ID-0
ID-0
Transferring the human consciousness into a robotic "I-Machine" is now a reality thanks to the discovery of a valuable ore called "orichalt." However, there is the possibility of the consciousness failing to return to the host's body, rendering them stuck inside their new metallic frame for good. Such is the situation of members of the Excavate Company, a reckless band of I-Machine miners led by the notorious Grayman that aims to gather orichalt for profit. During a mining incursion, the group rescues Maya Mikuri, a student who was abandoned by her crew. Accused of stealing classified information on orichalt by her former colleagues, she joins the Excavate Company in hopes of clearing her name. They then begin an adventure that will change their lives—including that of Ido, an ace member of the group with no memory of his past. For the first time, Ido might have the chance to rediscover his true identity. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Synopsis
Transferring the human consciousness into a robotic "I-Machine" is now a reality thanks to the discovery of a valuable ore called "orichalt." However, there is the possibility of the consciousness failing to return to the host's body, rendering them stuck inside their new metallic frame for good. Such is the situation of members of the Excavate Company, a reckless band of I-Machine miners led by the notorious Grayman that aims to gather orichalt for profit. During a mining incursion, the group rescues Maya Mikuri, a student who was abandoned by her crew. Accused of stealing classified information on orichalt by her former colleagues, she joins the Excavate Company in hopes of clearing her name. They then begin an adventure that will change their lives—including that of Ido, an ace member of the group with no memory of his past. For the first time, Ido might have the chance to rediscover his true identity. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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Reviews(11)
PerezosoDoom
January 24, 2018
ID-0 is one of those “Netflix anime” that are completely forgettable since it doesn't stand out in any field or particular way, not even in the superfitial level. Production values are decent, the music and sounds are generic but fitting, and Japan is still far away from being Pixar, but at least in terms of CGI animation is not the latest “Berserk”, “Kingdom”, or “Apeggio of the Blue Steel”, the motions don't look as robotic, and proportions are consistent, but once again, it doesn't stand out either. And what can I say about the writing and directing? The plot is the usual stand alone missions in space withone or two obstacles here and there, if you want well planned and executed missions in space, you have “Planetes”, if you want cool stand alone missions (also with space as a recurring scenario) you have “Cowboy Bebop”, and if you want to see an entertaining as fuck anime with a loli and a robot, you have “Brigadoon”, this anime feels as dry as the first plotless space anime from the 70's, its formula has been executed in better ways throught history yet this anime learned nothing. Pacing is horrible. Fast paced in events and stand alone missions, slow as fuck when it comes to develop the really important aspects of the story, and even to introduce the characters, the first half feels episodic and unimportant, while the second half is completely rushed to the point they don't even explain how exactly the heroes won at the end. The slow pacing helped to make the series feel boring, the rushed events helped to make the series feel unimportant and uninspiring. Characters are one dimensional, all of them. The protagonist is only defined for being timid and smart, although this is only stated and the series never give you a real reason to believe she's smart, while most characters are useless background decorations that contribute nothing, there is one loli besides the protagonist that is there just to cry, and the others have roles like piloting the ship but nothing more than that. The dialogue is plain awful, which helped to make the characterization even worse, plain simple and with no personality, you will constantly hear cliché lines like “My equipment is far superior than yours!”, “It's time to make things well!”. Boring and uninspired. The trope of amnesia is used as a cheap plot device, if one dimentinal characters and terrible pacing wasn't enough to make you feel complete boredom, the amnesia bullshit is the cherry on the top of the cake, it's not a theme about identity or belonging like in “Kaiba”, is just a plot device so the plot cannot be resolved quickly and easily, and so the writers can skip the work to give a real characterization and background to the male protagonist. The series is only 12 episodes yet this plot feels like it drags for too long. The word to describe this work is “uninspired”, I find little to nothing worth saving in this anime. Story: 3 - Generic and unfocused Art: 6 - Generic and cutsy Sound: 7 - It's fine Characters: 2 - Dreadful with moeblob archetypes Enjoyment: 3 - None, but I have seen worse things Overall: 3/10
