| 8:54pm | Mononoke - 10 | | | | Whoa! Time-skip! The final arc of this series, consisting out of three episodes has finally started, and I’m pleasantly surprised by the setting: we see another Bake Neko, and the setting of the series has suddenly skipped about hundred years, to the industrial age. The medicine seller however... | | |
| 7:43pm | The hyperbole of Mononoke | | | | “Specter; spirit; ghost. Mononoke is a very old word, now rarely used, that describes spirits who actively haunt or pursue a person or place. Though the spirit need not be evil, it does have somewhat of a dangerous connotation.” Though it borders on pretentious, I’ve always wanted to... | | |
| 7:45am | Just a housekeeping note | | | | 1) As requested by w-dono, I added a feed for comments in the sidebar. I hope it works. 2) I changed the heading of this blog into: Art-house Japanese Anime: Commentary and Analysis (and occasional off-topic posts on Japanese cinema, manga, literature and other aspects of culture) I hope you, Gentle... | | |
| 6:31am | Mononoke - 09 “Nue Pt. 2″ | | | | Synopsis: The truth behind the Toudaiji is revealed. Ousawa, Muromachi and Nakarai explain the Toudaiji to the Medicine Seller. Ousawa says that the Medicine Seller might find it strange that they spend so much effort on incense almost to the point of obsession. He says that smells are extremely... | | |
| 9:27am | Weekly Round-Up: October 5th | | | | Reviewed this week: Baccano! 7, El Cazador 24, Clannad 1, Darker than Black 24-5, Higurashi Kai 12-13, Mononoke 9, Mushi Uta 11, Oh! Edo Rocket 16-18, SaiMono II 20, Seirei no Moribito 24…and in manga: Bartender 2, Chokotto Sister 45, Spiral Alive 8-10 | | |
| 5:47am | Mononoke - 08 “Nue Pt. 1″ | | | | Synopsis: The Medicine Seller and three other men compete for the Lady Ruri’s hand in marriage. Someone is murdered violently. The murder is depicted as splatters of blood reminiscent of Jackson Pollock’s paintings. A man then explains that in their art, incense is heard rather than... | | |
| 2:48am | Mononoke - 07 “Nopperabou Pt. 2″ | | | | Synopsis: The truth about the murder is revealed. Who did Ochou really kill? 「思い。。。思い出。 。。私だけの胸の内に あるなの。同じ時を過 ごそうと、同じ景色を 見ようと、私とあなた の胸の内にある物は決 して同じではなく。あ... | | |
| 2:30pm | Mononoke - 06 “Nopperabou Pt. 1″ | | | | Synopsis: The Medicine Seller meets a woman convicted for the murder of her household. A certain Satsuki Kazuma and his family were murdered. The culprit is Kazuma’s wife, Chou. She was imprisoned immediately for her crime. The wife says that she accepts responsibility and thus the case... | | |
| 3:45am | Mononoke - 05 “Umibouzu Pt. 3″ | | | | Synopsis: The truth behind the Ayakashi’s sea is revealed. Mononoke has ended by now but I will continue to blog about this short series. Afterall, there aren’t many blogs out there which provide detailed summaries of this wonderful show. As we have learned from the previous episode,... | | |
| 7:21am | Mononoke - 09 | | | | Apologies for the delay. One thing I realized after I started to watch raws is how easy you can plan to watch them, compared to the subs, which get released at an unknown time. Anyway, about the episode: I liked this one a lot, and the subs make this series definitely more enjoyable. It seems that... | | |
| 10:19am | Weekly Round-Up: September 28th | | | | Reviewed this week: Baccano! 6, Dennou Coil 15-16, El Cazador 23, Mononoke 8, Mushi-Uta 10, RxJ 20-1, SaiMono II 19, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 7, Seirei no Moribito 23, Shounen Onmyouji 18, Sisters of Wellber 9…and in manga: Chokotto Sister 42-4, Tsubasa 167 | | |
| 12:16am | Anime & Manga News (Interview Edition) | | | | The British Museum is winding up their first film series (actually 2 series) featuring anime movies. One of my earlier Anime Freebies & Sales posts has a list of the movies in both series. Anime UK News recently spoke with the curator of the Manga to Anime for Families Season and Late Night Manga... | | |
| 7:14pm | Mononoke - 08 | | | | Ah, finally Mononoke is back. I’m glad that I returned to the subs, as it’s much easier to concentrate on the mystery here. I’ve stopped to believe that Mononoke can produce a story that’s better than Bake Neko, because let’s face it: the thing that made Ayakashi ~Japanese... | | |
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