Hamatora the Animation takes place in the world where people are born inequal. Sounds vaguely familiar. I think I've seen this before. /looks around/
Hamatora the Animation takes place in the world where some of the powerful have The Idea how the world should be made right. Now /this/, depending on what they have in mind and how far they are ready to go, just might become interesting.
Did it? Well, it depends. On a surface it's somewhat entertaining story, with a few plot twists and a few seemingly random episodes (beach!), presented in bright acid-colored animation. Not bad overall, not particularly good either. On the other hand though underlying themes felt unusually relevant.
To give a brief overview: Outlook on the world and personal relations of those strong and weak. Power and responsibility (or lack of thereof). Different perspectives of those on top, those striving to move up and those who just want anything not fitting in their little world to disappear. Xenophobia. Dismantling security as a necessary condition to bring changes to society... Some of it was pretty far-fetched, some almost scary in its realism.
I can't say the themes were developed very well. At the end preaching of main villain became simply annoying, so forceful and repetitive it was, but I have to commend authors for a decent attempt regardless.
To sum it up, for me it was one of those titles which don't look like much on the outside, but at the same time have enough hooks and sharp edges to wake up your mind and a bucketload of messy social issues to chew on if you are so inclined.
