But I’m going to start of easy and slow, with Otogi Zoshi, a new anime set in the Heian period of Japan. Let’s discuss the reasons why it is good.
- One-eyed swordsman with memorized, pompous pre-battle speech — check.
- Cross-dressing girl archer secretly fighting in place of dying brother — check.
- Dancing Imperial Entertainer bishounen who is actually an angst-ridden martial artist — check.
- Vicious heian insults such as “The plum blossoms in the capital have little fragrance. I am thinking of searching them out elsewhere.” — check. (and Buuuurn!)
- Bitchin’ gagaku soundtrack — check.
- Creepy Noh mask-wearing villain — check.
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