New anime from Studio Rikka: 'Are You Enjoying the Time of Eve? (イヴの時間)'

Studio Rikka (ie. the independent studio who brought us Pale Cocoon and Aquatic Language, among others) is showing the first episode of their new anime Are You Enjoying the Time of Eve? at TAF 2008.

Here is my translation of the plot:

Due to the influence of the Committee of Robotic Ethics, people got used to treating robots as 'home appliances'. But those who are influenced by the appearance of robots (which is just like humans except for the link above their heads) and therefore treat them like humans are called dori-kei and are treated as a social problem. 

Rikuo, a high school student, treats robots as convenient tools rather than humans due to his education since childhood. Then, he begins to notice strange words on the action records of his home android robot, Sami.

Together with his best friend Masaki, he follows Sami to seek the mysterious truth...

I know you are probably thinking that this doesn't sound like an interesting story as far as sci-fi goes, but Studio Rikka is not Studio Rikka for no reason. There is always a unique touch to their works. I am rather looking forward to see what they are up to this time.

(Source: ttp://www.studio-rikka.com/)

Comments

[minus-one]

sounds interesting and looks nice ^__^

[Nick Istre]

I saw and loved _Pale Cocoon_ when I first saw it last year. Wasn't it animated by Yasuhiro Yoshiura himself, similar to Makoto Shinkai's _Voices of a Distant Star_?

Thanks for the heads up on _Are You Enjoying the Time of Eve_. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for it.

Is it just me, or has it been a good couple of years for anime movies?

[Wabisabi]

Have you seen Aquatic Language? I personally like it better than Pale Cocoon. You can probably check it out on Youtube.

[Neohybrid_kai]

When I first read that EVE no Jikan is about android and human I went "wha? 0_o" I mean, that kind of premise seems too ordinary, but Pale Cocoon is a pleasant ride so I trust them for making another goodness. Also, thanks for the info about aquatic language, I'm going to watch it tonight XD

[Wabisabi]

Well... Aquatic Language is about robot/android too but I guess you should have seen for yourself by now that there is a unique touch to it.