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Sep 9, 2022
Unbreakable Machine Doll is a perfectly decent anime. The characters are likable and the story is decent. However, it falls far short of being a great work for the medium. I went into this with high expectations, as this is a Lerche anime and Lerche is my favorite studio. Their animation is always gorgeous and they are responsible for some of my favorite series ever made. However, Unbreakable Machine Doll does not feel up to par with their other series.
First of all, the animation. Lerche usually has some of the best animation in the industry. However, Unbreakable Machine
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Doll does not meet their usual standard. Most of the time, it looks serviceable. The characters are well-designed and stay on model. It's not a stand-out style or anything, but it's perfectly fine. The issues, however, come from the action scenes. In almost every action scene with the automatons, the animation will switch to very low-quality CG models. The change is very jarring. Some characters look better than others, but Yaya in particular looks really off due to her human appearance. It's really disappointing because the fight scenes are a focal point of the anime, and there are some good ideas in terms of choreography, but it all falls apart in the execution.
As for the story, it's decent. It's nothing particularly groundbreaking and I don't think it's going to be anybody's favorite anime, but it's extremely watchable. In particular, the characters are largely very likable. The main character, Raishin, is enjoyable (albeit a bit one-note at times) and most of the supporting cast, especially Charlotte and Loki, are very well-written and I found myself liking them a lot. However, the biggest issue the story has is that it all feels like setup. The series ends with pretty much just as many questions as when it started, and the whole season feels like it's just introducing characters and concepts to be used further down the line. However, it's abundantly clear that season 2 will almost definitely never happen, so if you want to see where the story goes, you'll have to read the light novels, which have never been officially translated into English.
There's a lot to like in Unbreakable Machine Doll, but overall, it just feels extraordinarily average. It's not something I think anyone needs to go out of their way to watch. However, if the premise really sounds interesting to you and the idea of CG battles and a lack of resolution don't bother you, I recommend giving it a watch and forming your own opinion. It can be quite an enjoyable show.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Aug 9, 2021
I don't usually write reviews of anime, but I just had to write one for Gamers, as I have never felt more conflicted about just about any piece of media. This anime is bad. The story is poorly-written, and the entire narrative relies on a series of misunderstandings. The entire conflict could be cleared up if the five main characters just talked to each other for ten seconds. This form of storytelling gets very frustrating very fast. The romance aspect is enjoyable enough, but it is certainly nothing new. At best, this anime is just another forgettable romance anime.
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Also, the plot does not resolve in the anime, ending very abruptly in a seeming reliance on finishing the story in a second season. However, due to the poor performance of the anime, a second season seems impossible, and to make matters worse, the series of light novels and manga that the anime is based on has never been translated into English, so there is no closure to the plot.
However, Gamers has one thing going for it that makes it an anime I can still recommend. One of my greatest passions is video games, especially retro video games. It is abundantly clear that the writers of the anime share this intense love of video games. As a result, the anime is full of jokes and references about video games, ranging from mainstream pieces of gaming culture like Super Mario Bros, Dragon Quest, or the Konami Code, to jokes about extremely obscure pieces of gaming media, like Star Ocean, Harvest Moon, or even Nintendo StreetPass. Surprisingly, a lot of the gaming jokes are very funny, and I found myself laughing quite a bit at this anime. Additionally, the more you know about video games, the more you are likely to get out of Gamers.
I cannot recommend this anime to everybody. Objectively speaking, it's very bad. However, the references and humor make it extremely watchable. If you're just looking for a funny, video game-centered anime and don't mind wading through the frustrating plot, Gamers is a lot of fun.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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