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Eve no Jikan quick.. almost review?
Apr. 1st, 2009 08:57 pmEve no Jikan is actually... quite good. For being a 'net animation', it's got a pretty good balance. There's only 3 episodes left so I'm not sure that there will really end up being a whole lot of plot, but I could see a studio treating it as a pilot or something and making it into a full show. It's a pretty interesting premise. Not entirely original, it reminds me of a lot of other shows, but it's a new twist on it.
So yeah. What's Eve no Jikan? Well, it's the future. And people have helper robots that do things around the house. And these two kids find a cafe with a strange name... where the line between the androids and humans somehow is blurred. So far, it's mostly them trying to learn more about what's going on. There are also some hints that other, perhaps more empowered individuals are trying to figure it out as well.
It's obviously inspired by what will be the older generation developing an increasing reliance on household robots in Japan as the birthrate declines, the workforce shrinks, and thusly the number of humans that can assist the elderly is reduced as well. Some comparisons to the possible effects of otaku culture on the birth rate and comparing that penomenon with that of people who appear to be too obsessed with androids in there as well.
It's on crunchy roll if you've got a half hour to spend on some pretty good animated near-future sci-fi. Animation overall is good, but some shots are a little on the choppy side- it's quite good overall though. The ring things keep reminding me of The Sims crossed with Haibanei Renmei, which is kind of a strange combo. I suppose anything that even remotely appears halo-like reminds me of Haibane Renmei, that show really just makes that significant of an impression.
So yeah. What's Eve no Jikan? Well, it's the future. And people have helper robots that do things around the house. And these two kids find a cafe with a strange name... where the line between the androids and humans somehow is blurred. So far, it's mostly them trying to learn more about what's going on. There are also some hints that other, perhaps more empowered individuals are trying to figure it out as well.
It's obviously inspired by what will be the older generation developing an increasing reliance on household robots in Japan as the birthrate declines, the workforce shrinks, and thusly the number of humans that can assist the elderly is reduced as well. Some comparisons to the possible effects of otaku culture on the birth rate and comparing that penomenon with that of people who appear to be too obsessed with androids in there as well.
It's on crunchy roll if you've got a half hour to spend on some pretty good animated near-future sci-fi. Animation overall is good, but some shots are a little on the choppy side- it's quite good overall though. The ring things keep reminding me of The Sims crossed with Haibanei Renmei, which is kind of a strange combo. I suppose anything that even remotely appears halo-like reminds me of Haibane Renmei, that show really just makes that significant of an impression.
