Seikaisuru Kado

Cool-headed and rational, Koujirou Shindou is a government official and master negotiator with a well-earned reputation. While departing on a business trip, a giant cube materializes and his plane is taken undamaged into the mysterious, indestructible structure.

As Japanese authorities attempt to identify the cube's properties and origins, Shindou encounters an otherworldly entity known as Yaha-kui zaShunina, who materializes in the form of a human man. He assures Shindou that the passengers are not in any danger and requests help in negotiations with the human world.

Hailing from a higher dimensional universe known as Novo, Yaha-kui zaShunina is able to transfer information between Novo and Shindou's universe through a cube called Kado. Despite having these unfathomable abilities, he does not appear hostile. Instead, he announces that he has come to this world with only one intention: to "advance" humanity—starting with Japan.

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Yaha-kui zaShunina Main

Terashima, Takuma Japanese

Tsukai, Saraka Main

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Shindou, Koujirou Main

Miura, Hiroaki Japanese

Hanamori, Shun Supporting

Saitou, Souma Japanese

Shinawa, Kanata Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Asano, Shuuhei Supporting

Akabane, Kenji Japanese

Yukika Supporting

Serizawa, Yuu Japanese

Gonnou, Takumi Supporting

Kirimoto, Takuya Japanese

Natsume, Ritsu Supporting

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Ooishi, Tetsuo Supporting

Handa, Yuusuke Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Noguchi, Kouichi Producer

Herek, Samantha Assistant Producer

Murata, Kazuya Director

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Feb 22, 2023

koji_K

Recommended

So, having stumbled across this one, I was quite surprised to read the plot premise as I felt I had exhausted what few adults-only, non-mecha, non-isekai, non-high school based, etc etc anime was out there, and frankly this sounded exactly like the sort of show I'd be interested in. First contact based sci-fi dealing with aliens/other-dimensional beings, and some of the reviews even went as far as to note the DMT/psychedelic motifs that accompany the best of this genre (after all, if you're going to see a tesseract, your brain is gonna bend.)

So far, so good. But, so many of the reviews seemed ... to contain the same critique: "This show started excellent but somewhere around episode 7 (sometimes 6, sometimes 8) it took a nosedive." So, I began the show. I waited with bated breath until episode 7 and - absolutely nothing surprising happened. If *anything* (and without giving away spoilers) there was a slight tone shift from "straight up Arrival-esque sci-fi" to "here come some mild anime tropes and some unexpected character developments." And even the character developments were not what I was somewhat expecting them to be.

Basically, this is very solid sci-fi fare, a rare "mature" anime (term used relatively here), with a closed-loop plot, some great concepts and some decent character interactions which may have simply turned off people who thought they were going to get "pure" Arrival in anime form. I'd recommend this to sci-fi fans, psychonauts, and basically anyone with an interest in higher dimensions and how we as humans cope with those concepts. I think Asimov or Clarke said any sufficiently higher technology would appear to us as magic. Likewise, would a higher dimensional being appear to us as an angel or a god?

Ultimately, it's a first-contact tale for the modern era, it's the Day the Earth Stood Still for our time. Ignore the people complaining about the last third of the series, because honestly, I don't quite get what they were expecting and the story seemed to remain of a consistent quality to me. Again, without spoilers, I'd just say let yourself have some fun on an otherwise high-minded philosophical ride.

My only quibble, if anything, is I wish this was maybe a few episodes longer as I would have liked to see more of the world reacting to the events portrayed, and some of the complex character motivations fleshed out a little further.

Oh, and do watch Episode 0. It's on Crunchyroll. It provides some character backstory that does come back to enhance the plot.

Final thought: I believe the same writer wrote "Babylon" which I started but never finished, but having seen Kado now I think I need to return to Babylon and give it a second chance.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Aug 1, 2022

anjkiso

Mixed Feelings

Technology advancement concept on this story is a bit mysterious and vast. They presented new terms, being and materials that (on their end) makes sense when mixed up altogether. For me, it's between a good and fine anime. I like the animation but I guess the downside is the terms used and how fast the story was going until the last episode. Introduicng a new character at the end to solve a problem is a surprise for me and I don't know if it's necessary or they just need a good escape to end the story because the new character have no follow up whatsoever ... until the last second.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 23, 2021

idonthavealife69

Not Recommended

Id like to start out with saying the anime starts of realy good, the animation is realy good and the characters seem intresting, but then around ep 6/7 it starts to go down to shit, the story changes drasticly and its just rushed, the characters didnt realy devolep, and they barely had any backstory so you wouldnt get atached to the characters, it reminds me (spoiler) of darling in the franxx it started out pretty good and then middway they had this weird plot twist that wasnt nececery at all and rushed it to the end to ultamatly become a trainwreck known for its ... bad ending, overal id like to say the story started good but was rushed leaving litle room for explanations and such i give it a 4 out of 10

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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