Kaiba

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Kaiba
Kaiba.jpg
Original Manga
Director/Artist Masaaki Yuasa
Format Anime (TV)
Made By Madhouse
Episode Length
# of Eps/Volumes 12

Genre

Sci-Fi, Romance

Sum it up in a Sentence:

A very trippy show both visually and story-wise; explores the relation between love and identity.

Main Description

In a world nothing like our own, a man with no memory and a giant hole in his chest awakens in the slums. The world he awakens in shares almost no resemblance to ours. In this alien universe memories can be turned into data and transfered to new bodies, making true death something only the destitute routinely experience.

The viewer shares in the amnesiac man's confusion as he explores the meanings of identity and love in a world where the form of something is no longer analogous to its substance. The deceptively simple and trippy art direction adopted by Madhouse for the series goes a long way towards helping immerse the view in the world of Kaiba.

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Personal Opinions

Thundercracker

A very competent anime with a very unique sense of style. The first few episodes are intentionally confusing, since the theme is the perils of a society with huge issues of memory, identity, and the commercialization of both.

But stick it out and you'll be rewarded with a quite sensible sci-fi story that puts its heart in the right place.

Overall 4/5

D13FOOL

Trippy, awesome. 5/5.

helopticor

A very weird anime in almost every possible way. Don't let the slow-paced first episode mislead you, stuff happens in this show, even if you're not sure what. One of my top 5 shows.

linall

The first few episodes are confusing as hell, but thankfully they more than make up for it in entertainment value. Don't let the simplistic art style fool you, this is a show with a whole lot going on under the surface. Also, about halfway through the series the opening will suddenly become fucking genius. A must watch for sure.

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