Too bad, however, that the animation can't match up. While the art is interesting to look at, the animation is very stilted and janky, poorly storyboarded, and that just lessens the experience.
Getting away from the art, and you are left with the story. Well, what passes for a story at least - which is to say, not much. Slacker Boy runs into Irrepressible Spirit Girl (a la "Who's That Girl"), they get their hands on some mysterious orb that the government goons are trying to recover, and they end up on a chase across Southern California. But it's not a very interesting chase, and there really isn't much of a payoff at the end, and there really isn't a growing chemistry between the two misfits. Probably because this is just 45 minutes long, which doesn't present much of an opportunity for any sort of serious character building or story development.
So, in the end you are left with looking at the interesting artwork style (probably this might have worked better as a manga, methinks), and commenting on how well (or not) the Japanese did in referencing the look and feel of SoCal.
