Eve no Jikan

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Eve no Jikan ( Japanese イ ヴ の 時間 ), also called Time of Eve in the subtitle , is a six-part web anime by director Yasuhiro Yoshiura from 2008 and 2009. Animated by Studio Rikka and produced by Directions , the anime continues with the Asimov's laws and discrimination against sentient androids apart. The series was implemented in 2010 as a feature film, light novel and manga .

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In the not very distant future, androids will be in ubiquitous use. People take them for granted and treat them like ordinary tools. Nevertheless, some people feel drawn to these androids, which have a human appearance and are only distinguished by a ring projected over their head, which at the same time symbolizes their activity in color. This was seen as a social problem. Androids are repeatedly discriminated against in public campaigns, although at the same time they contribute to social prosperity and increase production capacities.

Protagonist Rikuo ( リ ク オ ) was born in this world and sees the robots as completely normal. One day he analyzes the whereabouts of Sammy ( サ ミ ィ ), a female-looking android who takes care of the household. He discovers an unusual entry in the logbook: “Are you enyoing the Time of Eve?” Together with his school friend Masaki ( マ サ キ ) he follows in the footsteps of Sammy and comes across the hidden café The Time of Eve . Nagi ( ナ ギ ), the waitress, welcomes them and explains the rules of the café to them. The most important basic rule is that there is no discrimination between robots and humans. All androids present do not wear their ring, so that they cannot be distinguished from humans. Furthermore, the door only lets one or two guests out of the restaurant at a time before it remains closed for two minutes, so that there is no persecution of guests.

The first three episodes watch Rikuo in his conversations with the regulars in the cafés, most of which he talks to Masaki. Inside the café, he meets the lively Akiko ( ア キ コ ), the child Chie ( チ エ ) and her older guardian Shimei ( シ メ イ ), the lovers Koji ( コ ー ジ ) and Rina ( リ ナ ) and other guests. The talks fall again and again on by Isaac Asimov established Laws of Robotics back and go to various interpretations that reveal some big gaps within these rules. Because despite these rules, the robots begin to act more and more independently, moving within the framework of the interpretation of these three rules and at the same time seeing their motivation in these laws. For example, Sammy is allowed to hide her whereabouts or even lie, as this is not regulated by the law and thus adds a typical human element to her personality.

In the fourth episode, Rikuo and Masaki are the only guests in the café and are amazed at the unexpected silence. Unexpectedly, an outdated Android, which still looks completely like a naked robot and does not look like a person like the newer models, enters the bar. This has numerous functional disorders, some of which are perceived by the two as amusing, but at the same time as frightening. In particular, they find it difficult to treat him as an equal guest because of his appearance. In the course of strange conversations, in which Rikuo and Masaki become more and more entangled in lies, and the appearance of Chie, who pretends to be a cat, there is increased confusion and malfunction of the android. Ultimately, they find out that the Android was not disposed of as intended after the completion of its task as a child's wind-up aid, but only its name and a large part of its memories were deleted. As the errors in his logic keep increasing, the nameless android collapses in Nagi's arms and "dies".

Origin and publications

The idea for the web anime came from director Yasuhiro Yoshiura , who not only directed the production but also wrote the script . The character design was designed by Ryūsuke Chayama , who later worked as the head of keyframe animation . The music was composed and arranged by Tohru Okada . Tom Nagae is named as the producer.

The animation is done by Studio Rikka , who worked with Code and Wish . Directions took over the marketing. For the first time, excerpts of the web anime were shown on streaming offer from Yahoo! Japan shown on March 21, 2008, was also accessible by SoftBank mobile phones and was featured at the Tōkyō Kokusai Anime Fair . At the Anime Fair, the first episode act01: AKIKO was presented for the first time in three performances from March 27th to 30th, 2008. Another presentation took place at the Japan Expo in Paris on July 3rd to 6th of that year.

Since August 1, 2008, the series has been offered as a stream on its own website timeofeve.com . This was soon followed by a version with English subtitles by Crunchyroll and a translation into French by the Belgium-based company Dybex . The first three parts were also streamed on the MTV Italia website in December 2008 . The sixth and for the time being last episode was published on September 19, 2009. At 28 minutes, it was significantly longer than the rest of the episodes.

The series was released in Japan from January 10 through October 31, 2009 on six individual DVDs. On July 28, 2010, these were released on DVD together as well as in a Blu-Ray version.

Episode list

episode Stream DVD
act01: AKIKO July 31, 2008 January 10, 2009
act02: SAMMY October 2, 2008 January 10, 2009
act03: KOJI & RINA December 1, 2008 April 10, 2009
act04: NAMELESS May 1, 2009 June 10, 2009
act05: CHIE & SHIMEI July 1, 2009 August 10, 2009
act06: MASAKI September 19, 2009 October 31, 2009

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Rikuo Jun Fukuyama
Masaki Kenji Nojima
Sammy Rie Tanaka
Nagi Rina Sato
Akiko Yukana
Koji Michio Nakao
Rina Miki Ito
Shimei Motomu Kiyokawa
Chie Miyuki Sawashiro
Setoro Tomokazu Sugita
Naoko Yūko Mizutani
Dr. Ashimori Yuriko Yamaguchi

Motion picture

After an announcement in May 2009, it was announced on November 4, 2009 that the series would be implemented as a feature film with additional new scenes. Under the title Time of Eve the Movie: First Season Complete Edition , this will start on March 6, 2010 in Tokyo and Osaka.

Further implementations

On February 5, 2010, in the 4th issue of the manga magazine Young Gangan, it was announced that Yūki Ōta would draw a manga based on the anime series, which will start in the upcoming issue of the magazine on February 19, 2010.

Time of Eve: Another Act was released on March 18, 2010, a light novel by Kei Mizuichi with illustrations by the series' character designer, Ryūsuke Chayama .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Launching free video streaming of YASUHIRO's works on Yahoo! Streaming. (No longer available online.) Directions , archived from the original on March 21, 2009 ; accessed on March 1, 2009 (English).
  2. ↑ http://www.crunchyroll.com/time-of-eve
  3. ↑ Time of Eve ACT03 en streaming on Dybex.com. (No longer available online.) Dybex , archived from the original on March 2, 2009 ; Retrieved March 1, 2009 (French).
  4. ↑ Anime News Network: Time of Eve's Full 1st Season in Japanese Theaters . May 1, 2009 (English).
  5. ↑ Anime News Network: Time of Eve Film's New Scenes Confirmed for 2010 . November 4, 2009 (English).
  6. ↑ a b c Anime News Network: Time of Eve Science-Fiction Anime Gets Manga Series . February 5, 2010 (English).

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