(L) A.I.C.O. Incarnation

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Studio Bones filed three trademarks for "A.I.C.O. Incarnation" on April 27, and the trademarks went public May 23. The trademarks are filed in various categories related to animation, games, and merchandise.

Sounds like this is going to be Bones' next original project.

More interesting info on this blog:
https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2017/06...ion-trademark/

ANN
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...nation/.117379

[Stark700]

Preview

Key visual


Coming for Spring 2018.

Official site is up
http://project-aico.com/

[Stark700]

Description of the story:

In Japan in the year 2035, an accident known as the "Burst" occurs during a research project, spawning an out-of-control artificial life form called "Matter" that has spread throughout the Kurobe Gorge. The research city that was once hailed as the hope for humanity is cordoned off by the government. Two years later, 15-year-old Aiko Tachibana, who lost her family in the Burst, learns something unbelievable from Yuya Kanzaki, a new student at her school. A secret is hidden within her body, and the answer to the puzzle lies at the "Primary Point" that was the center of the Burst. Aiko resolves to infiltrate the restricted area, escorted by a team of divers and with Yuya as her guide. When boy meets girl with the fate of humanity in their hands, what new truth will come to light?

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-anime/.119628

[Stark700]

New key visual

[wuhugm]

Hey, it's out guys

Move to current series please~

[zztop]

AICO's director, character designer and music composer all worked on 2013's Suisei no Gargantia.

Character designs are by hentai mangaka Naruko Hanaharu, who also designed Gargantia's characters.
https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2654

The composer, Iwashiro Taro, also did the OSTs for 2 John Woo movies, Red Cliff (赤壁) and The Crossing (太平轮). He has a very distinct style, good for historical epic movies.

Some samples from Red Cliff and The Crossing.

[Random Wanderer]

Three episodes in, it's... interesting? Enough to keep me somewhat curious, anyway.

[bakato]

The best takeaway from this show was Gummi.

[Yu Ominae]

Show's gonna be shown worldwide by Netflix IIRC.

[Random Wanderer]

Finished. It was decent enough. Still find a few things puzzling at the end, like

Spoiler:

why the two Aikos couldn't just live together with their family. It's not like the copy was trying to hide: she went straight back to the school she'd been in before, so anyone looking for her could find her easily.

Not bad, all told. Interesting and entertaining.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

Finished. It was decent enough. Still find a few things puzzling at the end, like

Spoiler:

why the two Aikos couldn't just live together with their family. It's not like the copy was trying to hide: she went straight back to the school she'd been in before, so anyone looking for her could find her easily.

Not bad, all told. Interesting and entertaining.

Spoiler:

The copy moved out and changed schools. The original took her place at her original school (she had the memories from the copy). The copy didn't want to live as Aiko 2.0. She wanted a knew life, separate from everything that belonged to the original. She most likely even changed her name, which is why the show ends when she's introducing herself in her new school, right when she's about to say her new name.

[Drake]

I binged watched all of it without knowing anything about it going in. Thought it was actually pretty good overall.

Spoiler for ending:

I'm glad it got a happy ending, though its a shame copy Aiko (Aico?) couldn't live with her family, but at least she's able able to go to school and have a happy life of her own.

[Reis]

In the family scene the original aiko with her original body cut herself but isnt it the body that we see have super human devense. The body lost the abillity ?

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Reis

In the family scene the original aiko with her original body cut herself but isnt it the body that we see have super human devense. The body lost the abillity ?

Most likely. The ability existed because the scientist integrated some of the "matter" into her body to fix it. That matter was reacting to Aico's artificial brain, hence the magical powers. Once the brain was replaced with a fully human one, the "matter" in the body probably lost their "magical" properties and the body basically became human or closer to human. Hence the red blood.

That's the way I interpreted it at least.

[Reis]

Originally Posted by Kazu-kun

Most likely. The ability existed because the scientist integrated some of the "matter" into her body to fix it. That matter was reacting to Aico's artificial brain, hence the magical powers. Once the brain was replaced with a fully human one, the "matter" in the body probably lost their "magical" properties and the body basically became human or closer to human. Hence the red blood.

That's the way I interpreted it at least.

But its kinda weird cause kanzaki body also have that abillty even when his brain is normal human. And they didnt put any hangging plot like b the beginning at the end

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Reis

But its kinda weird cause kanzaki body also have that abillty even when his brain is normal human. And they didnt put any hangging plot like b the beginning at the end

Kanzaki's body is fully made of "matter." Aico's body was actually fully human with just a little of "matter" added to it to heal it. It's a different thing.

[Haak]

First episode impressions are good. The storytelling is tight, well paced and straight to the point. No wasted breaths.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Haak

First episode impressions are good. The storytelling is tight, well paced and straight to the point. No wasted breaths.

It starts going to shit in the last few episodes though.

[Haak]

Three episodes in.

Still decent but I feel like it's going a little too fast and cramming as much as possible in. At this point I'd rather that they took a step back and allowed us to be more familiar with the setting because there's a lot I don't quite understand as much as I'd like. It would also give us more chance to appreciate the characters. It's nice that they're generally devoid of cliches and tropes but then that might be because they're devoid of a lot characterisation in general.

[Haak]

Five episodes in.

Good stuff so far. They've expanded more on the setting and the political situation and gave us a breather episode to focus on the characters as well. I have a better grip on both now but it still feels like they've been sparse on the world building.

Spoiler for plot details - not really spoilers:

It still feels rather bizarre that this whole situation is based on what is essentially a humongous sentient tumor from just one body. Just one body was enough to create all that? I also find it difficult to believe how the government isn't overwhelming pressured to blow that Matter to smithereens even if there is a potential for profit making. I wonder what the civilians think of all this. I wonder what the world thinks of it. And I still don't understand what the deal is with that border wall and why there is such a separate society between the two.

A lot of the side characters still feel a little flat, though that's to be expected when you introduce a such a large cast right off the bat. I still appreciate the fact that the show has avoided creating excessive tropey caricatures. Apart from one side character all of them are pretty down to earth and focused on the matter at hand (excuse the pun).