Café “Kuronekotei” boasts an unusual roster of employees. A group of automata, or autonomous mechanical dolls, serve their patrons with a smile, but they weren’t always so suited to domestic life. Just a few years prior, automata served as weapons in the great war, fulfilling the bloody purpose for which they were created. Now that the war has ended, these machines with human hearts search for their place in an unfamiliar, peaceful world — and their search begins at the Kuronekotei café.
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Note: Prima Doll was streamed 5 days in advance of the TV broadcast on ABEMA beginning July 3, 2022. Regular broadcasting began on July 9, 2022.
A story about trauma and permanent damage, told through cute robot girls doing cute things
This has probably been the least talked-about of the Key anime that's come out recently likely because it didn't have Jun Maeda on the board, which led to a different-feeling anime that's got different strengths and weaknesses compared to Key's previous outings in the length.
Prima Doll instead had…
Saccharine, soulless, and doesn't make more use of its premise. Too cloying for its own good.
Dear lord, _Prima Doll_ as a show annoyed me so much that I honestly just can't hold my feelings on it back any longer. Boy, am I glad to be done with this show. _Prima Doll_ is a new multimedia franchise created by the company Visual Arts/Key, who many will know as the people who created beloved vi…