Onboard a cruise ship heading to the scenic Cenancle Island, the full-body cyborg Nene Nanakorobi, a bubbly young girl who dreams of world peace, meets inventor Uzal Delilah. The two become fast friends along with Uzal's pet cyborg Clarion, a cat-like combat android. Soon after parting ways, a terrorist attack on the island threatens to shatter the pair's new friendship. In a bid to save her new friend, Uzal gives Nene the ability to use the Pandora Device found in Clarion's body before seemingly dying. With this power, Nene can temporarily master abilities and skills never seen before in the advancing world.
Working together, the two unlikely companions go on various missions—from saving children in shopping mall fires to fighting reckless thieves—all in the name of world peace. But to achieve this goal is not easy. B.U.E.R, a sentient laser in the form of a misshapen teddy bear, threatens to wreck their happy lives with his perverted nature and uncontrollable power. And to make matters worse, Nene's guardian, as well as genius inventor, Takumi Korobase has an undying interest in B.U.E.R.
Burdened with saving the world and keeping B.U.E.R from the hands of evil, Nene and Clarion's desire for world peace seems like a pipe dream. With this monumental goal, could the weight of it all destroy the pair's friendship completely?
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LeaderTGW
Oh man, where should I even begin with Koukaku No Pandora. First, the show didn't have much of a "wow" factor to me. I wanted to like it because it certainly was unique in its own ways however, it lacked entertainment and engaging story. Surprisingly, it failed to keep me interested and entertained. To me it seemed like the characters were forced to be cute. To explain a bit further it was like in the directors and animators minds, they were saying "Oh lets force a clueless reaction face or cute face on Nene or Clarion to make them look cute." Rather than having thingslike that happen naturally, it was like everything was forced, and the animators, producers etc were telling me to enjoy it, however it was just so unappealing.
Story- 6/10
The story wasn't doing much for me. I could not find any joy or pleasure in watching for the story or plot... I did not feel like anything could've stood out. Like, for me, there was no real "wow factor."
Art- 8/10
To a certain extent, I did like the character designs. I love cyborgs, androids, etc so seeing characters with mechanical parts is always pretty rad. I mentioned earlier that my biggest dislike was the reaction faces. I felt like they overdid the reaction faces. I strongly felt like it wasn't necessary at all to have reaction faces after every 2 sentences or so. The biggest thing that I disliked, about the whole damn series (In art department) was B.U.E.R. Single most annoy-ingest character in the show.
I hate it's design that stupid third leg (penis pun, I'm assuming.) B.U.E.R was a huge pain to look at.
Sound- 7/10
Yet another series where I didn't pay much attention to the soundtrack or BGM. I sort of hate shows like these. There are shows where the soundtracks really stand out and some shows where it's so dull or generic sounding that I don't really pay it much mind. This is one of those. Moving on to the actual voice actors, I don't think that this show would count as one of their best roles. Except for Junpei, he's hardly in anything anymore. Overall, not too impressed.
Characters 6/10
I couldn't like them, as mentioned earlier, they had too many faults for me. Not appealing in personality nor appearance. Characters in the show came off to me as more annoying than cute or anything else.
Overall, I seriously wanted to like this show. I thought at first that it had a really cute vibe to it so I figured "why not watch it." In the end I just do not think it was worth watching... Go figure huh?
Final thoughts, Unfortunately Koukaku no Pandora just didn't live up to my standards or exceptions. I was very disappointed with this series in the long run. My overall rating is 5/10 it could perhaps be a lot better if certain events were taken seriously.
The_Ruise
Koukaku no Pandora may not be for everyone (if you don't like moe hijinks or care about shoujo ai GET OUT), but I guess it just struck the right chord for me. While everything else about the anime was sort of "okay," the characters and enjoyment value were a perfect 10 in my opinion. To break it down: Story: 8 The main plot isn't as important to the show as the interaction of Nene and Clarion with the other characters. Also I didn't really pay that close attention to the plot. In the simplest terms possible, the scientist Uzal builds a doomsday device, it goes crazy,city is almost destroyed, cyborg Nene and android Clarion save it, Uzal disappears, bad guys try to steal the device...It's whatever. HOWEVER, I thought the actual setting and atmosphere of the story were really cool, mainly because I love the idea of humans attaining robotic bodies or enhancements, connecting to the web with brain implants, and in Nene's case, even temporarily acquiring new skills (and magical girl transformations) by downloading them. Plus there are subplots with Nene and Clarion stopping various disasters with the powers of advanced technology and friendship.
Art: 7 The animation quality is kind of...lazy/budget-saving actually BUT the aesthetics are Quite cool at times (watch the OP).
Sound: 7 The ED is good, everything else is fine.
CHARACTER: 10. THIS is where the series shines brightest. The cast is very sweet and caring, most apparent with MC Nene, but even the minor characters are very kind. Especially the minor characters. Robert, Amy and Anna are impossible not to love. And the characters who are more self-centered, with the exception of the main villain, are hilarious so it's okay. Shout-out to BUER, Takumi, and Vri especially.
Enjoyment: 10, especially for the shoujo ai factor.
Overall: 8
V1nn13z
Short version: It's not as good. The whole pace seems ridiculously retarded, even though the art is actually pleasing Long version: You know how MonMusu seems to have that "monster girl" fetish catering for the fanboys? This *should* be at least cater the android girls fetish. I'm not getting that. You end up with a weird over-sexual henshin that seems to be out of a 14 year old weeaboo who keeps fapping on loli images. annoying reporter who should have died midway but kept alive 'cause "look guys, funny failing reporter x3". An edgy yet mysterious antagonist, and finally, 2 of the most bland yet happy-go-lucky characterto date. The only good thing is that mysterious doctor that seems to leave a cliffhanger, with the mysterious antagonist group.
If you really like loli and don't mind with the weird story, yeah sure just watch it. But it's still torture, just plain torture.
3/10, gonna get bleach for my eyes
nanakox21
NOTE: This MAY contain spoilers! Story 7/10: There's a lot of plot development in the anime! There are few moments in the episodes where it contains cliff-hangers. There's also a lot of action, fighting and comedic scenes with Clarion and Nene. This anime also contains an aspect of magical girls animes we would normally see. They get to meet new people in the island and becomes friends with them overtime in the series. Characters 8/10: Nene is sweet, caring, & overbearing to Clarion. Clarion (Claring) is monotone, & is programmed to take care of Nene. Uzal is a well-known professor in the island who supervised Claring& Nene. Takumi (who comes in a few episodes later in the series) is the new caregiver of Claring & Nene, she hates Uzal & obsessed with knowing the secrets behind Uzal's projects. She is anti-social and very intelligent.
Enjoyment 8/10: It's a great anime to watch! Since there are some aspects of magical girls references, I am NOT a fan of how Nene & Claring team-up when they HENSHI! The transformation is not suitable for younger viewers (VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED).
Overall 8/10: It is awesome to see the progress of the characters growing from the start. Since there is plot development, I can tell that we might have another season in our hands where we will see Nene & Claring team up again in the future.
theragingautist
Don't be fooled by the rating, Koukaku no Pandora is one of the best shows of the season. It manages to blend action, comedy, and fanservice in such a way that they don't detract from one another. When I watched the first episode, I immediately fell in love with Nene and Clarion. They are both extremely likable, and their interactions are some of the best moments of the show. The story manages to be coherent without being too simple or too complicated. The soundtrack is also spectacular, with a catchy OP and ED with cool background music. The only issue I see people having withthis show is the animation. Watching the show, you can see that they didn't have a very high budget. That being said, I don't find it to be terrible nor distracting, but I can understand why it would turn people away. All in all, Koukaku no Pandora is an extremely underrated show that deserves to be rated higher. While the animation is lacking, the story, soundtrack, and characters make it a show that I would recommend anybody check out.
AllenHavens92
Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn is one of those shows that came, went, and did not do a thing for me at all. I'm sure there could have been a more interesting story if I looked hard enough, but that'd only give me a headache. What we have is mostly cute robot girls doing cute robot things. Normally, I wouldn't mind that, but if it were a slice of life series. It also is supposed to be a comedy, but, though it was in there, it was mainly a bunch of running gags that went stale after the first reoccurrence. Characters, including the main cast,by the end remain two-dimensional with little to no development. All of them are written so the only thing they do is act or say the same schtick. Some just appear briefly, having no ulterior motive for being there in the first place. Our main antagonist makes small appearances at a certain point with zero chemistry amongst their supposed "rivals".
The art isn't anything to cry home to your motherboard about (Yeah, I went with that). It obviously was trying to make it bright and colorful with cute character designs, which, to a lesser extent, succeeded in that.
At times it surprises me that the creator of the series is Masamune Shirow, the one responsible for widely acclaimed Ghost in the Shell (which makes me wonder if Pandora's title can be considered clever or not). However, I wish not to go on that route where I compare the two, because these are two different series on different calibers. A creator doesn't have to stick with making the same thing (though, Pandora is basically Ghost if it was lighthearted and Major Kusanagi was a little girl).
For what it's worth, Pandora in the Crimson Shell is neither terrible nor boring. It's just "blah".
Eirenliel
What's best than cute cyborg-girls for a techno-fetishist like me? If you are the same, this anime is definitely for you! Created by our God and Savior Shiro Masamune, this contains all technological stuff from GITS that we love the most and cute girls as a bonus! Cyborgs, androids, AI, strange funny robots and lots of action. Yes, some things here are just for fun-service like pantsu-shots or even all main characters, but who cares? The hell, this anime is all about fun-service. It's comprised of all the things that sci-fi anime geeks love, and do not lie to yourself that you don't! Cyberpunk not always should bedark and hard, this anime shows us that it can also be cheerful and beautiful and I totally love it!
Ofc, this review is emotional, but isn't watching anime is all about emotions? Try this out and relax, don't bother yourself with hard stuff like life, universe and everything, it's just about cute cyborg-girls!
KaiDestinyz
Koukaku no Pandora is probably the most underrated series of the season, mainly because people generally shun away from series like this before even giving it a try. People are generally more interested in action type anime with a male mc on their front cover. So when you have a series like this, with 2 really young looking girls with a synopsis that doesn't seem to have any deep plot, it gets overlooked very easily. However, Koukaku no Pandora is a show that manage to combine its yuri elements into a comedy that makes you want to watch more of. I immediately liked Nene and Clarionwhen I saw them. This show also have a good mixture of its insane randomness and random comedy moments in the background that makes it so enjoyable to watch.
Definitely would recommend to give this series a try!
LegendAqua
Ohhh so this is what happens when Ghost in the Shell turns into a moe yuri show. And coincidentally, what with LA finishing the first season of Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex quite recently as LA writes this review, this anime is a different take on this kind of setting. So Koukaku no Pandora follows a very distinct formula after it's introductory first episode or two. Vlind voiced by Satsumi Matsuda starts the episode off with her running gag of never saying her name out loud, next focuses on our main leads Clarion voiced by Manami Numakura a robot assigned to be Nene Nanakorobi's bodyguard,this being due to Clarion's original owner Uzal voiced by Atsuko Tanaka ordering her to protect Nene, have Takumi Korobase voiced by Marie Miyake try to spy or her trying to secretly hack Clarion or get her hands on B.U.E.R and fail and once a huge incident (or just a simple problem arises) have Nene and Clarion "transform" in the most yuriest way possible (don't ask) and have Nene effectively solve the problem just like that. Ohh and have sprinkles of a secret "evil but not really" organization here and there making some backstage dealings before the major plotline arrives. End Episode. Rinse and repeat until Episode 10.
Yeah, the show is incredibly formulaic and at worse, it's diabetically induced with it's yuri elements and seems to care more about it than it's world building (though it still does world building) as well as it's thematic themes of "world peace" which is heavily manifested in Nene due to her belief that she can bring "World Peace" to the island of Cenacle Island which is a cybernized island filled with problems. The yuri elements are blatant to say the least what with Nene's transformation is having Nene go near Clarion's crotch region and touching a spot to activate her Decode series (you just had to ask...), Clarion and Nene's relationship has the entire bodyguard tsundere and ditzy main protagonist vibe all the way through as expected moe to drive the point that this anime is more about the girls relationship with each other than the world building.
The anime feels like it wants to dive into topics like "appearance before personality" through the difference between those people cybernized completely and just being human with cybernized parts (look at Nene's situation) which is something Ghost in the Shell does sure, but Ghost in Shell actually looked and dived into it's topic subtly, Koukaku no Pandora only lightly looks at this topic but bashes you in the head with this topic like a blaring SOS sign that yes...we get it don't look at appearance alone. It's other themes it has though LA is gonna be loose with this theme is that overly reliance on technology though it is a bit ironic in this regard due to the fact that Nene USES advanced technology to solve any wanton problem at hand for the "sake of world peace". LA's biggest problem with this is that the driving theme of this anime is world peace and Nene essentially being the almighty janitor EVERY SINGLE TIME, sure the anime KNOWS this and the anime is suppose to be a story about how a girl meets girls to achieve world peace as it's central focus instead, but LA just wished it could develop it's other themes as well and not just be a throwaway theme to add to it's screentime, though it is welcomed nonetheless.
To this anime's credit, Koukaku no Pandora KNOWS what it is, even from it's tagline, it's about a girl meets girl story, NOT about Nene's world peace beliefs and the technological world this anime has set itself in (but more an element to it's story at best) and this is best presented with our two main leads of Nene and Clarion, Nene is the moe yuri element to this entire anime and sure she's the all mighty janitor to this entire anime but her moe tendencies do link to her and Cenacle Island's beliefs of wanting world peace through all the gibberishingly technological changing world the anime has set up to it. On the other hand Clarion is the more serious one and the other half to the yuri element of Nene's moe side of things, always serious and deadpan and is the PRIMARY source of badassery and tackling the issues that Nene presented and trying to solve it. Koukaku no Pandora's genre elements may be slightly weird and off for some wanting to see a more serious cyberpunk thriller as such, but Koukaku no Pandora just isn't this and IS NOT it's intention of doing so, it's simply a girl meets girl story interlaced with cyberpunk elements and to that LA will say it DOES have some merit in seeing something different even for the cyberpunk "grungy" genre we see time and again.
If there was another strength LA would say to Koukaku no Pandora is the fact that this anime does try alot to keep it's minor cast (aside from Uzal because, mastermind and everything will be explained thus no story and all) in the loop even after their introductory episodes and even if the running gag characters like Vlind are nothing but running gags, these characters DO get their screentime and aren't throwaway characters (though Vlind is a bad example...hmmm Ian Kurtz voiced by Junichi Sawabe and Bunny voiced by Rie Murakawa are better examples).
In terms of animation by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ, the animation is ok at best with some weird stylistic choice of having Clarion only be it a white silhouette only at times for no reason, sure the anime is subjected to comedic chibi animation time and again even when it's NOT trying to be comedic and the animation does have technical merit in it's background and cybertech architecture is decent at best. The character designs are are exotic as the background though making the anime style expectedly moe. Overall, the animation is all over the place but seems to have some focus to knowing it's own style of both being moe, comedically chibi and detailed cybertech.
In terms of voice acting, LA found Sanae Fuku would voiced Nene to be expectedly hyper genki, but NEARLY annoying to say the least, Manami Numakura was LA's favourite voice actor of her voicing the deadpan yet badass Clarion (and is LA's favourite character). Junpei Morita as B.U.E.R waxes poetic and his probably the most unique yet annoying vocals LA heard from the anime right next to Marie Miyake as Takumi what with her "daiya!" accenting. Finally Atsuko Tanaka as Uzal was decent for what was her screentime she was given. If you didn't want hyper moe vocals littered throughout the anime...your not gonna like this voice cast this much. As for LA...it was "meh".
The final arc of Koukaku no Pandora does get somewhat serious with Clarion being the clear goal and for a girl meets girl story it's typical for this to be the case and with it's cyberpunk "grungy" elements creeping into the forefront, LA thought it kinda lost it's way, what it's own it was trying to develop during the more episodic format but still having the stake of Clarion kept LA interesting albeit slight moodwhiplashed however what with the B.U.E.R, Takumi and the clandestine organization finally comes into focus by this final arc along with Clarion and Nene's involvement in all this during the first 2 episodes and it reaches a climax where LA didn't expect and coming from an anime about two cyborgs girls meeting each other and wanting world peace, the tone this climax went...became expected especially from this kind of anime that firmly knows what it is, this is mainly because our main antagonist wanting the cliche world domination but wanting world peace through it (which makes him a more sympathetic yet arrogant villain who has the same beliefs as Nene's but HOW he does it is vastly different). This final arc if anything brought upon a book ends to this entire anime and at the very least tied all plotlines concerning B.U.E.R and our main leads' wish for world peace and because of that as well as Uzal's scheming that bore fruit from the first two episodes...LA will say this ending is acceptable and typical of the anime by that point.
Koukaku no Pandora is overall a pretty mediocre anime with some wasted potential it had for a premise even as an anime blatantly paying homage to Ghost in the Shell among other mythological gags to add to it's name. Koukaku no Pandora however does have one thing going for it and it KNOWS it wants to be a cybernized yuri anime and "loves" being blatant to self-aware levels about it and LA can't fault this anime for wanting to do what it wants no matter if the audience doesn't like it or not. It's better than an anime that DOESN'T know what the hell their doing anyways...
DesolatePsyche
Koukaku no Pandora 6/8/7/7/7/7 First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile. ------ ✦Story✦ Absolutely adorable story presentation with some touch of lewdness. Long story short. It's straightforward moeblob with rather enjoyable quirks and traits. It's a bit more "refined" moeblob than the more stereotypical shows. But I did absolutely adore how everything was conveyed, expressed, reacted and presented along the storytelling. It was enjoyably, but nothing too interesting. Characters and presentation methods made it fun. ✦Art & Sound✦ Straightforward, flat, colorful but extremely fun art style. There were so many facial expression that I would gladly save on myharddrive and use them as reaction/emoji. Overall character design was as well adorable and fun. Action was solid, transformations were rather kinky and misc designs were as well quite fun.
OST And music I did notice, there were some rather nice ones. But don't have anything else to add as they were simply "good enough" for me.
✦Character✦
Yes, main characters duo was adorable. And the robot cat maid, I absolutely loved. There were plenty of other interesting and quirky characters.
Weakest links were probably the progress development characters that somewhat pushed on the story itself. I found their existence rather useless and unmemorable.
✦Enjoyment & Overall✦
Adorable Anime with great reaction faces. It was simply fun to watch, it's simple and fun, but nothing that special. Simply joyful and cute.
Seregosa
Aaaah, yeah, don't watch this. Go for the manga instead, that's the summary of what I'm going to say. This anime was quite subpar. I read the manga and then watched the anime version since you often find quite a lot of differences between versions and it's nice to see it from a different perspective and with voices etc. The problem here is that the manga and anime is almost exactly the same. I sped up the whole anime by three times to manage watching it all. The end result is that the only pretty big difference is the last half of the last episode, buteven then it's not worth watching.
In the first place, it was fairly nice in manga format, not the best, but enjoyable nonetheless. It had a lot of negative aspects, mainly in terms of characters(personalities and attitudes) and plot holes/flaws/unclear parts which made the score drop. However, I generally enjoyed the setting and relationship between the mc and clarion, I also found a lot of things to be pretty cool, like the mc's special power, when it wasn't suffering from the flaws, it was a solid 7 or 8/10 in score. The manga could be read through rapidly compared to the anime which moves at a snail's pace and it had much more content. However, this just DOESN'T work well in the anime version. It's honestly quite boring, dragged out and lacking, I also didn't like the voices or music, the art was good but kinda average.
So, 3/10 is a fair score for the anime, as for the manga, it gets a 5/10, overall average but very enjoyable now and then.
EfhhRacso
Story(4/10) - Being similar to other sci-fi stories is not a negative aspect, but being a boring clone is. It brings basically nothing new to the table, it's just your typical action-fest of smacking enemies, just a generic sci-fi show with way more ecchi scenes than it needs, it's another fan service show. Art(5/10) - One word, "unexceptional". It doesn't have the spark or anything remotely visually engaging, but it's not atrocious. Nothing special, the animal can be described as "meh", the character designs are overall pretty good, but it's not raising the bar higher enough to go over the average mark. Sound(8/10) - I always forgetthis aspect in most of my reviews, for an apparent reason, this aspect will either be a 5(Average) or a worse score. And most of the time there won't be much for me to talk about, so I just skip over this part since it doesn't contribute much to the plot. But this opening is a banger, "hopeness" by ZAQ, I just love the song. Other than that, just your typical voice acting and sound, nothing to write home about.
Character(2/10) - Generic, common, etc. I don't think I need to list out a list of synonyms for the meaning of "bland and general". The characters are not explored in-depth, it feels one-sided most of the time. Not to mention the non-existent character development.
Enjoyment(5/10) - Art can be defined as feelings, you can feel misery and sorrow, you can feel delighted and inspired, and you can feel crossed and offended, this shows me that I can feel emptiness. I feel nothing after watching this show, I wasn't sad by any actions taken by the characters, and I wasn't glad and joyful after watching this fan service, I just felt confused by this mixture of this hot mess. I am just confused why this existed in the first place, it felt meaningless after watching this.
Overall(3/10) - Don't waste your time watching this, I've heard from manga readers that anime is just a poor adaptation(Just like what every manga/LN reader says), so I decided to read a bit of it. It wasn't a masterpiece, but I liked it way more than the adaptation.
Take-away from this review: Read the manga or watch other shows, as this one is pretty dull.
