouldn't otherwise. In my case that might not be a short skirt, but the principle is the same!
 
#213
Eibhlin said:
I dont go shopping or even to the pub like that. Thats just for stage. lol . Your right for telling your daughter there's a time and a place for this kinda thing, Im pretty sure Im pushing the the limits at 27 years old, but i still get asked for I.D so I cant be too over the hill.

All the Best,
E
Click to expand...

Well...we *could* go to the store or the pub like that, but it would take us twice as long to get anywhere, from stopping traffic and what-not. LOL!

Yeah, she's still innocent enough to not realize the power of clothing and skin. She just wants to look like the girls in the animes. Trying to find her a little blazer and not-too-short skirt so she can have the look w/o appearing to be some oilfield chippie child. Or she could take up the bass? ;-D

Hey, you still look good in that stuff...keep wearing it onstage 'til you can't anymore. At 48, tho I don't look, you know, *old*, I'm too old for a schoolgirl skirt. Or to cover The Runaways' "Cherry Bomb". Or to do anime cosplay. lol!

After digging around in PhotoBucket, there seems to be a trend to chick bassists in anime and manga. I found lots of drawings, from both genres, of women with basses. Hmmm...curious. And cool!

Cherie :bassist:
 
#214
pklima said:
Cherie, you should be able to find the entire thing with fan-made subtitles Invalid Link Removed.

Being on stage is a great opportunity to wear things we couldn't/shouldn't otherwise. In my case that might not be a short skirt, but the principle is the same!
Click to expand...

YAY!!! Thank you so much! She comes home from her friend's house at 1 pm, and I'll show it to her then. She really will be tickled by this. :)

Yep...stage is one place where you can go crazy with clothes. Maybe that will convince her to take up an instrument? She's a good singer, dancer, and artist, has an affinity for drums, but just is not into it right now. Maybe this anime will inspire her?

Cherie :bassist:
 
#216
Lady Kayri...lol! "...doesn't even know what a chord is..." Sounds like a couple of the women I used to play with. Chick band is dead due to hack 'tudes. Lead guit and I just couldn't take it anymore.

Daughter knows the tv show, and remembers the episode. She says, "Don't watch the English version, it stinks. But I thought the girl wanted to play guitar, not bass! Have to watch it again!"

Cherie :-)
 
#217
Ya. Yui is the main character, too, worse luck. She ends up buying a Gibson when she gets serious, then spends so much time practicing with guitar that her test scores go in the toilet. Mio, the bassist, is the stereotypical bassist, too; not only is she a good musician, but she studies hard and ends up tutoring Yui. It's one of those cases where the other members of the band (keys, bass, and drums) are all decent musicians, but they have to recruit someone to play guitar, and end up with Yui. Of course, Mio falls into the stereotypical "good girl" that Japanese tend to go fanatic for, witness the girl with short blue hair whose name I' can't remember at the moment in Evangelion (the one that by the end we find out is a clone...every time one of her dies, the boss man activates another clone...wash, rinse repeat.) Of course this stereotype also matches the general stereotype for bass players, too...the quiet, unassuming one who enjoys staying the background and supporting the rest of the band, all unnoticed - until they drop out, and then the band sounds like ***!! In one way it's kinda irritating, but in another it's amusing. Good thing is that she's the big fan favorite, so there's lots of anime 'small bits' (pencil boards, stationary, etc.) concentrating on her. Unfortuantely, only 15 or 20 percent of the artwork of her includes her bass. *Sigh*
 
#218
Lady Kayri said:
It's one of those cases where the other members of the band (keys, bass, and drums) are all decent musicians, but they have to recruit someone to play guitar, and end up with Yui.
Click to expand...
Heh, that's probably the least realistic part in the entire series. I mean, a band that's got keys, drums and bass but can't find a guitarist with any level of skill and has to beg someone who's never touched a guitar to join? With all the lonely bandless guitarists in the world? Still, I'm willing to suspend disbelief and overlook that.

One really good thing about the series is that if a teenager decides to take up music and join a band, they'll have quite realistic expectations for the next few years of how many gigs they'll play, how popular they'll be, how many rehearsals they will skip because they'd rather eat sweets etc. It shows that being in a band is great and fun without needing massive, glamorous success. It's almost as realistic as "This Is Spinal Tap" when it comes to giving viewers reasonable expectations for a career in music.
 
#220
pklima said:
Heh, that's probably the least realistic part in the entire series. I mean, a band that's got keys, drums and bass but can't find a guitarist with any level of skill and has to beg someone who's never touched a guitar to join? With all the lonely bandless guitarists in the world? Still, I'm willing to suspend disbelief and overlook that.

One really good thing about the series is that if a teenager decides to take up music and join a band, they'll have quite realistic expectations for the next few years of how many gigs they'll play, how popular they'll be, how many rehearsals they will skip because they'd rather eat sweets etc. It shows that being in a band is great and fun without needing massive, glamorous success. It's almost as realistic as "This Is Spinal Tap" when it comes to giving viewers reasonable expectations for a career in music.
Click to expand...

Pretty realistic in my life! Started playing guitar because the band needed a guitarist and didn't like anyone who played guitar! I was in a band before I knew how to play ^^
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back