Shiritsutantei: Toki Shouzou Trouble Note - Hard & Loose

This is a manly anime about a very masculine private detective who likes boxing, women, drinking, betting on the ponies, and other things that make a man a real man. Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous. If you want to watch a somewhat entertaining Japanese anime take on old American hardboiled detective stories then please feel free to check this out. It's lacking in story quality and the animation is...rudimentary...but they do get the atmosphere right. It's a decent adventure through late night bars, shady meetings with sketchy clients, some solid male bonding accomplished through violence, and a bit of casual sex on the side. As long ... as you're not expecting a satisfying conclusion to the story and just want to be distracted for 45 minutes then this is just fine. But I really can't say it actually deserves a decent score given the overall cheap feel of the production and lack of interest in coming up with a decent script.