Kaiba

Malintex_Terek

Almost like somebody answered my prayers for an "original, interesting anime" this glorious monstrosity sneaks by my scouter, going unnoticed until just about two hours ago.

I took a chance on a show hyped like Bartender (which I subsequently enjoyed for the notepad) that looked utterly awful, and it turned out to be quite interesting. If one of the most surreal anime ever created. One needs a mature mind and a developed sense of taste to appreciate this, it's gosh darn weird, astract and insane, but I'm rather intereted in seeing how it goes. As of the third episode, there still doesn't seem to be any real objective. It's just a bunch of out of control spongy mayhem.

Think Earthworm Jim with an even more other-worldly environment and none of slapstick humour.

Suffice to say, it's hard to qualify this show. The best I can do is describe the setting - memories from living beings can be stored as data and transferred from body to body, effectively allowing some a form of immortality. Only for the rich some, though. We begin with Kaiba, code-named "Warp", who awakens in a melted crag on this building with no memories of who he is or what he is - he's suddenly the object of interest for body hunters who sell flesh to the aging rich. The rest of the story involves his odyssey through this insane world.

It's 1:36 A.M. as of this posting, and after three episodes of Kaiba I must say my brain has been royally fudged right in the mind-anus.

barbapapa

Episode 3 was the best one, from an emotionally involving pov. But I liked episode 4 a lot too. The storytelling was pretty awesome in that one.

AlmostLegendary

try xxxholic (if you haven't already) i will check kaiba out in a lil bit i just need to finish a couple of series that i am watching.

stephen

No, don't try xxxholic. Just watch Kaiba.

I can't help but be addicted to Kaiba. The animation, music and the story are so out of this world and different from every thing else out there. It truly is a work of art.

barbapapa

The music especially, has me smitten.

NuFiasco

Just watched the first episode and I was confused at how bizarre the whole thing was. It was so different that I was thinking of just turning it off, but after seeing the Warp ride that bird to escape whatever the hell was chasing him mad me appreciate it's artistic design. The music is great, and the enivornment is great. It's not for the masses that's for sure. It's too out of this world and artistic for most. I love it though

AlmostLegendary

@stephen:

No, don't try xxxholic. Just watch Kaiba.

whats wrong with xxxholic ?

Tizoc

For one thing, xxxHolic felt cliche for me.
I will watching Kaiba once Season 1 is finished.

Satsuki

Dammit! Now the Earthworm Jim theme song is stuck in my head!

And I will always sing the praises of xxxHolic over Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles. But this isn't an xxxHolic thread, now is it?

Malintex_Terek

@barbapapa:

Episode 3 was the best one, from an emotionally involving pov. But I liked episode 4 a lot too. The storytelling was pretty awesome in that one.

I thought three was excellent as well, but I liked that closing remark of irony at the end of four - despite what happened to the grandmother, and what the twins discovered as her "treasure", they didn't understand the significance and were still focused on leaving home - thus, they jumped into the jaws of fate and ended up devoured.

@MonkeyDMalcolm:

whats wrong with xxxholic ?

It's really not the exact same thing as Kaiba, if that was the comparison you were making. If you meant to include it as "good anime this season" I'd disagree, though I thoroughly enjoyed the mahjong episodes which made most people go ?_?.

AlmostLegendary

@Malintex_Terek:

I thought three was excellent as well, but I liked that closing remark of irony at the end of four - despite what happened to the grandmother, and what the twins discovered as her "treasure", they didn't understand the significance and were still focused on leaving home - thus, they jumped into the jaws of fate and ended up devoured.

It's really not the exact same thing as Kaiba, if that was the comparison you were making. If you meant to include it as "good anime this season" I'd disagree, though I thoroughly enjoyed the mahjong episodes which made most people go ?_?.

yea i like xxxholic

stephen

It has nothing to do with Kaiba. It's like barging into a discussion about, oh, I don't know, Pan's Labyrinth and saying "HEY GUYS I didn't watch this but u should check out Transformers!!!"

Greg

Hey guys! I don't watch this series but you should check out TRANSFORMERS! Peace out!

tarrin4ever

Noooo! Watch xxxholic!

Mog

bumpity bump back on the railway track

So, uh I checked out the first four episodes and I'm in love. I haven't enjoyed a Japanese animated series this much in a very, very, very long time.

I wasn't even expecting to like it, but goddamn Yuasa. I was entranced by the look, feel and music alone already, but then episode 3 came along to kick me in the emotional nutsack for good measure. It doesn't seem we'll be getting anything but quality sailing from here-on, either.

So, yeah, everyone should, like, watch this and stuff.

and man i wanna soundtrack

AlmostLegendary

where are you watching this anime at? streaming link plzzzzzzzzzzzz

Yoska

Well if Mog likes it that much, I guess I need to check it out too. I can't even remember what was the last anime series I "checked out". Might have been that Tengen Toppa thing…

NuFiasco

This is definetly the only anime of it's kind….If you don't like the artistic feel of this anime, then go dumb it down with something else. I showed many of my friends this series, and they thought it was too weird, or just didnt care about it. Their loss.

Mog

@Yoska:

Well if Mog likes it that much, I guess I need to check it out too.

Sheesh man, you're gonna make me feel guilty if you don't end up liking it. :q

Something tells me that won't be a problem, though.

Malintex_Terek

I saw episode five early (~4:00) this morning. Kaiba seems best when watched early for some reason. I was annoyed at first with the art in the beginning, not because of the style but because it looked off-model and sloppy. It rapidly got better but art-wise the first 1/2 of this episode still doesn't look as good as the past four.

I'm also not entirely sure what happened in the episode as far as the sub-plot is concerned. Here's what I can gather…?

! 1. Patch is a robot of sorts like a Frankenstein, built by that scientist-lady.
2. Patch doesn't make new memories, but when his memory was archived he created those hideous bodies to spite people yet they're all the rage.
3. The scientist-lady who worked with Patch her whole life was going to die soon, so she created a memory tank and Patch used it for Quilt.
4. The baby dude admires Patch and pays him well for all these bodies, but Patch didn't care about the money so he dumped them in his yard. That got the punks eager to steal it.
5. After Quilt was killed, the baby dude built a body of the original scientist to house Quilt's memories?
6. Patch gets fixed up at one point no doubt.

I also found "Warp"'s history interesting given what happened in the first episode, but since our show is about "Kaiba" I don't think Kaiba = Warp like what the terrorists were saying in the beginning. Clearly the terrorist thought he was Warp though and it's not surprising, but I wonder what happened to cause Kaiba to get in that building in the beginning.

Yoska

@Mog:

Sheesh man, you're gonna make me feel guilty if you don't end up liking it. :q

Something tells me that won't be a problem, though.

Yah, you can sleep your nights well . The show is intriguing. Somebody should had pointed out it's directed by the same man who did Kemonozume. I would have been on board immideatly.

Kaiba isn't something I would expect to see in animated form. This kind of stuff you usually get to read only. But my educated guess is that there isn't a comic. But hell no, I'm not complaining. This is a treat. If I would compare Kaiba to a game, I would rather pick something like Psychonauts instead of Earthworm Jim though.

Mog, have you been watching anything else lately? I feel like watching anime again.

sugarlevi

@Yoska:

Yah, you can sleep your nights well . The show is intriguing. Somebody should had pointed out it's directed by the same man who did Kemonozume. I would have been on board immideatly.

Ah so.. That's why everytime I see, hear, think about kaiba kemonozume pops into my mind.

It's so good that I tend to cherish it for a nice quiet evening.

Malintex_Terek

I've got a theory.

! The protagonist, Kaiba, is in fact a Kaiba, not Warp! Kaiba seems to think he's Warp, given he's in Warp's body, but with no memories this is a red herring IMV. He could just as easily be a Kaiba in Warp's body as Warp without his memories after being eaten by a Kaiba. This would explain why everyone in the show calls Kaiba "Warp", while the narrator calls him "KAIBA"!

Buuhan1

What is this? Some Yu-Gi-Oh spin off centering on Kaiba? Booooring.

walks out before anyone can correct him

NuFiasco

EDIT: Oh right. I forgot to put a spoiler warning

So how was episode seven guys? lol

AlmostLegendary

is there online streaming source for this anime LMK thanx.

Malintex_Terek

NuFiasco you stupid maggot, edit your bloody post.

Mog

@Yoska:

Mog, have you been watching anything else lately? I feel like watching anime again.

Whoop, missed this message completely.

Not really, to be honest. I only very occasionally check out a series, and it's even more rare I actually finish them. Nothing I've seen in the past year or so even comes close to Kaiba, though…

Baccano was pretty fun, in a "popcorn anime" kind of deal, but Kaiba's the first real quality deal I've seen in a very long time.

Even though I did think episode 7 was a bit too much of a mess.

pyromonki

So um yeah… Just watched the whole series through, and I'm kinda disturbed at how jacked up the ending is.

Comments on it?

Malintex_Terek

I'm only on like episode seven or so. How long is the entire series?

pyromonki

12 episodes, of mind bending goodness…