About

Wonder Egg Priority is a fantasy and psychological horror anime series created by Cloverworks. The story follows Ai Ohto, a girl who has lost her friend to suicide, who received a "wonder egg" from a gachapon machine. At night, the egg opens and Ai is brought into a dream world where she must protect the girl inside the egg from evil creatures. The girl in the egg says that if she protects enough of the girls inside the eggs, she may be able to bring her friend back to life. Along the way, Ai meets others in the same situation.

History

Wonder Egg Priority was announced in late 2020. It is created and written by Shinji Nojima, with Cloverworks, Aniplex, and Nippon Television producing.^[1] The first trailer for the series was released December 17th, 2020 (English sub version shown below).

The first season of the series ran twelve episodes from January 13th, 2021 to March 31st, 2021. A special episode is scheduled to air on June 30th.

Reception

Wonder Egg Priority was widely praised upon its release by anime fans. The show has an 8.4/10 user rating on My Anime List^[2] and an 8.5/10 rating on IMDb.^[3] In a positive review, Polygon^[4] wrote:

This is an anime with the potential for all-timer status, though there’s a sense it could fall apart as writers continue to pick at incredibly uncomfortable material. It’s unknown whether Wakabayashi and company will stick the landing, but it’s rare that a series comes out of the gates as consistently exciting, challenging and gorgeously-animated as this. Wonder Egg Priority is like many things that came before, but right now, nothing else is like it.

Online Presence

Wonder Egg Priority has generated a significant fan following online. In addition to its 67,000 user reviews on My Anime List,^[2] the show's subreddit, created October 8th, 2020,^[5] has amassed over 9,600 subscribers as of March 31st, 2021. The show has also has inspired some memes; for example, on February 17th, 2021, Twitter user @waybright_^[6] posted an I can still hear his voice meme about the show, gaining over 180 retweets and 550 likes (shown below, left). On January 14th, 2021, KnowYourMeme user ravenlolanth posted a protect meme about Ai, gaining over 800 views (shown below, right).

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