Story (7/10) Good
More Specifically (7.50/10)
The story for Gangsta is good mix of Gang related crews and supernatural scientifically enhanced humans this is what makes it different. I've already read the manga and I'm caught up so as a manga reader watching this anime adaptation nothing surprised me, it was more a refresher to the story and if Manglobe is staying accurate the the original source material and as far as it looks they quite a good job but the I do think they shouldn't have ended the season right were they did a little bit further where u know who dies in the manga and you know who get's reveal as a bad guy is where I think they should have ended it, yes that would be a cliff hanger ending but what they gave us instead is a cliff hanger of an ending also, at least where I want them to end it would have made a season finale look more reasonable. To not spoil anymore this anime ends on chapter 28 of the manga when I feel it should have ended on chapter like 33. But I guess they chose 28 because that's the end of a volume and they felt it was a good stopping point which is fair enough.
Art and Animation (7/10) Good
More Specifically (7.25/10)
The Art in the anime was definitely more weird at times than normal. The art style for this anime on down times and the high points definitely looked way better in the manga and that's not usually the case these days so I'm disappointed that it ended up looking like how it did. The animation was ok also it was fine but I've seen better from Manglobe (Deadman Wonderland for example) so I'm also disappointed that it could be as good as their previous work.
Sound (9/10) Great
The sound is obviously the best thing for the anime. The anime opening is one of my favorites this anime season, the BGM is probably the best the anime season, the voice actors during dramatic scenes did an outstanding job (JP VA) and the sound effects for the sword play and gun play sound authentic.
Characters (8/10) Very Good
The characters in Gangsta are all really great, if you get to know their back story because there is a lot of characters in the series and with the amount of episodes they have not every single character gets enough screen time for the viewer to know them by name instantly when seen. But I can assure you that they are all great characters even if this anime couldn't go into the amount of detail I think they deserved in order for all viewers to see what I see in them you kind of have to read the manga unfortunately to get a full understanding of them all. But as far as what we get from the main group I do think a little bit too much screen time went to Alex personally. Also one certain thing they completely removed from the manga that was the fact that Worick would kind around with Alex and grab her butt and boobs as a joke and then Alex would hit him, he did this multiple times in the manga and it was funny but it doesn't even exist in the anime version I have no reasonable clue why they would take it out of it's a seinen anime at the end of the day stay authentic.
Enjoyment (8/10) Very Good
I damn near kept up with Gangsta every week ready and excited to watch an episode especially have the bomb ass opening how can you not be hyped to watch the episode have listening to that opening!? Anyway I forgot how much dialogue was in the series vs actually physical conflict and fight scenes. So there were quite a few episodes of just characters just talking the entire episode and since I've already read the manga and as I said before the art style was better in the manga these scenes definitely got a bit boring to me which is why enjoyment only gets up to an 8.
Overall (7/10) Good
More Specifically (7.95/10) Good+
The adaptation of Gangsta is a good one, could they have done better in the art style and animation department? FUCK YES, but as far as an adaptation this still very good. They obviously didn't try to wrap it up and do an anime original ending leaving us on a cliffhanger of a season finale which would make you assume a season 2 was at least taken into consideration. But knowing where the manga stands season 2 isn't coming anytime soon people as this is the Attack on Titan effect we are dealing with here.. a monthly manga. Anyway getting back to this season it was very good nothing more or less to say about it!
