Mecha-ude

Long ago, alien lifeforms came to Earth, fusing with people on the planet. Due to their appearance, they were dubbed "Mecha-ude," as when fused, they bore a striking resemblance to mechanized limbs.

Through an involuntary partnership, average middle schooler Hikaru Amatsuga works alongside the Mecha-ude Arma, who is an extremely rare and special existence. To protect Arma, the resistance group ARMS assigns the dual Mecha-ude user Aki Murasame to follow him wherever he goes. However, she is also looking for a mysterious Snake-Type Mecha-ude wielder, who has put many of her comrades in a critical state.

Behind the scenes, an organization known as the Kagami Group is searching for the mythical "Trigger Arm," a Mecha-ude said to grant unlimited power. When Aki's life is threatened by this group, Hikaru must team up with Arma to find the courage to fight back and, along the way, learn that his life will never be ordinary again.

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Amatsuga, Hikaru Main

Toyonaga, Toshiyuki Japanese

Alma Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Shirano, You Supporting

Eve Japanese

Murasame, Aki Supporting

Shimamura, Yuu Japanese

Kagami, Jun Supporting

Park, Romi Japanese

Toudou Supporting

Amatsuki Japanese

Sinis Supporting

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Dex Supporting

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Okamoto Director

Eve Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Composition

Numa Theme Song Arrangement

Narasaki Music

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Nov 8, 2020

digisoulwings

Recommended

This was a wild ride for a 30 minute ONA, and I enjoyed every moment.
Being tossed headfirst into the beginning I hadn't really read the synopsis at all, and going in completely blind just felt right.

Story -- 6/10

Given that I didn't read anything on it before watching, I really had no clue on the story, but could grasp right away that there was some kind of alien thing, more like a mechanism that found its way to earth, and through some sort of experimentation, were able to bond with Human Beings.

Any further than that and I was ultimately confused at the green haired boy being ... chased, but my gut feeling was that the characters Aki, and Hikaru were likely our protagonists.

Art -- 8/10

I don't know anything about the studio or artists, but the really interesting art style reminded me of the eye-catches of shows like Gurren Laggan, and also the cartoonish, wacky animation the few episodes of FCLC that I had seen way back. It's a bit sketchy looking, but overall it's really good!! I think a manga of this would be great to see!!

Sound -- 7/10

The voice acting left a lot to be desired, but for the dub (that's what I saw) some of the voices seemed like they might have been new to the VA scene, while others were practiced and had actual emotion and inflection when needed. The sounds and music in scenes was well placed, and made the scenes pull together real well.

Characters -- 7/10

This had a lot of the stereotypical characters you find in most anime today, mainly Shonen anime geared towards a male audience. Aki was really focused on her job or the tasks she had been given and Hikaru was the all purpose MC we all can agree with. He's funny, a little clueless, but has a good heart.

The Mecha-Ude themselves don't appear to be too fleshed out, but I do enjoy how each has their own attitude toward the Humans they are with.

Enjoyment -- 9/10

Like I said, diving into this was a riot. I found myself laughing, crying, and even flinching at some scenes, and battles that took place. I could for the most part grasp concepts the show followed, and really felt like many of the characters were relatable.

Overall -- 8/10

I'd definitely love to see more of this, if it ever picked back up as I see it's just over a year old now. It made me appreciate smaller studios and others I don't even know about. I'd totally watch it again, and even buy it on DVD if it were possible.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 8, 2019

RakuriBlitz

Recommended

I believe that this show blurs the lines if what makes an anime. I felt the same way watching this show as I did watching RWBY for the first time. It's not hard to tell the style apart from other anime. What this show did happen to do well is in regards to the voice work and script. Now I happened to watch this with the English dub because why not, and I can say that I sincerely enjoyed every moment of it. It's not often that the English dub ends up being better that the Japanese audio, but that rings true here. The comedy ... really hits when it needs too as well, where even some line from a random thug was good enough for me to get a good laugh.

Overall, I would love to see more of this show! The premise is interesting enough, being something if a mix between the previously mentioned RWBY and something a bit closer to Evangelion, with a good amount of comedy sprinkled in. The only thing holding it back is it's clear ties to more Western shows. This isn't really the most anime looking anime, but I believe it is worth looking into nonetheless.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jan 6, 2019

Keita2014

Mixed Feelings

A couple of years ago, we learned about Jason Barnes, a one-armed Atlanta man who is able to play drums thanks to a robotic prosthesis developed at Georgia Tech. Essentially, the dude is a cyborg drummer.
Shinichi Izumi is the main protagonist of the Kiseijuu series. He is a high school student whose right arm was infected with a parasite he named Migi.
Combine these two things, and we get Hero, a high schooler living an ordinary life, who meets Alma, a metallic arm who now lives together with hero for every moment of his life.
Whether people want to watch it or not ... is up to the individual, but I believe it is worth at the fundamentals for this story. This review will go into details as to my opinions on why I think so:

1. Story) There isn't really more to it than already mentioned previously. Hero and Alma meet new friends as well as fiends, and he has to question if he will ever be able to live a normal life in this world he isn't sure not to be changing. The Plot in this episode is neither very good nor very bad. We have the classic Hero's journey (no joke intended) which ends with our protagonist growing and defeating the villain for a happy ending. This episode is pretty much a mario game. Our hero must save the princess by fighting the enemy. Not really much to say about it. Oh yeah deus ex machina finale here too.

2. Characters) The number of characters is very low here, so we can go threw each one individually.
Hero; "Trigger Arm Hero/ "Our "normal life" main character who wishes to be left alone, but gets dragged into the story because of our deuteragonist(just wait a moment). He is afraid of every kind of danger and wants to avoid it as much as possible. This includes letting your allies fight alone against a high number of enemies. However, he is able to take action and do the right things when it comes down to it. At that point, he puts others safety over his own. And does everything for his friends. Luckily, this doesn't change him being pretty reliable in the slightest. He regularly oversleeps and isn't interested in their history or their culture. We see ourselves in him and understand him in most scenarios, which makes him an excellent protagonist.

Alma; "Supernatural Mecha-ude"/ “Mecha-Udes" are mechanical life forms from another dimension who need our life energy. Hero, a normal middle school boy, finds a cube by chance and breaks its seal. Inside is the Mecha-Ude Alma. That's Alma's backstory, and all his actions are determined by that. He is Hero's friends who wants to fight enemies and drags him into it. He supports him when necessary, like waking him up at school or in the morning. He hides a supernatural power other Mecha-udes don't have, and he feels no need to explain any of it.

Aki; "Iron-Twin Arms Host"/ Aki is very much a textbook tsundere. She seemed to only have a harsh outgoing personality, but slowly revealed a soft and vulnerable interior over time. She also quickly goes on a violent trip, using her two mecha-udes to frighten others in order to make things easier for her. Aki has had a rough past, fighting against gangsters or terrorist-groups. Because of that, she seems rather calm, emotionless and silent. Behind this facet, she is a very kind person who risks herself or her mission in order to save her friends. Even if it is difficult for her, she apologizes if she feels the need to do so and admits her own mistakes.

Sinis,Dex; "Two-Sided Hands"/ They are the mecha-udes of Aki and act exactly that way. Acting like her slaves, they always do whatever she wants to do and her will is their destination. Not asking twice, these two attack whom she wants to be attacked instantly. They don't act or speak actively and if they do, they do it to defend Aki or act in her will.

3. Art) This is one of the strongest aspects of the series. Most is in 3D and uses a lot of CGI. The CGI however, this is where this series gets its value, the fighting scenes, the metallic arms and pretty much the whole cyborg world or whatever you wish to call it is beautifully designed and i know it takes a lot of work to do it in 3D, each mecha-ude of each human has its uniqueness and it's just amazing to see the visual aspects of each. The combining of the 2D with the 3D makes me love it because i just was thrilled with the 3D visuals even if that doesn't equal the full runtime of the episode it's pleasing to see.

4. Sound) Instead of watching the anime you should just listen to the themes. That's everything you need to do and you will understand.

5. Enjoyment) Mecha-Ude is very hard to rate. Besides it's bad sides, it is quite enjoyable. The dialog between the characters are fresh, the fight scenes are well animated and it doesn't make many mistakes. Unfortunately, it's too generic and normal to surprise you at any of it's sides and you keep wondering where this anime tries to blow you away.

Overall) I think I have said everything about this which may be important about the anime. It isn't going to be the next Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood or My Hero Academia, however, neither will it be the next school days. A good show which doesn't have too good or too bad thing going for or against it. In my arrogant opinion, you will likely like it if you like similar mecha anime. If you don't, then don't watch it.
But as always, the best way to find it out is to go watch it yourself.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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	Poll: Mecha-ude Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 ) FierceAlchemist - Sep 30, 2018	62 replies	by RamRol97 »» Oct 4, 9:32 AM
	Anime Series announcement with first Key Visual and an introduction video from TriF Studio AbelDande - Sep 14, 2022	6 replies	by DarkLeafNinja »» Sep 14, 2022 9:09 PM
	Reina Scully video Caligula_one - May 11, 2019	3 replies	by DonTrumpolino »» May 12, 2019 2:49 PM
	Delay until September 2018 Leroyx - Aug 20, 2018	7 replies	by Ericbj1 »» Jan 6, 2019 9:03 PM
	I think I'm going to watch this TJHooker - May 21, 2018	2 replies	by YakoGa »» Aug 31, 2018 8:19 AM