FUSE TEPPOU MUSUME NO TORIMONOCHOU

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MANGA ActionFuse: Shoujo to Kemono no Rekkatan

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  seanny

  80/100
  This visually spectacular fantasy action film is a love-letter to the Tokyo of old

  

  Rather than continually justify itself with each new episode, a feature film like Fusé can be a singular object of beauty. It’s beautiful in foreground and background; in stills and in dynamic motion; illustrating a fantastical version of old Tokyo (Edo) in vibrant and festive colors.

  Within this audiovisual celebration of Edo-period arts is a story of a mountain hermit girl turned bounty hunter in the big city, tracking the last of the werewolves by royal decree. Moments of harmony and joy interweave the bloody business. Familial bonds are made while others are tragically unmade. It's fitting for a tale based on Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, an Edo-period epic which the film expects at least a passing familiarity; the author of Hakkenden himself is a character in the anime.

  The naive, tomboyish hunter girl, accompanied by a kabuki actor of female characters, discovers her feminine beauty in a kimono shop within the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. Its colorful facade hides a dark undercurrent, depicted in the film as an inky ditch where the unwanted are thrown away. Within that stack of contrasts is the film's thrust — the duality of the human condition, a classic Japanese theme to be sure. Soon enough, the hunter unmasks one of her prey hiding in plain sight as a celebrated courtesan, and the chase is on.

  

  The hunter and prey dash through rows of hanging flowers, interwoven with sad vignettes of the floating world. The beautifully animated action has a cartoonish flair that partially resembles the woodblock prints of old and the exaggerated motions of kabuki. Fittingly, the hunter later attends a kabuki play which helpfully recaps a portion of the Hakkenden story. Fusé is a Japanophile's dream; a powerful dose of "ahh, Japan".

  That said, it's more than the sum of its references and button-pushing. The visual stylings of its Edo fantasy are ultimately its own, playing with the past but not slavishly recreating it. Its tightly scripted supernatural tale doesn't underestimate its audience; some of its major story connections are made by the viewer rather than spoon-fed by expository dialog, which may as well be a rare feat in the anime medium.

  

  I suspect that Fusé is a tragically overlooked movie. It's too singular and unusual to be championed by otaku, too foreign for mainstream audiences, and too "anime" for the arthouse crowd. But our failure to appreciate it is ours alone. It's a fantastically well put together movie; a love letter to old Edo in the form of an enjoyable urban-fantasy action-adventure. Anyone with even an ounce of inner weeb should give it a watch.

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  DirToshimasa

  90/100
  Non mi ha fatto venire l'impulso di tagliarmi le palle. An anime that didn't make me want to cut off my balls.

  

  Un mix tra Realtà e fantasia ambientato nel periodo Edo, più precisamente nel momento in cui il Giappone ha chiuso i rapporti con il resto del mondo (Questo ce lo fa capire con un dialogo in secondo piano tra persone a caso), per questo non ci saranno solo spade ma anche fucili.
  La caccia non sarà ai cattolici ma ad alcuni individui che si trasformano in cani che si nutrono dell'anima della gente uccidendole.
  La caccia a queste 8 creature soprannaturali (saranno 2 perché 6 sono già mozzate) è ordinata dallo shogun com'era stata ordinata quella ai cattolici, e la ricompensa in denaro proprio come quella data per uccidere o denunciare a chi praticava o diffondeva la fede cattolica (i cattolici a cui davano la caccia erano tutti giapponesi perché, anni prima, i loro antenati erano stati convertiti. Tutti gli occidentali erano già stati "deportati").
  I cani vengono cacciati pure per bloccare la loro riproduzione. Qui riprende in qualche modo l'odio razziale che si era sviluppato in quel periodo contro gli occidentali ma senza soffermarsi più di tanto... dice solo una frase, perché questo anime non spiega nulla ma, se hai conoscenze di quel secolo, ti fa capire.
  Fusé tocca in modo naturale, senza appesantire la storia con inutili spiegazioni, tutti gli altri punti di quel periodo semplicemente mostrando, senza snaturare lo svolgimento, classi sociali, regole, costruzioni non solo nell'aspetto ma anche nel modo in cui erano divise, infatti la casa della protagonista si troverà ai margini di Edo(Tokyo) in quanto ci vivono solo commercianti (i commercianti erano il gradino più basso della classe sociale), i colori chiari usati per le costruzioni riprendono vecchi disegni dell'epoca, il modo di vestirsi e di vivere... come non solo le feste, le usanze, i divertimenti con le donne ma anche i viaggi e i controlli in entrata ed uscita da Edo, infatti la protagonista dovrà vestirsi da uomo per entrare perché per le donne dell'epoca, per spostarsi, gli serviva un permesso scritto dal marito, padre o nonno (per gli uomini dell'epoca le donne dovevano prendersi cura della casa e di loro... per alcune culture e tipi di uomini è ancora così), molte donne si vestivano da uomini per passare da questi posti di blocco ma poi le guardie hanno capito la scappatoia e lo shogun ha preso le contromisure, così iniziarono a fare controlli invasivi a chi non sembrava 100% uomo (si, li portavano in un'appartamento in cui li spogliavano e guardavano ma se era donna non so se si fermavano a guardare perché quelle che venivano beccate finivano a far le schiave).
  Mostra anche il modo in cui l'imperatore riceveva le persone, chi poteva mostrarsi a lui e chi solo a un suo portavoce.
  Ci sono altre riprese ma sono spoiler.
  Fusé è un anime che a volte sembra che cada in cose "immorali" tipo questo
  
  Non ho capito perché abbia allungato le labbra e avvicinato la testa quando poteva già allontanarsi. Ci sarebbe un'altra mini scena in un posto con l'acqua ed altro ma basta spoiler. Fanservice o sketch comico? A me va bene perché ci fa capire quanto era pericoloso per le donne uscire (un po' come da noi in certe zone :/ )
  Un anime che non è lento e noioso ma non è neanche schizofrenico.
  Un anime che non mi ha fatto venire l'impulso di tagliarmi le palle.
  Non è un "capolavoro" ma in un certo senso si avvicina.
  Belle animazioni, disegni e ost decenti.
  Una storia con lati strani ma divertenti, non manca né azione né sangue ed ha tanti picchi di vera arte.
  

  

  
  ( Ecchi? È un monumento... boh lo metto comunque coperto :/ )
  Come ultima cosa, penso che la scrittrice si sia inserita dentro la sua opera, ci sono segnali evidenti che me lo fanno pensare.

  

  Se non sapete cosa guardare, provate. Per me è un anime adatto a tutti che può piacere a molti.

  

  A mix between reality and fantasy set in the Edo period, more precisely in the moment in which Japan closed relations with the rest of the world (this is made clear to us with a dialogue in the background between random people), which is why they don't will only be swords but also rifles.
  The hunt will not be on Catholics but on some individuals who transform into dogs that feed on people's souls, killing them.
  The hunt for these 8 supernatural creatures (there will be 2 because 6 have already been exterminated) is ordered by the shogun just as that for the Catholics was ordered, and the monetary reward just like that given for having killed or denounced those who practiced or spread the Catholic faith (the Catholics they were hunting were all Japanese because, years before, their ancestors had been converted. All the Westerners had already been "deported").
  Dogs are hunted to stop their reproduction. Here he somehow takes up the racial hatred that had developed in that period against Westerners but without dwelling too much... he only says one sentence, because this anime doesn't explain anything but, if you have knowledge of that century, you understand.
  Fusé touches in a natural way, without weighing down the story with useless explanations, all the other points of that period by simply showing, without distorting the development, social classes, rules, constructions not only in appearance but also in the way in which they were zone divided, in fact the protagonist's house will be located on the outer sides of Edo (Tokyo) as only traders live there (traders were the lowest rung of the social class), the light colors used for the buildings recall old designs of the time, the way of dressing and to live... like not only the parties, the customs, the entertainment with women but also the journeys and checks entering and exiting Edo, in fact the protagonist will have to dress as a man to enter because for the women of the time, to move, they needed written permission from their husband, father or grandfather (for the men of the time, women had to take care of the house and their family... for some cultures and types of men it is still like this), many women they dressed as men to pass through these checkpoints but then the guards understood the loophole and the shogun took countermeasures, so they began to carry out invasive checks on anyone who didn't seem 100% man (yes, they were taken to an apartment where they undressed them and looked at them but if it was a woman I don't know if they stopped to look because the women who were caught ended up becoming slaves).
  It also shows the way the emperor received people, who could show themselves to him and who only to a spokesperson for him.

  Fusé is an anime that sometimes feels like it falls into "immoral" things like this
  
  I didn't understand why he stretched out his lips and brought his head closer when he could already move away. There would be another mini scene in a place with water and other stuff but stop with spoilers. Fanservice or comedy sketch? That's fine with me because it makes us understand how dangerous it was for women to go out (a bit like here in certain areas :/ )
  An anime that isn't slow and boring but isn't schizophrenic either.
  An anime that didn't make me want to cut off my balls.
  It's not a "masterpiece" but in a way it comes close.
  Nice animations, drawings and decent ost.
  A story with strange but fun sides, it lacks neither action nor blood and has many peaks of true art.
  

  

  
  (Ecchi? It's a monument... well I'll put it covered anyway :/ )
  Lastly, I think that the writer has inserted herself into her work, there are clear signs that make me think so.

  

  If you don't know what to watch, try it.

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