At the very start i was already amazed by its great animation and draw style. The story is tremendously intresting. The Earth, in a undefined future, is protected from man, now they live under the ground, so the planet can survive. A man and a woman are the main protagonists. They both work on a department designed to research about how the surface was. This department is almost dead, there are only two working there. The empty offices indicate that once, there were many doing this job. Now, our protagonist is the only one that still have any intrest in what the past holds. His friend intends to quit.
I realy liked how the protagonist looked so obssed about descovering the past(wich is our time). It realy seemd like a possible future, humans living underground to mantain the planet safe.
The art in Pale Cocoon is wonderful. A great mix between the regular 2D characters and the sometimes 3D backgrond. The character design is simplistic, not contaning the strange look that is so present in Shonen. The realism imprinted in the look of the characters just reminds us that the OVA is serious and is not directed to the general anime public.
I dont have much to say about the sound. Nothing realy remarcable. In the middle of the episode, there is a music video, but i did not love it. Its just not bad.
The characters are intresting. They have their own convictions, wich is nice, makes them a lot more likeble. They have names, i just can remeber right now. The male protagonist is a mad guy. Mad by discovery and obssed by the old Earth. The female protagonist is hard to define. She seems friendly, but without hope. A serious woman. They are both well developt as far as the 23 minutes allow.
I really liked Pale Cocoon, its a remarcable piece of diamond, that few will have the pleasure to find it. Its such an unknown work. And at the end, you might want to take a time and think a little. You will have to collect all the clues to solve the case, as the man did. If you did, at the end, youll have a pleasent surprise.
Overall, those 23 minutes were well spent, at least for me. If you are not really into more filosophical series, you might prefer to watch an action anime, otherwise, just sit back and enjoy the beuty that this OVA provides.
