Time of Eve 3 – Koji and Rina

Finally the two month wait is over! I’ve been greatly looking forward to act 03 which dealt with human-robot love by focusing on Koji and Rina, a couple who are regulars at the café. I knew I could count on director/writer Yasuhiro Yoshiura to approach the issue differently than your typical magical robot girlfriend story and he did not disappoint.  

Oh and before I say anything else I want to point out that along with streaming the episode, Crunchyroll (not my favorite site, but I guess I’m going to have to get used to it) has facilitated this interview with Yoshiura. They’re also giving us the opportunity to ask questions in a follow up interview that’s going up on December 12. I believe that they’re only giving us until the 5th to post a question on their forum so if you want to be involved do that ASAP.

Time of Eve 1 and 2

 

Forget about the new season for a moment because episode two confirms it, Time of Eve is absolutely one of the best things airing right now. Each episode is only a 15 minute long ONA (original net animation) yet somehow it has given me more reasons to be excited than the entirety of some series I finished recently.

Time of Eve takes place sometime in the future when androids have become so common that nearly every household owns them. The main character Rikuo discovers that his android, Sammy, has been visiting somewhere of “her” own accord. After school he and his friend Masaki follow the route she took and discover a café. This unusual café has but one rule: “no discrimination between humans and robots”. The androids are so human-like in appearance that with their only distinguishing feature, a ring around their head, switched off Rikuo finds it impossible to know who is human and who is not.

Fantasy meets reality, or Japan you promised robots

I was going to post about Eve no Jikan but then this happened. So all I’m saying for now is, go watch the second episode.