Ranked #2707

Geneshaft

A short-length sci-fi that stays loyal to the cliché themes associated with the genre, but makes for a decent watch.

Story: 4
The plot, while not completely unenjoyable, is extremely drab. There are literally hundreds of animes out there that share similar themes:

- Gene manipulation (too many to list)
- Government population/sex control (Appleseed, Crest of the Stars)
- Protagonists are all children/teenagers (too many to list)
- Humanity deserves to be destroyed (Evangelion, Blue Gender, etc.)
- Mecha (too many to list)
- Ships used by ancient beings (Infinite Ryvius, Gurren Lagann, etc.)

Animation: 8
The animation is well done. The characters adhere to a fairly common artwork style that’s easy on the eyes. In addition to this the show also uses some CG. This is generally restricted to scenes with the Shaft (the ship’s mech), spaceships and planets. While the CG scenes aren’t overly detailed, the framerate is solid and the graphics are fairly good considering this show was made in 2001.

Sound: 7 (Japanese)
The sound is pretty hit and miss. The music (if you can call it that) is almost entirely made up of cheesy electric guitar riffs usually consisting of a few power chords coupled with heavy distortion and someone who just couldn’t lay off the whammy bar. While it can be very annoying, especially for the first few episodes, it does give the show a unique feel. The voice acting is decent (with the exception of one over-eccentric brat), and the sound effects are pretty generic to anime involving spaceships.

Character: 7
The show doesn’t have memorable characters, but it at least provides some variety. Everyone in the show has a very different personality and you are given a look into the background of most of the characters. It’s enough to keep you interested but not much else.

Enjoyment: 8
While the show may not be the best out there, it is pretty easy to watch. There is a decent enough mix of philosophy and action to keep you entertained for the duration of the series. Had this been a 26 episode series I probably would have avoided it, but the 13-episode length makes for some nice light viewing in between whatever other shows you plan to watch.

Overall: 7
As long as you go into it knowing it’s not going to be the bee’s knees, Geneshaft is a decent show in its own right. If you were looking for a more involving series with a similar (albeit much better) plot, Infinite Ryvius is the show for you. As it stands though, Geneshaft makes for an acceptable short length sci-fi. read more

For those who've watched Gundam Seed Destiny, this anime is one of the possible future. Imagine, that the one who win is Chairman Durandal instead of Kira and Athrun, the next 200 years is what we called Geneshaft.

The animation is nice.The 3d in it is awesome. But sometimes it goes overboard. However that wont effect the plot in the anime.

The plot is going quite slow at first, but then it picks up in the middle of the anime and move quite fast in the end.It's really touching and overall a sad buy happy story.

The character design and personality is brilliant.The seiyuu is doing their job nicely. You can see how real the "DNA world" they mentioned at the first episode. People are divided by DNA and Skills, so each of them has their own "role" since birth, which is a unique theme for the anime.That will change it later episode, you'll have to watch to see what i mean.

The soundtrack in it is simply awesome.Similar to GiTS and Divergence Eve, it's what keeps me watching "straight" from the first episode to the end. Nothing to comment, just simply awesome.

Romance? Personally i would say it has plenty on it, hidden for you to discover and wonder. read more