Introduction
Mushi-uta's story takes place in the near future. Ten years before the story's opening, strange insect-like creatures known as "Mushi" began appearing. The Mushi are able to consume peoples' dreams and thoughts in return for supernatural powers. At the end of episode one, protagonist Daisuke "Kakkou" Kusuriya encounters a young girl named Shiika Anmoto. The two, in time, become quite close. However, unbeknownst to Kakkou, Shiika is an escapee from a secret prison known as GARDEN where those posessed by the Mushi, known as the Mushitsuki are held. GARDEN's military force, the Special Environmental Conservation Executive Office, dispatches its finest killer to track down Shiika. However, they are faced with resistance from the Mushibane resistance organisation, led by the secretive "Ladybird."
(Source: ANN)
Audience reviews
9 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
ephemerry
Mushi-Uta is a series that mostly thrives on the power of its ingenuity in designs. Otherwise, the story is convoluted and rushed; and the characterization is harried, if not completely superficial. I, for one, actually really liked the way this series looks: the protagonist (Kakkō) resembles Ken in his Digimon Emperor garb from Digimon 02 and the mushi (“Originals”) designs in the finale are VERY reminiscent of Go Nagai’s Devilman. I tend to gravitate towards fringe or “cult” series, because I think that watching everything that’s acclaimed, all the time, is boring―but, there are many times in series like this, where, potential for something out-of-the-ordinary is flushed, like a spider down a drain. See Sci-Fi Harry for a prime example of this.
• The characters are practically cardboard…
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Story
It starts with an interesting concept of bugs giving humans powers at the cost of their dreams. There are two groups, one that use their bugs to kill any bugs they find, and another group trying to make a home for everyone that have bugs.
Art/Sound
I am not a critic of art/sound of anime.
Character
The most interesting character was Asami Minagawa who is a supporting character that isn't a part of the light novels, which explains why she disappears once her part was done. She had the most development of the series other then Shiika.
Enjoyment.
It has some good moments, but most of the time I get to an end of an episode, I just don't understand what is going on. Add characters in, they play their part, and then are gone. Need something to bring the 2 girls together? Suddenly ther…
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I was bored one day, browsing through Crunchyroll, and came across Mushi-Uta. After reading a quick synopsis of the series, I gave it a go. It was different than I expected. Completely different. Though, I mean that in a good way.
It was certainly enjoyable, yet really the only downsides to it for me were the last episode, or should I say, last battle, and some missing plot devices that could have extended this show even further.
Let's get to it, then.
Story: 9
I shouldn't exactly say that there's a story to this show... it's more like, an ongoing conflict between two groups of people. One group is out to destroy the insects and create the fallen, while the other is out to save anyone who is a host to the insects. To find a place where they belong.
The "story" of this series focuses…
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Hey everyone,
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 chara…
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Rarely does an anime make me want to write a review for it but this one did... which speaks something about it I guess.
First, I have to admit Mushi-Uta is something I watched on whim while stumbling upon it while looking for something else. So needless to say once the bugs came rolling in I had my doubts. However, I quickly found myself getting over the bugs and saw a surprisingly good anime. The Story revolves around the high-school boy Daisuke Kusuriya. But he also has another identity as ''Kakkou'', the top agent working for an organization that hunts those possessed by "Mushi" and either captures them, if they cooperate, or kills their Mushi thus making them into fallen. Early on he meets both Shiika and Rina, Rina who is also known as ''Ladybird'' is the leader from the resistance a…
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Before I start naming the 'buts', let me tell you what really intrigued me with Mushi Uta; the things that really had this series going for me.
For one, the animation. It's a 12 episodes long show, which is really short considering the amount of storytelling needing to be done. However, unlike many 12 episodes having Anime's, the animation quality wasn't bad and in fact one of this Anime's strong points. Action scenes were worked out nicely, coloring was nice and fitting, the animation was smooth and the backgrounds and effects looked particularly interesting enough.
Besides animation, the sounds are well done (though not exceptional) and the whole concept lurking behind this Anime is extremely good. To be honest, without knowing anything about this Anime I had a peek into the first epis…
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Welp, when I first started watching this show, I was like, "Oh cool! Bugs! That's awesome and original," but then, after watching past the second episode, I couldn't shake the impression that the bug aspect was really all this show had going for it. After finishing the show, I was sadly proven correct. But, let's break it down, shall we?
**WARNING! There are some slight SPOILERS from this point onwards. I'll try not to reveal anything hugely important, but to express my viewpoint on some issues, giving away tiny details is necessary.**
~Story~
Okay, as has been pointed out by two of the other reviewers, the story is incredibly confusing and convoluted. There are so many plot holes in it and unanswered questions that it's like falling down a trapdoor, hitting twenty some odd tree branche…
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Mushi-Uta Review.
Writen by: Erisu
Since someone else made a very negative review about this series, I decided to give you another look on the situation.
Story
Mushi-uta's story takes place in the near future. Ten years before the story's opening, strange insect-like creatures known as "Mushi" began appearing. The Mushi are able to consume peoples' dreams and thoughts in return for supernatural powers. At the end of episode one, protagonist Daisuke "Kakkou" Kusuriya encounters a young girl named Shiika Anmoto. The two, in time, become quite close. However, unbeknownst to Kakkou, Shiika is an escapee from a secret prison known as GARDEN where those posessed by the Mushi, known as the Mushitsuki are held. GARDEN's military force, the Special Environmental Conservation Executive Office, dis…
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This anime is a prime example of bad storytelling.
There are people called "hosts" who can summon powerful insects to fight battles for them. If you kill a host's insect, the host goes into an incurable comatose-like state called "fallen". News of a host who was able to recover from the "fallen" spreads, and two groups race to capture her to learn her secrets.
It had the makings of an action-packed drama; unfortunately, it was presented quite poorly. Most of the anime was focused on a love triangle that was only borderline interesting. One of the characters that had the most screen time was also the least interesting character in the whole show. The love story didn't fit well with the action scenes. The plot progression was confusing.
If only they had explained the general basis for mus…
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