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I didn't expect much going into Archetypes Forces, but even with these low expectations, I didn't think it was much good. The story is basically a set-up for all of the action that happens throughout, and it's a very common sci-fi horror tale. Person is infected with some kind of parasite, this parasite takes over their body and controls them and tries to kill the others. These creatures shape shift and their heads start splitting open into monster tentacles or whatever. The humans run away from them... there's little tiny mech suits that they use to try and fight back. There's really no surprises here. The charactersare also completely uninteresting, and barely even have anything going for them. It's only been a couple hours since I've watched the film, and I honestly cannot even remember any of their names, motivations, or personality traits. They all come off as incredibly standard and faceless, and the they probably would have been just as uninteresting if they were all silent mannequins. The voice actors do their best job of trying to prop up the characters, but they're already such a lost cause that it's hopeless. The art also isn't very impressive, but it's not too horrible to look at, it reminds me of the kind of pre-rendered CGI you'd see on some early PS2 games, except the character models look like they're probably even lower polycount than that. Things still move pretty decently, though... even if they don't look very good. Still, this looks like a collection of video game cutscenes instead of a film in it's own right. The problem with the whole film is that because it's got such a basic, bland story that you're left wanting something else from it. Some visual flare, some awesome characters. However, we get none of that, instead getting some sub-standard CGI and some really uninteresting characters. Thus, after all of the parts are combined, what we're left with is a flat, dull shell of a show that is somewhat competent, but ends up being utterly unexciting.

The score doesn't do justice for this anime. Considering that it was made in 2002 , the animation is pretty good for a 15 min special. Story: It's the 22nd century and our characters are on a space station. The new package that they took in had a modified being which to my amusement is a giant ducking baby face which tries to kill our characters. Art: It's CG which is too good for its time. I had some issues with the picture quality but that might just be because of my server. Others: Soundtrack is meh at best.nothing much to talk about.Overall: I pretty much enjoyed it. As I said , the score/ratings doesn't do justice for this anime. Won't recommend it but won't ask to skip it either