A.D. Police (TV)

First things first, I'm a big fan of the 80's and 90's anime.
I watched the prequel "AD Police" and comparing to that one which was darker and capturing more chaotic outlook of future, this one has a "solid" story and focuses more on police work and drama that life as a police officer in 2020 brings.
Story 8/10
I see that many complain about "same damn thing happening" well they are the police who deals with boomers gone haywire, so ofc, the base of every story is going to be just that. But as you go further, the plot thickens as they are chasing the criminal who ... is smart and cunning. I loved the story, to be honest, it has a lot of unexpected moments.
Characters 8/10
Kenji is a hot-shot, always getting into troubles and jumping into danger, not thinking about anything. That was my first take on this character, however, there is a reason for that, and as you watch episodes you learn about his pain and his bad luck of losing partners.
Hans is my favorite. I can't say much without spoiling, so I won't. He's an easy-going, likable character, who as well as Kenji has a personal story. He is assigned to be his partner.
Other characters I liked also, and I think they are developed well.
Art 7/10
Again, big fan of the old animation.
Sound 8/10
Good compilation of soundtracks, fitting of every moment in anime, goes hand in hand with evoking "feels."
Enjoyment 8/10
I measure the enjoyment by how fast I watched; It kept my interest, so I was able to finish it very quickly.
Overall 8/10
I didn't expect that I would love it this much cause I saw many discouraging reviews here, but I decided to give it a shot and was not disappointed.

After tokyo was destroyed by an earthquake the city was rebuild into genom city useing cyborgs called voomers.Over time these voomers began to malfunction and take on the name boomers, a special task force called the AD police was established to handle all boomer related incidents.

After Kenji Sasaki losses yet another partner he is then paired with an ex-german officer named Hans Kleif,the two of them dont get along as they are so completely different;kenji is the loner who sticks to himself while hans is the extrovert who speaks his mind.Their relationship gets even more complicated as Hans who lost his memory in ... a supposed shooting incident has a dark secret which not even he knows.

This anime is by no means great or special in any way but it did manage to keep my attention for the full twelve episodes.The characters although not memorable are realistic in their roles and come across as convincing.The animation despite a few flaws is quite good with detailed character drawing and background.The action is your standard shoot and destroy which wasnt bad but wasnt great.The music is a mixture of jazz and soft rock and i especially liked the closeing theme.Overall a reasonably good show.

To sum up my anime viewing lately in a single word, nostalgic does the trick. I'm not exactly current, even my Netflix views have been a season or two overdue for a while. And just this week I blew the dust off an interesting entry in the Stack; the one I almost watched back in the day.

I came across A.D. Police back when I was still a new otaku and had just upgraded to DVDs for my media enjoyment. I would see it on the shelf there in Sam Goody (ahh, memories, right?) and really thought it would be something I would ... like. Well I never actually walked out of the store with it and it was even on my Amazon wishlist for while.

Finally, this summer I got it on Blu-ray so once and for all I can say...

Yeah, it's not bad. Definitely older looking by current standards, the style that I fell in love with when I first got into the genre. While not a life changing experience, I enjoyed the show. Music is good, intro and outro are catchy, story's paced pretty well, good amount of action. Not reliant on fan service or bad jokes involved therein. Just a softcore cyberpunk viewing pleasure.

I'm honestly surprised I didn't get it back in the day and watch it then. I would've gotten into the Bubblegum Crisis universe sooner. Recommended for your nostalgia wave.