Eve no Jikan

[ai-chan]

Genres: science fiction
Themes: androids

In the not too distant future androids have come into common usage. Taking the androids for granted, humans treat them as if they were common everyday tools, while on the other hand, some people empathize with androids due to their human-like appearance (save for a digital ring floating above their heads). This has become a social problem and these people are frowned upon as a result. Rikuo, one who has taken androids for granted for his entire life, one day discovers that Sammy, his home android, has been acting strangely and finds a strange phrase recorded in her activity log. He, along with his friend Masaki, traces Sammy's footsteps and come upon an unusual cafe. This cafe's main rule is to not discriminate between humans and androids.

[6pack]

I saw this + the movie (which is a condensed version of the series). Its amazingly good.  :thumbsup:

[ai-chan]

The series/movie is based on the novels written by Isaac Asimov (I've been a big fan of his work since I was a kid!)

Isaac Asimov made the three laws of robotics, which were used extensively in his work (and in this series as well):

• A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being come into harm.
• A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders conflict with the first law.
• A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law.