Comments on: A word on Madhouse’s upcoming anime series Aoi Bungaku (青い文学)

By: Wabisabi

Wabisabi — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:59:28 +0000

ayame:

I would give the first episode a 10 out of 10. I have a feeling I will like “No Longer Human” the anime better than the book.

By: ayame

ayame — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:49:59 +0000

hmm…looks interesting. when i first saw news about this series, i got excited. but now i’m thinking that i’ll wait for good reviews and then i’ll decide if i watch it or not.

By: Wabisabi

Wabisabi — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:00:55 +0000

Sapphire Pyro:

Yes, feel free to use the image.

I gathered that today is the day the first episode of “Aoi Bungaku” airs, btw.

By: Sapphire Pyro

Sapphire Pyro — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:10:10 +0000

Thanks for sharing these interesting thoughts about the novels *_*

Aoi Bungaku is also on my watchlist *_* I’ve been doing arc previews and uuumm . . . can I use your images of In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom when I make a preview of it (after No Longer Human episodes are aired). WIll credit you of course =)

Thank you!

By: Wabisabi

Wabisabi — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:39:35 +0000

animekritik:

I thought the screenshots look just about right.

By: animekritik

animekritik — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:28:58 +0000

Those Dazai screenshots look more depressing than the story ever was! I do hope they inject some of the humor from the book…

I did read Tonio Kroger and Mario, the other ones I must find. As for Death in Venice, I wouldn’t be surprised if your dislike for it can be linked to that for Dazai. Death in Venice is really all about self-destruction too, so!

By: Wabisabi

Wabisabi — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:56:33 +0000

animekritik:

Yes, Madhouse seems to be taking on more challenging projects and do well in them than Production I.G. these days. Production I.G. just seems to have lost direction by comparison.

As for “Ningen Shikkaku” or “No Longer Human”, I like what I see of the released screenshots so far (ttp://anime.webnt.jp/nt-news/?detail=1426). But on the whole, I am just not a fan of self-destructive characters and that may be why I have never been a fan of Dazai Osamu.

I like Thomas Mann’s novellas/short stories more than his full-length novels, which can get too long-winded at times. The novellas/short stories are sharp, succinct and never a word wasted – just what I like prose writing to be. I strongly recommend:

- “Tonio Kröger”
- “The Hungry”
- “Disorder and Early Sorrow”
- “Tristan”
- “Disillusionment”
- “Mario and the Magician”

For the record, “Death in Venice” (for which Thomas Mann is much more famous) just never appealed to me for some reason.

By: animekritik

animekritik — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:21:25 +0000

Interesting project. I myself love Osamu Dazai’s Ningen Shikkaku. When I lived in Japan I had a calligrapher friend write the title characters for me so I could hang them in my room!! And Thomas Mann is glorious, but I much prefer Doctor Faustus to Felix Krull. Soseki, mmm.. Well, animation might be a way to see old things in new angles!