MUSHI-SHI The Anime for people who hate anime
Terrence Briggs
cloying, watch Mushi-shi. You will eat your words. I can't promise
that you will be entertained, thrilled, or buoyed with warm, fuzzy
feelings, but you will stand corrected.
Mushi-shi is a supernatural mystery drama with no affinity for "murder
most foul", trenchcoated conspirators, or physical confrontations.
The "mushi" are supernatural creatures that function much like wild
animals. When they interact with humans, peculiar, disturbing, and
tragic things tend to happen. The narratives function as folk tales,
as reasonably educated mushi scholars attempt to study these
interactions, and the uncertainty they foster.
Lakes glow at night. Spring flowers and hibernating creatures emerge
in the dead of winter. Young adults lose their consciousness and
become mute zombies. Resolution comes not from exorcism or capture,
but from some measure of understanding these peculiar creatures. It's
quaint. Mushi-shi doesn't seek and destroy, like Vampire Princess
Miyu; it observes and reports.
I can feel some of you nodding off. I know I did watching episodes 11
and 12. Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention, but those two stories
felt dreadfully uneventful. Things definitely picked up for me during
the next three episodes. If you aren't intrigued by the Twilight Zone-
ish pull of the bamboo baby, or the winter blossoms, you probably
won't dig this.
If you're still sedated, it's okay; there are plenty of other anime
out there for you. I'm not sure there are too many anime out there
like Mushi-shi.
Terrence Briggs, watching more Youtube anime than TV anime. Brave new
world.
Peace to you...
Brian Henderson
You're very right, Mushishi is a beautiful series, but a lot of people
are going to be bored by it because it's extremely slow-moving and...
nothing really happens through most of it. People who are into
mythology, especially asian mythology, may be interested in some of the
background information given, but for people like myself who have no
interest in it, and who really aren't watching for the eye-candy anyhow,
it got pretty old pretty fast.
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Aside from the legal YouTube posting:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A87D467327376886&search_query=mushishi
it can also be found at the Funimation website:
http://www4.funimation.com/video/?page=show&b=59
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Giovanni Wassen
> If you're still sedated, it's okay; there are plenty of other anime
> out there for you. I'm not sure there are too many anime out there
> like Mushi-shi.
I loved Mushi-shi, it slow pace was a welcome change. The manga is quite
entertaining too.
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DBBrandell
> Terrence Briggs <mrman1...@lycos.com> wrote:
>
>> If you're still sedated, it's okay; there are plenty of other anime
>> out there for you. I'm not sure there are too many anime out there
>> like Mushi-shi.
>
> I loved Mushi-shi, it slow pace was a welcome change. The manga is quite
> entertaining too.
>
Ditto for me on the anime. Some eps were more interesting than others -
some were _lots_ more interesting - but I enjoyed many more than the
ones that were just kinda there. Definitely not an action show. It
reminded me of Master Keaton, not in subject, but in pacing.
And the last disc had a nifty video 'tour' of the animation studio and
other outfits that worked on it, which I thought was a nice extra.
DBB
Ru Igarashi
> Terrence Briggs <mrman1...@lycos.com> wrote:
> > If you're still sedated, it's okay; there are plenty of other anime
> > out there for you. I'm not sure there are too many anime out there
> > like Mushi-shi.
> I loved Mushi-shi, it slow pace was a welcome change. The manga is quite
> entertaining too.
This is one of my all-time favourite anime. I particularly
liked that the mushi or the consequences of the mushi tended
to amplify specific human weaknesses, and that the stories
were like parables or fables. To that add beautiful artwork,
an intriguing but subdued soundtrack, and excellent voice
work. I highly recommend this show to fans who like a broad
range of genres.
ru
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