Robotics;Notes...
I picked up Robotics;Notes...
Robotics;Notes follows a group of high school students as they build a giant robot. Although one wouldn't expect it, there is some bloodshed and death in the series. The series starts out very well, but, as it progresses, the story requires that the viewer suspend disbelief to a greater and greater degree. The students quickly find themselves embroiled in a doomsday plot apparently ripped from the plot of a show within a show and orchestrated by a shadowy conspiracy. Throughout the series, is a malevolent undercurrent which is revealed in an interesting, but, wholly unbelievable twist. Despite its shortcomings, I would still give Robotics;Notes a 3 out of 5.
Volume 1
Kai and Aki dream of building a giant fighting robot based on a super-popular anime, but that's going to be impossible if they don't get more members into their school's Robot Research Club. They'll take anyone they can talk - or force - into joining them, including an eccentric robotics champion with a secret identity and a l33t video-game designer who's spent one too many late nights online. Finally, their goal looks like it's within reach.
But when a sentient AI program tells Kai about mysterious documents hidden on the internet, things start to get strange for everyone. As the club members track down the secret messages, they realize that the information might be far bigger - and more dangerous - than they expected.
Volume 2
Kaito, Akiho, and the rest of the Robot Research Club have finally completed their dream of building a giant robot, only to discover they've still got a ton of work to do. As they draw up plans for a new model, strange things start happening around them. A robot uprising wreaks havoc in Tokyo, a network-based AI crosses over into the real world, and the Kimijima reports foretell of an impending apocalypse.
Robotics;Notes follows a group of high school students as they build a giant robot. Although one wouldn't expect it, there is some bloodshed and death in the series. The series starts out very well, but, as it progresses, the story requires that the viewer suspend disbelief to a greater and greater degree. The students quickly find themselves embroiled in a doomsday plot apparently ripped from the plot of a show within a show and orchestrated by a shadowy conspiracy. Throughout the series, is a malevolent undercurrent which is revealed in an interesting, but, wholly unbelievable twist. Despite its shortcomings, I would still give Robotics;Notes a 3 out of 5.
