Everyone’s favorite series about microorganisms[微生物] is back—for real! Five years after the first anime adaptation and two years after a live-action drama, Masayuki Ishikawa’s award-winning manga, Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture, will return to TV with its long-awaited second anime, Moyashimon Returns, this summer.
　　For anyone who is not familiar with this quirky[怪癖的] hit, Moyashimon is about Tadayasu Sawaki, a college freshman with the unique ability to see micro-organisms with bare eyes and communicate with them. Tadayasu and his childhood friend Kei Yuuki are taken under the wing of Professor Keizo Itsuki, and old friend of Tadayasu’s grandfather. Joining Professor Itsuki’s weirdo[怪人]-packed research group, their college life turns out to be nothing less than chaotic[混乱的]…
　　Every now and again an anime comes along that restores my faith in the creativity of Japanese visual culture, especially given the number of game-based and light-novel-based shows we seem to be getting these days. Moyashimon is just such an anime. It’s clear from the beginning that Moyashimon is an anime unlike any other, something unconventional[非传统的] and unique. Even without all those cute microbes [微生物]—Aspergillus oryzae[黄曲霉] has never been so adorable—giving you a bite of microbiology[微生物学] lecture, the series is a great comedy in its own right. The characters are portrayed in a very funny, yet realistic, manner, and I find it ironic[讽刺的] that many of their actions are as familiar to me as my own hand—as they may be to anyone else who has attended university, lived in a dorm[宿舍], or dealt with a bunch of people who seem more than a little insane[疯狂的].
　　For five long years, Moyashimon fans have complained about the finale[结局] of the first series because everything is wrapped up so suddenly and there has never been any news about the second season. So it’s good to know the new series will pick up directly from the first anime and continue to follow Tadayasu’s misadventures[不幸]. This is an amazingly entertaining anime that you simply should not miss. Let’s get brewing[酿造]!
　　


　　


　　大家都喜欢的微生物动画片真的要回来啦！石川雅之的获奖漫画《萌菌物语》曾在五年前被首次改编成动画，两年前又被拍成真人电视剧。这个夏天，期待已久的动画第二季——《萌菌物语回归》将重返银屏。
　　在此向所有不熟悉这部偏门名作的人介绍一下：《萌菌物语》讲的是泽木直保的故事，这名大一新生拥有一项特殊能力，他用肉眼就可以看见微生物并与其交流。直保和童年好友结城萤被直保爷爷的老朋友——树庆藏教授收入门下。他们加入了树教授那怪胎成堆的研究小组，校园生活从此一片混乱……
　　每隔一段时间就会出现那么一部动画，让我对日本视觉文化的创造力重拾信心，尤其是我们如今看到的大多是从游戏或轻小说改编过来的作品。《萌菌物语》就是这样一部作品。从一开篇，它就显然与其他动画不同，打破传统，剑走偏锋。即便没有那些可爱的微生物——黄曲霉从未试过如此招人喜爱——给你上一点微生物课，这部作品本身就是一部优秀的喜剧。每一个角色都塑造得妙趣横生，而又异常逼真；讽刺的是，他们的许多举动对我来说一点都不陌生——对于任何上过大学、住过宿舍，或者和一群不止有点疯的家伙打过交道的人来说，这些事情再熟悉不过了。
　　整整五年来，《萌菌物语》的粉丝一直很不满意第一季的结局，因为故事收场得过于仓促，而且一直没有关于第二季的消息。因此，新动画将紧接上一季的剧情，继续讲述直保的各种不幸遭遇——这个消息真让人高兴。这是一部娱乐性十足、绝对不容错过的作品。一起来酿吧！
　　关于“倒A档”
　　noitaminA（ノイタミナ）是日本富士电视台联播网（FNS系列）专门播放动画的节目板块，名称根据单词“animation”倒写而成，意思为“颠倒动画的常识”，因此常被称为“倒A档”。自2005年4月开播至今，noitaminA培育出庞大的固定观众群，在同时段的深夜动画板块中稳占收视桂冠，所以板块本身也渐渐成了动画质量的代名词。
　　“倒A档”在动画的题材与制作上常常极具匠心，开播以来三十多部动画当中除了名作《蜂蜜与四叶草》、《萌菌物语》、《东之伊甸》，还有极具鬼才中村健治个人风格的《怪-化猫》、《空中秋千》，以及创下板块最高收视率的《我们仍未知道那天所看见的花的名字》等。