I finally got around to reading Junji Ito’s “Gyo,” and for the most part, I thought it was pretty great. There was a bit in the second volume that dealt with a circus that raised some interesting questions about the intelligence of the “new-life” that appeared out of the water. Anyway, while I thought the circus chapters were useful in getting a few ideas across, I just think it’s pushing things a bit too far with there even being a circus at this point in the manga. My other small issue that I have is that the story ended a little too openly. It was as if Mr Ito had more planed but then he got tired. Or maybe there was a sales issue… I don’t know. But if ever the powers-that-be decide there should be a third volume, I’ll be there to read it. I need to know what happened to the main character’s uncle… Moving on, after I finished reading the story, I did a little search to view other opinions on it. That’s when I came across this news item. Gyo is being turned into an animated special.

There really isn’t much more to say about this. There’s going to be a lot of gross looking walking-fish and I’m going to get a chance to hear what a voice actress does with the role of the complain-y girlfriend. Man, that girl could really whine. But another thing I’m looking forward to is how they handle the sound effects. Without giving away too much, the story actually revolves around a sort-of virus that causes living things to bloat-up and expel gas as a means to replicate the virus, as well as power the machinery that allows the sea creatures to walk. Eventually, the virus spreads to humans… So… You know… All the infected parties are farting and sorta-burping continuously. There are panels in the manga that are kinda humorous because of this… In a bad way. I shouldn’t have laughed, but I did anyway. But you know, that’s a big part of the second half of the manga…. So, are we going to be hearing continuous flatulence for most of the second half of the movie? This is easily the most important question that needs to be asked of this movie. So… That’s it. Animated Gyo. I can’t wait.

-Fleet

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