Well, the Student Centre's closing soon, so I'm 
not sure how much time I've got before they kick 
me off the computer, but I'll give it my shot. ^-
^;;

If I still have time after this sure-to-be-long 
post, I've got an email I need to send you, Drac, 
which I really hope won't put you in any worse a 
mood, but I fear may.  I'm feeling like quite a 
louse already, though..

But first, for the happy..

It all started a long time ago, in a galaxy not 
so terribly far away; I was bored and piddling 
around on the internet, and ended up at 
AnimeChaos as I so often do (three cheers for 
Nick!) and decided that since I'd long looked 
through all the pages for the series with which I 
was familiar, I might as well search through the 
listings for series I knew nothing about.  One 
such was 'Violinist of Hamelin' which I admit I 
didn't think sounded all that great by name 
alone.  (So foolish I was, back then.)  I was 
glancing through the listings, and was rather 
impressed with the art style already when I saw a 
picture of an odd dog-creature in armour.  Now, 
I've always loved dogs, and I've long been a 
sucker for a man in armour...so it seemed rather 
perfect. ^_^;;  One of the cels was already sold, 
but there were a few that weren't.  One of them 
really struck me, so the next time I put an order 
in, I decided to tack it on.  
Time went on, and I got more cels of the 
character..  It wasn't long before I decided to 
research the series and the character.  Not long 
after that, I got my hands on the anime, and then 
started in on the manga, which quickly became my 
favourite manga series.  And as for that good ol' 
doggie..  Guitar became my favourite character, 
from any genre of fiction, EVER.  
He's rather a conglomeration of all the traits 
I've always liked in a character, all mashed into 
one.  I couldn't have created something I liked 
more if I sat down and tried. ^_^;;  Armour, 
sword-use, canine appearance, evil, a dead sexy 
voice (Thanks to Guitar, I've fallen entirely in 
love with Matsuyama Takashi, and have made an 
effort to seek out other series in which he's 
done voice roles -- and am working up a humble 
collection of cels of his various characters) and 
just the most perfect attitude..  The right 
mixture of evil, intelligence, and good manners.  
I've long tended to prefer the background 
villain, the one who works in the shadows to set 
himself up in the perfect position, and then 
finally springs forth to put everything into 
action.  I don't know, he's just perfect. ^-^;;

The cel's also nearly perfect; a book cel, due to 
it's cel-background as far as I can tell, and 
just as lovely as can be..  Such a perfect 
portrait, and the art's looking very nice.  
Guitar, unfortunately, tends to look a bit odd at 
times; it seems some of the animators weren't 
used to drawing canids. ^-^;;

And so, since I've rambled long enough, my 
favourite cel in my gallery..