ジビエート

GIBIATE

ANIME

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
12
RELEASE
September 30, 2020
LENGTH
25 min

DESCRIPTION

In 2030, Japan. A virus has infected humans throughout the world. Infected people turn into different forms of monsters based on their ages, sexes and races. The virus is named ‘Gibia’ - after being rich in variety like gibia.

Just then, a pair of samurai and ninja appeared in such a blighted wasteland of Japan. They both travelled from the early Edo period, fighting together with help from a doctor who tries to find cure for Gibia. Facing ceaseless attacks from Gibias, and outlaws that attack travellers for food, they start the dangerous journey with enemies all around.

(Source: Official Website)

CAST

Sensui Kanzaki
Tetsuya Kakihara
Kathleen Funada
Yukiyo Fujii
Kenroku Sanada
Hiroki Touchi
Yukinojyo Onikura
Michio Hazama
Ayame Hatonami
Hiroki Nanami
Renjiro Hatonami
Kouji Ishii
Isao Mikimoto
Hiromi Sakimoto
Dr. Yoshinaga
Shuuichi Ikeda
Yurika Funada
Emi Itou
Katsunori Hamuro
Ryouhei Kimura
Hidenori Sakuma
Fukushi Ochiai
Guren Soshigaya
Hozumi Gouda

EPISODES

Dubbed

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REVIEWS

Sincol
20/100
GIBIATE, a masterpiece of our times.

To start with, some historical references. I came across this anime in June 2020, while I was looking for some anime to watch during the Summer. In order to not have any prejudice on the shows, I usually choose them looking at the cover and the title. GIBIATE looked quite interesting. The 16th of July I watched the first episode. I resisted for, I know that’s impressive, 6 episodes without dying or vomiting. Then I dropped the show. But, since I’m a perfectionist, in February 2021 I decided to finish watching it. Following, you’ll find out why I think this show could be a really successful torture method.

GIBIATE is an anime by l-a-unch・BOX and Studio elle and produced by Crunchyroll. It aired during Summer 2020. This series talks about the Gibia virus, that turns people in monsters and that lead humankind on the verge of extinction. A group of humans that wants to find the vaccine for the virus is helped by a samurai and a shinobi from the past.

If we don’t consider the fact that this anime made me laugh, but not intentionally, it is really difficult to find something I liked about it. Let’s start from the opening. We hear what seems a Japanese music and see some scenes from the episode we are going to watch. Really dull, isn’t it? That might be the best thing of this show.

Let’s move on to the characters. We can find a samurai, a shinobi, the classical old monk, a scientist, a girl and her mother. They are flat as a ruler, nothing else to say. Their design is poor, their characterisation is weird, their motivations are fragile, they are nonsense. But, during the series we meet some new and marvellous characters, like the policewoman, the yakuza boss and his minions. Now we have to spend some words on this guy:

I think this is the most ugly thing you’ve seen today. Well you’ll find out that he is a terrorist and an expert of bombs. Indeed in the incredible fights he is involved in we can see him throwing gracefully his masterpieces of bombs. Only thinking about his face makes me cringe. I can’t believe someone thought it was a good idea to approve, animate, and dub this guy. I mean, why,why did you have to create such an horrible creature?

Now let’s talk about animations and CGI. I’m certain most of you have played with toys when you were kids. Well, the battles you imagined with your toys could be better, in term of animations, than the ones we see in this anime. There is only a word to describe them, crap. About the CGI, I think that if you watched Overlord 3 you had a glimpse of what Hell is. But in this anime you can see what MAGIC is . You can see the magic of monsters in CGI turning into drawing only by passing from a frame to another. You can see the magic of incredible creature that have the same texture of play-doh moving and fighting. I mean, only a masterpiece can cause such feelings.

And last but not the least, the finale. I’ll put a spoiler tag, so that the unlucky of you that still didn’t watch this masterstroke can taste it fully. What to say about the final part. It is the most banal, nonsense and filthy thing I’ve ever watched. The real identity of the doctor was easy to understand since the first episode. But the plot twist of the aliens. I don’t have words to describe it. It is like when in movies with a strange plot everything is finally explained with a dream. I HATE when they do so. How could you only think this was a good plot?

I recommend this show to anyone who can’t stand watching only good stuff, and to the people that appreciate crap and trash. I hope that you liked this review, it’s my first one so I can still improve myself. See you to the next one, bye bye!

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