His current soul is a copied version of his original consciousness, meaning he has no “real” body and no “real” soul, he’s Rick yet he isn’t Rick. Another member of the group, Rick – another Evertrancer, adds some more layers regarding this “self-existent” theme as well. Throughout the series, it’s his personal journey of finding out who he was, and whether or not he’s still Ido the Excavator or the embodiment of his past real self. Ido has no recollection of his past, and his ID was erased (hence ID-0). They lost their physical body forms due to different circumstances, thus the I-Machine bodies are their owns now, called Evertrancers.

The Escavate team, a team of Orichalt-pirate, contain many exceptions to that rules. Loose the I-Machines and they will trance their mind back to their original body. The first implication from the show’s concept, which perfectly aligned with the lead Ido’s main character arc – is how much of this I-Machines version independent from its host? Are they the same identity with the host body, or are they their own selves? Normally, it shouldn’t be a problem since human uses I-Machines as a means to perform work in harsh environments. It’s important to remember those two details since the show explores its theme from there.

In order to look out for more Orichalt, human creates “I-Machines”, the giant robot that is functioned by transferring human consciousness into robot’s operating systems – a robot body with human mind. The discovery of the Orichalt – the red crystalline mineral that floating in space – has allowed humanity to travel through space and live outside other planets. ID-0 also succeeds on introducing their main concepts that not only plausible on the surface, it hints on deeper implications regarding those concepts and the show handles those issues competently. Both in terms of productions, worldbuilding storytelling or characters’ development, they’re all above par. I originally took it as nothing more than fun spooky little-seen show until I realized that ID-0 is a well-crafted one. ID-0 has many hassles that keeps viewers away from watching it: Netflix exclusive, full CG animation and a plot that just plain weird and a bit incomprehensive at first view. Here comes one of the most under-appreciated anime of this Spring season.

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