![]() The animation quality is fine, staying fairly minimal, emphasizing each individual moment on screen, and when it comes to the forefront, it creates a moving centerpiece of beauty. Each frame is filled with just enough detail to keep the eye wandering, even when using simple background shots to set the atmosphere of the story. The art direction supplements this by maintaining a beautiful, earthy, often realistic style, sticking to natural browns, greens, and blues, creating a sense of life-like vitality, sometimes dipping into other colors for the more supernatural scenes. It is gorgeous, smartly written and directed, both naturalistic and mystical, and is the perfect backbone to the entire series. Even as Ginko guides the viewer through the show, each of the surrounding characters are portrayed subtly and complexly, making for haunting moments that stick to the viewer long after the credits are finished. The stories are mostly self-contained tales, with breathtaking writing that can leave the viewer scared, heart-warmed, intrigued, heartbroken, or entranced by turns. However, it does not feel like a typical “mystery of the day show”, instead preferring a natural, flowing storytelling style, submerging the viewer in its beautiful, ethereal atmosphere. At its core, the story centers around Ginko, as he travels from place to place in a some-what historical Japan solving mushi-related mysteries. With the sequel series airing again with new episodes this October, 9 years after its first release, it seems right to look back at its progenitor.ĭescribing Mushsishi is difficult, mainly because there is no other anime exactly like it. The story follows Ginko, a mushi-shi, throughout his travels, solving mushi-related problems and occurrences along the way. Those with the ability to see mushi are few and far between, and even fewer people investigate them, leaving little known. Mushi – strange primordial life-forms, existing between the supernatural and the natural. Original series aired from 2005-06, the sequel series (Zoku-sho) aired in spring 2014 and is continuing on October 19 Animated by Artland Inc., based on the manga by Yuki Urushibara (1999-2008)
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