Coppelion First Episode Impression

Synopsis:

Coppelion takes place in the not-so-distant future as a catastrophic event has turned the old capital of Japan into a wasteland, forever changing the lives of its people. Decades later, three schoolgirls set foot into the now forsaken city. They are the Coppelion, genetically engineered humans created by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces to operate under the lethal conditions of the contaminated city. Trained since birth, the girls must use all of their skills and resources to carry out their one and only mission: to rescue those left behind.

Coppelion is one the anime that I have been waiting for since 2011, but since the tragedy that befall Japan on that year, it was moved and I had never heard a news about it, not until in the mid season of spring.   “Ibara, Aoi and Taeko are a breed of genetically engineered beings known as the Coppelion who embark on often dangerous missions to restore hope and rescue people from the forsaken city. Plenty of action and unique characters are in store as the girls slowly uncover the Old Capital’s dark secrets!” 

After a few minutes of the episode I am already hooked to the story has already given me enough information to that makes want to come back for more. The three girls, Ibara, Aoi and Taeko, all come across as regular school girls who just happen to be able to survive in a radioactive surrounding, but I feel like there is much more to it. They also appear to have a thirst to help other that I am sure will be even more important as the series develops.

The character's animation is well acted and it goes the same with the voice acting of the seiyuus   Hanazawa, Kana,   Akesaka, Satomi , Tomatsu, Haruka for Aoi, Teako and Naruse respectively.  They had teenage quirks, but they also had much more sides than that and knew how to balance them around. The narrative also rocks, and it built up to this really good climax there at the end. This could very easily become GoHands’ best work at this rate.


With this only being the first episode I have high hopes. The plot of the Coppelion appears to be solid and from what I have so far it should have plenty of depth to carry the series relatively far. The girls are created with enough normal characteristics to make them very assess-able and at the same time I know there must be something very special about them that we just haven’t seen yet. I am looking forward to discover more about this series.