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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 3
No main plot to see But cool sci-fi ideas Are touched on nicely


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 4
An anthology in an anthology, fancy that.


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 8
After a week of hiatus in the programming itself, we’re back and ready for more Gene of AI


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 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 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 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 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 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…


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…


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In a near-future society, humanity has integrated with intelligent technology so deeply that robots are sometimes indiscernible from people and humans can
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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…


The Gene of AI – Ep. 1
Will I be the same after a system restore?
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 11
Because it wouldn’t be a traditional action climax without a big twist and a moment when it looks like all hope is lost… here’s all those things I…


Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 11
Hey, this is just a thought, but maybe the show’s not going out on its highest note.
Seasonal Selection – 86 Episode 11
The final episode of the cour (special pending) and if you told me this was the absolute final episode of the show and anything related to 86, I…


Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 11
Just let them put the action set pieces into play.


Seasonal Selection – Hell’s Paradise Episode 11
Nope, still in the tutorial.
Seasonal Selection – Sabikui Bisco Episode 11
I would be so frustrated right now if this world had ever pretended to heed any sort of logic or reason beyond “It’s cool, therefore we’re going with…
Seasonal Selection – Chainsaw Man Episode 11
It’s the beginning of the end and there seems to be quite the fight ahead.As of this episode, Division 4 (aka main character squad, plus extras) is going…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 11
The animationIt burns! My eyes, it burns them!Please, take it away! Welcome to the Climax Episode! Not a lot happens, so it can be summarized very quickly: Beta…


Seasonal Selection – KamiErabi God.app Episode 11
Dimension-bending mayhem is upon us! Those of you who have joined me on this ride, I think we’re now being at least somewhat rewarded for our patience.
Seasonal Selection – Sabikui Bisco Episode 11
I would be so frustrated right now if this world had ever pretended to heed any sort of logic or reason beyond “It’s cool, therefore we’re going with…


Seasonal Selection – Tasokare Hotel Episode 11
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 11
Go to Togetsu Get there, and nothing more yet It is quite cold there In a show with many episodes that don’t achieve a whole lot, the penultimate…


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…


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…


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…
Seasonal Selection – Management of a Novice Alchemist Episode 11
The Salamander, as a mythical creature, has sometimes been taken to be the pure representation of fire. Real salamanders are small little lizard sorts of things. Salamanders in…


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 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…


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 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 11
Batteries are serious business.
Seasonal Selection – Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys Episode 11
We’re almost done with the show, maybe now we can actually thwart an evil scheme? So, this episode is mostly setup for the inevitable finale. Rashomaru tries to…
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 2
“The one where we actually integrate the main character into the setting” is an important plot beat for a lot of shows, particularly ones in the Urban Fantasy…
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 5
We’re back to standard form this week with a jolly beating of hard realities into Kakeru’s thick head, which oddly enough has things looking up for the show,…


Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 2
Let’s Get Black & White.


Seasonal Selection – DanDaDan Episode 7
Feeling sorry for the murder ghost.
Seasonal Selection – 86 Episode 1
So, this season we’ll be taking an episode-by-episode look at 86. Because this choice was kind of last-minute, it’s not really a show I’ve researched or know anything…
Seasonal Selection – 86 Episode 3
I hope you enjoy slow burn drama over any general expectation of action. Frankly, I kind of appreciate the approach… at least when there’s been a second cour…
Seasonal Selection – Shikizakura Episode 7
So, after the big turn of last episode, it’s time for downtime! Actually, I think it is kind of the correct time for this… or at least, a…
Seasonal Selection – 86 Episode 2
Plot 101: Introducing some more of our main story. Honestly, one thing I’m enjoying about 86 is how it’s been building up the world. In the first episode,…