Introduction
Since the beginning of Earth's history, angels from the planet Eden have been carefully monitoring the behavior of its inhabitants, whom they call "Earthians." Chihaya and Kagetsuya are two agents sent from Eden to assess the positive and negative aspects of the Earthians' nature. Despite the orders Chihaya was given by his home planet, he frequently ends up entangled in Earthian affairs, much to Kagetsuya's annoyance. Meanwhile, as Chihaya tries to understand the origin of his strange black wings, he uncovers one mystery after another.
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Audience reviews
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Kamezuki
“Earthian” is a whole lot of nothing. This 4-episode OVA is simultaneously both episodic and not. It acts like it has an overarching plot, but the story just meanders around without arriving at a destination. “Earthian” leaves viewers with a load of questions. Who are these people, and what are they doing? Why are they doing it? Why build a bio-android with a nuclear heart? Why does the record company act like a criminal organization? Why make a bio-engineered angel hybrid robot to destroy the world? Why have satellites with killer laser beams? Just why?
From what little that can be gathered about the plot, it seems that angels, or aliens that look like angels, have been observing Earth for a long time, and they don’t like what they’ve seen. On the brink of deciding to destroy humanity, t…
Read at the sourceRoyalVampire1
Crammed too much into this short behind OVA which made the story jump all over the place and skip A LOT of details. Clearly this was made for people who were already fans of the manga. The characters expressions and movements were so dry and emotionless you couldn't get attached. The characters that did emote were all selfish and stubborn that didnt listen to reason and we're supposed to sympathize with them. The random cut offs of music in the background takes you out of whatever "feels" you were supposed to be having. So many plot holes even just in the single story episodes. The only thing I did like about the story was the relationship between Kagetsuya and Chihaya. Then they couldnt even commit to that relationship.
Also MAD DISRESPECT TO KAGETSUYA!!!!!
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I don't get the bad reviews. Maybe it's because my expectations are low for someone who would find and watch this nowadays. I just stumbled upon it with not much care. Most of them are pointing out common, detrimental flaws in yaoi, such as problems with role tropes and characterization of women, which I'm already used to. I too hope to see them improved upon.
I didn't mind the yaoi because I saw the tag. The romance part is pretty downplayed, which I like because there is less dumb drama. That's what I like about old anime. None of the cliche modern romance "You betrayed me!" between characters that only exist for messy misunderstanding purposes... I needed a break.
Apparently, based on AnimeNewsNetwork's summary, the manga was more about the love between Chihaya and Kagetsuya rather t…
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Probably the worst sin of Earthian is that is seems to want to take itself so SERIOUSLY. But, really, with a story idea like this, can you really take it all in with a straight face?
Billed as a "boy's love" story, you would have to search hard to find anything remotely titillating. The two main characters (star-crossed angels) are apparently a "thing", but I can't recall any thirsty action taking place.
It's four separate stories, with totally different plots (although the two annoying main characters remain throughout). To give you an idea about the ridiculousness of this, in the first story, the girl character who is on the run is bio-engineered, and has a nuclear reactor for a heart, and if she gets too emotional, the blood will get too hot and it could explode. Yeah, you read that…
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Episode 1 is cool. Everything after that is pointless. Episode 2 was too long and didn’t contribute to the story much. Then episode 3 and 4 were too short. Overall it had a lot of great ideas that felt limited for whatever reason. The quality declined serverly each episode I probably would have enjoyed it more if 2-4 were not made. :3 in summary just watch episode one then don’t bother with the rest. Damn how long does this review have to be to just post it? :3 Other stuff >> :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 this post is awesome :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 ..................................... Yes post best post wow post :3 such review wow review yes review all the review :3
Read at the sourceTinyTabun
This anime tried very hard to cram a lot of a complicated plot into a short OVA. One would think this would result in a very fast-paced show, but it still manages to crawl at a snails pace.
This isn't an anime that you should watch without reading the manga. If you've read the manga, it's nice to see some aspects (SOME) come to life (kind of) in an anime. As a stand-alone, it leaves you with more questions than answers.
They should've just not called it a shounen-ai and cut that one scene because it does nothing for the anime but throw you for a loop (they were dating????). If you're going to cut out such a big plot point, might as well cut the entire thing.
If you're looking for yaoi, look elsewhere. If you're looking for an amazing, intricate plot, same.
And if you're used to the qu…
Read at the sourceSai-chin
I usually never write reviews, but this was just so horrible that I had to write something. It's not really much of a review as it is just me rambling about how this is the worst of the worst! I watched this expecting a good shounen-ai story that was not necessarily enjoyable, but still somewhat decent. What I got was the complete opposite. You'd think by the time You finish a 4 episode series you'd be saying it was too short, but by the 3rd one, I was already wishing it would just end. I just wonder how I still had it in me to actually finish this that can only be called "crap".
I'm not talking about the story because I was literally left off wondering what the hell was the point of this; I saw no real story in it. Sound and Art were decent. Not really the art style I prefer but I guess…
Read at the sourcelovelyphantom
4 episodes... If you think I will say it wasn't enough, you are mistaken. I think it was enough, no.. I think it was enough by the third episode.
I was completely bored, and tired by this anime that I ended up stopping about ten times just to find something else to do. Usually resulting in a more interesting movie, such as Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaur.. oddly.
The story, well.. I am not sure what it really is. I get that they are angels sent to evaluate us on good or bad habits but really... what else is there to this other than utter nonsense. Yes it is a good yaoi story compared to some others but I say there are better ones out there than this. This was utterly boring, dragging on.. or just wasn't thrilling enough for my taste. You have a Chikane who is an outcast angel.. alright.. a…
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Earthian is from the late 1980s- early 1990s but in no way should be viewed as a classic. It's just...average. There isn't anything special about it but it isn't completely horrible. Each episode was different: one was alright, one was bad, one was good, and one was cheese. Average. Even though there needs to be credit due to the age it's still alright. Earthian screams 80s, which can be a good thing, but only the sound was exceptional for the time period.
Earthian is shonen-ai but the characters fell into the yaoi stereotypes. There was one guy who was emotionless and the "man" in the relationship, while his parter was emotional and the "bitch" in the relationship. Even the artwork milked the stereotype. During the "scene," one guy looked so much like a girl it was like watching hetrose…
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