I don't have a television. I don't watch YouTube. I have no plans to install plug-ins on my browser which would enable me to watch videos and flash files. (Yeah, so for all you bloggers who've been trigger happy with the video embedding--pffft!) Which probably explains a lot of things. But that doesn't mean that I don't occasionally watch movies or shows.
So in between lulls of travel show series (exactly when is Michael Palin's New Europe coming out anyway?), I've been watching Mushishi, an episodic fantasy/supernatural/horror anime. I suppose one could compare it to Miyazaki's Spirited Away and probably even more closely to Tactics and xxxHolic. I like both the folklorish and philosophical aspects of Mushishi, the clash between man and mushi (literally "bugs" but more like inscrutable nature spirits) whenever the two intersect. However, a note to slasher flick fans: you'll probably doze off before the opening credits are even finished. It's quiet but creepy--the deceptively sedate pace gradually builds up the uneasiness factor. I love the subtle horror in the seemingly everyday--perhaps that's why I have little interest in watching live-action supernatural shows.
