The closemindedness of not watching something because its CGI is childish and immature. I enjoyed the so bad its good content of Tesla Note and the charm of Rusted Armors. Sure websites like MAL score this a 5 but who would take MAL scores seriously? Relying on MAL scores is like relying on waves of underage Shonen anime viewers to tell you what to like. Still no one watched Estab Life. At least thats what it felt like to me. Though the CGI is choppy and makes some characters look like they are made out of plastic this series does have some elements that make it shine and it managed to connect and be memorable to me. This promotes a gacha game which worried me as this did have some issues in the end. The biggest talent of this series is its absurd and very hilarious comedy. Its over the top and ridiculous in execution though it worked wonderfully and I was laughing nonstop. The last few episodes do get serious and even though it worked they didnt come close to the quality of the fun and funny episodic ones. There isnt much plot here anyways. The story is about a cast of loveable characters who help people from different clusters escape their miserable lives. An anime that is actually blatantly about escapism without really trying to give a hopeful message in the end. These clusters are connected by an underground train system and are experiments to see what type of societies work and which dont. A failed cluster will be completely erased if the population declines. You can expect anthropomorphic dogs communist penguins slave laboring prisons old men wanting to become magical girls religions were wearing underwear is considered a heresy and other creative and outrageous ideas such as the cast at some point trying to assassinate a prison ward. Equa is the central member of the cast who was given amazing powers that let her see the future. She is usually in such a good mood its a bit creepy at times. Martese is a perverted pile of goo that took the shape of a little girl and is completely obsessed with Equa. These are the only two that are ever given development. Other than that theres Ulla an anthropomorphic dog that was hilarious given the voice talent of Miki Shinichirou even though all he does is bark in the series. Alga is a small robot that is cruelly honest and extreme in his ways to the point hes an accidental comedian. Last there is Ferres a sharp shooter who is often insecure moody and shy about it all. A problem with this series is that most of these characters do not get developed at all or explained where they came from or how they came to be. The music is overall forgettable and the series doesnt do much for me when it deviates from its clever and outstanding comedy. When the stakes run high those action packed scenes are often laughable as the cast gets sprayed by bullets that never seem to hit. As a mostly episodic series there wasnt a single one of those plotless episodes I didnt enjoy because the comedy is that well done. Ironically its the plot focused episodes I didnt enjoy too much. There is still a film for this that will come out some day that will be directed and written by Goro Taniguchi of Code Geass fame for those that want more. Until then Ill have fond memories of how much this series made me laugh.
85 /100
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