SirGrotius
Explorer
Not sure if this is a false-construct or if anything to it, but I seem to notice that I have my anime friends and I have my D&D friends. The guys/gals who are into anime seem to have a different preferred aesthetic than the ones who gravitate toward D&D.
If I were to characterize the two groups slightly more, there is one side that is drawn to the foreign, but in a brighter, more comic-esque sense, versus the other who is also seeking the fantastic, but in a grittier, almost realistic sense. They do not seem to overlap too often in my limited purview (e.g., the anime reader has shelves of anime books and maybe one D&D book, where as the D&D junkie has a shelves of said material and nary any anime to grace his/her shelves).
Curious if anyone else has seen this or more of a blending.
If I were to characterize the two groups slightly more, there is one side that is drawn to the foreign, but in a brighter, more comic-esque sense, versus the other who is also seeking the fantastic, but in a grittier, almost realistic sense. They do not seem to overlap too often in my limited purview (e.g., the anime reader has shelves of anime books and maybe one D&D book, where as the D&D junkie has a shelves of said material and nary any anime to grace his/her shelves).
Curious if anyone else has seen this or more of a blending.