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Platonic Chain


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   hitomi
rica  
kanae
100% CG in an anime and still have the characters look distinctly like hand-drawn anime? Thought they'd never be able to do it, didn't you? Well, those amazing japanese animators have done it again. Even though each episode of Platonic Chain runs only 5 minutes, it's still 5 minutes of absolutely stunning graphics.
The story - in the near future in a parallel Shibuya, everyone is a mobile TV station of sorts (think live webcams on mobile phones) and there's a mysterious "website" called Platonic Chain where everything and anything can be found - what you were doing in the past especially.

There's the three main characters - Hitomi, your average Shibuya schoolgirl; Rica, the one who takes on new lovers in a quest to experience all love has to offer... and Kanae, who expresses her inner exhibitionist by cutting herself with razor blades live on her webcast... (yes, freaky...)

After watching 6 episodes, it would seem that the episodes are all independent self-contained short stories, some with a humourous twist to them (episodes 5 and 6 come to mind especially).

One complaint many other viewers of PC have is that the lip-sync isn't quite perfect... (I like PC, I live with it) and that the animation isn't quite good. For those of you complaining, go watch URDA, the "other" full-CG "anime" out there, or compare it to the Final Fantasy movie, and you'll realise the animators have done quite a good job.


Fansubbing is being done by Anime-Fansubs (#anime-fansubs at irc.enterthegame.com and irc.efnet.net) and Xenon Fansubs (#xenonfansubs at irc.aniverse.com).

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