{"id":52753,"date":"2018-10-31T17:24:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T22:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=52753"},"modified":"2018-10-31T17:27:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T22:27:49","slug":"boo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/boo\/","title":{"rendered":"(Boo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LecGuQE6t44?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A bit of music to set the mood. You can all sing along.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year when I recommend that everyone watch <i><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viewster.com\/serie\/1321-19574-000\/mononoke\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mononoke<\/a><\/b><\/i>, unless I forget. So, if you want to view something appropriate to October 31 done with intelligence and artistry, watch an arc or two of Kenji Nakamura&#8217;s first and best anime. It&#8217;s not necessary to watch the stories in order. My personal favorites are <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/mononoke\/episode-10-goblin-cat-part-1-665669\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bakeneko<\/a><\/i> (&#8220;Goblin Cat&#8221;) and <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/mononoke\/episode-8-japanese-chimera-part-1-665665\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nue<\/a><\/i> (&#8220;Japanese Chimera&#8221;), episodes 10-12 and 8-9, though all of the tales of the simple medicine seller are worth your time.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of other possibilities:<\/p>\n<p><i><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/puella-magi-madoka-magica\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madoka Magica<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Not for casual viewing. If you try to marathon this in one evening, you&#8217;ll be an emotional wreck at the end. You do need to start at the beginning.<\/p>\n<p><i><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/hozuki-no-reitetsu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hozuki no Reitetsu<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Something a little lighter, set in the Japanese version of Hell. The first episode introduces the main characters, but after that you can skip around. My favorites include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/hozuki-no-reitetsu\/episode-4-pretty-boys-need-love-too-and-kajika-hell-649163\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fourth episode<\/a>, which introduces the demure rabbit Miss Mustard, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/hozuki-no-reitetsu\/episode-8-the-vulgar-battle-and-the-36-views-of-hell-649171\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eighth<\/a>, which examines J-pop and modern art.<\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s always <i><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/natsume-yujin-cho\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Natsume Yujin-cho<\/a><\/b><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>I have no particular taste for horror and creepy stuff. Although there&#8217;s plenty, most I&#8217;ve seen bores me. The shows mentioned above caught my attention for reasons other than mere &#8220;chills.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bit of music to set the mood. You can all sing along. ***** It&#8217;s that time of year when I recommend that everyone watch Mononoke, unless I forget. So, if you want to view something appropriate to October 31 done with intelligence and artistry, watch an arc or two of Kenji Nakamura&#8217;s first and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/boo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;(Boo)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","category-culture-and-anti-culture","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s4xam3-boo","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52753"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52780,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52753\/revisions\/52780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}