![]() ![]() The entire heart and soul of the series are Golem and Somali, and they couldn't be more different. It's one thing to have them show up every once in a while, and I like sunbeams as well, but Somali uses them in practically every single outside scene, to the point where they start to make everything look gaudy and garish.īut you can't have a setting come alive if you don't have good, well defined characters to back it up, and thankfully, Somali definitely delivers on this front. Everything in this series is a visual feast for the eyes.except for one thing: For some reason, somebody thought it'd be a great idea to put sunbeams in every single exterior shot during the daytime, except when the characters are inside a building or cave. The setting is lushly detailed, from a town in the center of a giant crater, to the absolutely stunning witch village illuminated by glowing flowers in a sewer bog. The animation makes great use of bright colors, detailed backgrounds, different locales, and every character, major or minor, all has a distinct appearance and design, so you never see the same background character twice in a scene. A world ruled by monsters, all with their own personalities, rules, cultures, beliefs, cuisunes, and so on. But I gotta say, the world Golem and Somali live in is incredible. ![]() Stories of single parents adopting a young child have become a dime a dozen in anime, but it's rather rare to see one done in a fantasy setting, especially if said father is a thousand year old golem with no concept of emotions living in a monster dominated world where humans are considered slave labor or food. Now the premise itself is nothing new in anime. In a world that's hostile towards humans, the golem needs to find a place for Somali to live before his life ends. The second problem is that golems have a set lifespan of a thousand years, and Somali's adoptive father only has a little over a year to live. One is that humans are scarce in this world because the monsters either keep them as slaves or eat them, having done so for centuries due to prejudice and vitriol on both sides. But he knows he can't raise her in the forest, as she needs to be with other humans, so he and Somali, disguised as a minotaur child, decide to travel all over their world, searching for a place where Somali can live freely and be safe. Taking pity on her, as a human child can't survive all on its own, he decides to adopt her as his own, naming her Somali (Yes, it's explained that he's the one who named her Somali). In a world where demons, goblins, and monsters rule the roost, a forest golem finds a human child in his abode, lost and alone. ![]() #Somali to mori no kamisama downlad tvHell, Japan is totally okay with airing TV shows about little kids just living their lives out in the country (Non Non Biyori)! Some cultures have different standards for their cartoons, and let me ask you: Where else in the world can you find a sweet, wholesome show about a golem adopting a human child and having it be one of the nicest, most charming, most heartwarming shows ever? Yeah, while not without the occasional bump in the road, Japan has better standards for their cartoons, and Somali and the Forest Spirit is no exception to the rule. to experimental horror, lighthearted slice of life shows, or fantasy shows that aren't always about swords and sorcery and medieval knights. Japan has all kinds of shows, from blood pumping monster killing action, ![]() Many studio executives in America seem to believe that cartoons are just aimed at children and that they have absolutely no merit or value whatsoever, and anything made for adults is just crass, gross-out comedy, like South Park or Family Guy. Japan's standards for cartoons are much wider and higher than places like America and France, though even this is changing somewhat. The thing about anime is that you're pretty much allowed to write any kind of story you want and it'll be sure to air on TV, and pretty much anything goes. ![]()
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