Arve Rezzle: Kikaijikake no Yousei-tachi

One day, when Remu Mikage is on a video call with his sister, Shiki, who has traveled to the futuristic Okinotori-island Mega Float City for school, she confesses that both the audio and visuals of her are completely artificial. In order to be more efficient in her studies, Shiki has used neural-linked nanomachines to upload her consciousness onto a computer and is storing her physical body in a "body pool." While shocked, Remu is supportive of his sister's decision, until the disaster known as the "Early Rapture" happens.

The Early Rapture causes everyone who has uploaded their consciousnesses to either fall into a coma or perish. Remu visits his sister's empty apartment one last time, but is shocked when Shiki arrives at the door. With no memory of her family or past, and being pursued by a violent group of researchers, Shiki and her brother are forced to flee using her newfound power of nanomachine manipulation.

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Mikage, Shiki Main

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Mikage, Remu Main

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Hirasaka, Yui Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Shintaku, Kiyoshi Producer

Nakanishi, Go Assistant Producer

Yoshihara, Tatsuya Director, In-Between Animation, Key Animation

Kameyama, Toshiki Sound Director

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Apr 19, 2018

Eoussama

Recommended

Arve Rezzle: Kikaijikake no Yousei-tachi was one of the four films of Anime Mirai 2013 (Young Animator Training Project), a project funded by the Japanese government's Agency of Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators. the same program that initiated the masterpiece that we've come to love, “Death parade”, this,this has a great potential on itself, it's really astonishing how can small teams pull off some good story material on this much occasions, now let's have a seat, and dissect the different aspects that might turn this short animation into a great series.

- Story (7.5/10):
I've been for the most part amazed by the great ... big shows, that tend to span for more than a hundred episodes, and throughout my anime binging experience, I've come to stumble across a lot of flawed shows, that happen to not deliver, or fully express an idea, the stories tend to be full of holes, and for the most part, incomplete. the case with the animation was greatly the opposite, for 24 minutes long short, that really managed to tell a lot, the only complaint I have is that I want more.
The story is set in a near future, and yes, this is a sci-fi show, and yes, it comes with a great deal of crazy confusing technologies, just imagine the ability to transfer people's mind into cyberspace, now, be honest, saying that out loud would totally boost your ego into thinking of yourself as some sort of prodigy genius who knows their way into science.
You have your typical close boy and girl sibling, with Rema being the oldest, talking to his sister from a Skype-like program on a daily basis, checking on her time to time, until one day, she confessed to him of something that changed the course of his life, and probably the whole world. It slowly starts luring the viewer's mind until it drops a bomb of astonishment on them, now, I've watched a tremendous amount of fiction, and I never ever had the chance to see something as cool as a person awakening into somebody else's body executing this well. that was me trying to summarise the initiative plot without having to reveal too much if you're the sci-fi guy, that might have teased you a bit int checking this one up.

- Art (7/10):
I'm going to come straight and say it, the art looks kind of weird, but, hey, weird in an interesting way?! perhaps it was just my first experience with the type of art that led me to set a score this average for this pick, but it's worth noting that it's not by any means bad, it's something you can get used to, not the realistic way, of course, the artists went for a kind of artistic approach, the way they modeled the character's anatomy, the sluggish movements, and all, but I got to admit, they nailed the CG part, freaking killed it, man!

- Sound (7/10):
I might be the one to say this, the audio part is not the strongest aspect of this animation, the voice acting was great and all, but aside from that, everything was just, you know, meh-like, I have no complaint of course, but at the same time, it's nothing that caught my ears that much.

- Characters (8/10):
For such a short story, and a very narrow veriety of characters, it does take a delicious peice of story out of the remains, I don't have any problems without characters, usually you'd have a braty or very immature protagonists, but in this one, you really feel the realistic side of them, you feel the lived sould inside of them, there is a fear of death and defeat, the relashionships between the personnels are also interesting, I never seen a more awkward sibling since the last time I watched “No game no life”, and this pair really nailed it.

- Enjoyment (8/10)
I've watched a lot of amazing shows lately, and that left me with a great fear of ever starting a new show, and then realizing it never stood up to my top X picks, but I've come to understand that what makes a masterpiece into one, is the fact that it stands up, and the fact that it's rare and hard to match, now I did enjoy this movie, in fact, it only made me watch to ask for more, now, if this were to be made into an official series, I'd blindely dive in, the world seemes very interesting to explore, and the lore is just too crazy that I started to get some “No game no life” flash backs trying to relate the two with one another, you gte introduced to a lot of consepts and terms like “The U.S military standard tactical mobile anti-personnel machines, Wardogs”, yes, that's how serious and complicated it gets.
this was just an amazing half an hour, if only there were some more well-composed stories out there.

- Overall (7.5/10):
I'm really left disappointed about the fact that this is a standalone animation, with no confirmed sequels or anything to fill the whole of confusion that was left into me after finishing watching this show, would I recommend it? definitely, a quick refresher of how amazing sci-fi anime shows can get, just get some popcorn, and before you know it, the 24 minutes long,g movie would be long gone, the popcorn bowl would have been long stolen away by a sibling of yours while you were left questioning your life after being so invested into a story that could have been much greater if there was a completion to it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 20, 2014

playmakerzam

Mixed Feelings

Arve Rezzle is as short anime OVA that is part of the 2013 Young Animator Project. Young Animator Project is an annual project, which started from 2010, that aims to develop young Japanese animators so as to avoid outsourcing from other countries. Arve Rezzle is set in 2022, in a futuristic and dystopian city of Okinotorishima Mega-Float City (OMFC for short) Our protagonist is a young male named Remu. Remu has a little sister named Shiki who lives and studies in an academy in OMFC.
One day while both siblings were web chatting, Shiki revealed a shocking secret. Shiki revealed that what Remu sees in the ... screen is not the real Shiki, nor the voice he hears is just produced by a program. Shiki then proceeded to show herself in a plant like state, enclosed by a semi-liquid stuff called a body pool. She explains that the Body pool is an Academy project where people who uses it, don't need to eat, drink, sleep or even use the toilet. People who use body pool, with the help of nerual linked nanomachines, are able to connect to an online network (w/c explains how she can skype with her brother.) Now a major indicent called Early Rupture occured, where thousands of users of the body pools sustain brain damage. This is where Remu decides to go to OMFC and get her sister back.

The Plot is pure Sci-fi, it has great setting and mood. Only problem with the plot is it has many gaps and it kinda force feeds lots of things to the viewer (it is mainly due to the lack of time, only 20 mins for this OVA) The art is beautiful in its own right but the animations aren't that fluid and are almost always still (what you'd expect from a low budget anime.) Overall, as a project from young animators, it was pretty okay but if you judge it as a normal anime it still lacks a lot of things.


My Personal Rating: 6/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 21, 2013

hboc22

Not Recommended

Twenty minutes of my life I won't get back.

I'll give this anime credit where it deserves it. The initial story concept is decent. Also the art, and voice acting were alright. Besides that it was terrible. The characters are boring. The most fleshed out characters only defined personality trait is that he wants to sleep with his sister. The stories premise raises way to many questions for a one episode release, and answers none of them. Even if this were a complete series I would have dropped it here because the characters didn't hold my interest, and the plot was a complete mystery.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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