Mermaid Forest...
Lately, I've been revisiting some of the older anime titles in my collection like: Mermaid Forest. For those who are curious, Mermaid Forest is the first half of the story about mermaids with the second half of the story being told in Mermaid's Scar. For those of you who haven't heard of Mermaid Forest...
Mermaid Forest is one of four unique and very different stories in the Rumik World series from Rumiko Takahashi, the creator of Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura and Inu Yasha. Although, I liked the folklore surrounding the mermaid's story, ultimately, in the aftermath of the Ultimate Otaku Fall Cleanup, I decided not to keep Mermaid Forrest in my archive. I used to have the subtitled VHS version. I gave Mermaid Forest a 4 out of 5.
A gruesome story of the supernatural! According to legend, if you eat the flesh of a mermaid, you will become immortal. But, for most, the truth is far worse. The lucky ones die. The unlucky ones are altered forever-warped into hideous monstrosities which live on forever!
Yuta was once a sailor - he's traveled across this ephemeral world since the sixteenth century when he was cursed with immortality. For all those lonely years, he's been searching for another like him, an immortal woman, to share his infinite life. Finally, he seems to have found her; the young girl Mana.
But others know the secret of mermaid flesh. Grave-robbing, torture, and hideous medical experiments are all steps on the path toward controlling the secrets of immortality. And now, Dr. Shina and his grotesque companion have a new subject for their experiments, the beautiful Mana.
As Yuta discovers their terrifying plans, he asks himself: can even an immortal man survive against the nightmares spawned by mermaid flesh ? One way or another. the curse must end!
Mermaid Forest is one of four unique and very different stories in the Rumik World series from Rumiko Takahashi, the creator of Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura and Inu Yasha. Although, I liked the folklore surrounding the mermaid's story, ultimately, in the aftermath of the Ultimate Otaku Fall Cleanup, I decided not to keep Mermaid Forrest in my archive. I used to have the subtitled VHS version. I gave Mermaid Forest a 4 out of 5.
