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Time of Eve
Finished Airing Movie PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Time of Eve

Eve no Jikan (Movie) · 2010

In this cafe, humans and androids are equal.

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StatusFinished Airing SeasonWinter 2010 StudioStudio Rikka SourceOriginal
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Androids are common household labor and legally required to display a ring above their heads marking them as non-human. Rikuo discovers that his family's android has been visiting a cafe with one rule posted at the door: inside, no distinction is made between humans and robots. Sitting among customers whose status is genuinely unclear, he starts noticing behaviors that his assumptions cannot account for, and the film builds its argument entirely through conversation rather than incident or confrontation. Every assumption he arrives with gets quietly dismantled by ordinary conversation.

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Written and directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura, Time of Eve began as a series of ONA shorts before being recompiled into a feature film. Its central premise, a single space where the human and android distinction is suspended, allows it to examine prejudice and personhood through small interactions rather than science fiction spectacle. The film earned strong critical reception and remains a frequently recommended entry point for viewers seeking thoughtful, low-key science fiction that engages seriously with artificial intelligence as a social question. Its restraint is exactly what makes its argument about personhood so effective.
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