bc i hart fujiryu
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keykI started to reread parts of Houshin Engi. I plan on rereading it fully another time. But, man! Fujisaki is such a genius. I love the settings he creates and HOW he even manages to make each and every character unique and not just feel like "background character A" or "side character who will live and die in two pages" is so amazing. His worlds are so alive and creative! Houshin Engi is filled with symbolism and the like, too--it's just worth rereading over and over again. HE is the ONLY manga I have ever read more than twice over...AND IT RAN FOR OVER TWENTY VOLUMES. Waste of time, right? I THINK NOT.
While I LIKE Shiki, his newest series, it doesn't have as much of that Fujiryu creativity that I loved in his past series. The story is done by Fuyumi Ono, and that may be the reason why it doesn't hit me as hard, but Fujiryu's art and his execution of that series are still amazing. It may not be his world, but the way he shows it to his audience is just beautiful. His sense of creepy is so...surreal, too--I've never seen a horror like it!
Most people don't hold Sakuratetsu Taiwahen and WaqWaq in as high esteem as I do, and, yes, the characters did lean toward the cliche and archetypal, but I still found myself loving them nonetheless. While the characters in those didn't touch me like some of the characters in Houshin Engi, the worlds he created really brought me in and I just bought everything he put in there. Sakuratetsu Taiwahen is really literature inspired, comedy or no! I mean, the whole shifting perspectives, the fourth wall breaking...and I LOVE weird narratives. WaqWaq, too...the mythological aspects and his sci-fi worlds (which we get to see in Houshin Engi, too)--I love it so much.
Of course, there times when you know he was nearing the point where he had to close the series (I believe WaqWaq and Sakuratetsu Taiwahen were canceled) and the exposition all hits you in the face and the endings don't seem so epic, and, of course, Fujiryu's own laziness often stand out, and he himself admits to it. But, yes, his stuff is flawed, but I still love them to death.
He won second place for the Tezuka Award when he was EIGHTEEN. This man is really admirable! And when you compare the art from Worlds to Houshin Engi, you can tell he did some major art studying. All of a sudden, his characters went from looking exactly the same to each character looking COMPLETELY different and you know he learned his proportions--AND THEN HE STYLIZES IT--AAAAHHH!
I know people complained about his art style change from Houshin to Sakuratetsu and WaqWaq, but I say, good job, Fujiryu. I loved Houshin's style, and I do sometimes miss it, but I admire Fujiryu for never ever letting his art stand still and go stagnant. His style is constantly moving. Even Shiki's art is drastically different from his past series!
And here's where I start to become a shameless plugger. Fujiryu fangirling aside, it has come to my attention that there's a studio who's WILLING to remake the Houshin Engi anime if and ONLY IF it gets 10,000 signatures. That old anime was...atrocious, to say the least, and also a good chunk of the reason why I dislike Studio Deen. XD;; Houshin Engi deserves so much more than that.
♥♥Right over here is a tutorial for how to sign it if you can't read Japanese. And right over here is the actual petition site.♥♥
March 31 is coming fast (and it'd be March 30th for us here on the North American continent), and, gosh, how absolutely shameless of me, but more signatures would be nice, just so it can reach 10,000 in time. Of course, I won't blame you if you don't. I know I don't like being asked to do these things and type in my e-mail address into a text box on some random site. I caved and signed though, since it's Houshin Engi. >_>;;
AND YOU KNOW WHAT. To serve as an excuse, as the founder (although I'm unfortunately inactive now, but the club's still chuggin'!) of the Houshin-Engi club on dA, I MAY AS WELL PROMOTE IT. S-s-s-oo...oo....theeerrre. I've been battling with myself whether or not to post this here for a long while now, but, you know what, I'm a fangirl and I am prone to being a brat at times, so HERE'S ONE OF THOSE TIMES. >:( ...oh, let me preserve my dignity at least a bit.
Houshin Engi's website right here if you want a glimpse at just. how. AWESOME it is. |DDD
While I LIKE Shiki, his newest series, it doesn't have as much of that Fujiryu creativity that I loved in his past series. The story is done by Fuyumi Ono, and that may be the reason why it doesn't hit me as hard, but Fujiryu's art and his execution of that series are still amazing. It may not be his world, but the way he shows it to his audience is just beautiful. His sense of creepy is so...surreal, too--I've never seen a horror like it!
Most people don't hold Sakuratetsu Taiwahen and WaqWaq in as high esteem as I do, and, yes, the characters did lean toward the cliche and archetypal, but I still found myself loving them nonetheless. While the characters in those didn't touch me like some of the characters in Houshin Engi, the worlds he created really brought me in and I just bought everything he put in there. Sakuratetsu Taiwahen is really literature inspired, comedy or no! I mean, the whole shifting perspectives, the fourth wall breaking...and I LOVE weird narratives. WaqWaq, too...the mythological aspects and his sci-fi worlds (which we get to see in Houshin Engi, too)--I love it so much.
Of course, there times when you know he was nearing the point where he had to close the series (I believe WaqWaq and Sakuratetsu Taiwahen were canceled) and the exposition all hits you in the face and the endings don't seem so epic, and, of course, Fujiryu's own laziness often stand out, and he himself admits to it. But, yes, his stuff is flawed, but I still love them to death.
He won second place for the Tezuka Award when he was EIGHTEEN. This man is really admirable! And when you compare the art from Worlds to Houshin Engi, you can tell he did some major art studying. All of a sudden, his characters went from looking exactly the same to each character looking COMPLETELY different and you know he learned his proportions--AND THEN HE STYLIZES IT--AAAAHHH!
I know people complained about his art style change from Houshin to Sakuratetsu and WaqWaq, but I say, good job, Fujiryu. I loved Houshin's style, and I do sometimes miss it, but I admire Fujiryu for never ever letting his art stand still and go stagnant. His style is constantly moving. Even Shiki's art is drastically different from his past series!
And here's where I start to become a shameless plugger. Fujiryu fangirling aside, it has come to my attention that there's a studio who's WILLING to remake the Houshin Engi anime if and ONLY IF it gets 10,000 signatures. That old anime was...atrocious, to say the least, and also a good chunk of the reason why I dislike Studio Deen. XD;; Houshin Engi deserves so much more than that.
♥♥Right over here is a tutorial for how to sign it if you can't read Japanese. And right over here is the actual petition site.♥♥
March 31 is coming fast (and it'd be March 30th for us here on the North American continent), and, gosh, how absolutely shameless of me, but more signatures would be nice, just so it can reach 10,000 in time. Of course, I won't blame you if you don't. I know I don't like being asked to do these things and type in my e-mail address into a text box on some random site. I caved and signed though, since it's Houshin Engi. >_>;;
AND YOU KNOW WHAT. To serve as an excuse, as the founder (although I'm unfortunately inactive now, but the club's still chuggin'!) of the Houshin-Engi club on dA, I MAY AS WELL PROMOTE IT. S-s-s-oo...oo....theeerrre. I've been battling with myself whether or not to post this here for a long while now, but, you know what, I'm a fangirl and I am prone to being a brat at times, so HERE'S ONE OF THOSE TIMES. >:( ...oh, let me preserve my dignity at least a bit.
Houshin Engi's website right here if you want a glimpse at just. how. AWESOME it is. |DDD
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