A mecha show with a unique concept done almost entirely in CG. What could go wrong?

Revisions begins in Shibuya, focusing in on second-year Daisuke Toujima. In the past, he was abducted then saved by a mysterious woman. He was told that it was his destiny that he would protect everyone from some unknown event in the future. Now, in the year 2017, the entire city of Shibuya gets transported 300 years into the future. Giant robots that come from the wasteland beyond the borders of the city start obliterating the shocked populous. The unknown woman then confronts Kaisuke again all these years later with a mech called a “String Puppet,” to go against the “Revisions”. Now, Daisuke and his companions have to find a solution to fight off the revisions while trying to bring the city back to their original time.

First and foremost, the most prominent feature of this entire ONA is the CG aspect of the show. It’s not incredible, but also it's done very competently. The CG never went into the uncanny valley at any point. It just seemed like a normal anime. Not as beautiful or elegant as Houseki No Kuni, but it had its own moments shown in its fight scenes. It may sound like it's being downplayed, but it should be stated that this could be a big step in the future of CG anime. It looks good and is well made, if this is ever normalized, then it would truly bring out the best in what the medium of CG has to offer.

The main gripe of this show lies within its characters. Every character is awful in most regards. Although most of the complaints come from its main character. Daisuke himself. So his whole deal was that he was told at a young age that he was destined to protect everyone. And Daisuke took it far beyond the logical extreme. It’s taken to the point where one can compare him to a doomsday prepper. He has a copious amount of preserved food in his home. He’s hyper-defensive of his friends and protecting everyone to the point of random bouts of violence. In a good amount of his scenes, he mentions that it's his destiny to protect everyone, and uses that as justification to go do stupid things. During the events of the show, he runs headfirst into dangerous situations often and normally ruins things for everyone. He literally kills people by accident during one of his lack of planning and headstrong idiot nature. He’s also very self-entitled, believing that he is the leader for almost no reason other than that he feels he deserves it.

The side characters and villains are more tolerable though. Not because they're better, but because they're just cardboard cutouts. All four of Daisuke’s friends don’t really like him at all, and frequently complain about his actions and headspace. It doesn't even seem like their friends, but the show hits us over the head with the themes of teamwork and friendship. The villains are better written than the main group though. They seem to have more interesting individual motivations behind everything, along with some interesting character design. Almost nothing is accomplished between them, but they had a decent amount of potential.

While watching this show, at least during the first couple of episodes, the concept drives everything. It was super interesting to how everyone reacts to an entire city being transported to the future. One would think that there would be chaos in the streets. Like in so many other apocalypse stories before. But instead, the city organizes a provisional government. They keep track of everything, try to help find a way back to their time, and keep the peace. And the most interesting part is that people still listen to them, because otherwise it means certain death by giant robot. Some very smart things are done in regards to this provisional government and feels like the best idea the show had.

In conclusion, Revisions relies on mostly its concept and CG animation, which by itself is noteworthy. Although, the characters in the show bring the show to a lower level to the point of annoyance. It has ideas, but mostly wasted or not lived to its full potential here. Not enough to keep me interested. Watch it if you wanna see good CG shows. This is a Netflix show and was released all at once, so look there if you're interested. It’s a 6 out of 10. This has been your spoiler free but not really review on Revisions.