This anime is a breath of fresh air. Soo many cliche tropes that have become standard in the industry have been tossed out the window with this one, an anime made by a incredibly dedicated, and talented group with a great instinct for cinema.
This anime doesnt beat you over the head with its plot and over-explanations like you're an ADHD-addled child, there's even characters who arent given subtitles at all! (this is a good thing, it makes you think). The story is a heart-rending, unique whirlwind of existential anguish mixed with AI-identity crises, absurdist comedy, and learning to move on after loss.
The animation is SUPERB, no expense has been spared, every scene+setting is gorgeous, few shortcuts are made anywhere, the MC is an AI-robot girl, and her japanese VA has been incredible. For example, its very rare to see Japanese VA's speak other languages, but she clearly spent a LONG time practicing them, just for a couple of individual scenes in the second episode. Nothing about this anime is what i normally enjoy, but i've been blown away by this. This is also the first time i ever reviewed an anime i've watched anywhere, as im shocked how little attention it gets.
If you must look for inspiration, its likely loosely inspired by Wall-E, A. I.-Artificial Intelligence (the film), and Toy Story. I can't recommend this enough. An anime for people who want to be treated like an adult, but without the overbearing intensity/pretentiousness of watching something like GoT or Breaking Bad (not that im criticising those shows, im just painting a picture).
I STRONGLY recommend you watching this without spoilers, reading episode synopsis', or obsessively scouring the internet for answers, until you've run out of episodes to watch at least.
This anime is experienced best as a raw journey, no shortcuts! The creators didnt take any, neither should you! If they ever release a quality dub, this is the sort of show you could sit your elderly parents down and watch with them, if you wanted to impress them with how far anime as a medium has come. Its a criminal shame how little attention it's gotten thus far.
