Spring anime season 2015 is almost over, and one anime we haven’t covered yet is Plastic Memories, from creator Naotaka Hayashi, the man behind Steins;Gate. Unfortunately,Plastic Memories wastes an intriguing and high-concept sci-fi premise on trope after trope. From the characters to the main thrust of the plot, Plastic Memories stands out as particularly and egregiously unmemorable, in large part due to the very interesting routes it could have gone, but didn’t.
Most new shows of the spring anime 2015 season are now well past the halfway mark. We’ve covered stand-outs like Ore Monogatari and The Heroic Legend of Arslan; we’ve covered the unexpectedly charming Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon and Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches; we’ve even given Food Wars an extended chance to make a good impression (you’re on notice, but my fingers are crossed, Food Wars).
This is why now, at episode 10, we can safely determine that Plastic Memories will not suddenly turn around, dive into its intriguing sci-fi roots, and suddenly give us an anime worth watching. Plastic Memories, for better or for worse, has chosen its route, and that route is A Walk To Remember but with robots. Here’s why Plastic Memories misses its mark.
Spring anime season 2015 is almost over, and one anime we haven’t covered yet is Plastic Memories, from creator Naotaka Hayashi, the man behind Steins;Gate. Unfortunately,Plastic Memories wastes an intriguing and high-concept sci-fi premise on trope after trope. From the characters to the main thrust of the plot, Plastic Memories stands out as particularly and egregiously unmemorable, in large part due to the very interesting routes it could have gone, but didn’t.
Most new shows of the spring anime 2015 season are now well past the halfway mark. We’ve covered stand-outs like Ore Monogatari and The Heroic Legend of Arslan; we’ve covered the unexpectedly charming Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon and Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches; we’ve even given Food Wars an extended chance to make a good impression (you’re on notice, but my fingers are crossed, Food Wars).
This is why now, at episode 10, we can safely determine that Plastic Memories will not suddenly turn around, dive into its intriguing sci-fi roots, and suddenly give us an anime worth watching. Plastic Memories, for better or for worse, has chosen its route, and that route is A Walk To Remember but with robots. Here’s why Plastic Memories misses its mark.
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