Mushi-Shi: Starter Set
by Hiroshi Nagahama
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Actor: Kôjun Itô, Kenny Green, Randy Tallman, Travis Willingham, Yûto NakanoDirector: Hiroshi Nagahama
Brand: Funimation
Cinematographer: Yuki Hama
Editor: Masahiro Matsumura
Producer: Hiroyuki Ooizumi
Producer: Shin Hieda
Producer: Yoshiaki Tamura
Writer: Aki Itami
Writer: Yuka Yamada
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-31
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Funimation Prod
DVD Reviews of Mushi-Shi: Starter Set
DVD Review: it's like watching zen koans
Summary: 5 Stars
this is a review of the whole series, presently. eventually i may modify & send this over to the series collection reviews (collection to be released soon) and write individual disc reviews, but i feel inspired to at least lay my praises for this series and get something out for now.
this is a fantastic series that just needs more attention.
it has the most luscious and beautiful set art that really creates a sense of tranquility, and really represents nature so beautifully.
the story is that of traveling mushi-shi/ master ginko (a name he acquired as a child, told later in the series, that gives origins to the loss of an eye as well), and the stories that surround his encounters with myriad mushi alter lives of humans they come in contact with.
most mushi-masters tend to just eliminate the mushi that they encounter that create harm, ginko strives for balance and harmony and tries to preserve the life of human and mushi. mushi are not necessarily good or bad, but "they are life in its purest form" (as iterated in the series, and on the DVDs descriptions), hence, also something not to be taken lightly.
the characters are developed as much as you can with few recurring characters (and those minor ones), but they are truly a wide range of peoples, and many are sympathetic and tragic, enviable... very compelling and very well done.
there is some amount of suspense (don't take this to mean action, because if that is a prerequisite for you, go elsewhere) in this slice'o'life meta-fantasy series with spiritual overtones that resonate a quality like a zen koan - short and beautiful, but not always sweet. the episodes have endings of every sort- happy, sad, pensive, ambivalent, etc. c'est la vie.
the placement is a vaguely almost-our world with few things to indicate a specific time period; although vague, it all really works for it, rather than hindering it. the stories are quite engrossing, and many times i did not want to leave the particular set (area, story line, characters) at the end of the episode. of course this adds up to replay value....i have hundreds of anime series, many never finished, and at very least may never be watched again if completed, yet this is one of the few i know i will return to, probably many times over the course of the rest of my life.
nonetheless, the only minor quibble i have is that i wish that not all of the stories would be so neatly wrapped up in one episodes (though there is a little continuity throughout). not that i want the formulaic cliff-hanger "OMG they can't end that there" ad nauseum, but a few of these stories would have been very beautiful to carry thru 2-3 episodes.
i know from the extra features interviews& chats that the creators of the show were trying to completely capture the manga without deviation-- of this i cannot comment as i have yet to read it. however, i do know that they have achieved an extemely well executed series with a beautiful mood, and everythig meshes so well together, truly a multi-media masterpiece. the music (which is fantAstic) does not even consist of one set closing song, as different episodes end quite in different moods, which goes to show how much panache and dedication the creators had in this. of course, you get the idea that they exalt the manga, and set out only to carry it in to another medium and breathe life into the transplant...what am i waiting for, i guess i better go get the manga asap.
also each dvd comes with a decent insert with character sketches and notes highlighted from each episode, as well as a couple art cards (from a limited set of 8, tho of course these are inserted randomly, and over the 6 dvds i have many copies of the same cards, and am without a few of the others)
captivating, exquisite, luscious... my blathering verbosity does it no justice. this is one of the best of, not just anime, but series/movies i have ever watched.
MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ANYONE LOOKING FOR A BEAUTIFUL, ENJOYABLE, MATURE WORK OF ART.
buy it, watch it, fall in love
Description of Mushi-Shi: Starter Set
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