One of the anime series I just finished watching was Xenosaga: The Animation. This is an anime based upon the first video game of the trilogy in the Xenosaga series. I have completed the first of the series, and played most of the second. One of my friends recommended this to me, and now I recommend spending some time to watch this anime to you as well.

This anime follows Shion, a developer of technologies for artificial life in the future, as she finds herself on a ship that gets destroyed by an alien race, bent on eating humans. She is saved by her latest research project, KOS-MOS, a female robot equipped with power lasers, guns, and swords. Unfortunately, this robot can only act through commands and objectives – you can probably see some of the issues revolving around that. Anyways, they travel through space, along with a large and boisterous cast, as they try and stop a crazy Realian (artificial life form) from releasing more of the aliens upon the universe, while also trying to find the clues as to how the aliens got released into the world, an event called the Miltian Conflict.

Without giving any spoilers, this anime is very true to the first of the three games. It helped me to relive the first game, without the hours of boring grinding. The music and sound were also quite reminiscent of the game, and I have included the ending them, as I found it the best of the music in this anime. The anime also helped me to remember some of the backstory of these characters, and made me want to pick up the games again (which I think I will), just to be able to re-engage with the story again. If you get the chance to pick this up, it’s worth the time – and it’s only 12 episodes.

I’ll be trying to find the second and third seasons of this, as they match the other games in the series as well. Have a good one!