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Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 1
Thus, we embark upon a show for which I can say this: it really wants you to think Isaac Asimov had a hand in it somewhere.


Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 9
This week on Gene of AI we’re back to vignettes around characters we’ve (mostly) never seen before and will probably (mostly) never see again, wherein Doctor Sudo gets…


Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 4
An anthology in an anthology, fancy that.


Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 6
Again we have two cases this week, and no progression on the teased meta-plot. Which is fine, really. They promised an omnibus and they’re giving us an omnibus.


Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 3
No main plot to see But cool sci-fi ideas Are touched on nicely


Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 11
Yup, we really do seem to be moving into an endgame. This time, that means kicking Risa while she’s down!


Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 7
Technical difficulties aside, I honestly considered letting this ride for a week.


Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 10
Hey, it almost feels like we’re moving towards some sort of endgame here, with some of the stuff from the start coming back and one of the week’s…


Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 5
Humanoid acts up A bug, or mental illness? Two cases this week


Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 2
A very quiet episode, on the whole, possibly promising more to come.


Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 12 (End)
I accept this as an ending and yet part of me wants more. This episode is almost entirely about Sudo and Risa working out their feelings as Sudo…


Seasonal First Impressions: THE GENE OF AI
Part medical procedural, part one man’s quest to clear his mother’s name.


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The Gene of AI – Episode 1
There are two things that piqued my interest about The Gene of AI: its framing of technological progression and the relative restraint of its writing.


The Gene of AI: Episodes 8 to 10 Reviews
Imagine you are deeply depressed from unrequited love. If there was a way to remove your romantic feelings, would you consider it? Do you think media such as…


Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 8
And now she really is a main character!
Seasonal Selection – 86 Episode 8
So, this episode is all pretty much ‘gearing up’ for what would seem to be a final confrontation. The Spearhead is down to five, and they’re being sent…
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 8
So, for those who wanted a darker and more serious episode out of Shikizakura, we have this one And, compared to the bits earlier in the show that…


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First Impression: The Gene of AI
At first it was fire. Then it was steel. Then it was the steam engine. Soon enough we had nuclear power and artificial intelligence. And now, in a…


First Look: The Gene of AI
In the near future, Humans live alongside extremely lifelike androids known as Humanoids. However, this has led to a new breed of crime involving artificially duplicating Humanoids and…


The Gene of AI – Ep. 1
Will I be the same after a system restore?
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 8
Uninvested fightsCyberspace looks like garbageSurprise villain why?! Ex-Arm once again screws up in ways I wouldn’t even have expected. Pretty much the whole episode is just a brawl…
Seasonal Selection – Sabikui Bisco Episode 8
The daring rescue goes about like daring rescues do… and look at that! Answers. So, last week I mentioned that Kurokawa (the thug governor) needed a better explanation,…
Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 8
No Sagiri or Gabimaru today! Instead, we focus on the Emeshi girl, Nurugai, and the Executioners around her: Her assigned executioner, Tenza, and his blind mentor Shion. We…
Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 8
Kicking things up so many notches. We start at about the speed Chainsaw Man is used to, with a lengthy morning from Himeno’s point of view, leading up…


Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 8
Wait, they all have faces?
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 8
Is that really plot? Answers in a hospital More in another Episode 8 is something of an exposition episode. It turns out shambling Nagi isn’t malicious as he…


Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 8
Answers and purpose at last!


Do Androids Dream of Electric Lesbians? (Gene of AI ep. 8)
Gene of AI continues to be one of my favorite shows, a glimpse into a possible near future. Episode 8 took a little bit of flak from viewers,…


AI no Idenshi / The Gene of AI by Yamada Kyuuri
Apparently, according to the anime friend I met at CONvergence, The Gene of AI / Ai no Idenshi is one of this season’s new anime on Crunchyroll. As…
Seasonal Selection – Management of a Novice Alchemist Episode 8
Careful, Sarasa, that’s Craft Lawrence talk. In this episode, Sarasa finds she has a business rival trying to corner the market on the ice bat fangs that allow…


Seasonal Selection – Kaiju No. 8 Episode 1
This one is going to be from the perspective of a Manga reader, be warned.


Mid-Season Check-In: The Gene of AI
During what seems like the dim and distant past, at the beginning of the current anime season, I wrote the following over at Beneath the Tangles about episode…


Relevant but Vague: The Gene of AI Review
In the future, society is no longer ruled or inhabited exclusively by humans. There are also humanoids, advanced AIs that use biotic bodies all but identical to human…


The Gene of AI (AI no Idenshi): Episodes 1 and 2 Reviews
Human technology is exponential in the way it increases. That’s why, in the not-so-distant future, androids with human levels of intelligence and emotions make up about 10% of…


Black Jack in the 22nd Century: Gene of AI
My initial impression of the anime Gene of AI was that it reminded me of Urasawa Naoki, manga author of Pluto, 20th Century Boys, and more. Urasawa has…


The Gene of AI: Episodes 3 and 4 Reviews
Hey there, and welcome to Anime Rants! With the next two episodes of The Gene of AI, the discussions and dilemmas are even more interesting than before. I…


The Gene of AI: Episodes 11 and 12 Reviews
Hello, friends! Welcome to Anime Rants with 7Mononoke (Mono for short). I’m getting closer and closer to finishing my episode reviews for the shows I picked to cover…


The Gene of AI: Episodes 5 to 7 Reviews
Welcome to Anime Rants. I’m very far behind on my Summer 2023 episode reviews, but I’m doing my best to cover the episodes whenever I have time. So,…


Seasonal Selection – ATRI -My Dear Moments- Episode 8
Sometimes an imitation can’t compensate for the real thing.


Seasonal Selection – Kaiju No. 8 Episodes 7 & 8
Long battles and a lingering finish – we’re going to be wanting more when 12 episodes are done.
Seasonal Selection – Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys Episode 8
So, the events at least ramp up here in what is a fairly decent episode, but it does leave something of the question “where do we go from…


Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episodes 8 & 9
A two-parter wants a shared write-up.


Seasonal Selection – Kaiju No. 8 Episodes 9 & 10
In this pair of episodes: Loads more fighting and a really pivotal moment that there isn’t all that much time to pivot on.


Seasonal Selection – Kaiju No. 8 Episodes 11 & 12
The trial of Hibino Kafka is on.


Seasonal Selection – Kaiju No. 8 Episodes 5 & 6
Keeping on with double feature seasonals, it’s time for us to actually get down to business with the Defense Squad.


Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 12
Well, at least Season 2 is already announced.


Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 6
Main character syndrome is a… well, it rhymes with witch, dontcha know?