Audience reviews
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RESOLVING_POWER
I watched ID-0. Here are my thoughts:
ID-0 is about a naive astrogeologist girl and a group of space bandits, some of whom are minds trapped inside robot bodies, who engage in illegal space mining. Things go wrong during one of their illicit excavations and the plot spirals from there. All the characters have unique personalities and I enjoyed the chemistry of this motley crew working together.
This show is actual genuine science fiction and frequently invokes intriguing sci-fi concepts such as digital consciousness, robotics and cloning. The story is interesting and engaging; it incorporates mystery elements well and does a good job of 'peeling back the onion' as the plot progresses. As a whole, ID-0 is quite creative and unique; it feels like a hobby project moreso than a commercial an…
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This is a rather simple (by my standards, that means requires a reasonable amount of intelligence to understand) show that explores further on the ideas introduced in Ghost in the Shell.
Compare to Ghost in the Shell ID-0 is exploring the world where boundaries between biological and technological are blurred. This one is particularly focused on shells, or i-machines as the called them in this show. Some characters there still have physical bodies, some have lost them, others possibly never had them to begin with. None of them however think too deep about any of that. They just live with it like it is nothing special and just pursue their hobbies and passions like normal people.
It is a world where artificial body concept was completely normalized and society explores untapped possibilit…
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The overall plot in this is pretty amazing, with enough twists and surprises throughout to feel very satisfying, but there are a few inconsistencies and flaws in the details. This prevents me from scoring it the full 10 points but I have to say it still came really close and is worth seeing.
The pacing is great, with every episode clearly focused on and adding to the main story, the twists keeping you hooked and wanting for more. Once you start it, you'll probably want to binge it in one sitting. It is the furthest thing from an episodic stand alone missions in space show that you can get in and out of at leisure, in case you happen to expect that for some reason.
Sci-Fi and tech singularity fans will be delighted. Dumb action and giant-ninja-robot fans will find something for themselves…
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This is a somewhat underrated series. It certainly is not a masterpiece, but I found myself liking the characters, and I felt like it was a fairly satisfying watch that even did a few things I've never seen in a Mecha anime before.
In particular I like the two main characters. Their development throughout the series is heartwarming to watch, and ultimately they have to make some hard choices.
I will admit that it's been quite a while since I watched this series, but I still remember it fondly even a few years later. If you're looking for some light mecha to fill up a weekend netflix binge, you could do a lot worse than ID-0.
Read at the sourcePerezosoDoom
ID-0 is one of those “Netflix anime” that are completely forgettable since it doesn't stand out in any field or particular way, not even in the superfitial level.
Production values are decent, the music and sounds are generic but fitting, and Japan is still far away from being Pixar, but at least in terms of CGI animation is not the latest “Berserk”, “Kingdom”, or “Apeggio of the Blue Steel”, the motions don't look as robotic, and proportions are consistent, but once again, it doesn't stand out either.
And what can I say about the writing and directing?
The plot is the usual stand alone missions in space with one or two obstacles here and there, if you want well planned and executed missions in space, you have “Planetes”, if you want cool stand alone missions (also with space as a recur…
Read at the sourceTyrannicswine117
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Considering I had just watched Knight's and Magic before going into this, I didn't have a good feeling about ID-0, luckily it wasn't that bad and still had some good points, but it still had some bad points too.
Story (6/10)
ID-0's story, mainly concentrates on Ido, who is trying to find out who he really is, since he has no memory from before he became an I-machine, luckily he has a rag tag crew to help him out.
The story starts off a little slow, it takes time to introduce the characters, but it starts shifting into gear once you reach episode 4 or 5 when Ido finally finds a clue to his past.
However, when the story started to get more serious, it just wasn't getting to me, even when a bunch of random planets made out of orichalt came to destroy Earth and hum…
Read at the sourceReelVibes
Look, I'm not going to lie, I'm not an anime super fan. I can't tell you how this compares to all the great animes out there that I have never and probably will never see. Whatever anime I get is through Netflix, so pardon me if I'm not fully apprised of what is "supposed" to be good anime.
With that being said, I LOVED this show! I felt it was great. Very clever plot, witty dialog, and surprisingly philosophical. It was smart without trying too hard, and had a smooth mix of funny and serious. I definitely want more, and even though season 1 wrapped up the story nicely, I'd be 100% in on a second season, and beyond.
Read at the sourceEtherchild85
I love Science-Fiction, I read almost all Philip K.Dick's Books, I really like Asimov's Sci-Fi, Silverberg, and even the Books of Jules Verne.
And I like too Science-Fiction anime like Ghost In The Shell (and every Mamoru Oshii's Movie), and even the Adventure type SCi-Fi by Leiji Matsumoto (Star Blazers, Capitan Harlock).
Well, this anime directed by Goro Taniguchi who already did a great space opera with Planetes, has a unique idea that contains a lot of references to titles like Capitan Harlock or science fiction recent movies like Neill Blomkamp Humandroid. The Adventure, the Robots theme, here not controlled by A.I., and this is the best idea and the most important theme of the entire plot. But there is also something else. There is something beyond.
I loved the animation, the grap…
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This was a great hidden gem, a series that I almost missed, but happened to catch on a list of shows that wasn't on crunchyroll, and I'm so glad I did, I hope more people find out about this series, wonderful animation and everything that makes me think back to the anime I loved in the 80's and 90's.
Story: A strange story but well done one, about humanity that has discovered a way to travel FTL using this powerful ore and can't say much more, but it just worked for me. There are still some questions, but nothing that bothers me.
Art: A nice blend of CGI and other styles, nothing stood out as bad, and it was heavily effective in many places and situations.
Sound: A great sound track, nice sound effects, it is the kind of stuff I want from a good anime, the ending song is my favorite thi…
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Let's be honest, sometimes we avoid some series after seeing the other users score, but ID-0 has been underrated by some reviewers, social networks, etc. The anime started with a 6.23 and ended with a 6.85, in the last episodes, ID-0 developed a good narrative.
The story follows a group of "excavators" that seeks a mineral called Orichlat. During this search, humanity has developed I-Machines that moves the consciousness of a person into a robot, in other words, the human becomes a machine. Some members of these excavators have decided to move their memory into the machine forever. One of that persons is Ido, a machine without any memories. During their adventures, Ido finds some information that could tell him his origin.
The story involves all the crew of the excavators and others per…
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The story progresses in a meaningful way, with just enough surprises to keep you interested. As in the best of stories we learn quickly that a number of characters are not who you might think that they are. As is so typical in many Japanese stories, characters are not black and white but shades of gray. Also appealing was the writing. Every time I thought I knew where the story was "finally" going, it didn't. It's hard to surprise me nowadays, so this was a major plus.
The is one of the very rare anime where I immediately watched the first episode a second time. Some lines, and even facial expressions have added meaning when you see them again after having watched the entire episode.
The voice actors did an excellent job of matching their sounds to the character's personalities.
My only…
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