Mushishi Zoku Shou Episode 1 Review: The Old Mushishi Remains Alive And Well - Expect Many Fulfilled Promises This Spring Season!

 

Introduction: Mushishi Kicks it off With a Decent Start and Well-Focused Goal in Mind

The second season of Mushishi begins with a relaxing episode about a sake brewer who discovers the existence of Mushi. This is a reasonable story to tell as a first episode since it will ease those who haven't seen the first season into the fantasy world of Mushi. Of course, it also serves as an overview of the world of Mushi for those who have forgotten the basics. After all, it's been about 10 years since the original animated adaption. Therefore, the first episode or Mushishi Zoku Shou this season has succeeded serving its purpose and function; although it has done this in other ways as well, as explained below.

Commencing the Mushishi Zoku Shou Project

Mushishi has been one of favorite anime series since my early days of getting into Japanese animation. I'm excited to see the upcoming second season (sequel) of the show and will begin a project dedicated to it.

I'm unsure what kind of articles I will be writing, but given the nature of the first season, they will most likely be articles written with the aim of analyzing the fantasy elements in ways that would make connecting the themes of the story to the real world much easier.

I've had more time to watch anime recently, so I will most likely not drop or put this project on hold like I had with the Psycho-Pass project.

The series will begin airing from 04/05/14, so expect my articles then!

Critically Analyzing Kill La Kill: Trigger Lost Its Way - A Poorly Written Story (V.2)

Introduction

By the end of the final episode of Kill la Kill (directed by Imaishi Hiroyuki / written by Nakashima Kazuki) on 03/27/14, Trigger had lost its way. The series had a fantastic start and promised a great ending, but the promises revealed themselves to be empty by the time the second half of the season came around, notably with the introduction of Nui in the middle point of the series. Nui was NOT the sole cause of the series' downfall; She simply serves (in this article) as a marker indicating the plot's demise. This article will explain how and why Trigger had lost its way some time during the process of writing the Kill la Kill story, which mainly stems from the rushed nature of the plot's structure. 

Psycho-Pass Episode 5 Analysis

Plot Summary:

The MWPSB discover that Spooky Boogie became victim to the same hijacker that took over Talisman. After Shion discovers another similar case in another CommuField, Shinya analyzes the data of all three CommuFields together, (Talisman, Spooky Boogie, and Rainy Blue), and identifies the culprit, who was an active fan of all three "idols". The MWPSB then proceeds to eliminate the hijacker. Although the hijacker's intentions for committing his crimes are revealed, the intentions of the puppet master, Makishima, remain hidden.

Commencing the Psycho-Pass Project

I'm going to put a pause on the Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Project to begin writing about a new anime of this Fall season, Psycho-Pass. And so, I shall commence the Psycho-Pass Project.

Unlike my first project, I'm going to write my own analyses on each episode, beginning with episode 5, since I'm going to start on 11/09/12, (the air-date for the fifth episode). I will probably write extra articles at the end of the series in order to dive deeper into the messages of the anime as a whole.

Like Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, Psycho-Pass is another anime written by Urobuchi Gen. With that said, there is no doubt that this anime is not only worth watching, but definitely worth thinking about and analyzing! So please, enjoy my analyses and feel free to comment if you wish!