Time of Eve
22 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Anime Tags: Eve no Jikan, Time of Eve
I have followed the short ONAs a way back and forgot that they were to compile them to a movie and add bonus content. Good thing I was able to notice the torrent recently.
Time of Eve is an interesting anime depicting a conflicted era where humans question the co-existence of robots and the role they play in society. In this particular setting, machines are not given the opportunity to establish its own ‘individuality’, they are simply seen as tools meant to accommodate human needs on a materialistic scale. Throughout the course of the movie, we get to understand more of these machines. How emotions play a factor to their (androids) decisions in serving their human masters and the conflicts that arise from a human perspective.
The good thing with this anime, in general, is that it can be seen from different kinds of angles. From a scientific perspective, one may put up a discussion on why, let’s say, Sammy was able to make Rikuo coffee using a different blend. What was the thought process behind it? The considerations? How can we deduce that a mechanical way of thinking is able to give birth to human emotions?
On another angle, there’s the consistent issue of discrimination that tears human relations. In this case, the ideal coexistence between man and machine gets torn asunder by the fictitious group “Robotic Ethics Committee” which serves to be this anime’s antagonists.
While I do understand how they stress the importance of human relations to be ‘above’ that with machines, the events that unfold would rather raise questions instead of support them.
For instance, how come, if they value human relations more, they are willing to arrest and bring down establishments that promote human-machine relationships? Where is the courtesy and respect that they ought to give to humans who would prefer coexisting with machines? Why do they discriminate those who would rather be with an android’s company rather than with people? Isn’t this a contradiction to what the Robotic Ethics Committee stands for?
While we have a lot of anime nowadays that reflects the good and the bad of human relations with one another, I have yet to say that this anime IS an eye-opener for THIS generation. I do wonder how the future would find it. Assuming the world does not end this 2012 and humanity gets to the era similar with this anime’s setting, how would this revolutionize the way of the world when it comes to human-machine coexistence?
Now back to this anime, I would really love it if they managed to release a second movie, this time going into detail Nagi’s involvement with the incident that occurred prior to this movie’s timeline.
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