Kaiba

Kaiba カイバ

Firstly, this series will turn off a few people, not because it is a poor series, just because its art style really unusual.

This has to be the most original series I have watched in a long time. I've been burnt out on the relatively homogeneous moe style most series have been using lately.

The animation is the first sign this is something more, it is very easy on the eyes and despite its simplistic and childish look, there are many signs of meticulous quality. Furthermore the Kaiba's style fails to belie the adult themes if this series, a children's show this is not. The music complements the series very well and is refreshing among the sea of J-music trash we hear in most other series.

The story is what really keeps the series interesting. The concept is memories can be converted to data and be effortlessly transferred from body to body; this is mostly done by the rich and they sometimes steal bodies from the poor if it's particularly attractive or unique.

Warp (the main character also referred to his nickname Kaiba) wakes up with no memory of a previous life and is thrust into a world and society that he finds cold and soulless. I won't spoil any more other than to say the OP is a big hint on what will be the main focus.

Right now only [F-B​_Ureshii]​ is subbing Kaiba and is up to episode 10, the last release took a long time, but it Ureshii says they will finish soon finished. OST is out as well, grab it at Kaiba_-_OST_(mp3_192k_vbr).rar

Give a few episodes a try and see how you like it, unlike the heavy hitters like Code Geass, Macross and their ilk, this series is very much original, possibly the best most underrated anime of the year.

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Man it really makes me sad that Geass, Gurren-Lagann and Soul Eater seem to be more well liked than this, I really hope someone out there will see the series and appreciate it's art style and story.

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Sadly, this series is going to fly under the radar and even I was susceptible to a bit of bias while watching the first episode that I sorta let it go by the wayside. I think the big issue with it was that the first episode presented the atmosphere and setting which was strange enough, but the fact that it doesn't present a story hook kept me from going back to check out further episodes. That said, it has the promise to be an excellent series (and all accounts that I've read regarding this show indicate as such), so perhaps I'll struggle to get through it and see whether or not it actually does manage to pick up.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I'm going to be honest, Kaiten, I think Sonic avatars are incredibly gay and I know nothing about you, so when I first saw this thread I thought Kaiba would be a Yu-Gi-Oh spinoff.

This show is absolutely incredible, though. It's easy to see why it's so easily flown under the radar since the atmosphere and gross surrealism (gross in the good way) isn't going to click for the average wapanese animu cretin.

If you ever played and enjoyed The Neverhood, the world design will appeal to you about as instantly as a bullet travels through the brainpan. The use of androgynous and cartoony 50's style character designs also make the themes seem deadly serious in contrast, as well as avoid problems associated with fanservice and unrealistic projections of femininity, which also helps to explain why this show isn't popular.

This is the art fag's anime. Live it up, poseurs.

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