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 the first volume is available via scanlator…
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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…
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AI no Idenshi – 04
I don't think AI no Idenshi is so much interested in offering answers as it is in prompting the audience to think about the questions in a different…
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AI no Idenshi – 11
One of the themes of this series, I think, is "the more things change, the more they stay the same". Read more
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AI no Idenshi – 10
「来るべき世界」 (Kitarubekisekai) "The World to Come" If science can’t provide salvation, isn’t it human nature to seek it elsewhere?
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AI no Idenshi – 07
「人間」 (Ningen) "Human" Things are never as simple as they initially appear to be.
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AI no Idenshi – 12
「旅立ち」 (Tabidachi) "Departure" When the reckoning up of 2023 in anime comes around, this series is going to demand serious consideration.
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AI no Idenshi – 07
Things are never as simple as they initially appear to be. Read more
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AI no Idenshi – 05
「調律」 (Chouritsu) "Tuning" Just because we can do something, doesn’t mean we necessarily should.
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AI no Idenshi – 06
A lot of seasons have that "tortoise and the hare" series, and AI no Idenshi certainly fills the bill for summer. Read more
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AI no Idenshi – 10
If science can't provide salvation, isn't it human nature to seek it elsewhere? Read more
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AI no Idenshi – 08
Some anime succeed largely because they don't try too hard, and this is one of them. Read more
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AI no Idenshi – 05
Just because we can do something, doesn't mean we necessarily should. Read more
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AI no Idenshi – 11
「トゥー・フィー」 (To~uu fī) "Tou Fui" One of the themes of this series, I think, is “the more things change, the more they stay the same”.
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AI no Idenshi – 01
「バックアップ」 (Bakkuappu) "Backup" The philosophical dilemma here is as classic sci-fi as it gets
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AI no Idenshi – 04
「4つのケース」 (4-Tsu no keesu) "4 Cases" I don’t think AI no Idenshi is so much interested in offering answers as it is in prompting the audience to think about the…
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AI no Idenshi – 06
「ロボット」 (Robotto) "Robot" A lot of seasons have that “tortoise and the hare” series, and AI no Idenshi certainly fills the bill for summer.
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AI no Idenshi – 02
「成長限界」 (Seichou genkai) "Growth Limit" In truth there’s probably no theme more elemental to traditional science fiction than artificial intelligence.
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AI no Idenshi – 08
「告白」 (Kokuhaku) "Confession" Some anime succeed largely because they don’t try too hard, and this is one of them.
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AI no Idenshi – 09
「正しい社会」 (Tadashī shakai) "A Proper Society" So-called fiction is often the most truthful thing there is.
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AI no Idenshi – 03
「心の在処」 (Kokoro no arika) "Where the Heart Is" The homage here is not exactly subtle.
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AI no Idenshi – 09
So-called fiction is often the most truthful thing there is. Read more
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Second Impressions – AI no Idenshi
In truth there's probably no theme more elemental to traditional science fiction than artificial intelligence. Read more
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First Impressions – AI no Idenshi
The philosophical dilemma here is as classic sci-fi as it gets. Read more
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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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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.
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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…
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Anime Like The Gene of AI
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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AI no Idenshi – 11 – Random Interest
After watching last week's episode, I realized how much AI no Idenshi reminded me of the television show Mushishi, which I adore. At first, it may seem
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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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AI no Idenshi – The Future and its consequences.
I picked up this anime thinking it was going to be very different from what it turned out to be but that doesn’t mean that what it is,…
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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…
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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!
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Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 7
Technical difficulties aside, I honestly considered letting this ride for a week.
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Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 2
A very quiet episode, on the whole, possibly promising more to come.
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Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 4
An anthology in an anthology, fancy that.
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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…
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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…
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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
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Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 5
Humanoid acts up A bug, or mental illness? Two cases this week
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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…
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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.
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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.
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Seasonal Selection – The Gene of AI Episode 3
No main plot to see But cool sci-fi ideas Are touched on nicely
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AI no Idenshi – 12 (End) and Series Review
AI no Idenshi was one of 2023's most underrated anime. Happily, the finale stuck the landing - let's dive in.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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