“Alright, the count is 2 balls and 1 strike, aaannnnndddd here’s the pitch.” **Ball smashes tiger in the face** “You can, put it on the BOOOOAAARRRDDD!!! Yes!” — Ken Harrelson, baseball announcer Bear Grylls would be disappointed by the ignorance in this camping expedition, not to mention the lack of urine consumption. Trust me, though, that’s the least of 7Seeds problems. In a post-apocalyptic world, five sets of seven boys/girls (“seeds”) attempt to survive despite being chased by bizarre tigers, massive insects, and f—kn’ dinosaurs. It sort of sounds exciting, but the mismanagement of the plot and character left much to be desired. Too manyodd events occurred for 7Seeds to be taken seriously. To start, when meteorites were colliding with the earth, a preponderance of the population seemed ambivalent. They displayed distress about the calamitous situation, but were more than willing to forget their troubles for a live concert. Then, when resources became scarce, large swaths of people (obligingly?) got turned into human slushy’s. One would think that society would be in a frenzy from the fears of imminent disaster.
On that note, 7Seeds is littered with rape, calamity, disease, and death; yet, it feels devoid of impact. At no point in the series did I empathize with the fictional characters. Probably because most of whom I couldn’t relate to, given their superficial qualities.
While most of the characters were stale and wishy-washy, there was one who stood above the rest. Mark — the ventriloquist — decided to dress up as Santa to visit the beach as the world was going to hell. Had sex with an infected women (Acari X virus), because his erection wasn’t going anywhere. Locked people in a freezer because he’s a (n)ice guy. And wore a purple ‘Joker’ suit as he talked to Scarface (Pete) during his last moments. Dude was a legend!
The rest of the characters made no positive impressions, they were vacuous. In fact, it was challenging to differentiate them as the number of cast members proliferated. There was some dude playing music all the time, a ‘grim reaper’ who choked Ms. Hana to propagate sexual asphyxiation (or prevent suffering, whatever), and a girl with the hots for this dude with a girlfriend. The number of cliched character was off the charts!
The Animation was bland, with no discernment of creative brilliance; the fights, in particular, were unremarkable. The whirlpool in episode 12 was a fine example of terrible CGI, and character designs were conventional, recycled, and uninteresting. The OST was tedious and the enjoyment was paltry-to-non-existent. It seems like the production staff attempted to rely on the mysterious backdrop to inspire excitement, but it was all for naught. 7Seeds was a bore to watch and I would vehemently recommend you watch something else.
Not Recommended
Oh dear, a Netflix sponsered anime. What in Earth could possible go wrong! By the looks of it; a lot! Story: 3/10 (Very Bad) From a post-apocalyptic survivalist shoujo manga written in 2011 with 35 volumes and 177 chapters, we get a (possible two) part 12 episode anime adaptation from Studio Gonzo. This review will focus on the first season. It pretty much boils down that all gouverments worldwide select a bunch of people to put in a cryonic freezer because they know a giant asteroid will collide into Earth, a mass extinction occurs and some humans that were put in the freezer are just seedsto contineu humankind. First of all, cryonics is at this moment still impossible. Sure, I have consider the Sci-Fi tag section, but when I look at the new wildlife that is represented in the story I have trash this anime since I'm a paleontologist. Wildlife can't adapt and evolve this fast only if couple hunderd years or so since human structures are somehow slighty intact and since I've seen the documontairies Life after People. That's why I have isseus with the story. Wildlife really can't adapt this fast when a mass extinctiuon occurs. We're currently in a mass extinction right now and countless of species are dying out each day. If you want to see big changes in wildlife just like in this anime, we're talking millions of years! The fossil record doesn't lie! Don't get yourself fooled because some Japanese woman (in this case the original author) thinks huge adaptations in animal and plantlife kingdom happen in just couple hunderds of years!
Art: 5/10 (Average)
Animation wise it's pretty much average 2019 standards I guess. I've seen better animation, but it's not horrible iether. But then again, it's Studio Gonzo. I know they can do much better, but hey that's just me. Yes, the studio that gave us Welcome to the N.H.K. is behind this. Sometimes the animation was at time really bad, but sometimes it was OK. In overall; it's a mixed bag for me.
Sound: 6/10 (Fine)
Voice acting is done well and mainly the reason why I wanted to watch this anime because of several voice actors like Nao Touyama (Karen Kujou in Kiniro Mosaic), Yoko Hikasa (Mio - K-On!) and Shizuka Itou (Sakurako Kujou - Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru) are present in this anime. Still I feel these people should get better roles for better anime projects than this garbage can.
Character: 4/140 (Bad)
Honestyly, I really don't like all the charathers we're getting on the screen. They really don't stand out and are plain boring. Just your average people. Nothing special. Eh... It really gives you the clear idea humankind is doomed no matter what with the mass extinction we're currently facing. Exactly; I'm talking about overpopulation, human induced climate change, pollution, deforestation, rising sealevels, acidification of the oceans, desertification, ...
Enjoyment: 2/10 (Horrible)
The more I've watched, the more annoyed I became with this anime. The ammount of bullshit this story tries to shove you down your troat. Now if this was a Comedy, then I wouln't mind it, but no, sadly this anime doesn't get a Comedy tag. What I found the most annoying that you get a bunch of new evolved species that really shouldn't be there in the first place. I'm talking about a huge mantis Carboniferous size, a therapod like "dinosaur" creature etc. If only they got a radioactive movie treatment, then I could atleast see this trough my fingers, but since I understand how evolution works since I'm actully working with extinct animals and mass extinctions in my daily life, this really a huge letdown. She really should have done her research before writing this crap.
Should you read the manga instead? Eh, that's up to you, but I don't even want to bother with that iether in my opinion.
Overall: 3/10 (Very Bad)
In overall, I really wouldn't recommend this anime unless you really want to see a brainless survival anime without any logic, because emotion is the rule of thumb here if you want to survive. Everyone is equal! Hmmm. Where did I herd that one before? Following your feelings while being is harsh times is the rule for survival here in this anime! In the real world however it's the opposite; facts really doesn't care about your feelings!
No wonder this anime is sponsered by Netflix...
Recommended
Seeing how appalled the reviewers are with the series, I was about to pass it. But since it as a Netflix Original Anime, (I enjoyed quite a few series from Netflix) I decided to give it a try. Have not read the manga, but I think the story telling and pacing is fine, as I was kept interested throughout that I binged watch under 6 hrs. I will advise to wait for part2 (fingers crossed) as it did ended in an abrupt cliffhanger. Definitely the production will not wrap up like this. Rather than shoujo, it fits in a more in the mature category.
Not Recommended
Netflix adaptations tend to be either good or trash. "7 Seeds" falls into the dumpster category. After watching the terrible trailer, I still had my hopes up, as I heard that the Manga was really good and since I had a genuine interest in the concept. But sadly, even less then half-way through the first episode of the Netflix adaptation, I already despised it. First of all, there are so many stereotypical characters and moments that it feels like I'm watching a shitty attempt at a comedy anime. Every single one of the characters is just so damn irritating and it pisses me off. I don'tthink I have ever hated an anime character more than every single one of "these" main protagonists. I just don't have the slightest interest in any of them, and it just left me hoping that these were are all joke protagonists and that they would all somehow manage to die at the end of the first episode, in order to reveal the "real" protagonists that I would be genuinely interested in (sadly this didn't end up happening).
The animations are also a pile of dog shit, and the Netflix trailer warned us about it. Yet I still decided to keep my hopes up, which ended up being a terrible mistake.
So far, I am not enjoying this anime in the slightest and I have decided to drop it right after the "4 episode rule".
Overall, this anime is getting a solid 2/10 from me. The entire anime is just a joke. Don't waste your time with this shit. <3
