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UTOPA / Wakate Animator Ikusei Project / 2016 Young Animator Training Project / Anime Tamago
| Genres: Sci-Fi | |
| Studios: Studio 4°C | |
| Rating: 5.72 / 10 | |
| Rank: #11568 | |
| Popularity: #11890 | |
| Users Listed: 2,204 | |
| Users Scored: 904 | |
| NSFW: No | |
| Last Updated: 07/25/2023 | |
| Aired: March 19, 2016 (Winter) | |
| Type: movie | |
| Source: original | |
| Age Rating: PG | |
| Episodes: 1 |
Synopsis:
Centuries after ecological collapse following widespread warfare, humanity survives in airborne cities – artificial havens preserving a curated collection of Earth's fauna and flora. Within these isolated ecosystems, animals have undergone remarkable evolutionary shifts, developing complex societies and cultures. The narrative follows three young inhabitants of one such city, Kui, Hiruma, and Root, who stumble upon a relic from the lost world below: a single plant seed. Driven by curiosity about the forgotten surface, they embark on a journey to the ruined ground, a place largely abandoned and unseen for generations. Their expedition explores themes of legacy, environmental responsibility, and the potential consequences of severing ties with the past, as they confront a world dramatically different from their sheltered existence and face an irreversible departure from the only life they've ever known.
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Characters:
- Hilma (Main) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Reina
- Kui (Main) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Aimi
- Root (Main) - Voice Actors: Fukaya, Yuu
Staff:
- Ogihara, Tomoko (Producer)
- Tanaka, Takahiro (Director, Original Character Design)
- Amasaki, Manamu (Key Animation)
- Arahata, Keiko (Key Animation)
- Hasada, Osamu (Art Director)
- Kitazato, Reiji (Music)
- Matsubara, Rie (Editing)
- Matsuda, Haruka (Background Art)
- Murata, Mitsunori (Animation Check)
- Naruke, Kumiko (Color Design)
- Nishino, Rie (Key Animation)
- Ozawa, Sae (Key Animation)
- Shimada, Sanae (Animation Director, Character Design)
- Shimizu, Yasuyuki (Key Animation)
- Takahashi, Yuki (Key Animation)
- Takeuchi, Kanako (Key Animation)
- Tamura, Satsuki (Key Animation)
- Yamashina, Wakana (Key Animation)
Reviews:
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User basedforever42 (Score: 7/10):
It is in most senses your typical mediocre, 1-episode kids OVA, but I did think that it did well in 1 way: It really gives off a sense of the puniness of the story being told. The implied universe they're in is gigantic and foreign, and it doesn't stop to explain anything to them or the viewer. In a sense, the characters are as brand new to the universe as the viewer is. In the end it shows a completely new environment from the rest of the episode, and then a far off electrical storm, and offers absolutely no explanation. There was utterly no reason forit to be there, and I found that kind of interesting. They throw you into what could be a vast and fascinating universe, just to shamelessly tear you from it after 20 minutes, with no chance of returning. I felt it was a good change from the norm, where the characters are the center of the universe and everything has to make sense to the viewer. This feeling is what I love(and hate) about this kind of 1-episode OVA. A whole universe blooms before your eyes, just to shrivel and die after 1 episode. Maybe I'm just trying too hard to find good parts to justify a bad anime. I don't regret watching it, though.
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- Anime Tamago 2016 Lineup Revealed (02/23/2016)
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