Monday, March 10, 2008

Letters from the dead


Another cool article I read from The Star (Sunday, 2 March) in the Otakuzone section. An anime called Shigofumi is now showing in Japan. Anime websites and blogs reported that this anime is the best anime series of the season.

The story revolves around silver-haired Fumika, accompanied by a talking staff called Kanaka, who delivers shigofumi (letters that people send after their deaths) to people that she has been assigned to. These letters contain things that the dead person could not say while they are alive, and are honest and direct to the point.

The way they describe it, this anime sound similar to Hell Girl, except Hell Girl help other people get revenge while Fumika help dead people give their final words to the person they want to.

The title Shigofumi comes from the combination of the Japanese words for “after death” and “letter”, which literally translates to an “after death letter”. I get this info from Wikipedia by the way.

I love anime like Hell Girl so maybe I would like this anime too. Since this anime just debut in Japan in January, so it may take a while for it to arrive at our shores.

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