Plastic Memories IOTI A giftia for us from the creator of Steins;Gate

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He hopes that these memories of love are real. She hopes that these memories of love are fake...

From Naotaka Hayashi, the creator of Steins;Gate: An original love story born from within the digital memories.

Story: 18 year old Tsukasa Mizugaki begins work at SAI Corporation, a company whose job is to manufacture and dispose of androids call "Giftia". These androids feel emotions and are almost indistinguishable from humans but only have a lifespan of just over 9 years. Tsukasa is assigned to work with a female Giftia named Isla in the disposal department, removing Giftias that are close to their expiration.

Described as a "story of partings and meetings" this will likely be a pretty emotional series just based on the first episode.

Main Characters:

Tsukasa Mizugaki
CV: Yasuaki Takumi (Jinsei)
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Isla
CV: Sora Amamiya (Aldnoah Zero, Tokyo Ghoul)
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Supporting Characters (Click on Pictures for Profiles):



Staff:

Original Creator: Naotaka Hayashi (Steins;Gate)
Director: Yoshiyki Fujiwara (GJ Club, Engaged to the Unidentified)
Original Character Design: okiura (Infinite Stratos)
Studio: Doga Kobo and Mages
Licensed by: Aniplex of America

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Opening: "Ring of Fortune" by Eri Sasaki
Ending: "Asayake no Starmine) by Asami Imai

You can view Plastic Memories on Crunchyroll

Preview Videos:
Aniplex USA Trailer

Other Links:
Official Website
 
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the ending of episode 1 is emotional. I wonder how often they will go for that for the rest of the series because I think it would become boring after a while.
 
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Mecha

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jbug617 said:
the ending of episode 1 is emotional. I wonder how often they will go for that for the rest of the series because I think it would become boring after a while.
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Yeah, I liked the first episode but I'm not going to watch anymore after it. It will go either the comedy route or the sad every episode route, not a fan of either.
 
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mdubs

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jbug617 said:
the ending of episode 1 is emotional. I wonder how often they will go for that for the rest of the series because I think it would become boring after a while.
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I'm going to predict that this is going to get dark and unsettling pretty fast. But yeah, this is going to be a tear-jerker. Exactly what I need now that I've recovered from Your Lie in April.
 
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jbug617 said:
the ending of episode 1 is emotional. I wonder how often they will go for that for the rest of the series because I think it would become boring after a while.
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Yeah that kind of ruined Your Lie in April for me. It was basically the first 3 episodes over and over.
 
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mdubs

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I enjoyed this episode, I liked that we saw some good progression with Isla and Tsukasa's partnership as well as setting up the main sort of direction for the plot
 
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DiscoShark

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Didn't know there was an OT for this, though I'll echo my sentiments from the anime thread.

Ep. 2

There are avenues of story telling here that could be explored and aren't. Given the premise and the foundation laid down in the first episode I was expecting for the series to focus more on a look into how the relationship between the robots and humans had developed during the course of their life span and the specific means in which both person and robot is able to cope with the loss of that forged connection. There's a lot of potential story telling fodder there in just coming at it from that angle alone, but with how distinctly humanlike each robot is you'd also expect to see situations where maybe the robot outright didn't like the person it was assigned to or the tasks it was forced to do while in its care. What of abandoned robots that meet their inevitable ends alone? What's done in a situation where the owners have died before the robot has? There's a lot here to really push that there is simultaneously an uncrossable boundary between the robots and humans that exists and that we simply haven't been exposed to as well as pushing how truly alike we are in all the ways that really matter.

What we get instead is a show thats bent backwards to become a by the books slice of life. Generic the character protagonists and "humor" that quickly crosses the boundary into grating is what we're treated with and it's sincerely disappointing. The show's gonna need to show me a lot more in the next couple weeks to keep me interested. If episode 2 is any indication of the direction we'll be seeing instead I think I'll be opting out.
 
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DiscoShark said:
Didn't know there was an OT for this, though I'll echo my sentiments from the anime thread.

Ep. 2

There are avenues of story telling here that could be explored and aren't. Given the premise and the foundation laid down in the first episode I was expecting for the series to focus more on a look into how the relationship between the robots and humans had developed during the course of their life span and the specific means in which both person and robot is able to cope with the loss of that forged connection. There's a lot of potential story telling fodder there in just coming at it from that angle alone, but with how distinctly humanlike each robot is you'd also expect to see situations where maybe the robot outright didn't like the person it was assigned to or the tasks it was forced to do while in its care. What of abandoned robots that meet their inevitable ends alone? What's done in a situation where the owners have died before the robot has? There's a lot here to really push that there is simultaneously an uncrossable boundary between the robots and humans that exists and that we simply haven't been exposed to as well as pushing how truly alike we are in all the ways that really matter.

What we get instead is a show thats bent backwards to become a by the books slice of life. Generic the character protagonists and "humor" that quickly crosses the boundary into grating is what we're treated with and it's sincerely disappointing. The show's gonna need to show me a lot more in the next couple weeks to keep me interested. If episode 2 is any indication of the direction we'll be seeing instead I think I'll be opting out.
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I agree, I feel like there is a lot of potential here that isn't being explored. I hope they at least go into some of these issues in the next few episodes
 
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jbug617 said:
the ending of episode 1 is emotional. I wonder how often they will go for that for the rest of the series because I think it would become boring after a while.
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Well it was emotional, until they ps it away with a piss joke.

Why do the robots have to piss?
 
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Dennis said:
Is this good?
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To be determined. So far, I like it. Its funny, has good character interactions. But it remains to be seen if they make good use of the concept/explore meaningful themes.

I think at worst, it'll be an entertaining but shallow show.
 
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Mesoian said:
Well it was emotional, until they ps it away with a piss joke.

Why do the robots have to piss?
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Well, if you make them so they draw energy from food they're gonna have waste products like any other organism.

I do wonder if all this fiction about robots turning evil or being killed off for the feels would emotionally scar a real android.
 
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Barajas_201 said:
Really average episode, some funny bits, don't get why robots would need glasses but whatever.
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Yeah, like this episode should probably have taken half the time. Not sure where they were going with it. I mean it was funny but I want them to get on with the plot
 
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mdubs

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I actually liked this episode quite a lot, I liked that it went into the implications of gifitas raising children and such, plus sets up the plotline for the next episode.

Plus you know, the feels
 
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Yup solid episode. The feels were pretty damn genuine, I gotta say.

Show has a decent sense of humour too. Really like the protag.
 
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Tuck said:
Yup solid episode. The feels were pretty damn genuine, I gotta say.

Show has a decent sense of humour too. Really like the protag.
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I think humour wise this has been the best episode so far, no mis-fires or anything like in the first episode or last episode.

For some reason Michuru is my favourite character on the show, her interactions with Tsukasa get me every time.
 
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Wow, what an intense episode! Wanderers ain't no joke, dat smashed ankle tho, Yikes! It felt like a completely different anime from previews weeks, also got some Psycho-Pass vibes from it, best episode yet!

Calling it now, Isla will become a Wanderer, Tsukasa is going to find her and she is going to try and fight her "instincts" so that Tsukasa can put her down, feels ensured.
 
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Tuck

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5 - That was pretty solid. Surprisingly action. The androids go NUTS when they're past expiry, my god.
 
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Poor Isla was
not in action the next daym.. this is bad.
I can't wait to see how they ended that scene. I'm better she is
only absent from work for her leg injuries and not because she got hit by the eraser shot
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mdubs

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Good episode, last week and this week were very solid and did a great job exploring the world. Definitely got a psycho pass vibe there
 
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Cornbread78 said:
Poor Isla was
not in action the next daym.. this is bad.
I can't wait to see how they ended that scene. I'm better she is
only absent from work for her leg injuries and not because she got hit by the eraser shot
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I thought
Isla was in the next day,
it was
the guy that wasn't in probably due to the traumatic experience.

Also,
how the hell did that kid manage to get to that exact area that was supposedly close off.
 
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Progressing at about the same speed Steins Gate did, so thus far I'm very satisfied.

I wonder how much longer before we'll get further incite into why Isla is fighting her degeneracy so hard.
 
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Pbae said:
I thought
Isla was in the next day,
it was
the guy that wasn't in probably due to the traumatic experience.

Also,
how the hell did that kid manage to get to that exact area that was supposedly close off.
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I took it as the opposite since hers was the only one missing. Let's call it another cliffhanger, lol.

I'm surprised this OT doesn't get as much play as others, this has been a great show so far.
 
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Pbae said:
Also,
how the hell did that kid manage to get to that exact area that was supposedly close off.
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Because bad writing, which is pretty consistent given everything that we know about how Giftia operate combined with their incompatibility with society as a whole.

To paraphrase my thoughts from the AnimeOT there's absolutely no explanation for how casually these guys have been taking their job up until this point with the
inherent danger that Giftia present to society after they've hit their Wanderer state. Combine this with no one having thought of incorporating an internal off switch the moment they hit their expiration date and not having some sort of internal GPS because "Human rights" and it's just blahhhhhh.
It's not even that they're even surprised about this specific turn of events as other members of the organization have had direct experience dealing with Wanderers before. This wasn't at all an exceptional or new found information about the Giftias that they were just kept in the dark about, this is the expected result. That's insane.

There's like a huge dissonance between the overall tone of the series coming from the people who should have had the most traumatic experiences with Giftia up until this point.
 
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Barajas_201

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Weird episode, from sad to funny to sad again with the little kid, in the end with Isla truth bomb,
she only has a month left
, and then to little happy moment. Isla is finally opening up to Tsukasa. Good episode.
 
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Cornbread78

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Barajas_201 said:
Weird episode, from sad to funny to sad again with the little kid, in the end with Isla truth bomb,
she only has a month left
, and then to little happy moment. Isla is finally opening up to Tsukasa. Good episode.
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So glad I was right about the outcome from last week. This was definately a great episode with diverse emotions that came naturally without being forced. This should be a great ride the rest of the season.
 
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Tuck

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Pretty happy with this episode. Gave some nice closure on the previous two episodes, and finally Tsukasa knows about Isla.

Sure, the premise is pretty silly but I'm enjoying this show quite a bit.
 
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DiscoShark said:
Because bad writing, which is pretty consistent given everything that we know about how Giftia operate combined with their incompatibility with society as a whole.

To paraphrase my thoughts from the AnimeOT there's absolutely no explanation for how casually these guys have been taking their job up until this point with the
inherent danger that Giftia present to society after they've hit their Wanderer state. Combine this with no one having thought of incorporating an internal off switch the moment they hit their expiration date and not having some sort of internal GPS because "Human rights" and it's just blahhhhhh.
It's not even that they're even surprised about this specific turn of events as other members of the organization have had direct experience dealing with Wanderers before. This wasn't at all an exceptional or new found information about the Giftias that they were just kept in the dark about, this is the expected result. That's insane.

There's like a huge dissonance between the overall tone of the series coming from the people who should have had the most traumatic experiences with Giftia up until this point.
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Suffering inconvenience at the hands of "Human Rights" is realistic. The concept of rights in relation to artificial intelligence is an interesting subject and naturally this is one area where the show has presented that inconvenience when applied to artificially created intelligence. It seems strange to me that you were initially interested in the relationship between humans and giftia earlier on but now do not like that the giftia have been brought under the umbrella of rights because it's convenient in this case? That is kind of the whole point as far as I'm concerned. When you grant freedoms and rights to being that are similar to humans but not entirely the same, this is the kind of result that can occur and they also presented two different sides in the same episode, those that want to preserve the rights of the giftia and are willing to suffer to uphold them (First Terminal Service Department) and those that view the giftia as mere machines (R Security) and naturally wouldn't have any issue with those rights being stripped.
 
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Anyone else catch that picture of Isla reading Tsuka's "Newlywed Guide". Random laugh of cuteness at that one, looks like she is all-in with trying to coexist for the rest of her time in the dorm.
 
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VanillaCakeIsBurning said:
Suffering inconvenience at the hands of "Human Rights" is realistic. The concept of rights in relation to artificial intelligence is an interesting subject and naturally this is one area where the show has presented that inconvenience when applied to artificially created intelligence. It seems strange to me that you were initially interested in the relationship between humans and giftia earlier on but now do not like that the giftia have been brought under the umbrella of rights because it's convenient in this case? That is kind of the whole point as far as I'm concerned. When you grant freedoms and rights to being that are similar to humans but not entirely the same, this is the kind of result that can occur and they also presented two different sides in the same episode, those that want to preserve the rights of the giftia and are willing to suffer to uphold them (First Terminal Service Department) and those that view the giftia as mere machines (R Security) and naturally wouldn't have any issue with those rights being stripped.
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I guess my issue is that, in their current state, any Giftia created presents an imminent threat to society that would seem to outweigh whatever small intrusion into their "rights" that would come with having a beacon broadcasting their position auto-activate or an auto off switch come on the moment they hit their expiration date. Remember that it's at that point that their consciousness begins to fade and they lose the aspects that made them human to begin with.

With respect to the interaction between human and artificial intelligences I feel like the show wants to have its cake and eat it too with the establishment of clearly subservient androids that haven't shown anything in the way of rebellion in terms of who they're assigned to and what roles they're meant to play, and the establishment of "human rights" that somehow justifies leaving out
important security measures and allowing the very real possibility of them becoming death machines upon expiration. Everything about the establishment of the hastily constructed "human rights" that they threw at us before shit started hitting the fan and their "limiters" suddenly malfunctioning causing them to achieve feats of super human strength and mobility just reeks of contrivance. A complete tonal shift that conflicts with almost all of the silly antics the show's thrown at us while the crew's been out on the job.
A potentially interesting SciFi world that really hasn't shown a willingness to explore the basic premises of its world and follow them to their inevitable conclusions. Remember that we live in a world that seems okay with the buying and selling of intelligences that the government seems to have granted basic rights to and who we can assign whatever tasks we want, but ignore that, here's Isla being clumsy haha so cute. It'd be one thing if, ya know, that was the point, and that was the specific angle that was trying to be explored but everything up until this point and after the fallout of episode 5 just really seems to point to everything going back to business as usual.

So yeah, as an Asimov nut, I'm coming away pretty unsatisfied with the exploration of its themes. :p
 
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