1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comJosh Viel Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/joshv/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="eXJs30tzsk"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/anime-review-shonen-onmyouji/">Anime Review: <I>Shonen Onmyouji</I></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/anime-review-shonen-onmyouji/embed/#?secret=eXJs30tzsk" width="600" height="338" title="“Anime Review: <I>Shonen Onmyouji</I>” — The Escapist" data-secret="eXJs30tzsk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Shonen Onmyouji is an interesting departure from what I often see: As a historical fiction, the series is based around the adventures of Abe no Masahiro, the fictitious grandson of the famous and not-so-fictitious Japanese onmyouji, Abe no Seimei. It’s a wonder to me why we don’t see more shows like this; historical fiction gives a concrete basis for a setting, and even if the series takes the series takes the setting and adds more fantastical elements to it, it still gives the viewer something more to connect to. And with Japan’s long and colorful history, there are surely more […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/61/61238.jpg