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beccastareyesWell, now that I'm back to Ithaca, let us continue the discussion of anime!
Day 23 - Anime you think had the best, or most intriguing art: Mushishi
The overall tone of Mushishi is one of the natural world. Basically, Ginko (the silver-haired one-eyed fellow there) is a mushishi (or mushi master), able to see the spirit-like creatures called mushi that are the most primitive form of life. Because his own presence attracts mushi, which can be a nuisance, he travels around Japan helping to ease things when mushi trouble humans (or vice versa). The clear thing about the mushi is that they aren't good or evil -- they just are, and, like any animal or plant, can be good or ill.
The art is beautiful, both in showing the wilds and villages of Japan, and in the mushi themselves. While some episodes can be creepy* and some are a bit depressing, they all are pretty.
* One of the first episodes involves a girl who has mushi living in her eyes, so darkness pours out of them when she opens them. If you have any major gross-out squicks, it's always good to check an episode guide. The vast majority of episodes stand alone, and even the ones that shed light on Ginko's backstory aren't really needed.
Previous Days
Day 1 - Very first anime: Speed Racer; Sailor Moon, Ranma 1/2
Day 2 - Favorite TV series: Slayers
Day 3 -Your anime crush: Thoughts on anime adaptions
Day 4 - Favorite Film: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds
Day 5 - Anime character you feel you are most like (or wish you were): Mizuno Ami, Sailor Moon
Day 6 - Most annoying anime character: Louise, Familiar of Zero
Day 7 - Character you’d most like to slap: Miaka & Tamahome, Fushigi Yuugi
Day 8 - Most epic scene ever: Climax, Princess Mononoke
Day 9 - Saddest anime scene: Climax of final episode of Kino's Journey
Day 10 - Favorite slice of life anime: Here is Greenwood
Day 11 - Favorite mech series: Vision of Escaflowne
Day 12 - Best installment of a franchise you don’t like: Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-oh-ki
Day 13 - Worst installment of a franchise you do like: Slayers: Hourglass of Falces
Day 14 - Current (or most recent) anime wallpaper: Sylphiel
Day 15 - A reality check for a genre you like: Eureka SeveN
Day 16 - An anime classic that simply doesn’t work for you: Akira
Day 17 - Best Background Music: .hack//SIGN
Day 18 - Best Five-team: cast of Digimon Adventure 02
Day 19 - Change you’d like to make to any one anime: Fix the pacing problems in Crest of the Stars.
Day 20 - Most ambiguous anime character: Anthy, Revolutionary Girl Utena
Day 21 – Favourite OAV Series: Elf Princess Raine!
Day 22 -Animation studio you'd most like to slap: Thoughts on sequels
Day 23 - Anime you think had the best, or most intriguing art: Mushishi
The overall tone of Mushishi is one of the natural world. Basically, Ginko (the silver-haired one-eyed fellow there) is a mushishi (or mushi master), able to see the spirit-like creatures called mushi that are the most primitive form of life. Because his own presence attracts mushi, which can be a nuisance, he travels around Japan helping to ease things when mushi trouble humans (or vice versa). The clear thing about the mushi is that they aren't good or evil -- they just are, and, like any animal or plant, can be good or ill.
The art is beautiful, both in showing the wilds and villages of Japan, and in the mushi themselves. While some episodes can be creepy* and some are a bit depressing, they all are pretty.
* One of the first episodes involves a girl who has mushi living in her eyes, so darkness pours out of them when she opens them. If you have any major gross-out squicks, it's always good to check an episode guide. The vast majority of episodes stand alone, and even the ones that shed light on Ginko's backstory aren't really needed.
Previous Days
Day 1 - Very first anime: Speed Racer; Sailor Moon, Ranma 1/2
Day 2 - Favorite TV series: Slayers
Day 3 -
Day 4 - Favorite Film: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds
Day 5 - Anime character you feel you are most like (or wish you were): Mizuno Ami, Sailor Moon
Day 6 - Most annoying anime character: Louise, Familiar of Zero
Day 7 - Character you’d most like to slap: Miaka & Tamahome, Fushigi Yuugi
Day 8 - Most epic scene ever: Climax, Princess Mononoke
Day 9 - Saddest anime scene: Climax of final episode of Kino's Journey
Day 10 - Favorite slice of life anime: Here is Greenwood
Day 11 - Favorite mech series: Vision of Escaflowne
Day 12 - Best installment of a franchise you don’t like: Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-oh-ki
Day 13 - Worst installment of a franchise you do like: Slayers: Hourglass of Falces
Day 14 - Current (or most recent) anime wallpaper: Sylphiel
Day 15 - A reality check for a genre you like: Eureka SeveN
Day 16 - An anime classic that simply doesn’t work for you: Akira
Day 17 - Best Background Music: .hack//SIGN
Day 18 - Best Five-team: cast of Digimon Adventure 02
Day 19 - Change you’d like to make to any one anime: Fix the pacing problems in Crest of the Stars.
Day 20 - Most ambiguous anime character: Anthy, Revolutionary Girl Utena
Day 21 – Favourite OAV Series: Elf Princess Raine!
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