Review of 7 Seeds

Oh dear, a Netflix sponsered anime. What in Earth could possible go wrong! By the looks of it; a lot! Story: 3/10 (Very Bad) From a post-apocalyptic survivalist shoujo manga written in 2011 with 35 volumes and 177 chapters, we get a (possible two) part 12 episode anime adaptation from Studio Gonzo. This review will focus on the first season. It pretty much boils down that all gouverments worldwide select a bunch of people to put in a cryonic freezer because they know a giant asteroid will collide into Earth, a mass extinction occurs and some humans that were put in the freezer are just seedsto contineu humankind. First of all, cryonics is at this moment still impossible. Sure, I have consider the Sci-Fi tag section, but when I look at the new wildlife that is represented in the story I have trash this anime since I'm a paleontologist. Wildlife can't adapt and evolve this fast only if couple hunderd years or so since human structures are somehow slighty intact and since I've seen the documontairies Life after People. That's why I have isseus with the story. Wildlife really can't adapt this fast when a mass extinctiuon occurs. We're currently in a mass extinction right now and countless of species are dying out each day. If you want to see big changes in wildlife just like in this anime, we're talking millions of years! The fossil record doesn't lie! Don't get yourself fooled because some Japanese woman (in this case the original author) thinks huge adaptations in animal and plantlife kingdom happen in just couple hunderds of years!

Art: 5/10 (Average)

Animation wise it's pretty much average 2019 standards I guess. I've seen better animation, but it's not horrible iether. But then again, it's Studio Gonzo. I know they can do much better, but hey that's just me. Yes, the studio that gave us Welcome to the N.H.K. is behind this. Sometimes the animation was at time really bad, but sometimes it was OK. In overall; it's a mixed bag for me.

Sound: 6/10 (Fine)

Voice acting is done well and mainly the reason why I wanted to watch this anime because of several voice actors like Nao Touyama (Karen Kujou in Kiniro Mosaic), Yoko Hikasa (Mio - K-On!) and Shizuka Itou (Sakurako Kujou - Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru) are present in this anime. Still I feel these people should get better roles for better anime projects than this garbage can.

Character: 4/140 (Bad)

Honestyly, I really don't like all the charathers we're getting on the screen. They really don't stand out and are plain boring. Just your average people. Nothing special. Eh... It really gives you the clear idea humankind is doomed no matter what with the mass extinction we're currently facing. Exactly; I'm talking about overpopulation, human induced climate change, pollution, deforestation, rising sealevels, acidification of the oceans, desertification, ...

Enjoyment: 2/10 (Horrible)

The more I've watched, the more annoyed I became with this anime. The ammount of bullshit this story tries to shove you down your troat. Now if this was a Comedy, then I wouln't mind it, but no, sadly this anime doesn't get a Comedy tag. What I found the most annoying that you get a bunch of new evolved species that really shouldn't be there in the first place. I'm talking about a huge mantis Carboniferous size, a therapod like "dinosaur" creature etc. If only they got a radioactive movie treatment, then I could atleast see this trough my fingers, but since I understand how evolution works since I'm actully working with extinct animals and mass extinctions in my daily life, this really a huge letdown. She really should have done her research before writing this crap.

Should you read the manga instead? Eh, that's up to you, but I don't even want to bother with that iether in my opinion.

Overall: 3/10 (Very Bad)

In overall, I really wouldn't recommend this anime unless you really want to see a brainless survival anime without any logic, because emotion is the rule of thumb here if you want to survive. Everyone is equal! Hmmm. Where did I herd that one before? Following your feelings while being is harsh times is the rule for survival here in this anime! In the real world however it's the opposite; facts really doesn't care about your feelings!

No wonder this anime is sponsered by Netflix...