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To be honest, I probably got my hopes up too high when I heard Taishi's Ongaku Shoujo project was being adapted by Studio DEEN into an OVA for Anime Mirai 2015. I've been a huge fan of his music for several years now, and was excited to see it finally come to life. Unfortunately, as most small project adaptations go, it was the typical "cool to see but not very good".

Story - Fated meetings with transfer students, moving into a shared room, discovering a roommate's secret talent, working hard together only to find that one of them is moving to another country and didn't tell ... them, pulling through anyway... all rather cliche tropes. They don't even count as spoilers at this point, that's how cliche they are.

Art - Nice backgrounds and visual style, though I found it strange that they made the characters' skin literally glow. The animation at some points was choppy, and, in true DEEN style, had little connection with reality. Also, wet clothes apparently aren't a thing until it's time for them to come off...

Sound - As I mentioned before, Taishi is one of my favourite artists, so I'm probably a bit biased here, but I'll try. General soundtrack was not particularly spectacular. The songs were okay, definitely not his best works. The finale song however was somewhat disappointing compared with the teaser sample he released on niconico earlier, probably because of the nature of the scene itself. That being said I wouldn't hesitate to acquire and listen to the full version (not edited with reverb etc. for the anime).

Character - Again, as far as tropes go they're stock standard. Not much to be said about casting choice, as they used the original singers/VAs. Voice acting wasn't particularly outstanding either

Enjoyment - Was okay, but it wouldn't be first port of call if I was looking for something nice to watch when bored or procrastinating.

Overall - 5/10, would not watch again, would not recommend. I do appreciate the fact that the adaptation actually happened, but as far as expectations go I was rather disappointed with the end result. Anime Mirai OVAs have a reputation of being above par (such as Wasurenagumo by IG, Death Billiards) as new directors experiment, but this evidently wasn't one

Plot: Rushes some bits in a fashion that would make anyone think "damn that was too easy". As soon as the plot twist passed, everything was easily predicted up to the end. Urobuchi throws in some philosophy regarding the nature and definition of what it is to be human, but is not particularly deep or view changing.

Art: Nicely detailed, although some parts were grossly oversimplified in the process of rendering it as cel-shaded. The characters were well rendered; imitating the look of traditional animation with CG is no easy feat, as Mekakucity actor's amazing flop demonstrates.

Animation: Very good CG, but the deliberate use of ... 6fps for the main animation was a poor decision in my opinion. While they were able to imitate the feel of animation, throwing away the strongest point of CG animation seemed to be a huge waste, especially in fast paced action scenes where it would've been amazing. Character animation was mediocre; their movements lacked fluidity and felt more like the movement of jerky puppets.

Soundtrack: Full of energy and carefully timed to match the scene. However, some parts gave the vibe of "trying too hard" and grated. The main theme was nice, but other than the action scenes, nothing really stood out as great.

Characters: Typical character design, not outstanding. The two main protagonists receive the most attention, but remain uninspired. Angela is the typical rash, bratty brat (voiced by the one and only Kugimiya), who undergoes some form of character development towards the end. Dingo on the other hand is the wise and witty freelancer who does as he pleases. What works well is their interaction, which seems natural and unforced, testament to Urobuchi's writing skills. The outfit designs themselves are unimpressive. Angela's quintessential "cyber citizen" outfit was not only ridiculous and unnecessary, it was absolutely stupid. What sort of organisation equips their agents with a swimsuit with glowsticks when they're sent to a barren desert-earth to search for a rogue hacker? As for Dingo, I wouldn't be surprised if they had pulled his outfit straight out of an old cowboy film, and replaced his hat.