Introduction
In the not-too-distant future, the human world has long been overpopulated. Humanity marched to the stars in search of a new home, and just as this was going on, the moon's alignment caused massive earthquakes to ripple across the world, lasting several decades. Humanity was demolished. When the land finally recovered, humanity reemerged to face this strange yet familiar world. Will we, who once lorded over this domain, still remain the masters of this world?
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Audience reviews
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dreamxx
I rarely write reviews, but Spirit Cage is amazing. The quality of the animation blew me away and the production team's passion shines through in the highly detailed, immersive world that draws you in right off the beat. Very rich storytelling with a strong narrative, it would be perfect if it was made into a game.
Story wise it is very well crafted, with great pacing. It's an unfolding mystery that feels like an amalgamation of final fantasy: the spirits within, nier: automata and alita: battle angel, all woven into a vast intricate world filled with complex characters dyed in various shades of grey morality. You won't be able to truly hate anyone as you're made to empathise with the motivations of various characters.
Overall it's a true modern masterpiece that I would highly recommend…
Read at the sourceGPDonghua
General Plot: A disaster and mutant beings feasting on souls has caused humanity to retreat to the "Lighthouse" a floating fortress and final refuge for humaninty. Because of it's limited living space and resources, the "Lighthouse" has become a centrally-planned, ultra-utilitarian, military state. In order to faciliate the most efficient use of resources and preserve the human race, every person is expected to become a cog in the system that runs the "Lighthouse". Familial relationships have been abolished, reproduction is centrally planned, humans are seperated into classes to dictate resource investments, and religion is established to reinforce the caste system and encourage the self-sacrifices needed to sustain this society. Despite these restrictions, resources must be gathered perio…
Read at the sourceST63LTH
TL;DR: This series is heavily symbolic and shares many plot points with the novel Handmaid's Tale. It is very distressing yet suspenseful it kept me at the edge of my seat beaming on what will happen in the next episode.
Ling Long Incarnation is a Chinese donghua set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian, barren world where humanity tries to solve the problem of interplanetary migration but fails due to natural destruction. Extremezoans, a mutated living organism capable of interpersonal communication and coordination dwell in colonies on the ground. It appears that they are scavenger organisms that feed on other living organisms as well as breed fast and regenerate faster. Mutants such as the Extremezoans are the main reason why humanity is on the brink of extinction.
The Lighthouse is a city…
Read at the sourceowarinofruit
This show is an absolute beast. I highly recommend watching it if you're into Attack on Titan and or Scifi thrillers like the Cloverfeild franchise :) (you can tell there's a few nods to AOT in certain characters/imagery in Ling cage) This show is guaranteed to rip your heart out if you watch long enough.
I watched this Ling Cage thinking it was gonna be a another mediocre CG Donghua, but the visuals and world building is absolutely amazing. I love the detail put into each person/creature. Also, I appreciate the diversity in the range of characters used :)
The final OVA hit me like a truck and I'm still recovering emotionally ;-;
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE watch all seasons :)
Read at the sourceZaxton
So I do really enjoy this show, gives an energy similar to dead space. And I'm a fan of shows that aren't afraid to kill some of their characters. the art feels like its a full story of something that could be on love death and robots so that's a big +. the characters are all honestly pretty good up until they aren't (like do something really stupid you would never expect them to do) to fuel a plot point or advance the story. Still a cool show though.
this next thing is the only thing you could maybe consider slightly spoilerish but its important to the review. it feels like whenever a character dies, almost no matter how insignificant of a background character they are, they HAVE to have a 2 minute -tension breaking sad final words while other characters call out their name- cliché momen…
Read at the sourceHenriqueNeves
The greatest potential of Chinese anime (donghua) recently released - mainly by the producers Bilibili and Tencent Penguin Pictures - comes from a great expressive use and enabling its 3D.
While many are still prejudiced against this language - relatively recent considering that it is less than 50 years since its emergence - which is still undergoing great development, it seems to me that it has reached maturity at Pixar. But that does not prevent that animes like "Douluo Dalu, 2018" and "Ling Long: Incarnation, 2019" have been able to use this resource in a very evident, expressive and enabling way.
It is interesting to note how Ling Long: Incarnation has a very strong relationship with video games. Both visually and narratively, anime has a very unique principle in being able to link…
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I am not sure why this has such low reviews: this is by far one of the best Chinese animations that I have seen. The animation is so beautiful and detailed, and I can't get enough of it. The level animation is on par with video game trailers, and honestly, I just can't think of anything bad to say about it. The soundtrack is very addicting, and the opening and ending songs are amazing. The characters are greatly portrayed as well. Even better, the episodes are posted on youtube, which makes it extremely easy to access and watch.
I enjoyed this animation a lot, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is interested.
Read at the sourceSrodiam
Looking at the tags and poster, i thought that this was going to be a cliche serie of monster killing, not entirely different from those series that attempt to ride on Attack on Titan's popularity. To my surprise, Incarnation gives almost no importance to the monsters, instead focusing on the human interactions and struggles in the society that formed on this new world. After a global earthquake unleashes a myriad of underground monsters on the surface, collective known as Extremozoan, humanity is almost entirely wiped out. The last remains lives aboard the Lighthouse, a flying fortress. In order to maintain the civilization, all interpessoal relationships have been abolished. All individuals live only in function to their role on the Lighthouse hierarchy, being divided in 2 segments: Supe…
Read at the sourcebaiturtle
I have no idea why it has low rating. My guess is subs are not that well translated. This show is amazing.
Its a post apocalyptic world where everyone lives in a space prison. Many "old world" relationships are cast away to make human survival possible. Hunters go collect resources to survive. it is very interesting to see human interaction in relationship less world.
In the not-too-distant future, the human world has long been overpopulated. Humanity marched to the stars in search of a new home, and just as this was going on, the moon's alignment caused massive earthquakes to ripple across the world, lasting several decades. Humanity was demolished. When the land finally recovered, humanity reemerged to face this strange yet familiar world. Will we, who once lorded over this domain, stil…
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