Noiseman Sound Insect (Anime Shorts) Review.

Noiseman Sound Insect Masaaki Yuasa Koji Morimoto  

 

A echoing, rumbling, never-ending noise. An environment that maintains some semblance of sense but also chooses to drift on the edge of none. A child like arrogance and cruelty that is self-indulgent and leaves the world rent by it.

 

If you feel overwhelmed, Noiseman Sound Insect will not abate that; moreover, it will be an epitome of that. A scientist makes a creature in a odd world that feeds off a certain type of 'noise' when people are taken and divided into a spirit and crystal form, with the crystal being what appeals to it. And this being, 'Noiseman' wants more and more and more and will brainwash and nudge any all humans to hunt and prey on their own kind to do so. At least, until a human boy and girl accidentally free themselves of that control and decide to defeat this sefish child of a villain once and for all.

 

This anime is again, overwhelm incarnate. Like the name, noise is a part and parcel, frenetic, neverending bizarre action and energy dancing across the pictures. Much like the city scape of the city it takes place in, it's cramped, abrasive, loud. And it is quite stunning because of that; a collection or crash of colours and animation that are stimulating to the sense, a reminder of the value of things; at the core of the story, is also a seeking out of the peace of a soul, the human spirit singing out in ways even if disliked by some, by the powerful or cruel, that the song of our souls can be an antidote to the loud and numbing overwhelm of the world.

 

Also, it's a short anime where people solve problems by eating fruit so I suppose that's educational for those of us wondering why we're so sad and we don't eat any fruit or veg.

 

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