Anime Mokke

[2010DigitalBoy]

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Do you like Mushishi? Your sold. Mokke is a show about a pair of sisters who live out in the country with their grandparents. The reason being that the older sister can see and interact with weird supernatural things, and her younger sister to whom she is very close is easily possessed by those things - meanwhile their grandfather has extensive knowledge of these beings.

I had some pretty high hopes for Mokke, and while it didn't fully live up to my expectations, it also changed them to something that I think I will enjoy very much. Mokke is very quiet and rural - in that respect it reminds me of Figure 17 (it helps that the little girl looks like Hikaru) but the most common comparison is definitely going to be Mushishi.

Mokke is different enough from Mushishi though to make it worth watching - Mushishi had very interesting creatures which are dealt with in interesting medicinal ways. Mokke has interesting creatures that are dealt with in more spiritual or tactical ways, so in that way it will be a new experience.

The music in episode one was excellent and while it is very calm for the most part, the confrontation scene still managed to be intense. I retain high hopes for the future of this series. [/COLOR]

[Kanji]

I've only seen the first episode, but let's go ahead and make it official anyway. Mokke is [i]the[/i] series that I'll be following during this season. Others have caught my eye, but none have dragged me in quite like this one. I can already tell that the plotline and characters will make for some wonderful scenes, and that music is some of the best I've heard in anime. The opening and ending themes are spectacular, while the actual scenes are accompanied appropriately by powerful themes - be it a haunting chant during a ghost confrontation or tranquil audio that reflects a peaceful day.

Regarding the comparison to Mushishi, I have to agree... If you enjoyed Mushishi, you [i]have[/i] to see this. Mokke mixes the surreal, supernatural aspect of Ginko's travels with a few slice-of-lifey themes, and this is a very potent mix. I very much look forward to not only the coming otherworldy confrontations in the series, but the development of the two sisters as they learn to work together to make full use of their abilities.

The first episode set the bar extremely high; I hope the rest of this series will be just as wonderful.