RS Keikaku: Rebirth Storage

In the year 2025, automatons dubbed the Kikou suddenly appear and attack human beings, leaving many cities completely devastated. Human civilization is left in the ruin, but debris of a Kikou is then found in Japan. A research facility named Tokyo Kikou Institute (Toukigen) is established to investigate the Kikou's weaponry. Following the proverb "use poison to defeat poison," using Kikou to defeat Kikou appears to be mankind's last hope. Nine years later, a new weapon named the Muttsu is created from the research, and it is almost ready for use in live combat. A boy, Rin Sagami, and a girl, Yuzuru Midou, are chosen to ride the Muttsu. They are entrusted with the hopes for the future of mankind, but they face the mission with courage. However, what awaits the two is a cruel fate.

(Source: MAL News)

Midou, Yuzuru Main

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Sagami, Rin Main

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Shimizu, Kaori Supporting

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Sawatari, Yuuichirou Supporting

Hoshino, Takanori Japanese

Muguruma, Jouji Supporting

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Mishima, Yuki Supporting

Nakahara, Mai Japanese

Kamei, Osamu Director, Key Animation

Kishimoto, Miyuki Script

Pendulum Theme Song Performance

Swire, Rob Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Composition

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Aug 28, 2016

MoeBlargus

Mixed Feelings

This OVA was based on a novel idea that was expressed pretty well in its opening thesis

"lets make the Mech shows we want to watch"

Unfortunately it does poorly in its execution of this idea.

It tries to cram a 12 or even 24 episode season's worth of ideas and info into a SINGLE episode, and ends up messing up pretty badly.

The characters themselves seemed decent to fairly interesting, but they were ruined by trying develop them in a one-episode story, and the sound/animation were both pretty stock.

... The usage of energy-based plasma aliens and a dimension jumping sword turned me off like an EMP.

The one amazing thing was the pacific rim deployment of the robot.

That's pretty much it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 19, 2017

fanimanga

Mixed Feelings

This tv special anime has a very high potential if given a chance to make it a proper tv series. I daresay that the creators concept of "Let's make the Mecha shows we want to watch!", barring executive meddling, would have fully realize in this anime project; shame that it hasn't been greenlit to become a full-fledge anime series.

Why did I say that? Several reasons which I have listed below:

1) FeMC - okay not quite "main character' but the main pilot, which equates main character in a mecha show, is a girl.

2) No romance (a rarity in mecha shows) - the two pilots acts as ... reluctant comrade-in-arms that became friends gradually. Unless you're a rabid shipper, romance between them is nil (and not just because of the reveal).

3) "mecha' gender-roles are reversed - The main pilot is a girl and the support pilot is a boy, meaning the "muscle" is the girl while the "brains" is the boy when it's usually the opposite. Also, the role of a 'nice' doctor/scientist that may be cold/analytical on the inside and possibly a villain (which is often played by a man) is a woman and the role of a stoic faced commander that is a softy/sentimental in reality and have no choice but to hardened his heart for the sake of humanity (sometimes played by a woman) is a man.

The plot, the 'true' rebirth plan, is intriguing enough for me to want to know what IS happening; the cause of the invasion and the pilot's hinted origins.

Overall, I gave this a "fine" rating of 6/10 on the basis that this is a "special" anime episode and whether the creators delivered their "vision" in the best possible way they can with the constrains they've been handed.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 29, 2016

PeasantChan

Not Recommended

This little mantra really caught my attention: "Lets make the Mech shows we want to watch!"

Is it possible? Could it be? A mech show that doesn't care about genre conventions or 'Gundam Guidelines'?
well... no... not really.

You see, to this day I'm still not really sure what Rebirth Storage was trying to be; taken as a first episode, absolutely everything went wrong after the show's cold open. Taken as a preview, I'd say they crammed in WAY too much of the wrong information.
I couldn't shake the feeling that the entire episode felt like one of those mid-season "recap episodes" that nobody really cares ... to watch because its just not interesting.
And thats the gist of it right there; its just not interesting.

It probably could have been; the cold open was nice, and with a decent establishment of setting, scenario, and some foreshadowing I may have been sold, but by the end of it I found it hard to care. Maybe, like Under the Dog, they were trying to test the waters with their new idea and put this out as a teaser of sorts, and their mission statement "make mech shows we actually like" gets a hats-off from me, but if by some miracle a modern mech show comes along that I DO like, it probably won't be Rebirth Storage.

Thanks for reading.

The Good:
-Animation was okay when not using CG
-Characters seemed like they could've been interesting

The Bad:
- nothin I haven't already said

The Ecchi:
- Umm, none.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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