Anyway do I think the story is good, Kinda? well the story is there is there is a Virus and People need to go get a cure from the Terra Formar, which are evolved cockroaches that look like cavemen. The first thing you'd ask yourself is why not get the Virus from the people that died on earth well the story has you covered it tells you that the Virus doesn't duplicate. then your next question is THEN WHATS THE PROBLEM? just accept the people infected as an accepted loss and put them in like a cave or something the virus wont get out, apparently the writer didn't think of that so OFF TO MARS IT IS. Also they use animals for powers which leads to interesting but rule breaking physics; this is the most interesting part of the show by far.
So the Art is it good, Yeah? it's good. It's stylized and has some great art with it's characters. not so much when the cockroaches are in giant groups because it uses really bad CGI and just looks really off. hey I said it was good not perfect. If it was perfect you would see better gore scenes like in the manga but what ever you can't have your cake and eat it too.
How about the sound is that memorable? in a way. The opening does the Attack on Titan thing where it sound bad the first few seconds then it gets going so there is that. The ending is also pretty good it gives the feeling that the show has ended again it's a rock song keeping with the theme of being badass. Outside of the parts where the cockroaches show up and gives this frightening beat the music is really forgettable I don't even know if there was music to be honest.
One of the main problems I had watching the show was that it didn't give me the feeling that the characters where important. Until the later episodes when they where giving backstory to characters when they do something which didn't really happen in the manga... that much. I know why they did it this way but still doesn't mean I will like it. outside of that the characters are well written they make you feel for them and shows that the world in which the characters come from isn't pretty and has many real world problems. also more than likely your favorite character in this show will be because of your sexual interest and nationalism since this show is not about just Japanese people it shows how the world needs to come together and help, it will be spoilers if I continue since there is politics but it's only in the manga.
Was the show enjoyable? Yeah it was actually if you don't think or if you just want to see gore it's not bad I liked the show. it's nothing SUPER but it's entertaining and interesting if you don't think about the physics and logic too much and just expand your imagination a bit. I believe you would enjoy the show if you: have read the manga, just want to see some gore, want to see animal superpowers, or want to see an interesting idea done pretty well.
Overall the manga was better; if you want to get into this series read the manga. If you don't want to read then at least watch the OVA first since that is how it was in the manga, and you will like this show a bit more which will make it less likely for you to drop it and put it in your BAD LIST. Also spoilers it ends with a "Read the Manga" ending or "Wait for Season 2" ending.
Well hoped this helped you decide in watching Terra Formars see you next time
