I almost passed this anime up, but decided to preview a few episodes after reading other member reviews. Okay... I was hooked by the end of the 1st episode. The whole series is Saturday afternoon matinee adventure good as in never stopped having a good time all the way through to the ending credits. I kept wanting to watch the next episode right away because there was so much happening and ended up watching the whole series in two days. (You've been warned.)
The story is really well told and the characters are wonderfully complex. Seems to move forward at a really fast pace and even what might be predictable just doesn't feel that way. Character design is a bit stylized (1990's?). Took a bit of time to get comfortable with that.
Konishi Katsuyuki (one of my favorites) is the voice actor for Toya. Excellent casting. However, it actually took a while to realize Toya's "voice" is done by Konishi. I guess that's just indicative of the range available to a really good actor.
