There's nothing groundbreaking here, but it does make for a good popcorn anime. This show is a good example of how important good characters are. A.I.C.O.: Incarnation is visually fantastic with an intriguing story, but it falls flat when it comes to characters.
Artificial and Intelligent Cellular OrganismPlot. In 2035, a biological research project to create an Artificial and Intelligent Cellular Organism (A.I.C.O.) went awry, resulting in an incident called the "Burst" which transformed Kurobe Gorge into a quarantine area infested by a rampant growth of synthetic organisms called Matter.
Aiko TachibanaHaruka ShiraishiYuya KanzakiYūsuke KobayashiKazuki MinaseJason KesserHaruka SeriPaula BarrosAkiko NanbaraRachel RobinsonDaisuke ShinoyamaPhillip DuboisA.I.C.O. -Incarnation-/Characters
Only days before this catastrophe, our main character Aiko Tachibana gets into a car accident, killing her father but leaving her barely alive. Shortly after her accident, her mother and brother were killed in the Burst. Jump two years after the accident, and she's rehabilitating, temporally wheelchair-bound.
Yuya Kanzaki (神崎 雄哉, Kanzaki Yūya?) is one of the most prominent characters of A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-. He first appears as a new transfer student at Aiko Tachibana's school. Although in the story Yuya is only 15, he is presented as having a mature and aloof demeanor.
The "Burst" is the name of the incident that occurred during Aiko Tachibana's surgery. The burst is made up of artificial life organisms and it is believed that the cells in Aiko's body sent out a distress signal to other cells which caused the cells to undergo massive cell expansion resulting in the "Burst".
Netflix has not announced the renewal of the show officially yet, hence there is no trailer available as of now.
A.I.C.O. Incarnation (TV Series 2018) - Kirk Thornton as Aiko's Father - IMDb.
Hikaru Fukuda is the director of photography, while Kumiko Sakamoto is the editor for the anime.
The announcement was part of Netflix's plan to introduce more original content onto their platform in 2018, including 30 new anime series. The series is directed by Kazuya Murata at studio Bones. Bones had previously filed a trademark for the title on April 27, 2017, which covered anime, games, and merchandise.
Kanzaki fits a Mind Scanner to Aiko and she experiences the Burst and sees her mother and brother's capture by the Matter. Meanwhile, the Matter becomes active again and the C.A.A.C. launches a barrage of tranquilizer missiles against the A.I.C.O. (Artificial and Intelligent Cellular Organism) to subdue it.
A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- received average to positive reviews from critics and audiences. IGN contributor Shuka Yamada gave the series a rating of 7.5 out of a possible 10, writing that the series was a, "Meticulously crafted sci-fi anime with some pretty major ups and downs ". Theron Martin of The Anime News Network gave the series sub a rating of "B+" and the dub a "B-", praising the cohesive storytelling and production value, but criticized its English dubbing. Setsuken, the owner of website Anime-Evo, praised the series in a review of the series, writing, "Its nothing transcendent, but there’s a confidence and a display of clear skill in how it takes some tried and true concepts that we haven’t seen in years, and effortlessly brings them back for the current modern age." In contrast, Kayla Cobb of Decider, gave the series a deeply negative review, referring to it as a knock off of Ghost in the Shell.
The original soundtrack for the series, including both of the theme songs and the series' background music, was released on a two-disc CD set on March 28, 2018. A manga adaptation by Hiroaki Michiaki launched in Kodansha 's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius on November 25, 2017.
Yoshihiko Sagami (相模 芳彦, Sagami Yoshihiko) One of the Divers and Kazuki's partner. Once a member of a military special forces unit, he is highly skilled in combat. He has the ability to calmly make decisions based on the situation and take appropriate action.
Akiko Nanbara (南原 顕子, Nanbara Akiko) Chief of the CAAC (Control Agency of Artificial Creatures) Response Bureau and a central figure in the government's efforts to promote artificial life form technology. She supports the effort to recover research results from the area infested by Malignant Matter.
A young girl in a weelchair named Aiko begins to glimpse strange situations, after bumping into a new student at school she was able to walk again. As history unfolds, she is told to be in an artificial body. Along with a special team, maybe she can not only retrieve her real body, brother and mother back, but save the world too. — Tedyo
By what name was A.I.C.O. Incarnation (2018) officially released in Canada in English?