Time of Eve

Time of Eve explores ideas of human emotion and motivation using the tried and tested comparison of androids in a beautifully animated and incredibly thought provocing series of short episodes. Each episode focuses on a different issue, and a different regular visiter to the TIme of Eve cafe, a cafe where robot/human prejudices are left at the door.

The combination of 3D backgrounds and traditional 2D characters makes for a very visually pleasing viewing experience and the soundtrack is well written and well directed, keeping a futuristic feel without overpowering the simplicity of the whole aura of Time of Eve.

Characterisation was seamlessly excecuted, each character feeling both realistic (inspite of being a robot or not!) and emotive.

I enjoyed every minute of this foray into the future =) and look forwards to the possibility of a second series.

This story start of with a futuristic look apon life where androids are helpers and the storyline focuses on two main characters who study/work together for the ethics commitee.

It all starts when One notices that he android takes a detour by itself to a cafe on its own accord, so they both decide to check it out.

from this they find out life is different for androids, where they can relax and learn beyond their own serviceing time to their own masters

it's a interesting and fun series to watch..

so drop for a cup of eve the special blend being served and see what you think.

A place where one can truly be drawn by chance.

This story has everything a cup of Eve needs: friends, understanding, twists that get you wondering, and a good way to get you in a nice mood.

The way that they try to have things evaluated by trying to understand the way that human emotions are really something that we all can take for granted at times. Having this into an anime was a great way to show how, again, we take emotions for granted and a little bit of prejudice and racism within our world with anything that isn't "civilized" like humans are.

I understand by no means i have no clue how long it takes to make an anime episode and i thank the writer for making it. The only real issue i see is when the next episodes come out i have forgotten what happened in the last few episodes. I think a new one comes out every 3-5 months. Thats my only issue with this anime. I hope it goes on longer than 1 season though. I like to get into the story lines

I do not know any other medias concerning this anime. I watched Sketchbook ~full color's~ a day before this. I watched this anime in one go, without subtitles. It may be my first time I give out a perfect rate for all fields of criticism (not just on crunchyroll, but throughout my entire anime history).

My summary.
A high-sense animation project that pokes at some questions concerning robotic ethics.

Storyline. 5
Each episode is a character-oriented story that brings up a different ethical question to the viewer's attention. In addition, there are several mainstream plots that run through the entire series. What I like most about this is that none of the questions are directly answered. The staff is not aggressively expressing their answer to any of these ethical questions. They are merely bringing up various edges concerning the direction the question can be taken. This anime certainly leaves a cliffhanger, but even if a second season wasn't to be created, I don't believe the mainstream plot needs to be resolved. This anime retains its uniqueness in that it doesn't resort to any long-term dramatic plot. The mainstream plot is not as significant as the given questions proposed otherwise.

Music. 5
The BGM, the "OP," and the ED are fitting and nice, yes, but that's not the reason why I gave this a 5. The use of sound in general, as a part of the editing for expressive purposes was phenomenal. It is very hard to describe "sense" in terms of a style or characteristic in words, but the entry of sound effects, the gap between dialogues, the use of silence... it all had perfect harmony with the animation. Describing a given sense in verbatim tends to ruin the sense in question, so I say watch the anime.

Characters. 5
As stated before, each episode is a character-oriented story, as supported by the title of each episode. There is no moe in this anime. Each character's distinction is exemplified by a different relation to the existence of androids in society. This distinction leads to the question of the episode, which makes the greater half of the story. There is a main character that grows and changes throughout the series as well, as he learns to deal with these given question by associating himself with these other characters.

Animation. 5+
The sense, the sense, the sense. The visual expression, the audio expression, the harmony between them. It's perfect. When it comes to most animes, I'm more concerned about the consistency than the actual style of animation (except perhaps SHAFT and a few other notable styles), meaning I don't really evaluate much more than the general motion quality, the stop-motion structure of moving objects, and the background detail, because the animation style doesn't stand out. However, this anime's style is what makes this anime a magnificent piece of motion pictures. The effects, the framing, the positioning... it all comes from this staff's sense of expression. The objects and people in the anime are certainly well drawn, but that's really supposed to be a given quality for any anime. It's about how those objects and people are used in animation that gives the animation value. This anime has a quintessential sense of animation which gives this anime a quintessential value, unlike any other animes I've seen to date. As I stated before, describing sense in verbatim ruins it, so I will refrain from doing so. It is important that this uniqueness is felt by the viewers of this wonderful anime.

Overall 5
Perhaps the best anime I've seen. In addition, it's an original anime, from which other media like manga and movies have been created. I hear that the production time for this anime was quite long, but quality is the true value in any work. Certainly there are major mass producing anime companies (Kyoto Animation, PA Works) that have good qualities as well, but I would hope you think the quality of this anime transcends them.

Key bullets
-Watch this anime. It's short, and I can confidently say there are many more things you would like about this anime than not.

Oh also, my parents say the coffee brand Evlend is pretty good.

OK, so I really liked this anime.
Part of the reason was the length. It was easy to get through and I know that I could always watch it again without having to spend too much time doing so. But at the same time I wanted it to be longer. Maybe much longer. It was really interesting to be in the world created for the show.

The characters are very intriguing. Because of the cafe's rule, it leaves the audience wondering who is what. I'm particularly curious about the barista of the cafe. Is she human or robot?

The animation is amazing. My favorite part is how the 'camera panning across the room' is depicted. It appears just as if through someone's eyes and is also just disorienting enough to add to the surreal ambiance of the show.

One of those good short anime series that you wish would have more episodes. Animation is great and characters are quite unique but the whole plot of this show is ragged and dull. Going from school to the coffee shop and back doesnt sound too interesting and can last for so long. Just when it was about to get interesting, no more episodes :'(
But averall it's a good anime series with great animation, some suspence and jokes from time to time.
(srry my gramma ain't great )

I really enjoyed this anime even if it is short and cut. The music when entering the cafe stays in my head. This anime is about humans and robots, robots with minds of their own. A boy comes to learn about these [robots] whom look just like normal people on the outside except they have a circling ring above their head. He enters a cafe after following his maid, who is a [robot] and when he enters he notices that her ring has disappeared. The area is a special because it is set on an equal system, where everyone is the same. The story goes into the main character seeing how the [robots] feel and he accepts them. Near the end of the anime some big points happen but we are left at the edge, this is the only disappointing thing in the anime.