The year is 2115. Wei Qin, the commander of the border troops, went to the Fortress to participate in the selection of the elected official and to secretly investigate those responsible for the Border incident. At the same time, Yuan Yi, launches a major revolt. As the plot progresses, all parties are involved in this quest. Will Wei Qin succeed?
This Chinese animation did have one hell of a start. Its setting and storyline is something you will rarely see today and the OPening builds up the hype even more. The world, as you used to know it, is no more, people now have to work together to survive, world government is now a thing, but it hardly changes anything, discrimination still takes place and there are quite many, who want to overthrow the government. And, on top of that, the humanity is on the brink of destruction; it has nearly been destroyed and it might be destroyed once again. After the first attack of an organization called The Heavenly Palace, millions died, our planet changed so much that it would be impossible for you to imagine all the changes and many many more. However, the most important thing to mention here is the fact that the first attack of The Heavenly Palace also gives the humanity the power to fight back. This power causes mutations, which give its host the power unimaginable.
But to temperate this power, the time is needed. Hence, those who have the power will have to leave behind an offspring, so that humanity is able to master the power to destroy the initial aggressor. And that is what this Chinese animation is about. While this Chinese animation has some 10/10 story material, it fails in many ways, making this story average, at best. I am not going to mention the animation, which is somewhat bad and might already be the reason for many to never watch this series, I am going to focus more on the characters and the storyline.
Both the storyline and the characters have the same problems. It feels as if the creator does not know what they want, the story always shifts its emphasis from one thing to another and does not give any explanations whatsoever. I would not, however, say that the story is the main problem; it has its flaws, but they are not that fatal. The main problem of this Chinese animation is the characters, or more like the only female protagonist of this series, she is so plain average that it is impossible to watch this series. She feels like an empty puppet with no emotions and no feelings. She receives close to none development and is just unbearable boring.
Overall, the only reason my overall score is 5/10 is that METAMAN has quite an interesting storyline, but there are still so many flaws this series has that it is difficult to give it anything more than 5/10.
