CHARACTERS: The characters could easily be reduced to one dimensional tropes, but instead they’re all very interesting. I never felt cheated by this anime in the area of character development. One character in particular is meant to be perfect, but an episode focuses on their own failings.
ANIMATION: I don’t generally like 3D rendered anime. But I found that in this anime the 3D style greatly increases its allure. The characters are in constant motion, and it seems realistic as compared to possibilities from 2D animation. In other words, they really do seem more advanced. It’s particularly gorgeous when the characters are in specific lighting and their hair shines, reflecting all over everything. Color, lighting, materials all play a valuable part of this anime. The manga is very plain. This was a very welcome improvement!
SOUND: The music that plays whenever the Lunarians appear is really eerie and beautiful. I also enjoyed the voice acting, as the main characters are genderless, so it must have been tough to cast a neutral sounding group of people. Even so, many characters definitely lean towards one gender or the other, and that is sometimes reflected in their voices.
