“Failed student Tsukasa partners with dying android Isla to retrieve expiring Giftias before they turn hostile.”
Plastic Memories
プラスティック・メモリーズ
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Synopsis
Failed student Tsukasa partners with dying android Isla to retrieve expiring Giftias before they turn hostile.
Eighteen-year-old Tsukasa Mizugaki has failed his college entrance exams, but after pulling some strings, he manages to land a job at the Sion Artificial Intelligence Corporation. SAI Corp is responsible for the creation of "Giftias"—highly advanced androids which are almost indiscernible from normal humans. However, unlike humans, Giftias have a maximum lifespan of 81,920 hours, or around nine years and four months. Terminal Service One, the station Tsukasa was assigned to, is responsible for collecting Giftias that have met their expiration date, before they lose their memories and become hostile. Promptly after joining Terminal Service One, Tsukasa is partnered with a beautiful Giftia named Isla. She is a Terminal Service veteran and considered the best in Giftia retrievals, contrary to her petite figure and placid nature. Time is fleeting though, and Tsukasa must come to terms with his feelings for Isla before her time is up. No matter how much someone desires it, nothing lasts forever.
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Community consensus
Derived from 281 sampled reviews
What 281 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.86 · split reception
5.1 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 3.6
↑ 3.88
Running avg · May 2015 → Dec 2025
- 7 “Plastic Memories will not surprise you. It is not difficult at all to anticipate how this experience will end, and there are neither twists nor turns to shake your expectations. It is a meditation...”
- 10 “A beautiful, tear-jerking exploration of death and grief that had me reaching for Kleenex. Across just 13 episodes I laughed, cried, and cheered Tsukasa on, forming an instant emotional attachment...”
- 9 “Plastic Memories: An excellent recent original work with good animation, a beautiful soundtrack and also for me the best opening of the season. His characters are well developed, all chapters you...”
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- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2015 – Jun 2015 Spring 2015
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-9598 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Movic Producer
- AT-X Producer
- ASCII Media Works Producer
- Bushiroad Producer
- MAGES. Producer
- Asahi Broadcasting Producer
- BS11 Producer
Licensed by
- Aniplex of America Licensor