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Anime Review ~ Mushi-Shi (2005): Mystery, Life, and Adventure@papamogambo334d
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  1. Mushi Shi - Fantasy Horror Anime Review [No Spoilers]@devpress2017d

    When it comes to fantasy anime or manga, I always went for the one which had the best art. A lot of modern fantasy anime don't have classic art. And I crave for such type of the art. And the mushi shi is where you can find the classic japanese art. The type of art which is now dying in the 2020 and onwards. A lot of new kids also dont prefer this type of graphics and the old world vibe in the manga or anime.

    But I love such type of the art and I love any anime that makes use of the classic art like this. I am not going to put on any spoilers but I'll just let you know what you can expect from the series.

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    Story

    The story revolves around a guy named Ginko, who has one of his eye under patch. And that is covered in his own backstory. He moves from town to another helping people deal with various types of the safe and unsafe mushi. Basically in this universe there are some creatures named mushi who share this world with the humans.

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    Think of this as a fantasy world where the existence of creatures and the humans still exists. So expect magic, expect random creatures which are affecting the humans. And also you can expect some really good adventures that put on fantasy and horror as the series moves ahead.

    Animation Style

    I already covered this during the intro. But there is a strong reason I am rooting for this type of the art. No other art can do the justice for this type of the series unless we put it in the classic form. You will love both manga and anime version of the art. And it seems like something you would want fall into the love as well. I just loved each and every episode with different animation in it.

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    So what's not to like about this animation? It has perfect animation for various types of mushi too. That you would love for sure. In fact the audio in the animation used for those mushi also makes it even more watchable.

    Stories

    Each episode brings you a new mushi. And you would love the story in it. And exploring the back story of the ginko would make you love the story too. It seems like pretty good series for those who like different take each episode with less to go back and connect with. Compared to manga, here you get lot better graphics and each story just becomes addictive and feel like binging entire series in one go. You would love it especially if you watch through apps like Crunchyroll or Netflix as they let you binge it.

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    My only complaints here is I wish they covered more mushi and also more adventures along the way. I loved every bit of the episodes in both manga and the anime form.

    Is it worth binge watching?

    My personal preference these days is watching things slowly one day at a time. But something like mushi shi is worth binge watching. And it takes you in much different journey as you love episodes one after another. I watched it in the app. But if you can get it on bigger screen or even on PC, that would be even better experience for you.

    Who should watch? Fantasy, adventure and horror anime users should watch. I call it horror only for few episodes considering the nature of the mushi often is scary for some of the users. That is what I have experienced.

    If you like horror anime or horror manga and want to try classic horror, then Mushi Shi should be in your list.

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  2. Let's Talk About MUSHISHI Season One By Episode (Part 2/5: EPISODE 6 to 10) [MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS]@tegoshei2666d

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    After 48 years, I finally got the chance to write this. :) This post is the second part of my [MUSHISHI Review.](https://steemit.com/anime/@tegoshei/let-s-talk-about-mushishi-season-one-by-episode-part-1-5-episode-1-to-5-may-contain-spoilers) I have been a bit busy catching up with work after my birthday, so I couldn't write any post. And also, I got hooked with Black Clover, and I finished watching 70+ episodes in around 5 days during my vacant time from work. 'm actually stuck with Mushishi episode 11, because instead of watching it today *(my day off)*, I watched One Piece episodes 863-876 this afternoon. ***Ugh!*** All the *FEELS* are coming back again. Anyway, I'll talk about it in another post, for now, let's focus on Mushishi. *(lol)*
    > *[CLICK HERE to see introduction and Episodes 1-5](https://steemit.com/anime/@tegoshei/let-s-talk-about-mushishi-season-one-by-episode-part-1-5-episode-1-to-5-may-contain-spoilers)*
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    EPISODE 6: The Dew Consuming Swarm


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    In this episode, Ginko traveled to a certain island where a *"goddess"* who can heal sickness. The said island is only accessible once a month because of the tides. A boy named Nagi who served as his guide to and in the island revealed something to him.
    The so-called "goddess" was his childhood friend but was transformed into a "goddess" by her father. Nagi's mother once asked help to cure her disease, but it actually didn't have any effect. The reason why people believed that the girl is a "goddess", because she suddenly age at night, but becomes young again the next day.
    Truthfully, it was because of a "mushi". The mushi in this episode is like a parasite which affects the lifespan of its host. It matches the host's lifespan with it's own. As for this "goddess", her lifespan is just for a day... so when the mushi dies, the host also dies. However, a new mushi is born after the death of one, and so the host lives again.
    In that village, it wasn't only that girl who was infected by the mushi... there were others, but the village chief *(her father)* hid them in the other side of the island. Actually, Ginko was able to help her and the other infected villagersget rid of the mushi... however, they were too used to the synchronization of their and the mushi's lifespan so they seek to get the mushi to live inside them again.
    I think it was a crazy episode, but I wonder how those people felt. It's like when you're too used to living a fast-paced life, but suddenly the pace took a complete turn. Perhaps they felt bored or empty? I really don't know... xD

    EPISODE 7: Raindrops and Rainbows


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    Is there anyone who's up to chase rainbows? This episode was literally colorful because the mushi introduced in it resembles a rainbow. However, this rainbow mushi can take up any shape and as you may notice in the picture above, the colors are inverted.
    When I first saw the mushi in this episode, I was like... *"aww... isn't it cute? how can it possibly affect people?"* To be honest, I'm really fascinated with rainbows. For me, it's a symbol of hope and that good things would surely come no matter what you've been through. Also, I once played the role of the goddess of rainbow, "Iris" during a school activity way back in high school. I remember wearing a rainbow colored robe and rainbow wings back then. ^^
    Guess what? the effect is "rainbow obsession". Once a person touches this rainbow mushi, he or she would be so obsessed with it. They wouldn't be able to do anything else, because they always long to see the rainbow again. Also, they would have this massive urge to drink water.
    In the story, Ginko met a man who is chasing rainbows. Actually, this man wasn't infected yet, and all he wanted to do was to catch the rainbow to show it to the people in their village, especially those who bullied him because of his father. His father was so obsessed with rainbows and the people around him somehow thought of his father as crazy and it affected him as a child. Reality-wise, this kind of thing happens. Some children are being bullied or criticized by society because of their parents or family. It's sad to think about it. xD

    EPISODE 8: Where Sea Meets Man


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    This one here is among my fave episodes. The character in this episode is a man who Ginko met in a shore. People in that area find him a little strange. He was actually waiting for his wife to return after more than 2 years. The story goes like this...
    He and his wife were in the ocean on small boats. He was in one boat together with the guide, and his wife was in another small boat. The surface above the ocean suddenly covered with mist and he and his wife saw a lot of sea snakes in the water. The mist became thicker and thicker as his wife's boat sailed away further and further.
    Since then, he hasn't seen his wife. One day, he and Ginko decided to sail together because similar conditions happened like before. When the sea snake mushi showed up together with the mist, they were able to locate and see his wife. And surprisingly, the wife stayed floating aboard the boat for only three days. Upon seeing his wife, the man almost lost his way... but Ginko was there, and so he was saved. After a few days, the wife's boat arrived in the shore.
    A lot of things happened in this episode, and I really like it. I guess I'm a sucker for stories of people living in different dimension. Imagine... the man spent his time waiting for his wife for more than two years, but the wife was only waiting for her husband to save her for three days. Well, I think it's a good thing... she might have been alone in the middle of the ocean covered with mist, but she felt that it was only for three days.

    EPISODE 9: Heavy Seed


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    The story in this episode was so complicated. The setting is in a place where farmers are struggling. However, there is a certain place which experience really good harvest each year. And do you know what happens in return? Unfortunately, someone in their village dies.
    Everyone in the village are aware of it, but they didn't know how it happens except for a certain person. That person is like a chief in the village. The chief before him left him with a seed which is to be planted in the field. This seed is said to be a gift from the ancestors, that's why they were able to have a good harvest.
    In the episode, the weakest person in the village will have an extra tooth on his/her upper palate. That is actually the seed that they are going to plant. As far as I understand, that seed sucks out the life of that person, and when it's planted, it replenishes the crops, that's why they have a great harvest.
    There is more to the story than that. It was complex, yet I enjoyed watching it. Sometimes in life, we have to sacrifice something for the greater good. I think, that's exactly what happened in this episode.

    EPISODE 10: The White Which Lives Within the Ink Stone


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    As I have mentioned in my part 1, this anime is an episodic anime in which Ginko constantly travels to find and study mush, as well as to help other people. So basically, it's just Ginko plus new characters every episode.
    I was so happy when I watched this episode because Adashino-sensei was in it. I like his character because he's pretty much interested in"mushi" even if he couldn't sense them like Ginko. To be specific, he likes collecting stuff which has a relationship/connection with mushi... and one of them is the ink stone made of hardened mushi.
    One day, the kids in his village secretly went into his storage and started checking out his collections. They tried using the ink stone which was originally a mushi and was activated when they put water in it. After that, they accidentally sniffed a cloud-like mushi which came from the ink stone. Because of that incident, the kids who sneaked in and inhaled the mushi got sick. Their body temperature constantly dropped. Adashino-sensei couldn't cure them, so he asked for help from Ginko. It was another interesting and intriguing episode.
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    To be honest, I haven't watched all the episodes yet... so the next part of this blog will come after several days. I plan to continue writing about this anime. However later, I'll try to write something about another anime... :D So until then!

    That's all for this post! I hope you enjoyed reading it~! ^^ Let's keep watching anime! Baibai~! @tegoshei

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  3. Let's Talk About MUSHISHI Season One By Episode (Part 1/5: EPISODE 1 to 5) [MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS]@tegoshei2678d

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    It's time for some ANIME ~~SPOILERS...~~ *I mean..* REVIEW!!! As you may know, I review or give my thoughts on various anime as a whole. However, the anime I am watching now is kind of "episodic" and every episode doesn't have anything to do with each other, although the main character remains the same.
    The anime I want to talk about is entitled ***"MUSHISHI"***. It has 26 episodes, so I am going to do this review in five different parts. Each part would contain 5 various episodes except for the last one, which will include 6 episodes. To be honest, I just finished the 7th episode a while ago and I have another reason for blogging this.
    As I started watching the anime, I had this feeling that I would like it because it's difficult to grasp. It felt like I was watching "Hyouka". The thing is, I am kind of regretting not blogging about it when I watched it years ago. It was so good, but it was also episodic, so I have forgotten most of it. I plan to re-watch it in the coming days *(I'm missing Oreki and Chii-chan!)*. Anyway, let's start with the discussion. :)
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    What is MUSHISHI?


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    From the title itself, **Mushishi** means *Mushi Master*. The main character who we can see in all episodes is called Ginko. He is considered a *Mushishi* and is constantly traveling all around Japan to discover more about *mushi*. But, what is *mushi*?

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    These "organisms" you see in the picture above are what you call *mushi*. In the anime, they're considered as primitive lifeforms which possess supernatural powers. Most humans cannot see them, but there are some... including the main character Ginko who are capable to do so. There are different kinds of mushi and each has various effects or powers. I am yet to discover more as I watch the remaining episodes, but for now, let me share my thoughts on the first five episodes.
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    Episode 1: The Green Seat


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    In this episode, Ginko went into the forest where a certain boy named Shinra lived. He used to live there with his grandma, but unfortunately, his grandma died. Before his grandma died, she told him to stay in the forest and never leave the place.
    Shinra has a special ability. Whatever he writes/draws come into life. When I saw this for the first time, I was reminded of SAI from Naruto. His drawings also came to life which became very useful in their battle. However, for Shinra, his drawings turn into mushi.
    Ginko wanted to interview him, but Shinra doesn't really want to do so. However, the boy got interested because Ginko can see mushi. At night, Ginko saw a certain entity... he was surprised because it was half human and mushi... and guess what? It was Shinra's grandma! ^^
    It was an nice episode for me... the way his grandma became half mushi was very interesting. :) How? You may watch the anime to find out! ;)

    Episode 2: The Light In The Eyelids


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    This was a very epic episode for me. It's about a girl named Sui who experiences pain whenever she sees light, so she was kept in a very dark storage. Obviously, it was caused by a mushi.
    One boy named Biki was taking care of her. I'm not sure if hey were related, but somehow Sui was neglected by her family and was kept by Biki's family. Biki usually goes to the dark storage to give her her necessities, but Biki's mother was worried that he might acquire the same disease.
    One time, Sui was telling Biki about her condition and how there were two different eyelids one of which was the normal one, but the other shows you total darkness. Biki was genuinely worried and cares for her.
    One night after that incident, Biki suddenly experienced the same symptoms as Sui. He was reading something and there was a lit candle in front of him when he felt sudden pain in his eyes when the candle light flickered. And then, Ginko entered the scene to help Biki and Sui. *(There's a certain scene in this episode which I truly like. I was so amused to see it. Wanna know what it was? WATCH IT!)*

    Episode 3: Soft Horns


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    If the second episode has got something to do with the eyes, the third one is related to the ears. There's a certain village where during winter, a lot of people couldn't hear a sound. Majority of them couldn't hear on one ear, but there are rare cases of being deaf on both ears.
    At first, I thought it was caused by the same mushi but actually there were two different mushi affecting the villagers. Those that couldn't hear on one ear was easily treated by Ginko. On the other hand, the serious case was that of a boy who grew horns when he covered his ears. If the others couldn't hear anything on one ear, his case was very different. He hears a lot of things which are not heard by a normal person. And because of the noise, he couldn't hear what he should normally hear. His mom died of the same symptom last winter.
    *What I found interesting was that the mushi affecting the people resembles the vestibule and cochlear of our ear. It's the snail-like structure inside the human ear. :)*
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    Episode 4: The Alley Through The Pillow


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    That moment when you think that it was a prophetic dream, but ended up to be the opposite... it's plain tragic! This episode is about a man whose dreams were affected by a certain mushi. The villagers in their village feel so thankful to him for his "prophetic dreams".
    Ginko heard rumors about him and went to find him in a certain village and gave him some sort of medicine to control the frequency of his "prophetic dream". Ginko told him that he'll have more dreams in the days to come, so once the frequency increased, he should start drinking the medicine and Ginko will just come back to get him more. Overdosing isn't useful, so he should be wise at using the medicine. At first he was doubtful, but when the frequency increased, he started drinking it. However, something tragic happened and he thought it was the medicine's fault. So, he decided to stop taking the medicine, which gave birth to more tragic things.
    In a way, I enjoyed this episode... but it's kind of darker than the previous episodes. It was kind of unpredictable, and that made it more interesting to watch. Do you know where the mushi was? *Find it in the episode title!!!*
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    Episode 5: The Traveling Swamp


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    I love her green hair, but that isn't her actual hair color. It happened when she was drowning then a really huge green something enveloped her. She then woke up beside the swamp, but that swamp wasn't a normal one, it was traveling. Slowly traveling towards its end.
    It was fascinating yet alarming because it's like nature trying to kill itself. The swamp suddenly drains and appears in another place. It's like following the path of a dried river going to the sea. And it was said,once this swamp mixed in with the sea, it dies. What was more alarming was this woman with the green hair, wanted to travel with the swamp towards its end.
    She, too, had a past that was not so good to remember. She was somehow sacrificed to a water god in order to save their village. I really don't get the purpose of offering a sacrifice and how it becomes an honor for some.
    Anyway, I like how this episode ended. In this episode too, Ginko met Adashino-sensei who is a doctor and is a collector of anything related to mushi. He and the people in his village were a great help in this episode. I like the way they all helped each other when Ginko requested them to do something.
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    That's the first five episodes. In the coming days, I'll be talking about the episodes by batch. For now, I'll get back to watching. I'm still on the 8th episode. Also, I have to work until dawn today. :) So I might be sleeping the whole morning. Despite this change of schedule, I'll do my best to find time to watch and continue with this review. So, until then! :D


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    That's all for this post! I hope you enjoyed reading it~! ^^ Let's keep watching anime! Baibai~! @tegoshei

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  4. Mushi-Shi - Zwischen zwei Welten@engelchen2815d


    Mushi-shi ist ein Anime der mehr sehr beeindruckt hat. Ginko ist ein Mushi-Shi der Mushi, Wesen die zwischen den Welten lebt anzieht. Deshalb wandert er von Ort zu Ort und wendet sein Wissen an, dass er über sie gesammelt hat an. Nicht immer kann er den Menschen helfen und manch einer will seine Hilfe gar nicht.

    Mushi-Shi

    Bei dem Anime Mushi-shi handelt es sich um die Verfilmung eines Mangas der Zeichnerin Yuki Urushibara. Auf den Manga werde ich später eingehen, da ich ihn noch nicht gelesen habe. Aber er erschien 1999 bis 2008 und umfasst 1.500 Seiten. Der Anime stammt von 2006. Katsuhiro Otomt führte Regie bei einer Realverfilmung der Serie.

    Die Handlung

    Die Welt in der wir uns bewegen ist Japan zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts sehr ähnlich. Mushi sind unförmige Wesen, die weder tierisch noch pflanzlich sind. Sie bewegen sich zwischen den Welten und nicht jeder kann sie sehen. Wörtlich bedeutet der Begriff Mushi (蟲) Insekt oder Wesen. Denn um Insekten handelt es sich bei ihnen nicht wirklich.

    Die Menschen leben mit den Mushi zusammen ohne es zu merken. Dadurch können ungewollt Probleme auftauchen. Menschen, welche die Mushi sehen können, werden Mushishi genannt. Sie reisen durch die Welt und helfen den Menschen bei der Lösung ihrer Probleme mit dem Mushi.

    Der weißhaarige Ginko (ギンコ) ist einer von ihnen. Durch einen Mushi verlor er in seiner Kindheit eines seiner Augen. Auf seinen Reisen begegnet er den unterschiedlichsten Menschen und Mushis. Er versucht die Probleme zu lösen, ohne das Mushi zu Schaden kommen und vertreibt diese wenn möglich.

    Die Serie

    Die Serie umfasst insgesamt zwei Staffeln. Die erste Staffel besteht aus 26 Episoden und einem Special. Mushi-Shi - The Next Passage ist die zweite Staffel. Die zweite Staffel besteht aus 20 Folgen, einem Special und einem Film. Genaueres dazu, wie z. B. Episoden werde ich mit der Zeit ergänzen. Die Regie zum Anime führte Hiroshi Nagahama.

    Fazit

    Mushi-Shi ist eine interessante Serie. Wer sie sich ansieht darf aber nicht mit Action rechnen, denn sie ist überaus ruhig und sehr melancholisch gehalten. Das hört man bereits an den Titelliedern beider Stafeln. Es ist faszinierend auf welche Art von Mushi Ginko stößt und wie er die Probleme beseitigt. Nicht jede Folge ist jedoch von einem Happy End gezeichnet. Trotzdem lege ich diese Serie jedem ans Herz, auch wenn es sie bisher nicht in deutscher Synchronisation und nur als Import gibt. Sehr zu empfehlen!

     



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  5. Mushi-Shi - Zwischen zwei Welten@engelchen2815d


    Mushi-shi ist ein Anime der mehr sehr beeindruckt hat. Ginko ist ein Mushi-Shi der Mushi, Wesen die zwischen den Welten lebt anzieht. Deshalb wandert er von Ort zu Ort und wendet sein Wissen an, dass er über sie gesammelt hat an. Nicht immer kann er den Menschen helfen und manch einer will seine Hilfe gar nicht.

    Mushi-shi

    Bei dem Anime Mushi-shi handelt es sich um die Verfilmung eines Mangas der Zeichnerin Yuki Urushibara. Auf den Manga werde ich später eingehen, da ich ihn noch nicht gelesen habe. Aber er erschien 1999 bis 2008 und umfasst 1.500 Seiten. Der Anime stammt von 2006. Katsuhiro Otomt führte Regie bei einer Realverfilmung der Serie.

    Die Handlung

    Die Welt in der wir uns bewegen ist Japan zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts sehr ähnlich. Mushi sind unförmige Wesen, die weder tierisch noch pflanzlich sind. Sie bewegen sich zwischen den Welten und nicht jeder kann sie sehen. Wörtlich bedeutet der Begriff Mushi (蟲) Insekt oder Wesen. Denn um Insekten handelt es sich bei ihnen nicht wirklich.

    Die Menschen leben mit den Mushi zusammen ohne es zu merken. Dadurch können ungewollt Probleme auftauchen. Menschen, welche die Mushi sehen können, werden Mushishi genannt. Sie reisen durch die Welt und helfen den Menschen bei der Lösung ihrer Probleme mit dem Mushi.

    Der weißhaarige Ginko (ギンコ) ist einer von ihnen. Durch einen Mushi verlor er in seiner Kindheit eines seiner Augen. Auf seinen Reisen begegnet er den unterschiedlichsten Menschen und Mushis. Er versucht die Probleme zu lösen, ohne das Mushi zu Schaden kommen und vertreibt diese wenn möglich.

    Die Serie

    Die Serie umfasst insgesamt zwei Staffeln. Die erste Staffel besteht aus 26 Episoden und einem Special. Mushi-Shi - The Next Passage ist die zweite Staffel. Die zweite Staffel besteht aus 20 Folgen, einem Special und einem Film. Genaueres dazu, wie z. B. Episoden werde ich mit der Zeit ergänzen. Die Regie zum Anime führte Hiroshi Nagahama.

    Fazit

    Mushi-Shi ist eine interessante Serie. Wer sie sich ansieht darf aber nicht mit Action rechnen, denn sie ist überaus ruhig und sehr melancholisch gehalten. Das hört man bereits an den Titelliedern beider Stafeln. Es ist faszinierend auf welche Art von Mushi Ginko stößt und wie er die Probleme beseitigt. Nicht jede Folge ist jedoch von einem Happy End gezeichnet. Trotzdem lege ich diese Serie jedem ans Herz, auch wenn es sie bisher nicht in deutscher Synchronisation und nur als Import gibt. Sehr zu empfehlen!

     



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  6. #ANIMETECA# - Mushishi (2005)@flaviusbusck2823d

    Um anime contemplativo sobre natureza, espíritos e humanos.

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    Direção: Hiroshi Nagahama | Gênero: Drama, Fantasia Ano: 2005-06 | Nota no IMDB: 8,4/10 |**Episódios:**26

    ESSE TEXTO CONTÉM ALGUMAS INFORMAÇÕES QUE PODEM SER INTERPRETADAS COMO SPOILERS (apesar de eu ter evitado colocar as partes vitais da trama)

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    Baseado no mangá homônimo dirigido e ilustrado por Yuki Urushibara, esse delicado anime conta a vida de Ginko, um mushishi. Para entender o anime, é preciso entender o que é um mushishi e, antes disso, o que é um mushi. As criaturas conhecidas como mushi são formas primitivas de vida. Se pensarmos que há uma espécie de energia vital que dá origem a todas as formas de vida, sempre avançando em grau de complexidade ou de desprendimento dessa energia primeira, nós teríamos os humanos num ponto extremo de individuação e os mushi num grau primordial de proximidade com essa força vital. Assim, os mushi estariam localizados num estrato anterior ao dos insetos, plantas e fungos, num nível etéreo que seria visível apenas a humanos com uma sensibilidade especial para essas formas de vida mais sutis. Esses humanos com uma visão mais penetrante seriam treinados na arte de manipular os mushi, sendo chamados, assim, de mushishi, nome que marca a série. Ginko, o protagonista, é um desses mushishi.

    O anime consiste em acompanhar a trajetória de Ginko, que é seu único personagem fixo. A série tem um quê de sobrenatural, mesmo não contando com o elemento terror. Quem assiste séries como Arquivo X está acostumado com a divisão entre episódios chamados “Monster of the Week” e “Mythos”. Os episódios da primeira categoria, a dos monstros semanais, são episódios menos relacionados à trama principal; episódios em que os protagonistas vão investigar algum caso sobrenatural que fica restrito àquele episódio, não influenciando na trama geral da série. Episódios dos mythos seriam aqueles que fazem parte da trama principal, daquela que dá um sentido maior à série e se desenvolve lentamente. No Arquivo X, tomado como exemplo, isso é bem comum. Em Mushishi, temos algo parecido. Quase todo episódio consiste em Ginko chegando numa nova cidade para solucionar algum problema envolvendo os mushi que as pessoas normais não conseguem ver. São poucos os episódios que desvendam algo da vida pregressa do protagonista.

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    É interessante falar em que tipo de problemas os mushi podem trazer. Esses seres espirituais podem vir nas mais diferentes formas. Muitos parecem apenas energias luminosas, mas eles podem ser dos tipos mais diversos, com alguns casos onde conseguem desenvolver até consciência e forma humana (episódio 21). Há mushi que se alimenta de memórias, de sons, de luz e outras coisas impensáveis em termos biológicos comuns. Para dar um exemplo, um tipo específico de mushi pode se instalar no ouvido de um hospedeiro humano (que nem o percebe) e começar a se alimentar do som que entra ali. O trabalho de um mushishi, portanto, é como o de um médico andarilho, indo de vilarejo em vilarejo desvendando esses casos que muitas vezes são vistos como maldições ou eventos sobrenaturais. Não seria justo dizer que esses eventos são sobrenaturais, mas sim parte de uma natureza mais sutil que poucos conseguem perceber. Nesse sentido, pode-se dizer que Mushishi tem um aspecto ambientalista; Ginko repete várias vezes que os mushi não são ruins ou bons; eles têm a própria natureza e a própria forma de agir, de forma que não podem ser julgados, mas que eles têm seu lugar na roda da existência operante no todo natural. A obra de um mushishi reside justamente em corrigir as anomalias que ferem o equilíbrio entre os mushi e os demais seres.

    A série se passa num período imaginário entre o período Edo e Meiji, em um Japão predominantemente rural e sem influências estrangeiras. Nesse universo bucólico, Ginko viaja solitário, nunca criando raízes em algum lugar. Além de sempre ser requisitado em diferentes vilas para ajudar a população com seu conhecimento e habilidade, ele é impedido de ficar muito tempo em um único lugar, pois, sendo um mushishi, ele atrai a presença de mushi, o que é perigoso. Ginko sempre está fumando, pois o seu fumo afasta a presença dos mushi que ele naturalmente atrai. A série segue acompanhando suas aventuras, mas sem focar numa estória que vai se desenvolvendo por todo um arco narrativo; os episódios podem ser vistos separados, pois não são ligados uns aos outros. Suas aventuras costumam ser únicas, deslocadas das demais.

    Animado pela Artland e dirigido por Hiroshi Nagahama, Mushishi ganhou vários prêmios e se tornou um anime de qualidade reconhecida mundialmente. Uma segunda série de anime de Mushishi nomeada Mushishi: Zoku-Shō foi transmitida em 2014. Além disso, há dois especiais, um filme de anime e um live-action.

    Mushishi é um anime excelente, produzido como arte. Recomendo-o especialmente para aqueles que têm um interesse especial em coisas como natureza, espiritualidade e o lado contemplativo da vida.

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    O fato de o anime não propor uma trama cheia de reviravoltas e com o apelo sequencial para prender o telespectador pode parecer desanimador, mas a verdade é que isso não é obstáculo algum para a série. Diria que Mushishi é um anime contemplativo. A ação e a velocidade estão longe de sua proposta. Nisso, ele parece mais condizente com a vida de Ginko e sua personalidade do que seria um anime com bastante ação e oscilações de som e animação. Tudo é leve e de passo lento, o que tem a ver com a própria estória. Em muitos casos, Ginko chega numa vila, ajuda em algo e volta apenas meses depois para verificar o andamento da situação. Isso se passa em um único episódio, ficando subentendido que, no tempo que esteve fora daquele vilarejo e que não foi mostrado no episódio, ele poderia estar engajado na estória de algum outro episódio. Então, tal como em casos médicos comuns, a evolução das situações que envolvem algum mushi também é lenta. Tudo no anime transcorre com muita serenidade.

    Ainda dentro desse aspecto da calmaria que reina em Mushishi, o traço conservado no anime, a trilha sonora e o andamento da animação correspondem perfeitamente com isso. Ginko não entra em luta corporal contra os outros, mas está sempre conversando e ponderando como poderia resolver situação ou outra. Nesse ponto, o anime é bem realista, pois é assim que provavelmente seria a sua ocupação de verdade caso existisse. Em quesito de traço, impera uma leveza absoluta. A opção por cores mais claras, serenas e não muito saturadas foi oportuna, pois assenta bem com o espírito da série. A imagem mais forte que me ficou evidente como seu “espírito” foi a de florestas úmidas e dias nublados perto das montanhas, com o silêncio vivo da natureza em harmonia com o burburinho das ocupações bucólicas dos habitantes. Na parte de sonoplastia, nunca há nada exagerado ou que excite muito os sentidos; os episódios são marcados pelo som de um piano minimalista e calmo e pelo som de sinos, escolhas justificadas pela contextualização de todo esse ambiente que evoquei. É um Japão idílico, místico e perene; a alma cultural rural que vive na memória dos seus habitantes e persiste como uma espécie de paraíso de natureza encantada, viva e cheia de alma.

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