Ingress the Animation

A project was launched where scientists discovered a mysterious substance that can interface directly with the human brain. This substance, called "Exotic Matter (XM)," has existed since ancient times, influencing human minds and the progress of humanity. In the wake of this discovery, a battle of powerful nations and corporate giants has been unleashed. Organizations across the globe have embarked on a secret race to exploit XM. It represents both an opportunity and a threat to humanity. Two Factions seeks to control the XM. The Enlightened view XM's power as a gift that enhances human experience and discovery. The Resistance sees XM as a hostile takeover of the human mind, choosing technology as humanity's best path forward. XM, and the mystery behind it lie at the center of this battle for the fate of humanity.

2018—Now, a new struggle is about to unfold in Tokyo and across the globe. Dangerous and powerful forces seeking to exploit the potential of XM will collide. This groundbreaking project will mark the beginning of an epic augmented-reality experience combining the three elements of animation, location-based gaming, and the real world.

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Ingress the Animation aired on Fuji TV's +Ultra block.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Norman, Jack

Main

Kiyama, Shigeo
Japanese

Coppola, Sarah

Main

Ueda, Reina
Japanese

Midorikawa, Makoto

Main

Nakajima, Yoshiki
Japanese

Kizuna, AI

Supporting

Kizuna, AI
Japanese

ADA

Supporting

Ogata, Megumi
Japanese

Brandt, Christopher

Supporting

Shingaki, Tarusuke
Japanese

Johnson, Hank

Supporting

Sasaki, Hiroo
Japanese

Kunikida, Jion

Supporting

Tone, Kentarou
Japanese

Liu, Tianhua

Supporting

Toriumi, Kousuke
Japanese

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Ishii, Tomohiko

Producer, Sound Director

Sakuragi, Yuuhei

Director

Shinoda, Toshitaka

Episode Director

Akasaka, Sou

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Opening Theme

"Tessellate" by alt-J

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Ending Theme

"In Cold Blood" by alt-J

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Nov 27, 2018

Andreikun

Recommended

Review might contain small spoilers/references. Watched this with the Italian sub. Also never played the game this is based on, so my review judges what I've seen animated and not if it follows the source material.

This show is a mixed bag in my opinion. First, if you dislike fully CGI anime (such as Ajin) this might not be for you. All the characters are done in CGI, it's not bad, but not really good either. Sometimes the movement, especially during walking or talking feels and looks weird. Backgrounds and action scenes are nicely made, car chases care also animated nicely in CGI.

Plot is ... where this show is a bit bad, contains some cliches like Chinese character is bad guy planning to take over the world. Worse is that characters seem to die /sacrifice themselves in impossible to get out from situations but just spring out alive a few episodes later without any explanation as to how they did it. There are a few other inconsistencies all over the show like a scene at an airport where it's full of paramilitary trying to capture someone, yet the someone just walks out in drives off in a taxi.
Characters start to pop out of nowhere in different locations towards the end or enter different locations without any problems, although half an episode is used in the beginning just to make passports, these are largely forgotten later. There are other inconsistencies, and the "world mechanics" are constantly updated towards the end just to fit the plot somehow.

There are some references/similarities to Evangelion, a bit of talk about the soul and human nature towards the end, evolution of mankind, but nothing very deep or that brings some novelty. For example, Darling in the Franxx's commentary about immortality spanning an episode is much better philosophically than what it is presented here.

Characters have little development, they are just there to fit certain purposes. There is no fan service, there is just one female character anyway. The attraction between the leads seems artificial, there is nothing to make you root for them, feel happy or sad in certain moments.

To sum it up, this show tries to be a global conspiracy (similar to Dan Brown's novels or Jason Bourne), involving different nationalities, locations around the world, viewed from a Japanese perspective and using Buddhist references like soul rather than Christian ones. Where it fails is because it relies on ass pulls to move the plot forward (similar to the Rin Tohsaka knife scene in the 2006 Fate, but on a larger scale here) and tries to use the global scene as a backdrop rather than being Japan centric, but the use of it doesnt make any sense especially that towards the end. Action scenes are cool and engaging at ties, car chases, shooting, all done in CGI and with nice sound.

Story: 6
Art: 7
Sound: 7
Character: 6
Enjoyment: 7

TOTAL: 6.6 = 7

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Nov 30, 2018

Karhu

Mixed Feelings

"Now that Netflix has released two garbage-tier cop shows with supernatural elements in a row, I wonder what they gonna do next..."

Ingress the Animation is the third cop show with supernatural elements Netflix has decided to release this year, but it's not exactly as awful as the other two. I have absolute no idea who is greenlighting these, but please, stop.

Characters:

We have 3 main leads here and they are called: Jack Norman, but I will proceed to call him Jack Normal in this review because he is so Normal that even his first name is Jack. Sarah Coppola -- whose last name, indeed, is of ...

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May 4, 2019

Kukker

Not Recommended

Hello there - as Danish Netflix finally decided to put Ingress onto its page, I decided to go watch it for fun.
Before starting on the review I want to note that I have played the game for a couple of years and therefore have some knowledge towards what's happening and how the game works. Even so, I went into this with low expectations and sadly the anime didn't do much to make me regret my expectation level.

On to the review:

Story and Plot: 3
The anime is set in an ordinary world, where a game Ingress flows around. The game contains certain portals for different factions enlightened ... and resistance that can be fought over between the 2 teams. The series do very little to explain stuff early on so it seems like a big mess, where we just see a lot of chaotic fighting scenes and people being chased without really knowing why. Anyway, apparently the world isn't completely normal as first assumed (surprise it's anime), there is some matter called XM, that gives certain people powers. The XM is not something most people can see nor feel, but it is there around everyone. I believe the anime is trying to be mysterious in a way, while also making one of the main characters powers very mysterious, however we are not ever really explained what exactly they are. The story in generel seems very ordinary with a guy wanting to take over the world, using some of this XM to create a new world.
Ingress ends up having a very generic story, with a lot of plot holes and poorly executed within the mystery genre it wants to be in.

Art: 3
The animation for this anime seems very weak all things considered. The CGI isn't the worst I've seen, however the character designs and the movement in fighting scenes are first boring and secondly choppy at times (feels awkward)

Sound: 7
The soundtrack seems rather decent, got some good timings with great music, and both opening and ending seems fairly good. This is one of the best parts of the anime sadly.

Character: 4
The characters are very genuine. Without spoiling too much, the main character is a typical shut-in who discovers he has a strange power in the "not so ordinary" world. He gains big interest in a girl who has some mysterious power around her, and basically just tries to reach her all anime from start to end. The villains and other mains aren't much better. 11 episodes doesn't make for much development either, so I cannot say this was a strength either.

Enjoyment: 4
Overall the anime was fairly easy to watch, all things considered. I didn't enjoy it too much, but I wasn't dying watching it either. I do wish however, that it wouldn't have been as predictable as it was.

Overall: 3

Overall I have to give it a 3. The story was a big mess, even though it tried being very basic with everything. The only thing making this anime worth your time is if you are a big fan of the game franchise and just want to watch it animated. However, I really do not recommend it for people who have no knowledge of the game, and even if you do - maybe you are better off playing some more, as this provides nothing but dissatisfaction.

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