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I found this anime through the 'Thinking and Drawing - Nihon no Shinseiki Art Animation' and therefore, already expected something artsy from the show, but this short anime was frankly quite good.

The art, animation and sound were superb, very well arranged together and made the 7 minutes very entertaining. The way the music blended in was specially well done.

I cannot recommend this to every one though, as this is very artsy and may not be that amusing compared to many other anime out there.

Now to the personal interpretation corner:
First let me note that the Japanese name "部屋／形態" means literally "Room/Morph" which I interpreted ... as "Morphing room"

Through the short, it felt like the paint on the wall was not only a reflection of the window, but represented how a story gets told. The development of the story told by the projections on the walls were tainted when passed though the windows and therefore acquired unique traits, represented by the shadow of the wooden part, interring the projections of the story being told. The sudden appearance of colors may as well represent how we perceive memories as good, bad, pleasant and unpleasant.

Interpreting the show was more than half the fun, Id' recommend you do it too! :)

TL;DR (Although this is not long at all):

This anime have one of the best Art I've ever seen
Bad story
The rest was so-so.

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The animation was amazing, really a piece of art. The colors, the atmosphere, everything! They hit the spot. It looked like a very well done movie, not and average weakly anime. I suppose they took some quite time to produce all this relative o the duration, I say worth it!

... About the music and CV, it wasn't bad, but not nearly as good as the art.

There is no real character or story, just an quick attempt to grab the viewer with a cute girl and a sad story.

They sure know how to grab someone with that kind of montage, but don't like those cheap tricks, I'm not falling for that, it takes some episodes to bond with a character.

I know it's a music video, but then don't try to put some meaning behind it, don't try to make me like a backstory-less girl...




...But I didn't expect at all that ending, nice move.

I honestly don't know why so many people gave this animation such a low score.

Story: 6 - Fair story, for a one-minute-anime.
Well, as the title says, the story is about an embryo that develops into a fetus, a alien. It doesn't have a in depth story or a real educational value, but it surely don't have any plot holes as *many* big titles out there.

Art: 8 - Actually good animation.
The animation is very simple, being also black and white, but the style is very calming and not aggressive at all. The high point of the animation is the fluidity, almost every animator can learn something ... looking at this anime, all the frames are almost perfectly in sinc. with one another. There is no exaggeration on explosions, bad CG or stuff like that.

Sound: 3 - There is none.
Although not having sound wold almost surely award a 0, this anime gets 3 from me.
Lets start at 0:
+1 There is no dialog what so ever, but it also does not need dialog.
+1 The music is not there, but it also doesn't hurt my ears like many other anime music does.
+1 The absence of sound makes the animation , that is the best part, the focus of the anime.

Character: 6 - Develops enough for an 1 minute short.
The character is not a copy and paste from another anime, like most "something-dere" characters today, and its somewhat unique in appearance. It has no personality, witch means that it doesn't have a fake persona or a unrealistic or forced way of doing stuff, bla, bla, bla...

Enjoyment: 7 - Not bad, showed to my friends.
Even if you don't like anime or don't know what it is, this one gets a "It's a nice GIF" easily from someone that sees "The Embryo Develops into a Fetus". It's not something I would watch again more than twice (unless I try to make a review), but I would not say i lost my time with this, as I said, it's something nice to see.

Overall: 5 - It's a question of what "Could have been"
The animation is nice, there's no much more to say about this anime. It is not bad and I definitely find it better than many stuff you can find out there. I can easily see this anime being a animated screen saver or wallpaper or something.It's not a good story, but it developed the character more than average anime does in that time frame.