While this sounds like the correct way to introduce a show… and it is… it’s executed all wrong. They are trying to mix backstory along with character introductions along with character development along with world building. This show’s pacing is absolutely terrible. While I get that, it’s the only part of the show I fully get right now. Did the second season meet expectations?Īfter the events of the first Basilisk, the Kouga and Iga clans are living peacefully together, although there is still some obvious disdain there between the two clans. Although I don’t remember much of the first season, I saw that the sequel took place ten years after the first so I figured it was okay to jump in. It was one of the first shows, along with Ninja Scroll, that I watched when I first got into anime. Related: The Omegas Team Up With An Old Enemy in Power Rangers Vol.It has been 11 years since the first season of Basilisk aired and it has been about 9 years since I’ve watched it. It's easy to get lost in the atmosphere of the book but, the sudden explosions of gore quickly brings the reader back into the story's urgent action. The ambient nature of the drawing and the colors make the scenes of violence all the more jarring. His shadowy, brooding vistas are made all the more striking by Guimaraes' bright pastel colors, which evoke a sense of foreboding reminiscent of Pretty Deadly. Also, Scharf brilliantly juxtaposes Regan's obscured eyes with close-up images of the eyes of the birds that follow her. Looming silhouettes and menacing shadows can be found in almost every panel.
However, Scharf's artwork establishes a clear, haunting tone throughout the series' debut issue. Scharf's character designs feel simple and grounded and his landscapes are downright haunting. But, on another level, this first issue withholds so much information that it feels more like a preview that is as intriguing as it is unsatisfying. On one level, Bunn is planting the seeds for a great mystery. Hannah's quest for vengeance is clear, but the details about the injustice she is looking to rectify remain mysterious.
Readers are immediately thrown into the violence and madness of the world, without being given a clear sense of its characters' motives. In Basilisk #1, Bunn seems to prioritize the story's action rather than the world-building. Creators have to capture the attention and imagination of their audience, while also providing all the information new readers need to understand the story's world and its problems. When beginning a new comic series, creators are faced with the unenviable challenge of introducing a new world and new characters without boring readers with tedious exposition. The mysterious woman kidnaps Regan - a blindfold-wearing woman with a strange connection with birds and some truly terrifying powers - who is her only hope of tracking down and defeating the people who wronged her. After that, the focus shifts to a mysterious woman named Hannah and her quest for revenge. Ultimately, Basilisk #1 is a vague but enticing glimpse of a frightening world that leaves too much to the imagination.īasilisk #1 opens to a band of bedraggled travelers walking into a small town and brutally killing the first person they encounter.
The series is drawn by Jonas Scharf with colors from Alex Guimaraes and published by BOOM! Studios. In fact, He seems determined to make 2021 a scare-filled year with his relaunch of the Shadowman series, Phantom on the Scan and the return of his horror anthology Harrow County. His latest supernatural series, Basilisk, revolves around the violent hive-mind of the Chimera. Writer Cullen Bunn is no stranger to the horror genre.