EmilyFalcon's Horrible Horrible Video Blog 5: Review of MushiShi

Today I review one of my favorite (if not the number one on my list) anime and manga series of all time: MushiShi, created by the very talented (and female!) Yuki Urushibara.
Composed with great care, beautiful artwork (watercolors and fantastical environments), unique and enthralling storylines, and an amazingly creative main character, MushiShi definitely deserves more attention than it's getting.
Though it won the Kodansha Manga of the Year Award in Japan, as well as an entire anime series (which is just as good as the books, though with less substance), it deserves to be introduced to a wider degree of audiences in America.
So sit back and watch as I tell you all about it!


Disclaimer: I do not own any of the music in this video. If you wish to own it for yourself, go buy the anime soundtrack or Ally Kerr's album and listen to the gorgeous music in your own home! Also, go buy the MushiShi manga and DVD series! All of these are well worth it! :)



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[Uplus2026]

Youve hit the nail on the head there, Couldent agree more! ummm, you might want to try using a noise removing tool for your audio, really helps me a bunch with my videos!

[EmilyFalcon]

@Uplus2026 Yeah, I tried using the iMovie noise filters but they don't really do the trick. I'm still working on it though. ^^; Thanks!

[EmilyFalcon]

@Uplus2026 Yeah, I tried using the iMovie noise filters but they don't really do the trick. I'm still working on it though. ^^; Thanks!

[SpookyYuki]

I am sorry, what did you say at 0:39 , She is a female ______ artist?

PLZ and Thank you!

PS. I love the art work also she is amazing at her art!

[EmilyFalcon]

@SpookyYuki She's a female "sequential" artist, which basically means she just makes comics. At the time I made this video it was hard to find as many award-winning female artists in the manga industry as males, but now they're becoming more prominent.

[deepskyblue]

Excellent review. I'm in the process of reading the manga volumes, and I absolutely love her use of lines in the artwork. I am slightly miffed that I heard the last three volumes of Mushishi will be packed into an omnibus. I want to buy those separately, not in a oversized omnibus that will most likely ruin or scrap the wonderful color covers of those volumes. =(

[EmilyFalcon]

@deepskyblue Thank you! And believe me, I share in your frustration! Fortunately, I went to Japan and bought the WHOLE SERIES in its original format, and it is GORGEOUS. The colours are fabulous on the watercoloured pages. Even if I can't read it, it was so worth the purchase.

[KrissPlay2]

Loved the review, suprised there aren't more views on this >_>

^_^

[jubailblast]

I don't care if the author is male or female, Mushishi is one of the best Manga/Anime I have ever read/watched!!

I highly recommend it to anyone with good taste who wants to experience something of a high class, unlike most fan-service filled shows of today. The pacing however won't be appreciated by younger viewers.

[EmilyFalcon]

@jubailblast Yeah I saw that when I went over there to Tokyo in the Winter. I only wish I could read Japanese. *sob*

[jubailblast]

@EmilyFalcon

Well, Yuki is working on a new Manga called "Waters" and 3 chapters are already out since November of 2009. A second season of Mushishi would be awesome, but I think we should check out her new project. Judging by the initial looks of things, it follows the same art style and subtle pace.

[EmilyFalcon]

@jubailblast Agreed. It's like a completely new genre of show. True, the pacing is very strange, but the nature of the anime itself is strange. The self-contained episodes make it somewhat difficult to have any sort of overarching pace anyway.

I'm just upset they didn't continue the show. I've heard rumors of a second season (there are several more volumes of the manga out than the anime covers), but that's unconfirmed.