Animation: Holds up really well if you excuse the 4:3 aspect ratio.
Characters: They're actually pretty good and likable.
Story: The story is pretty good for the first 8-10 episodes and maybe a few more in the middle. Sadly though around episode 16-19 the story begins to drag heavily feeling similar to One Piece. The last episodes get worse becoming even slower and more drawn out but if you manage to hold out until the last episode you'll realize it was 100% NOT worth it in the slightest.
Many of the fights are very anticlimactic and poorly paced, and the ending feels very shoe-horned and odd (in a bad way) leaving you with a very bitter taste in your mouth knowing so much could have been done and that this probably wasn't the intended ending.
This sentence is now obsolete due to very strict spoiler criteria: Due to the ending, explaining why it's so bad without spoiling it is incredibly difficult (for me at least) so you'll either have to watch it or trust me (one of the few who didn't like it). So in a twist this review might actually get you to watch it and be extremely disappointed.
