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From its description, it sounded like it would be a more emotional and peaceful version of the classic science-fiction movie, it even began that way, but it quickly became a generic, yet enjoyable romance.

Is a 13-episodes-long anime produced by the Doga Kobo studio and written by Naotaka Hayashi, the scenario creator for the Steins;Gate visual novel. Because of this, my expectations for the show were raised quite a bit and it made me pretty excited for it.

The SAI Corporation managed to do the impossible: created androids. This “androids”, called Gifitias, are almost perfectly human, they have personality, desires and free-will, but they also have one major downside: they expire after about 8 years. As a result, SAI Corporation created a department whose job consists of recovering Gifitas close to their expiration date, the Terminal Service Department.

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Tsukasa Mizugaki failed to enter college, but, through his father’s connections, he managed to secure a job in the Terminal Service Department, despite not knowing a thing about Giftias. He is paired with the Giftia Isla, an airhead that is at the end of her lifespan. Their job consists mostly of befriending a Giftia and its owner so that the retrieval goes smoothly and happens on time.

The premise is pretty great, while not exactly original, and hints that every episode we will be introduced to a new Giftia at the end of its lifespan. But that does not happen after the first episode, which is amazing by the way, the best episode of the whole anime. Starting from episode 2, the anime takes a different direction, choosing to focus more on Tsukasa and Isla’s relationship that eventually becomes a romantic one.

From the very start, the ending is kind of obvious. But that is not a problem if it is done correctly, and

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Managed to do just that., it felt natural for it to end that way and it even managed to conclude in a bittersweet note rather than a very sad one. But along the way it did a fair share of mistakes.

While the secondary cast is likeable, it also is very forgettable. The only exceptions are Michiru, who falls in love with the protagonist for no apparent reason, Yasutaka, that stuck with me only because he showed some strange and rapey opinions, and Kazuki, whose only purpose was telling Isla story before meeting Tsukasa.

Another problem is the “quality” of the plot-holes. For example, it is never clear what happens when a Giftia reaches its expiration date, at first the Giftia loses its memories and becomes very violent, but afterwards it becomes something more akin to “going to sleep”.

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The comedy is also a very bad aspect of the anime, especially early on. The “jokes” are not only badly delivered, but they are written in a such weird way. A “great” example of this is episode 3, in which Tsukasa tries to befriends Isla following the terrible advice of his co-workers. At other times, jokes are made in the worst situations possible, and defuse any tension built until that point.

But there are also some things that it did right. The two main characters are easily liked and have great personalities, the protagonist is not wimpy and does fight things head-on, which is a nice change from the passive protagonists that plague romance anime. Their relationship is also hugely enjoyable, despite feeling generic and not making full use of the setting.

The art is pretty great, has some really nice details and great backgrounds. The character design is pretty good and makes the cast easier to differentiate.

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The soundtrack is also great, as is the voice acting. The OP is fun to listen to and the ED has a bittersweet tone that accentuates that feel in the show. Some of the musics are even memorable and they are always used to its fullest, setting up some pretty great scenes.

Was a feeling of emptiness. I was empty because this is ultimately a very sad story, but also because it could have been so much more. The greatness of the first episode is never matched and, after some wobbling, the creators decided to play it safe and create an unoriginal romance.

, steer away from this anime. It shouldn’t be tought about too hard and it wasted pretty much all of its incredible potential.). “In the UK and US, robots are robots and they are completely different from human beings. There’s also a kind of Frankenstein complex where they are a kind of monster, standing against human beings. In Japan, robots are treated like humans; in some cases, the robots want to be human.”

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Yoshiura’s comments are generalised – there are plenty of robots who want to be human in British and American SF – but they’re supported by

Although the show often has a light tone, its subject is anything but light; the Japanese publicity bills it as “a story of meetings and partings.” It imagines a world where robots live with people, even as members of human families, but with very limited life-spans; they ‘die’ after nine years. The show imagines a team of professionals whose job is to supervise the androids’ passing, and collect their bodies for disposal.

The main characters are a human youth, Tsukasa, who’s just joining the Terminal Service Department, and his co-worker Isla, a petite girl android with whom Tsukasa is smitten at once. The white-haired Isla looks like Angel in

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But the big name in the credits is the creator and writer, Naotaka Hayashi. He’s famed in fandom for writing the scenarios for the 5pb games

Is animated by Douga Kubo, not a famous outfit, but with a huge number of credits going back at least to the 1980s.

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Is entirely non-violent; the expiring androids may grieve for having to part from their human ‘families, ’ but there’s no sign of anger, no rage against the light’s dying. Interestingly though, both

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Androids (called Giftias) could be our enemies. Rather they are friends, families and – it’s strongly suggested – our teachers on the subject of mortality. The idea of androids as therapists to humans also turned up in the recent anime HAL

S director Ryotaro Makihara connected this idea to trends in society. “We do have pet therapy… You get your thoughts together by talking to a pet, a cat or dog. Japanese people will also go to graves, and put themselves at peace that way. Robots could simply replace that.”

Which was filmed a few years back. Set in an alternative Britain, this story involves not androids but clones, who are born to donate their organs to ‘natural’ humans and seem accepting of their fates.

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Moreover, the clones’ deaths aren’t natural; rather, they’re slaughtered for a human over-class and don’t even think of saying no. It remains to be seen whether the Giftias’ limited lives in

Predicted Isla would turn out to be near the end of her lifespan, with a crushing emotional fallout for Tsukasa. If you want to speculate, though, an alternative possibility is that Tsukasa might be struck down with a life-shortening condition, putting the human on a level with the android. Another alternative is that Tsukasa, unknown to himself, isNach meinem Höllenritt mit Testament of Sister New Devil war ich froh mit Plastic Memories etwas seichtere Kost vorgesetzt zu bekommen. Eine kleine süße Lovestory versprach mir der Klappentext. Doch weit gefehlt.

Plastic Memories erzählt die Geschichte von Tsukasa, der einen neuen Job beim führenden Anbieter sogenannter Giftias antritt. Giftias sind in der Welt von Plastic Memories humanoide Androiden, die menschliche Emotionen, Erinnerungen und eine Persönlichkeit haben. (Klingt ein wenig nach Blade Runner.) Tsukasa fängt in der Rückholabteilung an, deren Aufgabe es ist „alte“ Giftias auszurangieren.

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Es ist nämlich so, dass Giftias nur eine Haltbarkeit von ca. 82000 Stunden haben also grob neun Jahre und vier Monate. Danach beginnen sie ihre Erinnerungen, Persönlichkeit und Gefühle zu verlieren und werden sogenannte Wanderer, zombieartige und unfassbar aggressive Bestien. Abseits von dem Part mit den Wanderern klingt auch das ziemlich nach Blade Runner. Und zwar in einem sehr positiven Sinne.

In seinem neuen Job bekommt Tsukasa selbst einen Giftia, die hübsche Isla, an die Seite gestellt. Zusammen mit ihr muss er Erfahrungen darin sammeln, Menschen ihre jahrelang liebgewonnenen künstlichen Gefährten wegzunehmen. Egal, ob diese für sie ein Kinderersatz, ein Dienstmädchen oder anderweitiger Gefährte sind. Dass dabei die Emotionen auf beiden Seiten hochkochen ist quasi vorprogrammiert.

Da es Vorschrift ist, dass ein Angestellter und sein Giftia zusammenleben, ist es auch quasi gegeben, dass Tsukasa und Isla sich in einander verlieben.

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Normalerweise könnte man jetzt sagen, „na und? Is doch schön für die beiden.“ Da jedoch Isla wie bereits erwähnt eine Giftia ist, hat auch sie keine unendliche Lebenszeit. Da Isla schon eine Weile auf der Welt ist, nähert sich in großen Schritten der Moment, an dem sie, um Blade Runner zu zitieren, in den Ruhestand versetzt werden muss.

Auch die Action kommt, zumindest stellenweise, nicht zu kurz. So bekommen es die Beiden am eigenen Leib mit Wanderern und Menschen, die Giftias entführen zu tun.