Beatless

To be perfectly honest LA was drawn to Beatless because of Nao Touyama...

In a more serious note Beatless along with Toji no Miko had some of the shakiest pacing in animes from 2018, but Beatless didn't suffer from pacing issues...Beatless suffered from constant delays.

The thing is Beatless had ALOT of potential to be a good sci-fi anime though with it's very typical "meet cute" premise at the start with it's main character of Arato Endou voiced by Takuto Yoshinaga meeting the hIE Lacia voiced by the aforementioned Nao Touyama, Beatless was MUCH more than that and really disguising that starting premise into an introspective look ... at technology, AI, human fears of technology and societal pressures to conformity because of it in some sense as well. But these interesting elements takes some time for it to be established but the build up and tension is apt for Beatless to do, so really LA doesn't mind the pacing in this anime, it's the outside forces focuses on Beatless' pacing is something else but that a bit later.

Beatless in many ways takes Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics" and both experiments with it's concepts as well as utter breaks it's rules concerning robotics. This considering Beatless' futuristic world where hIE's are mass produced working as either helpers or military might and Arato's world is one of those outlier people thinking that robots are more than just "objects or machines" for people to just use and through Arato's perspective we see Beatless' introspective look at robots are more than humans or not. So LA talked about what Beatless does with it's Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics", but breaking it's rules?...well the rules of Isaac Asimov did entail that the robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, that a robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law and finally a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law and those rule breakers comes from in the form of the special rogue hIE's trying to find masters for their sole purpose of disrupting the social order of robots and humans in the process in which Lacia, Methode, Snowdrop, Saturnus and Kouka are all set out to do, but Lacia, our main heroine has other motives and with the help of Arato tries to achieve this, this is what makes it a VERY interesting anime.

As much as LA said there isn't pacing issues with Beatless, Beatless "seems" like it dwindles screentime on mundane things from time to time and MANY people might seem so maybe just to have some random exposition of the hIE's and how they program like "analog hacking" and the sorts but as much as exposition in this anime is VERY HEAVY and subtle to say the least (it makes sense as this was adapted from a novel thus the heavy exposition), Beatless KNOWS it's world building as it's consistently slow paced nature and exposition heavy it is, Beatless' execution is thorough and self-introspective of Beatess own world. Because of this along with the simple but greatly built up premise Beatless had going for it, all things considered, Beatless' complicated plot DOES make a lot of sense in the grand scheme of things that again Beatless had lots of potential it had going for.

And if your thinking that the entire "meet cute" scenario of Lacia and Arato goes into a serious romantic subplot, well it does, but it really doesn't become the center focus of the anime at all, but more like it grows Lacia and Arato's relationship through all the trials and tribulations they go through to achieve their goal for the good of society. There are lots of shipping moments but their relationship feels strictly in the background unless needed with it's more serious major plotline that both are tied into.

So what made Beatless suffer soo much for Beatless to be a shaky anime and lose it's potential?...the recaps, and fine one recap episode is nothing to get annoyed by, but FOUR delays all spread throughout the early beginnings and halfway through the anime. Beatless was just plagued with delays as these four delays isn't enough, the "final arc" of Beatless has been delayed til September!. LA merely says this as Beatless had ALOT of plot twists and the such and for soo many delays and recaps leads to loss in traction and intensity of the plot it had ramped up, only for recaps to stop us in it's tracks and having to wait 2 weeks and the biggest one being that the final 4 episodes isn't coming out til after another season has passed in the time of writing this review...by then it's momentum died down. Sure maybe Beatless staff wanted to make it's finale perfect and for diomedea to keep it's consistent animation stable because of this and sure you can binge watch it again, but as a person who already knows what was going on, for it to stop when it was getting to great heights then kill off it's momentum is a major buzzkill to say the least. LA WILL watch the final 4 episodes as LA really liked where it was going but in terms of Beatless track record of delays this was something unprecedented in anime for LA that LA NEEDED to talk about.

Does this mean Beatless is unsalvageable because of it's constant delays?, no, as it's concept, strong world building and toying with Isaac Asimov's laws was greatly implemented in the form of anime along with interesting characters and plot doesn't discredit Beatless at all.

So into the element of Beatless itself...

The animation done by diomedea was actually pretty decent, from it's exotic character designs, futuristic yet urban city settings down pat along with HEY Beatless CAN do action scenes....well. LA will give diomedea props that it's animation was decently impressive to say the least with some less janky or derpy battles and though it's battles are mainly laserbeams or explosions, the action at the very least was fluid in some sense that it makes the battles decent animated as a result, but diomedea's strengths would definitely go to it's character designs. Overall Beatless' animation was decent at best and it's battles are a standard "slightly" above diomedea's norm though that isn't saying much.

Voice acting, well if you read LA's first statement of this review and Nao Touyama is in this and though she's mainly monotoned with some spurts of deadpan serious vocals injected into her role as Lacia. LA found Nao Touyama's performance.....ok. Beatless has alot of great voice actors under it's belt, with Sora Amamiya doing a brash vocally-type character as Methode, Kana Hanazawa as the genki type character, Misako Tomoka as Kouka as the rebel, no shit taking hIE and Hiromi Igarashi doing her typical loli-type character with an air of childish malice to her. Takuto Yoshinaga was voiced the main protagonist Arato did fine but really Beatless' voice cast was great all round with some playing against the type while some only going greater as their preferred strong character role. By default though Nao Touyama gets LA's MVP...LA's bias LA knows but....LA doesn't care!

Beatless maybe have been plagued with delays, it's heavy exposition got people out of it and away from the anime but for what Beatless had going for it, from Beatless' interesting concept of robots and AI and the talk of sentience with all this to it's interesting characters, decent animation from diomedea and a rather impressive voice cast, LA thinks Beatless DID deserve some backlash it got especially with it's delays but saying that Beatless is a terrible anime just because of that does not for LA, it's merely something of an excuse to make the anime look worse than it truly is and Beatless is much more than you realize in the long run. Beatless is introspective, it's detailed, it's many plot twists keeps you interested, it's character motivations and plans are interesting, it's world that Beatless built is interesting and it's basic premise turns that on it's head into something revolutionary for Beatless in terms of plot and it's characters.

Look as much as LA points out the faults in Beatless and trust LA, LA got angry at Beatless from time to time too, but Beatless is still a good anime about robots and what it entails of sentience and humans fit into all this, it's just plagued with it's delays and being exposition heavy.

LA will be waiting to see if the final arc of Beatless, Beatless: Final Stage and hope for a climactic finale with Lacia and Arato trying to reach their goal, but until then...LA will give Beatless a battered but hard earned "decent anime" status.

Anyone said Darling in the Franxx, some Tokyo Ghoul season 2, some Boku Hero 3, or some Tada-kun,... but with me Beatless is the best!! With OP1 sung by Garnidelia, most dancing inspiration band, OP2 sung by TrySail, cutest singer of Jpop, ED1 sung by ClariS, my best Jpop couple singer and ED2 sung by Tokyo Performance Band, feel like under an area live, only the appearance of these four performs has made me confirm myself this is the best anime of two season XD
Despite the fact that a lot problems while airing this anime, delay,... bad reviews,... I will still marked this as ... my best anime ever due to the OST

This anime for those who need to know let me say this honestly after watching it about 11 out of 24 episodes since the other two is just the intermission series like recap series. Due to that my judgment may change in time.

This anime best point is logic and facts of how the future will be so if you think it's boring then it may be the same kinda boring while listening to the teacher but please care to focus on them cause their way of talk is in the top 10% of smart anime type.
I'm not even lying this kinda logic hit on the ... top 10%. Also, their way of talk can some point reach to university lv so you may end up being like "WTF is going on?"

To be honest I love this show due to that. Also, the MC is base on a real average human so if you think that guy is dumb? Look at yourself and think what will you do in his shoe...
I bet it will end up like him with the best outcome... It will be even dumber if the MC is a normal human then go like "Oh I grant a power of the overlord!!! HAAAAAAAA!!!"
Like wow... That's dumb for an average human in the Sci-Fi world with no fantasy in it...
Remember read the tags closely...
There's no fantasy in the tags so don't expect that too much. If you watch this? Watch it for logic.

Everything all base on "logic"

It seems many people just misunderstand it and watch it for action...
What I said is about how this anime will be.
Like no plot armor or OP mc. Only with the Sci-Fi in a scientific way. Like AI may surpass human and how the AI will react while using the cloud database. Like how the internet is to search for the best result. Their way of talk is just expending it to the university lv. I think you may not understand the meaning of what I'm trying to say.

I just love how this anime using only pure logic. I won't try to say more than this cause it will be spoilers.
In this anime it made you question a lot of things like scientist do with how they explain about AI or technology.

I will say that the story is amazing done 9/10. The art style just goes so well with the story but not good enough cause the action doesn't seem like to be at it's best for the story yet so I will give it 8/10. For the sound? It kinda like a normal but the OP is so good so when I math that it will be 7/10. As for the character will be kinda normal and interesting at the same time so it will be just 7/10 stand for just good. As for my enjoyment? I will say I really enjoy it so much. I just love to question everything so this is the kinda anime I love so 9/10.

When I math all the score the overlay will be 8/10 but like I say my judgment may change if they either mess up or make it better cause this is right now at the middle of the series so things may get interesting...

In short:
There are elements of genius in this anime, but it isn't well executed for most people's expectations of anime. It's worth watching and especially so for individuals that like to think about our future as a society and the problems we are going to face.

More:
You watch this anime for it's ideas mostly, anything else surrounding those ideas isn't so good.

The anime is about the dilemma we face concerning our future with robots and AI, it uses unique ideas since most anime like this have one super AI trying to take over, where this one lets AI battle themselves and it makes for a more ... interesting story-backbone overall.

You'll definitely get triggered and ask yourself why they didn't just kill that person, and according to some abilities of the characters this whole story could've ended much sooner.. but i guess we can't have the perfect anime and we can only hope the creators can learn from their mistakes.

The concept of "analog hacking" is an interesting one, i wouldn't really have thought of something like this and would rather have envisioned a physical AI takeover like in most anime, it's thought provoking and i think they designed this anime to share their view, which is why they are adding three recap episodes.

This anime takes itself seriously, "Memeframe" was chosen because there is another definition for the word "meme" that fits the company name more than perfectly.

meme
noun
1.
an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.
2.
an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations.

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well this story is something different, sci-fi with romance but in this way never thought this is even possible for human to love android, well of-course its possible if a human can understand a human than what the problem with a android.
i don't know how many people watched this anime and how many of them able to understand it, well its same goes for me, i just like to clear it, i also didn't understood this anime completely but whatever i understood, its my view.

(to use "machine" word, in my view it like im disrespecting the android in this anime and using ... the "he" and "she" instead of "It")

the story was little complicated and was hard to understand until you focus well i think not the story but explanation in anime, well i tried my hard to understand this one bcz this story really took my attention, a romance story between a android Lacia and a human Arato who are trying to change future where human and android (AI) can coexists. And in the last 4 episode in Beatless Final Stage the truth was revealed that it was the predicted future by the Higgins (S-AI), he was trying to save himself from his destruction in future and released the 5 AIs in order to change a future.
well sometime in anime i was lost but i still able to grasp the story :p
well i don't know this kind of future or this kind of world is possible or not but i think its possible to find the happiness in all this things.
and that's what was going on here Arato fall in love with Lacia even if she is android and he supported her. and Lacia the 40th S-AI tried her best to predict the future and others moves in order to make the ideal future they were thinking in order to coexist with humans. and as they move forward things got worse sometime but she still helped Arato, bcz it was the trust they had for each other that helped them to move forward.

in my view i think this anime is good example for humans to coexist with non-human beings if possible.

Story :
well basically i explained everything up there so not much left here to write but still like to point somethings well i said above that story was kind of hard to understand so it might be possible that many people have dropped this anime and the the many who completed it, they might will understand the story :D that what it actually trying to say :D and for that
9/10

Art :
not much to say in this part but they really did some work in art the OP songs scenes are really good and the art in anime is really good, animations were amazing. and not forget to mention the characters all were so good.
10/10

Sounds :
Sound were good, then the background sounds in anime and i also like the background sound of Snowdrop. And as for OP and ED , both OP songs are really good, i liked both OP songs than the ED songs.
10/10

Character :
There are so many characters in this anime but some of them left heavy impression on anime and one of them is Kouka i like this character but it doesnt mean that Lacia is left behind bcz Lacia is damm amazing she is be able to do so many things just by predicting what will happen next, dammm that's the S-AI for sure.
10/10

Enjoyment :
well as for enjoyment, what i enjoyed the most was both OP than, as for anime yes no doubt it was really good but some time i was feeling pissed bcz of his friend Kaidai Ryou who was interfering without knowing properly whats happening and why Lacia was doing those things.
by putting this aside i enjoyed rest of the anime.
9/10

Overall :
as for overall nothing much left to write but they could have made anime in a way in which it could be more understandable easily.
9/10

(i hope i didn't hurt anyone's feeling or their own view on this anime, as i told above this my view for anime i liked this anime mostly bcz of the Last some episodes of this anime.)

This review includes the final stage of this series. First of all i'm reluctant to watch this Anime due to its low scores and some bad reviews however because i'm a fan of AI/Machine i still give it a shot because of its synopsis.
Story: The story was all about artificial intelligent, which is great since we all know that the world is moving towards the directions of AI/Machine Learning/Cloud Computing and etc. Now for the story. The story was really unique in my own opinion; while this might not be the first anime to cover about AI, it's the only Anime i personally see ... which was able to tell its purpose to its viewers, of how corrupt humans can be in order to gained power in society. The Anime was also able to sent its message that sooner or later manual labor will cease to exist as machines are now capable of doing the same work as humans and to be more precise machines can finish all its task with given time as long as there's power running on it, not to mention its accuracy at its job. its also raises my awareness to question myself what makes humans differs from machines who doesn't have soul and heart? story is 10/10 for me.
Art: Nothing to say here Lacia is beautiful <3 i totally get why she become so popular in the society. 10/10
Sound: The sound were fantastic...nope its actually amazing. the lyrics of the song were really for this anime specially the opening 2 (truth) where one lyrics is "Humans are just a visible shape". 10/10
Enjoyment: As a person interested in AI/Machine learning i can pretty say that i enjoy this a lot, to the point i feel not contented of how short the episodes this Anime had.
Overall: Beatless was my cup of tea. so nothing to say here anymore 10/10

Ultimately, after binge watching this, I have no idea why this show is rated as low as it is. The best way I can describe this show is it's an Anime* Bladerunner that's more optimistic(?) about the future. (Anime* because it has a lot of common tropes that could be tiresome, but I didn't mind.)

If you can get over any of the minor complaints about the visuals or some of characters being annoying, this series is Packed with theories and philosophy. It juggles around complex ideas well, especially the concepts of hypocrisy that society is creating for itself. ... If you love asking the question: what makes a human truly human? or the Turning Test, this is a must see.

My biggest complaint is that they seem to have a few scenes out of order, probably in order to create further mystery/suspense (which normally is handled well, but noticeable in a few instances). Or worse, when they blindside the audience by throwing in a major character interaction without any warning & expecting the viewer to just get it (the first seconds of Episode 3...). But once I could wrap my head around the scene after having to rematch it, it made sense, but it felt like I missed an entire episode.

Same goes for the beginning of episode 10. It feels more like a an abridged joke:
Lacia: Oh crap! Someone else has an identical serial number to me!
Arato: Uhh, that's bad?
L: That's bad.
A: We should do something then!
L: I agree! Here's the pla-
A: No time to explain, LETS GO!
L: RIGHT!
*cue 60's Batman theme song*

In short, if something wasn't explained the first time you hear about it in the show, it will be explained late. (Except for "Diet" I think....) Annoying, but I personally got over it using humor.

Also, as other's have mentioned, the recap episodes are annoying, Especially since episode 11 has some content not in the other episodes. I really hope the reason behind making, (and spending money on,) those recap episodes wasn't an attempt to try and hammer out the deeper ideas in case you missed something previously. Because in that regard, they don't do their job as you miss a lot of the nuance of the show. Alternatively, if these episodes were just to meet a quota, then I would be disappointed that they didn't flesh out more details over more episodes as this show really has a lot to say.

To end my ranting, it can be a lot to take in as there's a lot of dialogue, which I could see being a problem for some people who want more action. Stick with it and I assure you that you won't be disappointed with its depth of ideas, and yes, there plenty of fighting too.

Very underrated anime, the concept behind it is very overlooked by many and the story is actually quite emotional and tear jerking in my opinion. I highly disagree with the low rating this anime overall has. The story is really unique in its own way and doesnt really feel like it is comparable to something other i have seen. The art style is really well done and gives a certain dystopian/realistic feeling to it together with emptiness and also a really interresting emotion that folds with the way the story goes. I think again this anime is wrongly hated and looked down on because of ... some expectations some viewers may have had.

This is a small review, to make you understand (more or less) if you should watch this particular anime. Rest assured, I will keep out as much stuff from the story as possible, so that I don't ruin the experience. So, let's begin.

I personally would recommend this anime to people who want a story with a small amount of everything - drama, comedy, action, sci-fi, romance and bunch of other things too. It's well evened out and you can feel that there is a lot of time and effort put into this, but there is a problem, that I was having while watching this and ... that is stretching the story too much, so if you want to watch this, note that it's not as emotionally and action packed as some anime. But just because the story stretched out, doesn't mean that it is a bad one, quite frankly I liked the characters a lot and just overall how the was story made. As for the characters, they were very well designed, representing different values and opinions on the world. But their personality wasn't the only thing was good about it, their appearance and tools (you might get the joke if you've watched it) that they use are thought through, as for each of them has a purpose. Though the characters are definitely not perfect, since some of them have flaws in the personality and mindset, making some scenes hard to watch since you know logically no one would do or be not able to understand something. What I'm trying to say is them being stupid beyond the amount of what they should be. Also, I would've liked a bit more romance from the MC and his companion, that would've made it a bit better and more alive. Otherwise don't have any problem, the artstyle in this one was great didn't lack anything to my eye.

So overall with some of the mistakes and flaws I would rate it 8.5/10, since it is a really good story, but I cannot dismiss some of the things in there hence final rating.
It has a really interesting plot and I guess the idea is to question ourselves what is to be human and if we should be scared of the AI (Artificial Inteligence) evolving to a point where it can decide by itself what is good and what is wrong. I personally think that just like we most likely were created and are a type of bioengineered tool, it wouldn't necessarily be much of a difference from them, just our body, but not our mind. But everyone has their own opinions so I digress.

Anyway, I hope this gave you some understanding of the story and I hope you like it!

There is a great deal about this anime that I like. Really compelling ideas are both thrust into the viewer face, and with a little thought there are ideas lurking beneath the surface of what is seen. I know that is very vague, but it's the great ideas this anime plays with that entertains me the most.

Basically this anime focuses on the relationship between an android (called hIE's) and a high school adolescent. There are a wide variety of events the two go through, which is pretty well foreshadowed by their initial meeting. One can expect excitement to find the pair ... because of their importance to many outside forces.

The female lead (hIE) Lacia is (surprise!) a very special android with advanced capabilities. Arato, the male lead is (surprise!) a strait forward nice guy who can come through in the clutch. These characters are not original in any shape or form, but their roles work well within the larger context of the story.

And this is why this anime will be enjoyable for some. There is a lot of play with artificial intelligence, robotics, social engineering, brainwashing, software protocols and potential future changes that can effect the entire landscape of reality. So even though this anime may appear cliche, trope, whatever - it actually isn't if you follow all the dialog and the potential implications.

However, I'd be the first to admit, I am completely forgiving some blatantly bad elements of this anime. Namely frequent flash back moments, complete episode recaps, and diversions from the overall arc. Also, in spite of all the fun had with smart ideas - their is a great deal of potential squandered. Stakes could be higher, characters more complex/developed, clearer motivations, and more consistency from episode to episode. There really are strong and weak episodes. There is a lot of discussion right now about FB and social media, and how peoples minds are being steered or even altered as a result of media interaction. This is an idea Beatless hints at, but doesn't really fully take advantage of. I mention this, because I feel this way about a lot of the ideas presented - unrealized potential.

I'm a big fan of the opening. There's solid artistic detail, the music is excellent, and a lot can be learned about the anime just by watching it - in other words, it's what I want as an anime fan. In almost exact contrast, the credits exemplify some of the worst parts of the anime. Don't get me wrong, still good music, and it's well made - but for me a montage about the main character's sister's daily life has no relevance.

Probably not an anime just anyone can really like - but if some of the core elements sound appealing (androids, AI, relationships between machines and people, social engineering) - might be worth a look. Overall a 7/10 for me so far

The story that Beatless is trying to tell is AWESOME. Unfortunately, they keep stumbling over their feet, staggering from episode to episode.

What they are TRYING to do is explore in a serious fashion the role of AI in our society: Will AI fully integrate and dwell along side us us? Will it be malevolent and try to replace people? Or will people feel threatened and put limits on the AI?

The action takes place in a world where human looking androids are common, but almost all are linked to central AI that assists them in dealing with the incredibly complex creatures known as humans (So they ... are not truly independent)

The only exception are 5 rogue androids that have a much more advanced AI, and are fully autonomous. These androids (called Hie) are surrogates for the various points of view (on human -AI interaction) that Beatless proposes

The problem is the male lead character, who bonds with the android representing coexistence is so bland that he sets your teeth on edge. And the whole modeling plot makes no sense. But that is a recurring problem with the show: too many b-plots that don't go anywhere or add to the the story.

That is partly because the characters represent points of view, so they often behave in a nonsensical manner, and you are left scratching your head to their motivations.

All in all, this show could have been really good, but as it is , you have to squint to see the good parts amongst all the chaff.

Overall: 7/10

This review is gonna be spoiler free and my honest thoughts on the anime.

Honestly, if you're hestitating on watching this or not, go for it.

The story at first at a first glance might be a whole lot of gibberish and filler, but once you finish watching and look back on it, it all makes sense. I think that what the anime revolves around is that people are afraid of things that they can't control, and not being on the top of the food chain. Even though with some rewrites and cutting, the plot would be way better. Also some things that are supposed to ... have a great impact in the world don't seem to have much impact at all. The ending is also pretty satisfactory but I would've loved it if they made an epilogue closing all of the loose enfd

As for the characters, I think people are forgetting that the main focus are the 2 MCs, Endo and Lacia, and people are expecting too much from the robots, all of the robots and majority of supporting characters have their own goals although not as obvious. If you think the imouto is obnoxious, trust me she's the only source of wholesomeness considering the amount of lore you need to pay attention so the story makes sense

Also regarding goal of both MCs, I think it's very simple but human, wanting to be with the one you love without any barriers and restrictions, also changing the future for the better.

I could type more, but it's 12AM and I just wanted to put something out there.

First time writing a review, because this show has a lot going on and it's hard to encapsulate that with just a handful of reviews, but it's worth it.

Note: There are four recap episodes that are listed as Beatless Intermissions on here, and another four as Beatless Final Stage. I watched Final Stage (and you absolutely should if you plan to watch this) but not the Intermissions.

It's hard to define Beatless by genre - the listing here has a hell of a range to it, and even that feels like it's barely scratching the surface. With that said, the action is definitely the biggest part ... of it, and if you're not interested in that, you probably won't care too much for this. The fight scenes, though, are absolutely beautiful; without a doubt, the best part of this show is the art/animation, and there are so many scenes that left me speechless for a moment with how beautifully there were drawn and animated. Similarly, the music is the reason I started watching this show - GARNiDELiA, ClariS, Halca, TrySail... It's an incredible lineup, and it absolutely didn't disappoint, helped along by the beautiful visuals that accompanied those songs.

The biggest sticking point with Beatless will always be the plot. Now, I like to think of myself as a pretty intelligent person, and the same goes for the friends I watched Beatless with, but there were a few moments where we had to stop and sometimes take in what had just happened, sometimes figure out what was unfolding, and sometimes just pause because our heads were hurting. It's chaotic, but there really isn't any alternative; it's one of those shows that throws a lot at the viewer at once, but all of it ends up becoming relevant by the end. It's also one of those shows where the payoff justifies the effort - for all the chaos that the initial episodes will bring, the four episodes of Final Stage are an incredible finale that would be an easy 10/10, were it not for the difficulty following parts of the series beforehand. In that way, it feels very Neon Genesis, with convoluted elements that make more sense the more you read into them, and a lot of hanging plot points that take 10+ episodes to really unfold.

Meanwhile, the characters will definitely appeal to people who like shows like Baccano or Durarara. There's a huge cast of characters, and while not all are incredibly relevant throughout, even the supporting cast are given a real sense of personality & individuality. The strongest part of the cast is in the antagonists, where some of their abilities and motivations give them a real distinction from other similar shows.

A lot of what Beatless does will not be for everyone - the chaos of the earlier episodes might be off-putting, the range of genres is sure to disappoint some at times, and the dialogue certainly tends towards technobabble in a few areas - but if those flaws don't put you off, then this is a fantastic series that will stick in your mind long after it's done.

I very much like the core premise of this show.

In a futuristic would we would be able to build robot women and make them serve and please us. Just like Hand Maid May, Chobits. Soon we all will be able to have out very own 2B.

Unfortunately, this show takes somewhat different approach towards both design and objectives for these AI controlled robot women.

On the whim of a mad programmer, who instead of programming them to please men, instead made them cause havoc and destruction as he seek some 'answer' to his existentialist questions and believed AI would be able to answer it for him.

AI is ... as intelligent as programmers who make it, not more intelligent. I am programmer and I know.

However AI does not have free will which is what makes it useful as a servant to my needs.

Other than that, this show has rather interesting plot and many battles between AI robot girls.

Several different waifus with diverse appearance and personalities are also here. Only a waifu or main protagonist is somewhat to my tastes though.

Final touch is art. It is good here, first time in many years it is not wasted on some mediocre script like in Demon Slayer for example.

Futuristic world in interesting and likable. I want these modern conveniences in my life asap.

Overall I can somewhat recommend it. It is flawed, but watchable.