Anime/Manga Plastic Memories

[Palamon]

This is a beautiful and sad original anime that I want to tell everyone about.

This story takes place in a future not too far away when androids that look exactly like humans begin to spread across the world. The android production company SA Corp. produced Giftia, a new kind of android that has the most amount of emotion and human-like qualities out of any other model ever seen.

However, due to problems in technology, the androids have a service life, and once they pass that, they... Well, it gets pretty bad. For this sake, SA Corp. creates a terminal service in order to retrieve Giftia that have gone past their service life. A new employee at the terminal service named Tsukasa Mizugaki forms a team with the Giftia Isla to retrieve the other androids, but...

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Doesn't sound sad? Well, it is. I just watched the first episode and thought it was beautiful. I can tell this is going to be a really sad anime. The concept of androids has been done before in Chobits, but this one seems to be much better, and it's ecchi free. I highly recommend this anime. It just aired today. There's no manga or anything for it. Completely original concept.

 

[pkmin3033]

I'm picking this one up; my interest is piqued. I didn't much care for Chobits beyond the fact that the dub put Crispin Freeman in the starring role - and considering he usually voices serious/menacing characters, hearing him voice a pervert was hilarious - but...eh, it sounds interesting. I'm put in mind of the Ghost in the Shell movies for some reason; Innocence in particular. Could be fun.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

I planned this from the start. I'm looking forward to hearing AmaSora again.

 

[Emolga91]

I watched episode 1 last night it was quite the surprise I expectted something great. It's like a sci-fi slice of life comedy but if the first episode had anything to say a possible tear jerker. The animation was really nice but I love the overall concept the show portrays.

I really hope his show continues to go from strength to strength because of it being an original work. It's not tied down by fan expectations. Il be watching this weekly :)

 

[Winter]

I'm giving this the 3-episodes test. The premise seems interesting, though after sitting through the first episode, the anime did not grow on me...

 

[Candy]

First episode had quite the feels in it.

Definitely going to be the resident tearjerker anime of the season.

 

[Kenchiin]

First episode had quite the feels in it.

Definitely going to be the resident tearjerker anime of the season.

I was waiting for your opinion to see if this was worth it.

I will give a try later.

 

[Candy]

I was waiting for your opinion to see if this was worth it.

I will give a try later.

Why would you watch an anime by looking at my opinions lol. You watch it, you judge for yourself.

Well from what I've seen, first episode just shoved us the first of the feels, and feels normally don't come in at the first episode haha. Usually, the first episode can give you some insight on what the anime is going to be like. I hope that since it's an original, it can only go better from here.

Right now it's definitely going to the top of my weekly download priority list.

 

[derozio]

Y'all been hyping this up. Wasn't on my radar but it definitely is now. I'll give it a go few hours down the line and be back here to report :p

 

[Chikara]

I'm in the same boat as derozio. Gonna give it a try tonight, though since the first episode is a tear jerker, if the show keeps pulling that shit, I'm going to have to drop it in order to save my kokoro.

 

[Emolga91]

I'm going to rewatch episode 1 again cause I feel I missed out some bits cause I was tired at the time. The only reason this was on my radar was from my American friend saying it's from Mages! It's going to be great haha.

The show seems to fit well in a niche genre combination. The only thing that comes close is machine gun dolls I believe (I think that's the title) but from this opening this looks far more sensible as doesn't rely on cheap fan service to get the ratings and the humour alone balanced well with the pacing and the overall feel of the intro episode

 

[Taemin]

I'm also going to try this one out this evening, because I've heard some good things about it. By good, I mean that it managed to make some people tear up, and that's technically a good first episode.

 

[Kenchiin]

Why would you watch an anime by looking at my opinions lol. You watch it, you judge for yourself.

I just noticed our tastes are similar in some cases, so probably something you didn't like was a no-go for me lol
I wish I had time to 'judge' all the stuff myself :(


I hope i have time today to watch this, seems it's gonna be a busy day -.-

 

[Chikara]

I've watched the first 30 seconds, and let me just say that Plastic Memories looks beautiful.



Okay done! I didn't cry or anything, but it's an interesting concept! Reminds me of Death Parade, especially if they're going to go the "one case an episode" route. Definitely enjoyed it :)

 

[Kenchiin]

#1

WHY. WHY NO ONE STOPPED ME FROM WATCHING THIS.

Spoiler:

That was just too cruel. The scene where human and robot exchanged rings was already making my heart stop, and then the android loli saying goodbye to grandma.

Holy cow, I was really not prepared for this.

 

[Candy]

#1

WHY. WHY NO ONE STOPPED ME FROM WATCHING THIS.

Spoiler:

That was just too cruel. The scene where human and robot exchanged rings was already making my heart stop, and then the android loli saying goodbye to grandma.

Holy cow, I was really not prepared for this.

Like I said, resident tearjerker of the season.

 

[Emolga91]

#1

WHY. WHY NO ONE STOPPED ME FROM WATCHING THIS.

Spoiler:

That was just too cruel. The scene where human and robot exchanged rings was already making my heart stop, and then the android loli saying goodbye to grandma.

Holy cow, I was really not prepared for this.

I had a similar reaction haha

Spoiler:

When it came to the part with the child and the grandma, the music in the background already got me going when she was saying "Yours meds are in the cupboard and you need to make up with..." but it was the moment she began crying and said "what else......what else" I was like NOOOOOOO STOP NOOOOOOO........GAH!

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

android loli

Oh damn, I'm even more sold on this anime than I was before...

 

[Nagi]

while i'll keep watching, i'm not particularly impressed with this anime so far... admittedly its tearjerking effect works on me too, but i don't know. i dislike it because the premise seems faulty in so many ways :/ rant in spoiler. sorry had to get it off my chest, lol

Spoiler:

owners know their android has a time limit, so it really doesn't make sense for them to 'resist arrest' like that. except if they only know about the time limit but not about what happens if they cross it, but in the second case of this episode, it seems the grandma had a pretty good understanding of the situation in the end, so i think that's also not it. their complaint is that their android will lose their memories and personality if it gets taken away, but the same thing will happen if they keep it around longer. in fact it'd be even more painful to see them deteriorate than it is to say goodbye while they're still themselves.
then there's of course the fact that the androids break after 9 years in the first place. i'd understand if their bodies would break down, but why would their 'synthetic souls', that i assume are just... data... disintegrate? data isn't tangible, so they should be able to just transfer it to a different 'memory card' if the one currently in the android is exhausted or something. i really hope they'll go more into that than they have so far.

... and this is personal preference i suppose, but i don't like how Isla is so similar in looks and personality to Tenshi from Angel Beats! as well as Shiro from No Game No Life.

i really hope they'll show us an android past its lifespan though. really curious to see what happens. so far it sounds similar to dementia in humans. but i do love the small stories of each android and its owner, so i hope we get to see more of that, at least! it's been a loong time since i've seen Chobits, but i thought the premise for that was pretty interesting (and i don't remember the ecchi bits you mentioned anymore at all really, but maybe i blocked it out/was clueless to what was going on at the time lol)

 

[Emolga91]

Well episode 2 has been on and it was a little more light hearted in tone

Spoiler:

At least we know see the main character and Isla develop a bit more, and I think with the ending bombshell some more sadness is on its way. Really liked the opening track as well, I just like the overall approach this show goes for. It's right up my alley haha