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Mar 13, 2018
This show is a good example of how important good characters are. A.I.C.O.: Incarnation is visually fantastic with an intriguing story, but it falls flat when it comes to characters.
Not only does it fail to properly introduce them, but each and every one of them are so badly written it's pathetic.
For starters, we are given no reason to care about any of them. There are a few "emotional" scenes in this show that are clearly supposed to be tearjerkers, including a death and some drama. But, listen, nobody's going to cry over a character they don't care about!
"Oh no, this character that I forgot
...
the name of and I can't describe to save my life is dead, so sad."
On top of that, there were a considerable amount of scientist side characters that they never introduced and I just... I honestly never knew who they were. Specifically this pink-haired scientist lady that ended up being semi-important.
You can't just.... throw in random characters and say "they're important now" without any introduction whatsoever.
As I sat watching the credits of the final episode, I came to the realization that I never found out who she was or why she was there.
Oh, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
Our main characters, the ones that I previously said give no reason for the audience to care about them, are horrible.
You see, they had to get to Primary Point, the end goal/location of their mission, quickly. They kept saying how they needed to hurry up, like there was some sense of urgency.
"Like there was some sense of urgency" ... well, there didn't seem to be for the characters themselves.
They kept saying how they needed to go faster, get to Primary Point sooner, and it was urgent...! And then they took breaks that lasted basically almost full episodes every episode.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU CAN'T KEEP REPEATING THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO HURRY UP AND THEN STAND AROUND NOT PROGRESSING AT ALL FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
They weren't even doing anything important! They were just bickering and joking around! What? Like, w h a t ? !
Because of this, the middle episodes ended up being incredibly repetitive. Some scenes of them fighting Matter, supposed character/plot/lore/I-don't-even-know development, then more scenes of them goofing around and not doing what they said they should be doing at all.
Yes, because I'm sure everyone wants to see a bunch of flat, generic characters talking to eachother instead of the actual plot progression.
And don't even get me started on the two MAIN main characters, Kanzaki and Aiko. If I elaborate on Kanzaki, I'll reach spoiler territory, so I'll just say this about Aiko...
I don't think anyone working on this anime knew what her personality is supposed to be like. She changed sides and opinions every 2 seconds, got super emotional and caused trouble for the sake of plot progression and only for the sake of plot progression, and just in general had no character whatsoever. Long story short, I really hate Aiko.
Moving on, I wish more things were explained in this show. Some things were painful like, "HERE LET ME TELL YOU MY ENTIRE BACKSTORY AND FEELINGS FOR THE SAKE OF THE AUDIENCE TO INTRODUCE MY CHARACTER, POINTLESS BEST FRIEND WHO IS COMPLETELY UNIMPORTANT" while others were left so unexplained I was very, very confused.
A.I.C.O.: Incarnation has such an interesting world. One wrapped in mystery and sci-fi that I wanted to know more about. But, no, no. Obviously focusing on the idiot characters and their adventure was more important, right?
It's not only the world. There were so many characters that I just. I don't know who they are. At all, actually. There's a bunch of different sides and organizations and groups and goals and I...! It was so very confusing.
And now for a brief list of the good things about this anime:
- Some neat plot twists.
- Quality BONES animation.
- Beautiful character art. I love the eyes.
- Amazing Opening theme.
- A legitimately interesting world.
- Very bingeable. Thanks, Netflix.
- I genuinely enjoyed it.
Yes, I enjoyed this show. I just ranted about it for 10 minutes, yet I enjoy it.
I guess trash can still be entertaining.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Nov 5, 2016
The only reason I watched this anime in the first place is because I'm a fan of Monster High, the doll line. I'm a collector of them. And, seeing my beloved characters turned into anime, I have to say it was cool to see. But, as it's meant for kids, I can't say it was... good. Each episode is very short and each one is simply a comedic sort of story.
Story: 5, Mediocre
There's not much of a story in the first place. Like I stated before, each episode is its own comedic gag, in a sense. An event happens and that's that. Nothing
...
much to it.
Art: 4, Decent
Eh, it's not really... well-animated. At all, in fact. And you can very clearly see this when it comes to the opening.
Sound: 3, Poor
I feel like they just took free sounds from online and slapped them into the anime. Music is fairly good, I guess, but sound effects really aren't.
Character: 6, Fair
There's no time for character development in 3-minute episodes of a kids show.
Enjoyment: 7, Good
Heh, honestly, I just... really like seeing the characters that I've loved since I was a kid be in an anime, no matter how crappy it is. It's fun.
Overall: 6, Fair
Again, this is a KIDS show. It's just sorta something to set your kids in front of to keep them entertained. It's hard for me to review something like this critically.
Also, as of now there aren't any official subs, only a fan sub on YouTube. It takes less than half an hour to watch the entire series. It's not anything memorable, and it's hardly much of an anime at all, in fact-- heck, I'm the first one to review this and it's been out for over a year now! If you're a Monster High fan, you should watch it. If you're not, then, well... don't waste those 24 minutes it'd take you to watch this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Oct 30, 2016
The biggest flaw for this anime were the characters. They were really annoying and pretty idiotic-- there were only two characters out of the nine main ones that I had no problems with.
As far as the horror factor goes, there was nothing that made me jump out of my seat, but it certainly had that creep factor to it. I couldn't sleep the night I watched it.
And as you'd expect from the title CORPSE Party, it's extremely gory and bloody. From innards spilling out to eyes being stabbed and torn out, if you can't handle even a little blood you really shouldn't watch this.
...
It's very graphic, it doesn't seem like they even tried to censor anything.
Time-wise, I started and finished it within a couple of hours. It goes very quickly. At the beginning, in episode one, I must say that I really wasn't a fan. Mostly because of the idiotic fanservice, I don't feel like it belongs in such a grim show. But it definitely grew on me, mostly because of the mystery to it. It was that mystery that kept me watching, otherwise I would've probably dropped it. The resolution to that mystery was very emotional, and I'm not going to lie when I say that I was very close to crying.
Overall, you can't blame such a short series for little characterization or a rushed story. For only four episodes it was very good and especially so for binge watching.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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