[Anime Reviews]
13 Jan 2008
Posted by Martin [Tags: Mokke]
Ah, Mokke. The Pleasant Show That Nobody Else is Watching. As sleeper titles go, this one is practically comatose: I genuinely feel like I’m the only one on God’s green earth who’s still watching it. Hell, even Shinsen Subs seem to have forgotten about subbing the series, which is a shame when they were making such a good job of the encoding (although if it frees up their time to continue Ghost Hound though, I don’t mind too much). The problem with Mokke isn’t so much that it does anything wrong - I’m just hard-pushed to list many things it does right. As much as it gives a therapeutic warm fuzzy feeling, this is a show that drifts into your life, brightens half an hour or so and leaves with little in the way of a lasting impression.
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Reading stats: 652 words & 3 images; estimated reading time 2:36 mins
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[Anime Reviews]
26 Nov 2007
Posted by Martin [Tags: iyashikei, Mokke]
I feel like I’m fighting for the underdog here. Even halfway through the season, Mokke has received comparatively little attention from the blogosphere while I’m finding it disappointing that so few of us have noticed its subtle charms. Maybe it’s because its charms are so subtle, it’s slipped quietly under the radar without any fuss. I feel a bit responsible in calling it Mushishi-lite, although that was intended as a compliment on Mokke’s part; there are similarities thematically between the two (aside from the Afternoon serialisations of the original manga series) and both give me a similar vibe. While Mushishi was dark, powerfully profound and deeply atmospheric, Mokke however is a much lighter and more harmless take on the idea of certain people attracting and/or being able to see spiritual beings and portraying how they affect the lives of humans.
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Reading stats: 695 words & 3 images; estimated reading time 2:47 mins
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[Anime Reviews]
11 Oct 2007
Posted by Martin [Tags: First Impressions and Retrospectives, Mokke]
The daily flood of posts is going to ease up a bit now as I sort out some ‘real life’ stuff and work on the Wordpress 2.3 upgrade (which is going to take a bit longer than you might expect, for reasons that will become clear when it eventually does happen). As I pessimistically predicted, this season offers slim pickings for shows that revolve around sci-fi, drama or a sense of maturity or seriousness. Be warned that I may be a bit judgemental and scathing with some of these - it is after all a mere ‘first impressions’ effort rather than a bona fide review, so don’t take it personally, ‘k? Anyways, here’s the first part of the run-down.
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Reading stats: 814 words & 3 images; estimated reading time 3:15 mins
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