Mushi-Shi
So... we'd been talking in one thread about the dearth of science in science fiction (and mainstream lit, of course), and in another thread about my favorite anime, when it occurred to me that one of the several reasons I like Mushi-Shi was that the main character, Ginko, who is an itinerant medicine seller who goes around solving people's problems with semi-supernatural entities called "mushi", is that really, Ginko acts as a sort of magical scientist, or at least CDC agent. The series sits very interestingly on a borderline between F & SF.
It can be found here:
http://www.shopanimedvd.com/product_i...
and also on Amazon and Netflix.
http://www.amazon.com/Mushishi-Box-Se...
I was very pleased, in the course of the thread, to learn that a new season had been produced in 2014, which I now have on order. Highly recommended.
(The title, according to my Japanese translator, means "Bug Master". This apparently sounds just as odd in Japanese as English.)
Ta, L.
It can be found here:
http://www.shopanimedvd.com/product_i...
and also on Amazon and Netflix.
http://www.amazon.com/Mushishi-Box-Se...
I was very pleased, in the course of the thread, to learn that a new season had been produced in 2014, which I now have on order. Highly recommended.
(The title, according to my Japanese translator, means "Bug Master". This apparently sounds just as odd in Japanese as English.)
Ta, L.
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Dec 30, 2014 10:28AM
You have just made my day -- a new series of Mushi-shi?! That's fantastic!
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Matthew wrote: "You have just made my day -- a new series of Mushi-shi?! That's fantastic!"Mushishi Zoku Shou [Mushishi Season 2: The Next Passage] DVD Complete 1-10 + Special - (Japanese Ver.) Anime
It isn't too easy to find -- I may have nailed Shopanime's only copy. I'll report if what I get is what I expected (or not). Good luck!
Ta, L.
Thank you! Hopefully it's as amazing as the first set!
It's also available for free streaming on crunchyroll(legal anime/j-drama subscription service), about 90% of all anime gets legally localized and subbed same day release on either funimation or crunchyroll now. Crunchyroll is down now thanks to a DDoS attack but should be up soon.Funimation only owns the license for S1 right now, Aniplex owns the S2 license and is currently only letting crunchyroll distribute streaming wise. It's a different group doing the dub this time so it's unsure if they will be able to nab the same voice actor for Ginko.
