Exception

Underrated, probably by people who watch the isekais where 9/10 mcs have basically the same personally, face, same story and animation is copy pasta and think thats better than this. The truth is this show is solid 7-8. Art is unique but far cry from being bad, want to see whats actually bad? Take a look at Berserk. The artstyle here reminds lf mix between Land of lustrous and low budget Arcane so of course it could have been better but its not unpleasant to watch. Story is quite decent with some interesting albeit a bit predictable plot twists. Its complete. A solid complete story forscifi fans, what else there is to say? The characters felt a bit lacking even though they were the focus for 90% of the show, lack of interaction, comradeship, their past and that sort of thing. Given the length of episodes I hoped for more especially given their early introductions. Music and sound design is honestly great, delivers the sci-fi vibe very well and sends down shivers during colder scenes. In conclusion, if you are scifi fan, go watch. And even if you are not and looking for something solid to watch, go for it.

Most reviews here scored this with a 7 but in my opinion it's a mediocre 5. It could have potential to be better but unfortunately, nothing was new. That 3dcgi design is not for everyone (in my opinion, sometimes it was even worse than Berserk since it was mentioned somewhere), it felt like bad copy of some evil Disney princess or Barbie colorful character with magic butterflies and stuff and made it somehow unpleasant to watch. It did'nt fit with the theme while it could've been better, like for example in Ling Long or Hei Men, if we want to talk about 3d scifis. Thestory and character building was mediocre too. A team of 4 crew members, arrive with their spacecraft at a new planet that is to be terraformed, in order to make it livable for the future, since humans are forced to leave Earth and migrate. We've seen this concept so often in scifis, simple plot (even in boargames like Terraforming Mars haha). Anyway the story focuses on each member of the team, that is made by a biological 3D printer but during the printing process of a member, something wrong happens and as a result, a new hybrid is made (which to be honest, was the only likable character in the series). So the rest of the members, are called to take some decisions until they reach the surface of the new planet but each one, has their own goals and different personalities. Another funny thing was also that 3D printing of weapons in the ship wasn't allowed to avoid violence, while we know that someone, can use even a fork as weapon. Anyway, so overall, MIXED FEELINGS because it felt like watching a short soap opera, with predictable dramas, tiwsts, betrayals and some romance, unwrapped during the journey. But for only 8 episodes (and with the faster speed option) with -at least- a complete story, I guess you have nothing to lose. If you are hooked, feel free to try it, but have in mind that there are other better scifis out there, like the 3d ones I said above and many more, worth watching and which stay in your mind.

So Exception is a 3D Scifi Anime about a group of people who are printed clones on a spaceship who are trying to colonize some planet, but the mission get complicated when one of them, Lewis gets misprinted into a grotesque creature. The Character Designs are done by Yoshitaka Amano, who is the concept artist for alot of the Final Fantasy games. And they hired a famous musician named Ryuichi Sakamoto to compose the Music. The English Release of the anime also stars some famous VAs such as Nolan North as Lewis, Ali Hillis as Nina, Robbie Daymond as Mack aka David Bowie, and Laura Baileyas Kate and the ship voiceover. The ones for Oscar and Patty, Eugene Bryd and Nadine Nicole are on camera actors who makes their voiceover debut here but managed to give pretty competent voice performances as well. I was pretty skeptical myself going in, but ended up finding myself interested thanks to the ongoing mystery and twists. And the Finale is pretty Bittersweet but gives Closure. If you can get past the fact this show is in 3D CGI and the Designs, viewers might be in for a nice scifi watch.