Especially when he sees Bojji defeat his much larger younger half-brother Prince Daida ( Kaji Yuuki) in a duel with bokken. He’s living as a petty thief but he comes to like the little prince – first through pity, then an amazed sort of respect. Despite his nature most of that doesn’t come from Kage, despite his cruel fate – he seems to be one of the last survivors of the “shadow clan”, a community of assassins that was wiped out after attempting to murder the king. But fairy tales often have hidden depths and surprising darkness. It has the feel of a fairy tale, and in Wit’s hands the exquisitely-rendered look of one. Yes, there’s a lot more to Bojji than meets the eye – and there’s a lot more to Ousama Ranking too. Of course what he doesn’t realize is that Bojji can read lips – which means he knows all the terrible things being said about him, and still chooses to face the world with a cheerful smile (most of the time, anyway). Among the king’s advisors, the one who seems to hold a soft spot for Bojji is swordmaster Domas ( Eguchi Takuya), who communicates with the boy in sign language. He’s now clearly very sick, and worried for the future of his country – but he loves his son dearly, as he did the boy’s late mother. Bojji has a friend, but the problem is that his walks through town in his underpants do his fragile reputation even more harm, and earn the disapproval of his parents and the king’s advisors.Īs for the king, Bosse ( Miyake Kenta, naturally), he’s a literal giant of a man – the hero who built his kingdom after saving the people from a troop of ogres. He even agrees to come back the next day with even finer finery, so happy is he to have someone who can understand him (though just how, it’s not clear). He is kind, though, and when he mets Kage on one of his ambles through the village and the creature demands his money (of which he has none) and settles for his clothes, Bojji happily surrenders them.
The thing is, though, that while Bojji may be small and deaf, he’s neither weak nor stupid. He’s looked down on with disdain by the Queen (his stepmother), most of the royal retinue, and even the peasantry as weak and stupid. Bojji (the name literally means “little prince”) is deaf, small, and not capable of clear speech. Adapted from a manga by Touka Sousuke, it’s the story of a little prince named Bojji ( Hinata Minami) and a strange little shadow named Kage ( Murase Ayumu). And it’s one that’s awash in the love of its staff – this show has the look of a passion project if ever one existed. That’s all the more poignant because in Ousama Ranking Wit has delivered the clear best premiere of the season. We’ll see what changes are coming for Wit, but I can’t think they’re going to be pleasant.
As Kinky Friedman said, “money may buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail” – but you can’t pay a staff (or creditors) with love. I love Wit for standing down on Shingeki no Kyoujin and adapting Ousama Ranking, but that only gets you so far. This sad state of affairs has been the dominant theme of Maruyama Masao’s late career, and I can’t think he’s happy with the answers he’s found either. I think we probably know the answer to that, and it’s not pleasant to think about. It raises the question – in the current production committee model, is it even possible for a studio to be and do those things and not hemorrhage money? That’s why the news this week that the studio was in financial trouble and had ceded financial operations to parent I.G. Their batting average is sky-high, their production values are consistently top-shelf, and they seem to take real pride in doing serious, interesting work – be it original or adapted.
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As dearly as I love Studio Bones, I think Wit is the closest to a sure thing there is in TV anime these days.
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