Outstanding anime, this is my absolute favorite of this year along with Made in Abyss.
Story :
The premise of the story makes it sound like something you wouldn't expect at all after you're done watching this. It's really misleading, making people think this would be another "cute" anime centered around girly characters. Oh it's everything I just described and so much more.
It starts slowly, developing the main character takes a good chunk of episodes and initially I felt unsure as to why were we supposed to get attached to her. You understand why very soon.
Throughout the story it did a job of explaining the nature of this setting and how it comes to be, though be wary of cliffhangers, they're an absolute killer. It does a good job of making the world immersive raising questions after an episode. Even after this first season, one of the entities remains a mystery to the viewers that aren't familiar to the manga, and in a very good way.
Art :
Wow! It's CGI, expect way better than we've seen before. I loved every minute of it, and there are some outstanding shots in the anime that do the manga a lot of justice. The cinematography is outstanding, especially in one particular episode (you'll know which soon), they've outdone themselves and whoever tried CGI before. Good job to studio Orange.
Sound :
Ahhh, loved the OP. It's very calming, a soothing voice. The ED is just as good, do listen to the full version of those on Youtube, really nice.
The voice acting is very good, especially the main character and the best girl of the show, loved them. Battle sounds, overall scenery and the music is done really well and it blends in with the scenes.
Character :
It has a very nice cast of different characters, each with their own virtues, humor and troubles. Not all of them are well developed in this first season, time constraints in mind, but those that do get a lot of screen time are very enjoyable, and funny.
Overall :
This was a great experience, and I intentionally left the character section somewhat empty as I would love for you to go in without any spoilers in this show, it's outstanding. I loved every moment of it and will be jealous of you for having the pleasure of watching it for the first time.
10/10
