Greyleaf said:deg said:Greyleaf said:Jim_Heart said:And for people above who said that Mushishi is bad, please it is only because you have a shit taste lol ...
Well in today's day and age, a lot of people just don't have the attention span for something like Mushishi, so I wouldn't necessarily say they have shit taste for not liking it. It's understandable; slow, introspective and philosophical shows just don't appeal to everyone. It's not an all time favorite of mine by any means (Ginko is, though), but I can say with certainty that it's
objectively a technical masterpiece. So yeah, it's one thing to dislike it, but to claim it's bad is just pure ignorance or bias.
>it's
objectively a technical masterpiece.
are you referring to the production side of things? can you elaborate on that since i immediately think of Kyoto Animation that is far more consistent and superior on the every technical production side of things when it comes to TV anime (other than the story and its execution)
and ye like i said when it comes to episodic show i find Mushishi more boring than Cowboy Bebop and i explained it more on the other replies
When I claim that Mushishi is objectively a technical masterpiece, that's setting aside all bias and personal preference, looking specifically at what the writer and director were trying to accomplish and how well they went about executing that idea. The exposition itself conveyed exactly what it was meant to, but maintained an air of brevity; this allowed the iyashikei elements of the show, namely the art and scenery, to give the viewer time to reflect on the philosophical nature of the current story. Each episode worked as a unique study on some kind of mental illness or hardship, telling the reality of those struggles through metaphorical storytelling. I'll leave it at that for now.. I could go on for a while about this.
I used to be a film critic before I got into anime. I can tell you right now that a lot of shows I consider favorites of mine are flawed on many levels, but I recognize those flaws and can easily dismiss them in favor of the things I like (as with movies or anything else). Mushishi isn't even something I consider a favorite of mine, but I know a technical masterpiece when I see it. As I said before, it's fine to claim that it's boring. But to say it's bad is a flat out lie.