It's simple, clean fun, but also clear cut.
It's main purpose is to make the world of the video game alive and it manages that perfectly. It deconstructs concepts from the video game every other episode, and thus gives them more meaning.
Characters are simple, but not stereotypes. They have clear motivations and goals, and their connections become more and more meaningful as the time goes by. Bonus points for having non talking characters and gag villains actually developed.
The animation is extremely limited, but the art is very expressive, well directed and captures atmosphere perfectly.
Still one of the most enjoyable adventure shows in anime, later seasons went off the rails without the guidance of Takeshi Shudo, but what is here is as good as ever.
