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Isa730
I know the show's pretty, but don't watch it. It's genuinely not worth it. (Very minor spoilers)
Coppelion is basically missed potential the show. The idea of these genetically engineered girls being born and raised to help retrieve people from no-man's land is so fun and interesting, but it falls flat. Coppelion follows three girls, two of whom do virtually nothing the entire series. They have enhanced abilities as a result of gene-splicing, and while we do get to see these at play every now and then, they are almost never used in the life-threatening situations you'd expect to see them used in.
The show introduces things here and there about the girls' pasts, about their modified bodies, etc. and they are either not meaningfully explored or never mentioned again. A lot of them don't ma…
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I have a soft-corner for post-apocalyptic fiction, and stumbled upon this piece of work on a search for the aforementioned. What I expected is a full-blown desolate illustration of a rotting metropolis. But what I found is a softened depiction with few notable thematics and a dented plotline. The plot synopsis is that three radiation-immune high school girls are dispatched to a radiated Tokyo to aid survivors. The fairy tale plot served with a difficult premise sounds so potent, except its potency is never seen in its full bloom.
The plot structure is a curious mess. Instead of a sculpture, I beheld a pile of scraped clay. The plot additions after the Professor arc are reminiscent of an afterthought. Some additions felt painfully unnecessary, like the inclusion of Ozu sisters. Some plot p…
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Overview:
"Coppelion" is an interesting anime to be sure, combining elements from the post-apocalyptic and magical girl genres among others to create something that appears like nothing you've ever seen before. Unfortunately, good ideas are little more than novelties without someone who can actually make the most out of them, and "Coppelion"'s execution of its ideas never manages to be anything more than middling, resulting in an anime that has a lot of issues and untapped potential.
Story (6.5/10):
"Coppelion" is set in the year 2036, 20 years after a nuclear meltdown made Tokyo uninhabitable due to the increased radioactivity making it impossible for normal people to survive without adequate protection. Understandably, this means that the city is now treated as a quarantine zone, with t…
Read at the sourceShionU27
Now I have read so many different options on this anime and people seem to love it or trash it. In my option many people go in thinking its gonna be one thing when its not. the story's not really apocalyptic as in zombies and monsters but as in a modern day dystopia. The manga is also pretty every on the si-fi close to where the anime ends.
The problem I see people talk about with Coppelion the most is it's pacing. The first 3-5 episodes focuses are single stories to help create world building and I can understand how you go from that to the main plot and feel kinda weird. But its not as bad as other popular anime's (Tokyo ghoul not a bad show but the pacing for the first season is weird) Now the other problem I find with the show is the 3 main female characters. Aoi is especially I under…
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When I read the other reviews for Copellion, I thought this might be bad, but it was actually the opposite.
Story is great, I can't give any other info on that. Too important to spoil.
Art was amazing, but the fact that the characters kinda stand out in comparison to the scenery was a bit of an issue that kept catching my attention.
Sound was wonderful, and the SFX was nice.
Characters were nice, wish they could've elaborated more on the girl's backstories, but I'm content. Enjoyed this enough to give it a 9, don't let the other reviews discourage you.
Overall, a definite 10.
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Coppelion is an interesting piece of media that wants to do a lot with the premise, however the direction it takes ends up slightly skewed into a drama of sorts that hurts the presentation of an otherwise decent piece of art.
Story: 5/10
Coppelion begins in the beautifully illustrated ruins of the post-nuclear accident city of Tokyo. We're introduced to our three protagonists: Ibara Naruse, Taeko Nomura, and Aoi Fukasaku, which are high school girls that have been genetically engineered to withstand the incredibly dangerous conditions of the city, trained since their coming into being to be a medical team tasked with locating and rescuing any survivors that may be within the city's limits. They are known as the Coppelion. The series introduces you to the premise and builds the world eff…
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At this point Go Hands has lost all credibility as a new animation studio. They have amazing production values to offer a level of eye candy very few are capable of, and they are always wasting it on subpar titles that offer nothing besides cool premises and lots of fan service (Seitokai Yakuindomo, Mardock Scramble, K Project). Their latest work of bad art is this Coppelion, which is about some schoolgirls looking for survivors in a radioactive area of Japan. Many were mesmerized by the very good animation and artwork, which was creating a most creepy post-apocalyptic setting and thought it would be a very mature and thought-provoking series.
Me? Just looking at the premise I knew right away it will be a big failure. I mean, SCHOOLGIRLS IN THE ROLE OF RESCUE RANGERS! How much more obviou…
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Simply put, Coppelion is boring. It's definitely not a keeper, and not something I would ever watch again.
Story & Setting:
The story is too simple. Three girls who have been genetically enhanced to be immune to radiation are sent to the ruins of a radiated Tokyo in search for survivors. They spend most episodes rescuing survivors and fighting some hostile ones. That’s all there is to it. The story lacks a hook. The cliffhangers didn't leave me in any suspense. After a couple of episodes, I didn’t feel much immersed in the anime, or care much for the characters. After half the episodes were over, I was so bored with the anime that I almost dropped it. But I decided to push through and finish anyway. The story doesn’t change at all.
Characters:
The worst thing about the anime is the char…
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Oh yes!!!!!!! This is outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (to me)
This Anime gave me the feels! The OP and ED gave me the feels, and was great!
I loved the art, it is so nice! I loved the story, and the characters a lot! I imagine myself in this Anime, and I was one of those made people, and I just went out and go to the contaminated place without permission hehehehehhe
I have no dislikes about this Anime, and still wish for a second season! There is enough material for a second season, I believe. But, I guess this didn't got much attention, which is sad.
I recommend this a lot! It's so Beautiful!
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Coppelion is set in a future where the city of Tokyo has been left abandoned due to the city becoming inhabitable due to the high levels of radiation contamination that plague it. In the search for surviving inhabitants of the city, a trio of genetically engineered teens called Coppelion are tasked by the Japanese Self-Defense Force to track down survivors as all of them are immune to the negative effects of radiation and each have their own unique special ability.
On the surface, Coppelion offers some storytelling themes that would make it seem like a solid sci-fi adventure title on paper. The series is set in a "what if" future showing what could happen if Tokyo was ravaged by nuclear radiation as a result of the nuclear reactors that powers its society. Within this future, Ibara and th…
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Coppelion was a science fiction manga written by Inoue Tomonori from 2008 to the beginning of this year. In late 2013, before the manga had actually ended, there was an anime adaptation by GoHands. Now, I've never seen a GoHands anime before, so all I know about Coppelion is what I heard from the young lady who requested that I review it. She called it “hilariously bad.” I don't know if that's going to sum up my own feelings on it. So, let's take a look and see if it is, indeed, hilariously bad.
Story:
After a nuclear accident, Tokyo's been left a smouldering wreck. Twenty years after the incident, a group of students, genetically engineered to resist radiation, are sent into the ruins to find survivors and clean the area. These students are the titular Coppelion.
Let's begin by talking…
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I really wanted to like Coppelion, storywise it had a lot of potential, but an onslaught of problems coming from the direction, the writing, the pacing, and the animation from the anime itself really held it back from being anything but "...eh.."
Coppelion is directed by Shingo Suzuki. It's about three high school students who are genetically altered to be immune to radioactivity in Tokyo after it's contaminated by a nuclear accident. The Coppelion are sent in by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force to rescue the people still living in the city after a distress signal from inside Tokyo is received.
The anime started off strong with nice backgrounds, nice colors and a really nice setting... that is until we see the characters. The characters themselves don't mesh well with the background…
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It is the year 2036 and humans have successfully engineered living dolls called Coppelion. They are genetically-modified human clones that are immune to radiation, miraculously heal from serious injuries, and have unique special abilities. These coppelion are conveniently deployed into the shell of the former Japanese capital, now a radioactive wasteland, in order to save the remnants of humanity there.
When I think of nuclear wasteland, I think of the games S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Metro 2033, and Fallout. None of these games contain school girls in school uniforms who cry every time anything goes wrong. And yet this is exactly what GoHands has added to the theme, complete with mini skirts and an extreme dose of estrogen. While the animation of Go Hands does justice to the post-apocalyptic citysca…
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Coppelion was part of my summer anime viewing a couple years ago. Alongside BlazBlue: Alter Memory and Kill la KIll I can't quite recall right now, it really had potential to go places in 13 episodes. Unfortunately, it stumbled by episode 3 and crashed before episode 7. What followed were the charred remains scratching and clawing out of the wreckage that was its plot and begging to be put out of its misery. Is the manga better? Unfortunately, I couldn't be bothered after this botched attempt.
Starting where it should be saving itself, the sound is... Meh. The only memorable part of the series was the op despite it having a few okay tracks. You don't feel anything except sheer boredom when watching and the music doesn't alleviate this. Part of what makes an anime work is the musical score…
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In this post-apocalyptic nuclear melt own scenario there are bunch of special kids who are resistant to any amount of radiation. They are made to help and rescue people (anyone who is still alive) in this radiation contaminated area. How these kids feel and how they work to save people forms the story. Now the plot is not bad initially but it does not develop from there. Characters are not at all developed from the first to the last episode. It seems they have some issue with them, all these special kids i.e., Coppelions, but its never told out. Only one thing is revealed. The main dissatisfaction is the incompleteness of the story. Even when the series finishes in the thirteenth episode you see that the story has not progressed even an inch from the first episode.
Story: 3/10
Art: 8/10…
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Coppelion can be summed up as disappointing.
This is because it has an alluring premise: a derelict city scarred by nuclear disaster, overrun by wilderness with a few human survivors scattered about. There's plenty interesting about a setting like this, and Go Hands does such a great job on the scenery porn that I am currently using a rotating cycle of background shots from the show as my wallpaper.
Unfortunately the characters who populate that setting are not interesting, nor is anything they do. The writing for this show is crap, plain and simple. Setting aside the issue of the Coppelion being teenage girls (standard anime conceit), the whole Coppelion project seems half-assed and directionless with no clear goals despite the apparently huge amount of time and money spent on developi…
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Coppelion follows the rescue unit on their journey through post apocalyptic Tokyo. Are main characters are Ibara Naruse, Aoi Fukasaku and Taeko Nomura. These three girls are not exactly ordinary as they are artificial clones created to withstand massive doses of nuclear radiation and they possess their own special perks such as speed, super strength and even the ability to create electricity. Ibara has super strength, enhanced athletic abilities and she’s very accurate with a gun. (Though rarely uses it to harm others) Aoi… Can’t do a thing as she has no special perks or abilities and I just presumed that she was a prototype until latter episodes. Finally we have Taeko who has heightened senses such as eyesight and hearing and has the ability to communicate with animals. The rescue unit’s…
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So I first heard about Coppelion through Kotaku's anime preview list, and the premise intrigued me. Then, as the series went on, on CrunchyRoll there were a lot of people who thought this was one the most disappointing anime they've ever seen, and how it's pretty darn bad. Note: I have never read the original manga material, so I do not know how the anime compares to that, so I'll be reviewing the anime on its own.
Well, I disagree. First, let's talk about the goods.
1) The artwork and style is truly fantastic. The characters pop, details are easily visualized on screen, and it has that grey-ish filter that makes everything look post-apocalyptic. When we get to a change of green scenery, the viewer can definitely see a drastic difference between what's been damaged by the nuclear incident…
Read at the sourceAyra-Kirosaku
Alright so I haven't read manga so I can't compare it . But Coppelion for me had a beautiful idea. The main characters were girls which were saving people around the world. What was the problem? They weren't human. I really enjoyed watching how their characters were growing. This anime showed me beautiful power of friendship and also that it is possible to do anything if you want to. I'm not a big fan of this genre but Coppelion really made me cry.
Read at the sourceMr_Ambivalence
After watching the first episode of this series, i had high hopes for it, it looked promising and like it would be good. By the end of it, it was like seeing an attractive person and liking them until they open their mouth and start talking. In my opinion, this anime had a lot of potential to be good but a few plot holes and the characters ruined it. Dont get me wrong, while i may complain about it, im generous in the rating because certain people can watch this and enjoy it to some extent. It isnt bad if you can get over some details and focus on the events.
Plot: 6/10
The plot of the story is original and good. Three genetically engineered girls go into the wasteland known as the old capital to find survivors and help them. I would find it hard to argue that this isnt somewhat interesti…
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