Audience reviews
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HEX_VENTURE
What an odd OVA. It looks amazing, that prerendered CGI is simply unmatched, best part for sure, whether its the scenery, the character models, the gore, everything! It fits *so* well, literally the best way to represent this bleak world in such way that 2D animation wouldn't be able to do it. What would be the best way to represent robots who are supposed to look like humans then with computer generated graphics that try to look like humans? The smooth skin, the shiny eyes, the stiff movements, all of this not only due to limitations but to show they aren't truly alive. Models of humans at the time could look like humans, but they didn't *feel* like humans. It's the perfect match.
Characters themselves weren't really impressive besides Malice and Heather. They just existed to be kissed an…
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I'm not going to pretend I understood the show or that I have a degree in literature or that I'm some smart fella or even that my english is perfect (which it absolutely it isn't). But I am going to talk about what I saw and it was some buuulshiiii
A quick summary is that basically it follows a dystopian future where humankind has been extinct for roong roong time and all that's left are very well manufactured robots that serve different functions with our main protagonist being a prostitute. Then she meets some robots, then random shit #1 happens, then random shit #2 happens and then some other random stuff happen and then the OVA ends.
Call me stupid lil goofy ahh shounen watchin bleach likin tard all you want but I didn't get what the movie wanted to convey or who it was made for. A p…
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Malice@Doll has been getting a lot of attention over the past couple of years because it's existential and written by Chiaki Konaka, but existentialism and gloominess are not excuses to justify one of the most disturbing clunkers this medium has ever seen.
Malice@Doll is basically oppressive hentai with a story. It may not show any actual nudity, but it has tentacle rape (set to a quote of Brahms 4) and other explicit acts, which do not push the story forward here and exist purely for shock value. Furthermore, the sex scenes put the OVA at odds with its own story about the trauma of sexual exploitation and dehumanization. What is the purpose of the tentacle rape scene aside from titillation and shock value? Why is there a scene showing off every inch of Malice's body? Why am I supposed t…
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Malice@Doll has a MAL score under 7 (4/26), something shocking to see on this website that really operates on a four point scale even if it's nominally ten points. If an anime scores under 7, that MUST mean it's bad. This is not true for Malice@Doll.
Malice@Doll is scored under 7 because of the rough early CGI animation. What many viewers do not understand is that the CGI enhances the experience rather than detracts.
The characters in Malice@Doll are robots. They have smooth skin and mechanical movements. Their existence is the uncanny valley. This is what makes the CGI serve them. It is a story about what the technology we make could become, and the brand new computer generated visuals encapsulate that.
If there was anything Chiaki J. Konaka understood it was how terrifying the rapid a…
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Its art design occupies the same space as other late-90s CG animations like Reboot but more to the point it seems to be part of the same artistic trend as Japanese games like Baroque and Garage: Bad Dream Adventure. These works used the unreality of stilted 3D animation to their advantage by complementing it with detailed pre-rendered textures creating an effect that lends itself extremely well to sci-fi stories about robots and machines. The world of Malice@Doll was presumably created and run by humans but they are long gone and have left their creations to carry out their purposeless purpose. Malice is a sex doll who was once used to fulfill any amount of depraved desires and now needs to be repaired. Her encounter with a mysterious pseudo-organic creature appears to transform her body a…
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This has some high levels of uncanny valley to it. The art style really makes the characters feel out of place in the world. It's quite uncomfortable but I think that's what makes it so fitting. The art overall has got a creepy but pretty feel to it; as it paints the uncanny atmosphere perfectly.
The world is visually interesting. While you never get to learn too much about it story wise, visually, it's very stimulating.
This is a really creepy horror. Mixing flesh and machine is simply repulsive but creative.
Characters are nothing to write home about but they are robots so they are fairly generic. This adds to the uncanny feeling the show has, as not much feels human. Even later in the show when the characters transform, they still don't act like humans other than having some human…
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Story: 5/10
Having lost their human masters since long ago, the entire cast of Malice@Doll is comprised of androids that no longer have any reason for being but still choose to carry out their original duties with loyalty. Amongst these characters we find Malice, a specific kind of robotic creature made solely to provide sexual satisfaction to human customers who used to exist. When an abnormality grants her the gift (or curse) of humanity, everything changes as she allows not only herself but also the other "dolls" to be reborn as sentient, emotional beings who quickly start to explore the pros and cons of being human.
This OVA suffers from the defects of poor backdrop and several excessive scenes. With the premise in mind, a rather explicit sexual tone is to be expected but it happens…
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Malice@Doll is a strange CG movie that takes place in the world of Dolls that were made for prostitution. This was a rather interesting show that brought up a lot of questions about what it meant to be human and what might happen if one loses their identity. It was created by the same person that did Serial Experiments Lain and Ghost Town.
Malice seems a bit more thought out then the rest of the characters, except maybe Joe who seems to be almost a voice of wisdom to the dolls, a father figure. I don’t really understand the relationship between the two but from what it looked like, it seemed that Malice and Joe were very close although you don’t normally see him around the other sex bolls. I wish I could have seen a bit more of the other characters because they really seemed one dimensio…
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Anime that uses CG effects are usually not all that interesting to me unless the animation is so mind-blowing and amazing that I can’t turn away from it. While Malice@Doll does not quite reach that lofty standard, it still features some fairly spectacular art and is accompanied by an interesting and compelling storyline.
The setting of Malice@Doll is in a city devoid of any biological life and populated only by intelligent and self aware machines. These machines and robots (for lack of a better term), go about their daily tasks as they were programmed for despite the fact that most of these tasks are now unnecessary. Some though don't even have that, which is where the main protagonist Malice comes in. She is a sex doll, and with no human customers, Malice and her fellow dolls pass eterni…
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