AniWorthZaion: I Wish You Were Here
Introduction
In the future, a meteor crashes into Earth and brings with it a virulent form of life. This virus is known as M34 and attacks humans, turning them into vicious monsters. Most of the human population is wiped out, thus government agencies are formed to fight the virus. One of the groups, NOA, inserts nanomachines into the bodies of its soldiers; these machines allow them to transform and fight off the infected. Unfortunately, the virus mutates and becomes too strong for NOA to handle. Now the fate of the world rests in the hands of 16-year-old girl with the power to defeat the virus.
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Audience ratings
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Audience reviews
5 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
SgtSalamander
Zaion: I Wish You Were Here is a a somewhat generic, passingly entertaining sci-fi anime built upon a fun concept. Put simply, it is an almost stereotypical example of anime in 2001. Beginning with the story, it's alright. The idea of a mysterious space virus turning people into monsters is cool, and the idea of fighting them with nanobot-enhanced tokusatsu-style supersoldiers is fun, if a little out there. Furthermore, the concept of a psychic girl's powers only really working due to a special connection (and often proximity) with the love of her life provides an interesting opportunity for conflict, and calls back to the title. The story, in short, has a lot of potential baked into its core ideas, and could have been a lot of fun, if not strictly good. As it stands, however, it ends up j…
Read at the sourceAatihoNora
I: Wish You Were Here is a story about an alien virus pandemic that is turning humans into monsters and our main protagonists are in the team that is fighting against them. The anime was pretty short and with much-needed progress
The anime had a very basic plot that had no originality whatsoever and on top of that, the story was poorly written. The use of CGI was horrific but looking at the time it was released the Japanese media was still struggling with the concept of CGI. Putting aside CGI the art itself was pretty fine. The characters were written by amateurs from what can be seen in the anime. They are not only really basic but with no intention of trying at any point. The dialogues were also horrendously boring and forgetful right away. Many will disagree on different things looking…
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I will begin by saying that, while the review may sound scathing, this mini-series has some things going for it. If you enjoy the super-suite type mecha stuff in the vein of Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, it's graciously short, and ultimately may be worth watching for you.
The plot isn't really the issue. It's another take on something we've seen time and time again, and for that get's a mediocre score. It didn't try to reach anything new, didn't overstep its boundaries, and didn't use any lame explanations to try to change the game from similar stories that preceded it.
The main issue I had is the cheap, quick animation and art style that so many 90's/early 2000's anime series suffer from. This show feels pumped out, robotic, and just like there wasn't much effort put into it.
The chara…
Read at the sourcetorgon02
Zaion is an exercise in lack of thought. Not defective thought like some animes, no half-baked explanations of convienient plot twists, but a nearly complete lack of interest on the part of the writers. The second half begins to redeem the show but it's already too late. Mediocre story, stale characters, and glaring holes in logic have done their damage.
The Setting:
At some point in the past (at least 1 year ago tho no time frame is given) a meteor fell to earth releasing an alien virus that causes the infected to turn into rampaging mutant monsters, infecting anyone they touch. There is no cure so the only way to deal with an outbreak is to seal the area and kill all the infected. A secret organization called C.U.R.E. is responcible for containing outbreaks and keeping the whole thing s…
Read at the sourceGreenfox
Zaion is a basically a story about a meteorite which landed on Earth containing an alien virus that has begun infecting humans. So basically this is very similar to the Resident Evil theme. The story must also take place in the future because they have warriors using nano-technology and mecha-type machines to fight against these mutated humans. They also decided to stick in a bit of romance which is basically a love at first site ordeal. Overall, the series is worth watching considering it's only 4 episodes and can be watched while you're waiting for your ongoing anime to be posted.
Unfortunately, I can't help having a sense that I was robbed. This could have been a really good series if they wanted to make it a 12-13 episode series and started from the beginning. However, this story tak…
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