(CR) Mushi-Uta

[Anacone]

First ep introduced some breathtaking atmosphere, huge impact belongs to background music. With this art and atmosphere we might have possible winner, if they can build something around it...

Hmm...characters felt interesting enough and Yukari FTW though her chara looks like from FSN. I'm not sure yet who's good and who's bad guy and that's good point, sure when sub comes it may give some answers...

Goofiness and such gave no bad feelings, felt no overly stupid though my resistance may have raised above it .

Hmm...too bad if this is just some My Hime kind of, there's always demand deeper then that...

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for Episode 1:

I loved the opening theme! Not as much as, say, Uninstall, but still was pretty good.

I thought, at first glance, fighting with "bugs" don't seem all so amazing/attractive (I mean, ladybugs, centipedes, etc. aren't the greatest things in real life). After watching this episode, I still think it. Of course, it's not bad either. They aren't normal bugs...

As for Kako/Daisuke, does he not recongnize her (Shiika)? He had this smile when he saw her that a person really shouldn't have if they saw someone that they had previously attacked.

[orion]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Spoiler for Episode 1:

I loved the opening theme! Not as much as, say, Uninstall, but still was pretty good.

I thought, at first glance, fighting with "bugs" don't seem all so amazing/attractive (I mean, ladybugs, centipedes, etc. aren't the greatest things in real life). After watching this episode, I still think it. Of course, it's not bad either. They aren't normal bugs...

As for Kako/Daisuke, does he not recongnize her (Shiika)? He had this smile when he saw her that a person really shouldn't have if they saw someone that they had previously attacked.

Spoiler:

Maybe he has a split personality. One is Kako and the other is Daisuke. Kako is protecting Daisuke so that's why he doesn't recognize Shiika. Or it has something to do with whatever that promise was in the beginning. Or Daisuke is Kako's "cover". I'm waiting for subs to fully understand this ep. , but this is very interesting.

Loved the first ep.

Hoping someone subs this.

[Yakhobian]

I hope some better raws appear for it.
The only ones available currently all look woeful.
Though it is WOWOW Unscramble, so it's not surprising.

[monir]

Originally Posted by orion

Loved the first ep.

I'm barely awake but I know I won't be able to go to sleep until I say how much I've enjoyed this episode. This series turns out to have the best first episode out of the five new series I've seen so far from this month of July. Loved, absolutely loved the impact of the background music to the overall presentation of the episode. The piano and the violin piece were heavenly. I'll be following this show giddily just for the background music alone. The underlying slice-of-life with the silly bug-thingy that is going on with this series does make it an interesting watch. In a way, it is kind of intriguing, and I'm fan of such shows that can intrigue me. Very much looking forward to episode 2.

[NeoSam]

I just watched it and I loved the opening song (Shiika blushing ) and I'm going to continue with this show for sure

[UPR]

very interesting first ep definetly going to continue, anybody know know ep this is going to have?

[NeoSam]

Originally Posted by UPR

very interesting first ep definetly going to continue, anybody know know ep this is going to have?

12 episodes.

[Deathkillz]

what a great start potential heavy romance set up seeing the girl from the start and then again 4 years earlier...and what a nice unique twist to have metal fighting bugs ^.^

the ED song is just drool! im going to look forward to this promising start :3

[Fimbulvetr]

Originally Posted by Tangowr

Level from one to ten with one being strong and ten being weakest, ranked by Tokukan.

Level one Only five are known
Kako(Unknown) Fusion Type
Snow Fly(Tachibana Rina) Special type < Was defeated by Kako 4 year ago on his first mission, making him a level one>
Lady Bird(Anmoto Shiika) Seperation Type<Leader of the resistance, considered the weakest of the level one by Kako>

Level two
Tsukihime( Ogata Akatsuki ) Seperation Type<Vol.2 chara> Wants to kill Kako
C (Horiuchi Eri ) Special <Vol.2 Chara> See's Kako as a savior

Will add more as they are introduced in anime serie.

Character

(...)

Kako
Tokukan number one agent, destroying countless dreams to fulfill his own, fear by his enemy, and even the agency he works for, for his dream and he is willing to do anything to live, on his first assignment, he defeated the level one Snow Bird, granting him the title of the strongest.

I think you mixed up a few things here - I underlined them.
Snow Fly (Yuki Hotaru) is Shiika's mushi, and Lady Bird is Rina's. The level1 mushi Kakkou destroyed 4 years ago, making him level1, was Snow Fly.

[Wavedash]

The first episode was a series of highs and lows for me. It started out high with a cliffhanger opening...then went down as the bug smashing started. Was anyone else reminded of Pokemon, with the shouted commands and destruction?

But as I'm a sucker for long introspective pauses and fantastical scenes, the second half brought things back up for me. This may be worth watching.

[monir]

Originally Posted by Wavedash

The first episode was a series of highs and lows for me. It started out high with a cliffhanger opening...then went down as the bug smashing started.

Agreed! The bug-thingies are just silly, but the introspective mood of the show can't be ignored.

[NeoSam]

I just love how the official site for Mushi-Uta has been done

The character page has the characters illustrations from the light novels and not how they look in the anime:
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/sneaker/mushiuta/characters/

And I totally love when they do a relationships chart like this one for Mushi-Uta:
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/sneaker/mu...relationships/

Some data about the bugs here:
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/sneaker/mushiuta/mushidata/

I really think this will turn out to be great, but I'm so worried that its length (12 episodes) isn't enough to covey its greatness >.<

And why exactly are they showing us a mystery character in the relationship chart ? with only 12 episodes for this anime, will the anime go through enough material from the light novels for that mystery character to even appear in the anime

[WanderingKnight]

Wow, after watching the opening, I thought this show was going to be much like Pokemon, like it has been commented. But now that I watched the episode, it's actually quite interesting due to the depressing atmosphere of it all. And they have also thrown in some bits of comedy, which add to the experience IMO. I'm certainly hooked on this

[NeoSam]

Mushi-Uta as has been mentioned before, is published under the shounen label Sneaker Bunko, the same label Suzumiya Haruhi is published under.

This is not a kodomo(kids) label. don't expect anything like pokemon to be published under the Sneaker Bunko label (which is aimed at teenage/late teenage males).

Anyway, I love this Mushi-Uta illustration (done by the illustrator of Mushi-Uta light novels) so I put it as my PC's wallpaper >.<

[KKensei]

I can't wait for the OST to come out...its quite nice...same goes for the OP and the ED

[aroduc]

Eppie 2 caps and etc.
http://blog.seiha.org/?p=192

Impressions

Spoiler:

I rather liked the episode, but it felt a bit generic to me. I did like the speed at which Shiika and Dai's relationship is progressing though, so thumbs up for that. Beat Frog is doing a great job with the overall ambience on this one too. Music, imagery, color... it's all coming together whenever they go for the mindfuck scenes.

[Deathkillz]

ep 2 ~

Spoiler:

lol...mindfck scenes is a good way to describe this series XD
well the first have was all about daisuke x shiika bonding session...though if you think about it this is only just the first time theyve met O.O the wonders of love at first sight
but what interested me was not the relationship but the hidden secret shiika has ~ she is also a "bug master" and discovered her abilities from a rather young age...where she was abandoned by her family and her dear onee san was torn away from her...(but i have to say they was she wtf pwned that truck was godly ) ~ so i wonder where she lives now...

[Kaoru Chujo]

I enjoyed ep2, as well. Generic? Maybe a bit, but with quite a few differences. And it's a genre I enjoy. This is the first time I've felt as positively about Hanazawa Kana (Shiika) as a lot of other people seem to. Great job by her, and good job by all the seiyuus, I'd say.

[orion]

Something I've been wondering...

Spoiler for ep.2:

Do you think that Shiika's family is dead? We see the authorities gathered in ep. 2 and the aftermath in ep. 1 prologue with a town covered in snow and no one on the streets ending with Kako blasting her bug.

I still don't beleive that Shiika "escaped" from wherever she was in ep. 1 prologue.