I'm here to give you a piece of me on this anime, hoping that you would understand it more than just the synopsis alone. Please be aware that I'm writing the review after such long period of time, i had already forgotten some parts of it. I apologize if some parts aren't really clear.
-= There are some spoilers included below=-
For those who didn't know, this anime is an adaptation of its light novel counterpart. Which the entire series consisted of 11 volume + ongoing, and 8 volume of side story (Mushi Uta Bug).
Well, this anime was fairly interesting to me at first. It didn't stood out very much in terms of art and sound compare to other animes that were released during the time. But ya, i loved it. After seeing a bit of the storyline itself and how it toss these characters mercilessly, it totally hooked me up. I really liked the theories/set up of (Mushi) as well, where as these teenagers have to pay a portion of their dream for the cost of the (Mushi)'s power, which supported the basic trade-off of power.
Now lets get onto what the anime has to offer us:
-Story-
i gave a 8.
The story itself wasn't bad. It followed almost 75% of the it's first volume light novel. It did include some useless/extra information that wasn't suppose be there. Things like the camera girl, who is Rina's friend and later became a mushitsuki? She was suppose to be a character from the 7th volume. And as for those people who came and hunt the girl down, "C" and that blonde hair cutie, they weren't suppose to come out as well. There were too many unnecessary things that they added in for the plot twist. Oh, they also took out many things that were important too, things like the conversation between Daisuke and his boss which would later connect to the 2nd volume.
Well, that was how i felt after reading the light novel. They could've done a better job on the anime if they followed the light novel's setting. But even so, it still did show a lot of its good point in a way.
-Art-
i gave a 8.
The art could've been better. They were kind of cheating on drawing the (Mushi) as well. For example, when those goggled people appeared in the park to ambush (Ladybird) and summoned their (Mushi)s, they all freaking look the same to me. Which was against the rule of Mushi uta, stating that each host has only one and only type of (Mushi). So if i have a dragonfly, you cant have the same dragonfly like me.
However, i do like a few of their (Mushi) design. Like Kakkou's, Centi's, Kabuto, and MinMin's. I didn't like Rina's, because it looks ugly for some reason. Same goes for Shiika.
As for character design, they were not bad but more detail would be nice. I really liked Shiika's smile, shes so cute. And one thing i disliked, is Kakkou's hair style, it looked fugly. Oh, i almost forgot the maturation stage. The way they drew for maturation was weird and ... don't look as good as the novel one.Those didn't even look like (Mushi) at all, merely aliens if you ask me.
-Sound-
i gave a 8.
The opening sound was okay, i wouldnt mind listening to it every ep. The ending song was another story thought, really emotional and sad, totally fit the theme of mushi uta. As for those background music and all that, since i watched the series during 2007. i cant really remember how it was, but i think they were okay.
-Character-
i gave a 9.
The voice acting of each character were great. Totally loved shiika's timid voice, i forgot who acted her role but ya. Not much to pick about regarding to the voice acting part.
Almost all of the characters were acting directly from the light novel, so i guess it was okay.
-Enjoyment-
i gave a 9.
Really enjoyed the series from the start to end. After reading the light novel counterpart, I fell more madly in love with the series. The light novel provided a lot of the details that the anime missed while the anime provided a lot of the scene that words cant describe.
-Overall-
i gave a 9.
it was great, but could've been better if they followed the light novel setting and exclude some of the unnecessary things.
Extra information: Don't really expect they would do a 2nd season, since at the ending of ep 12. they gave it all away. By that i mean, the girl who came to visit Haji was his sister which was not suppose to meet him until the 2nd volume.
And this is extra for those who would love to read the light novel. Currently, my group [C.E Light novel translation group] are working on the project of Mushi Uta. We are around 60% done with the first volume, and possible moving on to the 2nd volume and beyond. We are also planning on translating the Mushi Uta Bug series as well, the short story light novel of mushi uta. Just go google and find us =). Hope to gather more people~ and Please spread the Mushi uta love! It's a wonderful story if you given it enough time.
