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Japanese: ID-0
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Episodes:
12
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Apr 9, 2017 to Jun 25, 2017
Broadcast:
Sundays at 23:00 (JST)
Source:
Original
Duration:
24 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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6.521 (scored by 99189,918 users)
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Ranked #7805Popularity #5194Members 23,099 Transferring the human consciousness into a robotic "I-Machine" is now a reality thanks to the discovery of a valuable ore called "orichalt." However, there is the possibility of the consciousness failing to return to the host's body, rendering them stuck inside their new metallic frame for good. Such is the situation of members of the Excavate Company, a reckless band of I-Machine miners led by the notorious Grayman that aims to gather orichalt for profit.
During a mining incursion, the group rescues Maya Mikuri, a student who was abandoned by her crew. Accused of stealing classified information on orichalt by her former colleagues, she joins the Excavate Company in hopes of clearing her name. They then begin an adventure that will change their lives—including that of Ido, an ace member of the group with no memory of his past. For the first time, Ido might have the chance to rediscover his true identity.
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Oct 4, 2023
I watched ID-0. Here are my thoughts:
ID-0 is about a naive astrogeologist girl and a group of space bandits, some of whom are minds trapped inside robot bodies, who engage in illegal space mining. Things go wrong during one of their illicit excavations and the plot spirals from there. All the characters have unique personalities and I enjoyed the chemistry of this motley crew working together.
This show is actual genuine science fiction and frequently invokes intriguing sci-fi concepts such as digital consciousness, robotics and cloning. The story is interesting and engaging; it incorporates mystery elements well and does a good job of 'peeling back the
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onion' as the plot progresses. As a whole, ID-0 is quite creative and unique; it feels like a hobby project moreso than a commercial anime.
ID-0 also seems to have a budget as low as a hobby project. All of the character animation is CGI, but it doesn't look completely awful and I didn't find the faces to be uncanny or unsettling in ways I've experienced with CGI animation in the past. A lot of the celestial landscapes are cool and the show looks best when it is depicting spaceships, planets and things of that nature. Although they are infrequent, the action scenes in this, especially the space battles, are actually quite entertaining; the CGI looks nice and dynamic. There are also lots of awesome spaceships, and the celestial environment is a nice backdrop. I couldn't help but laugh at the space motorbikes with the decorative-flames paintjobs – they fit the mood of the anime well. In some ways, ID-0 is metal as fuck but also doesn't take itself too seriously; it's a really fun ride overall.
The soundtrack is somewhat unconventional but fits the atmosphere of the show. The OP/ED songs are endearingly cheesy. I liked the voice acting for Grayman and Rick.
My overall rating: 7/10
ID-0 is an endearing passion project with a unique intriguing story, fun likeable cast, and lots of cool creative sci-fi stuff mainly relating to space, robotics, consciousness, physics and the like. If you can overlook its janky visuals, ID-0 is a great sci-fi show.
If you're a fan of actual science fiction (i.e. not space romcoms) then you would likely appreciate this show. I enjoyed it way more than I expected.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Nov 28, 2017
Warning possible Spoilers
Considering I had just watched Knight's and Magic before going into this, I didn't have a good feeling about ID-0, luckily it wasn't that bad and still had some good points, but it still had some bad points too.
Story (6/10)
ID-0's story, mainly concentrates on Ido, who is trying to find out who he really is, since he has no memory from before he became an I-machine, luckily he has a rag tag crew to help him out.
The story starts off a little slow, it takes time to introduce the characters, but it starts shifting into gear once you reach episode 4 or 5
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when Ido finally finds a clue to his past.
However, when the story started to get more serious, it just wasn't getting to me, even when a bunch of random planets made out of orichalt came to destroy Earth and humanity, I still wasn't moved.
I think it was mostly to do with the pacing, because I felt like the story moved too quickly and it could've been like Cowboy Bebop where it has 20+ episodes instead of the usual 12 episodes, which could've offered us more development for the characters and I think a few needed that development.
Also the ending was pretty lackluster too, it felt really rushed as you see the good guys win and then you suddenly see an aftermath montage, followed by the crew heading to another asteroid to mine it, the ending just didn't feel right at all to me.
That being said the story wasn't a complete mess, the journey Ido and the others had to take was an interesting one and was probably the main reason why I didn't drop the show, because I kept wondering if Ido would actually find out who he really is and the outcome was pretty surprising....well sorta.
Characters (7/10)
The characters were definitely the best part of the show, even though a few could've benefited from having some develop time, the others who did get more concentration managed to keep the show rolling for me.
Ido is the prime MC of the show, Ido is a mysterious fellow and seeing him trying to figure out who he really is was pretty interesting, despite looking like someone who would be cold and detached from the rest of the group, he is actually very concerned for the other crew members and is willing to sacrifice a part or two for them.
Maya Mikuri is the female MC, she is rescued by the other characters after an excavation goes wrong and has to unwillingly join them, even though she was a smart character and a big help for the others, she kinda annoyed me a few times in some of the arguments she had with the others and the fact her constant worrying didn't help either.
Alice is another female character that the crew picks up along the way, despite being a main character, she really doesn't serve much purpose other than being a story device to keep things rolling, because all she does is either laugh or cry, which made her character seem more of a nuisance to me really.
Clair Honjou is the pilot and the daughter of the ships captain, she is yet again another character who doesn't offer that much to the show, other than her piloting expertise she's pretty much just there, most likely so that Maya didn't feel like the only human character in the crew.
Rick Ayer, Grayman, Karla and Fa-loser are the main crew members of the ship and only have their I-machine bodies, Grayman is the captain of the ship, yet his human form looked kinda similar to Dutch from Black Lagoon, just without the glasses, he seemed like a character that wasn't easy to get along with, since most of the time he either got into arguments with Maya or just made ridiculous ideas so their could run away, so there didn't seem much to like his character overall.
Karla is another female character who is kinda in the same predicament as Ido, except she's only trying to find her body, which is being held captive, she is alright for a character as she is used for information gathering and sometimes making the odd joke here and there making her character surprising sometimes.
Rick was probably my favourite character from the show, his joker personality made him seem like an asshole, but his personality and jokes were definitely one of the best parts of the show, especially considering when he is trying to flirt with one of the characters, which doesn't go very well, often had me smiling or giving a good chuckle from time to time.
Fa-Loser is actually an animal that used to be experimented on before becoming an I-machine, however this dude is just there to make stupid noises and biting Rick.
Amanza Volchkova is part of the military and after having a run in with the crew, she had to end up joining them because she had no choice, for a character she was actually pretty good, despite being pretty cold hearted, her character grew slowly over time as she got to know the other crew members better, especially Rick who kept hounding her with his affection.
Art (6/10)
CGI has always been a little difficult for me to handle, although there are some anime's that have managed to pull it off, this one however is sorta mixed for me really, because the I-machines fitted this aspect very well and looked great too, however seeing the human characters in this format just didn't look right and to be honest this may sound wrong, it made me feel like I was watching RWBY at some points the characters felt that off.
The design of the ships, planets and scenery was done pretty good too, although the CGI for the asteroids looked pretty damn bad.
Sound (5/10)
The op, ed and soundtrack I didn't specifically like, it just didn't match what was going on, well sorta, the soundtrack did have a few good moments here and there, but the thing that impressed me the most sometimes is when some parts of the crews ship didn't make a sound when something was activating I thought it was a good attention to detail, since there isn't any sound in space, until you hear a missile go off or something, which just ruins the moment.
Enjoyment (6/10)
Overall (6/10)
Overall this was another mecha series that you either hate or like and for me it was a mixture of both, you can try it out for yourself, just don't expect something amazing to happen while watching it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jan 24, 2018
ID-0 is one of those “Netflix anime” that are completely forgettable since it doesn't stand out in any field or particular way, not even in the superfitial level.
Production values are decent, the music and sounds are generic but fitting, and Japan is still far away from being Pixar, but at least in terms of CGI animation is not the latest “Berserk”, “Kingdom”, or “Apeggio of the Blue Steel”, the motions don't look as robotic, and proportions are consistent, but once again, it doesn't stand out either.
And what can I say about the writing and directing?
The plot is the usual stand alone missions in space with
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one or two obstacles here and there, if you want well planned and executed missions in space, you have “Planetes”, if you want cool stand alone missions (also with space as a recurring scenario) you have “Cowboy Bebop”, and if you want to see an entertaining as fuck anime with a loli and a robot, you have “Brigadoon”, this anime feels as dry as the first plotless space anime from the 70's, its formula has been executed in better ways throught history yet this anime learned nothing.
Pacing is horrible. Fast paced in events and stand alone missions, slow as fuck when it comes to develop the really important aspects of the story, and even to introduce the characters, the first half feels episodic and unimportant, while the second half is completely rushed to the point they don't even explain how exactly the heroes won at the end. The slow pacing helped to make the series feel boring, the rushed events helped to make the series feel unimportant and uninspiring.
Characters are one dimensional, all of them. The protagonist is only defined for being timid and smart, although this is only stated and the series never give you a real reason to believe she's smart, while most characters are useless background decorations that contribute nothing, there is one loli besides the protagonist that is there just to cry, and the others have roles like piloting the ship but nothing more than that. The dialogue is plain awful, which helped to make the characterization even worse, plain simple and with no personality, you will constantly hear cliché lines like “My equipment is far superior than yours!”, “It's time to make things well!”. Boring and uninspired.
The trope of amnesia is used as a cheap plot device, if one dimentinal characters and terrible pacing wasn't enough to make you feel complete boredom, the amnesia bullshit is the cherry on the top of the cake, it's not a theme about identity or belonging like in “Kaiba”, is just a plot device so the plot cannot be resolved quickly and easily, and so the writers can skip the work to give a real characterization and background to the male protagonist. The series is only 12 episodes yet this plot feels like it drags for too long.
The word to describe this work is “uninspired”, I find little to nothing worth saving in this anime.
Story: 3 - Generic and unfocused
Art: 6 - Generic and cutsy
Sound: 7 - It's fine
Characters: 2 - Dreadful with moeblob archetypes
Enjoyment: 3 - None, but I have seen worse things
Overall: 3/10
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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