The third season of Love Death + Robots came out recently, so it’s time to update the list.
The show is an anthology series, meaning there is no ongoing story between episodes. Each episode takes place in it’s own universe, with a unique animation style, and ranging between 5-17 minutes in length. The only thing all of them have in common is the concept of Love, the concept of Death, and some form of Robot.
I’m going to rank each episode of on four separate 10-point scales, Love, Death, Robots, and Art Style.
For Love, I’m not only referring romantic love, but also the idea of how fun the episode is, whether it’s funny, etc.
For Death, I’m really talking about how dramatic the episode is, how the action ranks, etc.
For Robots, the rank is based on how interesting the science fiction element is. Not all of them are robots in a C-3PO sense, but they are all a little bit sci-fi.
Lastly, because each one has it’s own animation style, I rank that as well, largely on how visually pleasing it is. Some are overly realistic like a AAA video game, some look like children’s cartoons, but it’s not the realism I’m ranking, just how enjoyable it is to watch.
Then, tie breakers are based on just overall quality of the episode.
Warning: This show is incredibly mature, containing swearing, grotesque violence, and pornographic activity.
Sonnie’s Edge
We follow a team in an underground fighting ring, except the fighter mind-links to a giant terrifying monster. After a clearly wealthy audience member offers a large sum of money to intentionally lose the fight, what happens when they turn him down?
Love – 7
Death – 10
Robots – 7
Animation – 7
Total Score – 31
This episode is incredibly awesome to watch, with big ol’ monsters fighting, and intense women telling old white men off.
Suits
Diary farmers must use their mech suits and weaponized homesteads to fight back a horde of parasitic carnivorous insects.
Love – 7
Death – 8
Robots – 8
Animation – 7
Total Score – 30
Surprisingly, this episode is the most wholesome, with happy marriages and friendly neighbors. Even though this isn’t the highest rated episode, it might actually be my favorite.
Lucky 13
This military action story follows a combat pilot and her ship, the “Lucky 13” as they accomplish various military missions.
Love – 3
Death – 9
Robots – 8
Animation – 9
Total Score – 29
A great underdog story, that hits you right in the feels. Humans will always emotionally connect with inanimate objects.
Three Robots
Three robots explore a “human city” in a post-apocalyptic world, as a vacation. They explore simple human activities like bouncing a ball, serving food, and observing cats.
Love – 6
Death – 5
Robots – 7
Animation – 8
Total Score – 26
Such a funny episode, I’ve never felt so roasted by a bunch of robots.
Three Robots: Exit Strategies
Three robots walk into the post-apocalypse… and take a whirlwind tour of humankind’s last attempts to save itself.
Love – 5
Death – 6
Robots – 7
Art – 8
Total Score – 26
The only sequel episode, but I feel like they deserve it. It’s such a fun poke at humanity, especially at capitalism.
Night of the Mini Dead
A bit of unholy cemetery sex ends badly, kicking off a worldwide zombie plague. It’s the cutest apocalypse you’ll ever see.
Love – 8
Death – 8
Robots – 3
Art – 7
Total Score – 26
Top tier zombie apocalypse. Gets all the tropes, but the style is just so hilarious.
Pop Squad
A cop charged with fighting the scourge of overpopulation is haunted by the human toll of his work.
Love – 8
Death – 6
Robots – 6
Art – 6
Total Score- 26
What if Blade Runner but for babies?
Kill Team Kill
US Special Forces are trained to neutralize any threat — even a cybernetic killing machine created by the CIA. Their secret weapon? A sense of humor.
Love – 7
Death – 8
Robots – 6
Art – 4
Total Score – 25
Time to kill a robot grizzly y’all.
Sucker of Souls
A scientist and his hired team of mercenaries find the tomb of Dracula himself. Unfortunately, this version of Dracula is not much of a conversationalist.
Love – 5
Death – 8
Robots – 3
Animation – 8
Total Score – 24
You know, watching Castlevania and this episode makes me really feel the need to find more awesome Dracula-based stories.
Good Hunting
How do monsters and monster hunters move forward in the world, as the industrial revolution, steampunk technology, and English colonialism tear through China?
Love – 5
Death – 4
Robots – 8
Animation – 7
Total Score – 24
The most anime of the bunch, the lore of this fantasy is fascinating and I could watch a whole show based on this.
Bad Traveling
Release the Thanapod! A ship’s crew member sailing an alien ocean strikes a deal with a ravenous monster of the deep.
Love – 1
Death – 9
Robots – 6
Art – 7
Total Score – 23
If nothing else, I’m putting this monster in my D&D campaign.
In Vaulted Halls Entombed
Modern warfare meets elder gods. A special forces squad on a hostage rescue mission finds themselves trapped in a prison containing an age-old evil.
Love – 1
Death – 7
Robots – 8
Art – 7
Total Score – 23
I’m not generally a big fan of Cthulhu stuff, but this does the job pretty well.
The Secret War
In a seemingly WWII setting, a squad of Russian soldiers are looking for nests of incredibly deadly monsters that have taken over the forest. Without air support or reinforcements of any kind, will their mission be a success?
Love – 2
Death – 8
Robots – 4
Animation – 8
Total Score – 22
Classic monster hunter adventure!
Shape-Shifters
Two US Army soldiers, who are also werewolves, have special duties in combat. However, it seems the enemy also has werewolves on their side.
Love – 3
Death – 5
Robots – 7
Animation – 7
Total Score – 22
WEREWOLF FIGHT!
Mason’s Rats
Welcome to the Ratpocalypse! Farmer Mason knows he has a real pest problem when they start shooting back. Bloody hell!
Love – 6
Death – 6
Robots – 5
Art – 5
Total Score – 22
You ever get in an arms race, with rats?
Zima Blue
A world renowned artist, known for his distinctive use of a particular shade of blue, prepares to unveil his ultimate art exhibit, an expression of his true purpose in life.
Love – 3
Death – 4
Robots – 7
Animation – 7
Total Score – 21
This definitely has the most distinctive art style, and honestly deserves a special shoutout for that.
Beyond the Aquila Rift
Astronauts set in their hyperspace coordinates before going into cryo-sleep for the journey. When they wake, they realize they are lightyears away from their intended destination.
Love – 6
Death – 5
Robots – 3
Animation – 7
Total Score – 21
This feels like an alternate version of that Chris Pratt/Jennifer Lawrence movie Passengers.
Snow in the Desert
Every bounty hunter in the galaxy wants a piece of Snow.
Love – 4
Death – 5
Robots – 7
Art – 5
Total Score – 21
What if The Book of Eli, but for immortality?
Fishnight
Two salesmen are stranded in the middle of the desert of Southwest US, when their car breaks down. They are woken up in the middle of the night with colorful visions of ghosts from the sea creatures that once lived there, as it used to be the ocean floor, millions of years ago.
Love – 2
Death – 6
Robots – 2
Animation – 10
Total Score – 20
This episode is the single most beautiful episode in the whole show.
Blindspot
Four cyborgs attempt a train heist. However, it must be completed within the length of a tunnel, and it’s heavily defended.
Love – 4
Death – 8
Robots – 6
Animation – 1
Total Score – 19
Every episode now has less than half of the total possible score, so I don’t love them. This is…fine.
Tall Grass
During a journey across the prairie, a man becomes transfixed by distant, ghostly lights.
Love – 1
Death – 4
Robots – 5
Art – 8
Total Score – 18
Could you imagine if the Midwest was this cool?
Ice
Two brothers far from home join genetically “modded” locals in a deadly race.
Love – 4
Death – 3
Robots – 5
Art – 6
Total Score – 18
This feels like it could slot in nicely into the background of any number of sci-fi stories.
Helping Hand
An astronaut on a spacewalk, attempting to fix a satellite, becomes separated from her spacecraft, and must confront the idea of dying alone in the vast expanse of space.
Love – 1
Death – 6
Robots – 3
Animation – 8
Total Score – 18
An alternate version of that Sandra Bullock movie Gravity.
All Through the House
On Christmas Eve, two kids tiptoe downstairs to catch a glimpse of Santa. A twisted tale for adults only.
Love – 3
Death – 4
Robots – 4
Art – 7
Total Score – 18
What anthology is complete, without a Santa episode, or a Hitler episode?
Alternate Histories
A funny demo of a popular app, Multiversity, which shows potential alternate versions of history based on individual changes. The demo revolves around different ways for Adolf Hitler to have died before WWII.
Love – 8
Death – 1
Robots – 4
Animation – 4
Total Score – 17
This episode definitely stands out for being the weirdest. I genuinely want this app to exist.
Automated Customer Service
If your home-cleaning unit is attempting to murder you, please press 3.
Love – 5
Death – 3
Robots – 7
Art – 2
Total Score – 17
I think the hideous art is supposed to add to the comedy, but it’s just unsettling.
When the Yogurt Took Over
The story of how humanity became subservient to the will of sentient breakfast food.
Love – 5
Death – 2
Robots – 6
Animation – 3
Total Score – 16
Wait…maybe THIS episode is the weirdest? Definitely feels like it’s for children though.
The Very Pulse of the Machine
When an exploratory mission to a Jovian moon ends in disaster, the lone survivor must begin a perilous but mind-expanding journey.
Love – 3
Death – 3
Robots – 4
Art – 5
Total Score – 15
If a machine is made with natural parts, then can a machine be made naturally?
Life Hutch
After crash-landing on a craggy planet, a pilot makes his way to shelter, only to face a threat within.
Love – 1
Death – 3
Robots – 4
Art – 7
Total Score – 15
No creative decisions were made in the making of this short.
The Dump
An old grizzled owner of a city dump explains to the City Inspector why it’s best for everyone if the dump stays where it’s at.
Love – 1
Death – 4
Robots – 3
Animation – 6
Total Score – 14
I don’t mind swearing in my shows, but this was definitely a little gratuitous.
The Witness
A woman witnesses a murder through a window, across the street from her. Now she must run away from the murderer and get help, before he can catch her.
Love – 4
Death – 3
Robots – 5
Animation – 2
Total Score – 14
I got a headache watching this.
Drowned Giant
The body of a colossal young man washes ashore and becomes an object of fascination for the locals.
Love – 2
Death – 3
Robots – 2
Art – 6
Total Score – 13
What if something world-changing happened, and people quickly lost interest?
Swarm
Two human scientists study the secrets of an ancient alien entity — but soon learn the horrible price of survival in a hostile universe.
Love – 2
Death – 3
Robots – 4
Art – 3
Total Score – 12
This was a really cool idea, that had a very boring exploration.
Ice Age
A couple move into a house with an old timey icebox-style refrigerator. As they open the freezer, they find a small simulacrum of civilization, which seems to move a the rate of 10 years per second.
Love – 2
Death – 3
Robots – 3
Animation – 2
Total Score – 10
WHY AREN’T THEY MORE FREAKED OUT?? They are so relaxed with this terrifying existence.
Jibaro
A deaf knight and a siren of myth become entwined in a deadly dance. A fatal attraction infused with blood, death, and treasure.
Love – 1
Death – 3
Robots – 2
Art – 3
Total Score – 9
Maybe this has significance in a culture I’m not familiar with, but it just was weird, and hard to watch.
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