Plastic memories

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Given its future with human-like AI, the Plastic Memories anime had plenty of potential. Here’s why many fans were left disappointed instead.

Directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, Plastic Memories is known as one of the best tearjerking anime in the romance category. It is an original anime by

There is still a possibility for Plastic Memories season 2 to be released. There are a few facts to prove this statement. First of all, the writer still recognizes the show, and he has not forgotten about it, as many fans that want a second season are still wandering around on the internet, so we can expect a continuation from the first season or an alternative ending at the very least. Second of all, although ‘Plastic Memories’ is an original show, there is a visual novel with alternate endings, where Isla gets to retain her memories and live beyond her lifespan, so we can hope for an adaptation from that visual novel. If by any chance Doga Kobo (

It is also possible for Plastic Memories to receive an OVA/ONA soon by the end of this year, or it could also be around 2022. It’s possible because sometimes, anime gets a new OVA even years after its initial release. Also, there is a

Plastic Memories (, Purasutikku Memorzu) is a Japanese anime television series directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara and produced by Doga Kobo. Naotaka Hayashi, who also wrote the screenplay, came up with the idea for the story, and Okiura created the original character designs. Between April 5 and June 28, 2015, the series aired in Japan.

I have talked about memories in other reviews that I have written, and it is fascinating the things you start to recollect when you begin contemplating that word. I remember this time when I played indoor soccer as the goalie. I will never forget how, during one match, I managed to kick the ball from our end into their net due to a super lucky bounce. I rarely scored (I was not very good) so such a rare occurrence combined with the manner in which it happened is something that will stick with me forever. There are also those not-so-happy memories; I remember my grandpa’s funeral, watching my mother and her siblings weeping for their father, with me, my brother, and my other cousins carrying the casket. It is one of the saddest moments I have ever experienced, with me still owning the cotton glove to this day. Soccer or family, happy or sad, memories are, as Plastic Memories somewhat depicts, a beautiful existence that should not be tossed aside but instead embraced for as long as humanly (and Giftia-ly) possible.

Plastic Memories follows young Tsukasa Mizugaki who has just recently transferred into a company that deals in the retrieval of “Giftias,” or cyborgs with human souls. Partnering with a clumsy Giftia known as Isla, the two’s relationship slowly blossoms.

Plastic Memories manages to get off on the wrong foot from the very beginning due to apparent tonal issues. The tone of an anime or any other work is set in stone, with minor fluctuations throughout. For example, a comedy is designed to make the audience laugh, but that does not mean it must fully abstain from serious or less-than-light-hearted moments. Instead, it must make sure that it keeps the tone in mind and refrain from making egregious divergences from its initial path. Think of the tone like a slinky: it can bend, twist, and contort but when left alone it always goes back to its neutral state. For Plastic Memories, it takes the slinky and nearly breaks it. Very early on, the anime does not know what it really wants to be; one scenario has a tender moment between a grandmother and her grandchild only to have the next piece of dialogue revolve around potty humor. The next episode has intermittent joking that is not as jarring but the episode following becomes nothing but humor despite the drama surrounding it all. This problem is finally corrected by the fourth episode onward, so the tonal issues leave, but that kink in the slinky always remains and is therefore never forgotten.

Throughout the drama, comedy, and world-building elements, the anime plays with its theme of memories. What is interesting is how the title plays into it all. An anime’s title is synonymous with the “face” of the show, meaning careful consideration is given to it. Here, calling the memories “plastic” might seem like a reference to the Giftias and their robotic status, but it is more profound than this. Plastic is a material that is not biodegradable; it fails to erode or fade no matter what happens to it, and the same can be said of memories. They last a lifetime, long after the moment passes, shaping a person’s life for the better. They occur in the past, are remembered in the present, and affect the future, giving them the power they hold. In Plastic Memories’ case, memories do the same; the show depicts recollections of previous happenings, provides new ones in the form of lap naps and a Ferris wheel, and preserves them in a tiny yet personable diary. The beginning bogs down this type of thinking due to being funny rather than serious, and by the end it is not immediately clear how everlasting memories are due to the romantic relationship that gains a lot of the focus, but the anime at least demonstrates how important such a concept truly is.

Plastic Memories takes place mostly at the on-site location where Tsukasa, Isla, and the rest work, as well as the dorm rooms that house them. However, the show does deviate from the norm by having the characters visit amusement parks, local cafes, shopping malls, movie theaters, and other parts of the main premises. The lighting is often appropriate, camera work is nothing special, and reaction faces are aplenty to fall in line with the reactionary comedy.