Story: (27/35) Great Setting, and had a lot of potential, but not enough time to answer all the question you might have. Very good for the time it did have though. (27/35)
Characters: (26/35) Like the story, they were good, just underdeveloped. Again, this is because of the time it had, but it did good for a show with a run time of 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Production Values: (24/35) Good, but nothing that will knock your socks off. It was an independent production, which makes it all the more impressive.
Overall: (77/100) I feel bad for giving it this score, because if it were average length it probably would have scored much higher (so long as it kept doing what it was doing here). Honestly if I was judging it on how much it got done in such a sort amount of time (and how good it did it), it would get somewhere in the mid to high 80's probably. Sadly, being too short is a flaw that sometimes happens in anime, and this is a perfect example of it. With all that in mind, I don't recommend you skip this anime, as it is very enjoyable and well worth the time. You might want to consider watching the movie instead, as it pretty much the show in movie format with a few added scenes apparently. I have not watched it yet though.
The story behind Eve no Jikan is a really good one. It takes place in the not too far off future where Androids coexist with humans, and look and act just like them. It explores the differences between humans and android inside this cafe where both are treated equally, called the Time of Eve. The setting of this show is a good one, and is worth the watch if only for the setting alone. It feels very real, as if a world where androids coexisting with humans is possible and not too far off, although some things struck me as weird (why do I see flip phones? Those things are all but dead now, let alone in the future). The stories told were very good, with each episode focusing on one character(s) that visit the cafe. The stories get their point across very well, that artificial intelligence like android can be more human than we think. For a show with only 5 episodes around 15 minutes in length and 1 at about 30, I'd say the story was very good, but you'll have more questions the longer you watch the show, and there simply isn't enough time to answer them all. (27/35)
As you would expect from a show with that little bit of time, the characters are really lacking. There wasn't enough development in the characters, mostly because of time constraints. Don't get me wrong, in the time it had it did a great job with both storytelling and characters, but like I said above there is just so much more to explore. (26/35)
The production values on this show were good, but nothing crazy special. Considering this was a independent anime, I'd say they were very good, as nothing felt out of the ordinary. Good animation and good music (24/30).
A show with a great setting that explored what it means to be human by comparing us to androids. It brings up a lot of questions, but doesn't have enough time to answer them all. Ultimately, this show had a lot of promise, but didn't have enough time to deliver everything it wanted. If anything, I'd say it was VERY good for the amount of time it had to tell its story, but could have been much better if it was longer. (77/100)
