mushishi

best anime series ever?

worth watching for a grown-up half-assed escapist? id love to have some good anime ... after watching all there is of GITS, death note and cowboy bebop

it's in its own league. trust me. don't expect any action though. watch the first 3 or 4 episodes and tell me what you think.

nice man. read up on imdb and it seems proper legit bra

one advice though - one episode at a time. i never watch more than one a day.

hmm... i have been doing director-fucused dvd nights with miike, lynch, solondz etc, what could possibly haPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

I remember seeing about 7 or 8 episodes of it and quite liking it but I struggle to enjoy shows that don't follow one continuous story line... you know, episode by episode shows kinda bore me usually. Especially if every episode is pretty much the same sorta thing. But then I also get frustrated with TV shows that go on for too long without anything getting resolved (like the big hit anime, Dragonball, Naruto, Bleach etc... but those I made as light entertainment for kids so what can I expect...)

This is why I usually prefer to watch movies.

I still go back to my favourites: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Paranoia Agent, and to a slightly lesser extent, Kaiba and Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Those shows all struck a really good balance of one continuing story line and episode by episode stories (although Utena was verging on being a bit long winded and repeatitive).

I didn't mind that it's episodic. It's all very gentle, relaxed, nicely paced... A story would just push towards some climax or change. But I just wanted to be immersed in the Mushishi world. Like kokoon said, very different from conventional anime. Definitely one of my favourites.

I'm thinking of watching it again now.

better : http://www.amazon.com/Kinos-Journey-Artist-Not-Provided/dp/B001N2WJ1C/

what ego said. also, the english dubbing is surprisinlgy good!

kino no tabi

Kino No Tabi is fantastic indeed! Thanks for the recommendation.

Really? I watched some of it. It was good, but I definitely wouldn't say that it's the best ever.

  On 2/1/2011 at 3:04 PM, logboy said:

better : http://www.amazon.com/Kinos-Journey-Artist-Not-Provided/dp/B001N2WJ1C/

Agreed. Kino's Journey is incredible.

I watched Mushishi a few years back (also talked to kokoon about it, but kinda wasn't the right time I guess) and loved it. The most beautiful anime experience in my life.

Also, I loved the non-action thing, made me realize how tired I am of constant action everywhere.

also surprisingly substantial is shigurui. http://www.amazon.com/Shigurui-Frenzy-Complete-Classic-Blu-ray/dp/B0049TC8A8/

still definitely stuck in the logic of an anime-only world, but quite like a variation on classic samurai movies, in a sense.

personally, i was interested in anime in my late teens. over the last ten years (now 37...) i've kept an eye in and most really good stuff has been films (mind game, tekkon kinkreet, paprika, tokyo godfathers, summer days with coo)

with few really good series that suit anything beyond fairly simple requirements and colorful flash visuals.

GITS : SAC is my favourite series though.

ergo proxy

5 Centimeters per Second

Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo

Eve no Jikan

mononoke (not miyazaki's)

Saraiya Goyou

  On 2/1/2011 at 9:51 AM, Springymajig said:

I remember seeing about 7 or 8 episodes of it and quite liking it but I struggle to enjoy shows that don't follow one continuous story line... you know, episode by episode shows kinda bore me usually. Especially if every episode is pretty much the same sorta thing. But then I also get frustrated with TV shows that go on for too long without anything getting resolved (like the big hit anime, Dragonball, Naruto, Bleach etc... but those I made as light entertainment for kids so what can I expect...)

 

This is why I usually prefer to watch movies.

 

I still go back to my favourites: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Paranoia Agent, and to a slightly lesser extent, Kaiba and Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Exactly, I've seen the first 4 four episodes of Mushishi and like the premise and idea of mushi and all. I'm just not a fan at all of the episode structure. Having a new mushi situation that is resolved within the timespace of each episode without a continuing plot is just not good enough. I had the same trouble with Full Metal Alchemist and a few others that were based on self contained episodes.

I need the ongoing storyline, which is why I really like Paranoia Agent, it's perfectly done.

By the way if you liked that you might like Serial Experiments Lain, not as good as PA, but a delightfully weird and ongoing story nonetheless.

Also looking forward to Neon Genesis Evangelion, heard so much good stuff about that show.

  On 2/4/2011 at 8:38 PM, AJW said:

  On 2/1/2011 at 9:51 AM, Springymajig said:

I remember seeing about 7 or 8 episodes of it and quite liking it but I struggle to enjoy shows that don't follow one continuous story line... you know, episode by episode shows kinda bore me usually. Especially if every episode is pretty much the same sorta thing. But then I also get frustrated with TV shows that go on for too long without anything getting resolved (like the big hit anime, Dragonball, Naruto, Bleach etc... but those I made as light entertainment for kids so what can I expect...)

 

This is why I usually prefer to watch movies.

 

I still go back to my favourites: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Paranoia Agent, and to a slightly lesser extent, Kaiba and Revolutionary Girl Utena.

 

Exactly, I've seen the first 4 four episodes of Mushishi and like the premise and idea of mushi and all. I'm just not a fan at all of the episode structure. Having a new mushi situation that is resolved within the timespace of each episode without a continuing plot is just not good enough. I had the same trouble with Full Metal Alchemist and a few others that were based on self contained episodes.

 

I need the ongoing storyline, which is why I really like Paranoia Agent, it's perfectly done.

 

By the way if you liked that you might like Serial Experiments Lain, not as good as PA, but a delightfully weird and ongoing story nonetheless.

 

Also looking forward to Neon Genesis Evangelion, heard so much good stuff about that show.

Actually I thought Full Metal Alchemist had a pretty good continuing storyline for the first half of the show, the last two seasons were pretty lame though.

Lain was alright, I could never watch it more than once though.

Evangelion is FAR from perfect but it's just so incredibly watchable and boy is it powerful stuff. It lulls you into a false sense of security with it's pretty girls and fancy mechanical designs, then drops you into a pit of despair when you least expect it. Don't expect it to be well crafted, as much as... unique and moving.

Mushishi is fucking beautiful, anyone mention that yet?

This thread only tried to be about mushishi, it failed though.

Recently got watching this series thanks to this thread - it's really something, thanks. Was thinking about making an anime recommendations thread after recently watching the entirety of Outlaw Star so this came out a great time.

ep 06: Eating magical flowers that resemble "morning glory plants" and thus becoming God for a day ...

yep that one's among my favorites

Mushishi has been in my netflix instant queue for a min .

It looks really good .

Bumping this old topic. Watching Mushi-Shi right now, it's pretty good. It started to get boring for a couple episodes but is picking up now; just finished episode 12 about his past, very sad episode. The whole series is pretty dark.