Characters 7/10: Philly the Kid, Sam, and Casey are all fun to watch however the problem with all the characters in the show who have the focus ,and even some of the side characters who are only in it for one episode, is that they just don't get enough backstory. honestly the biggest problem with this anime overall is probably the fact that it feels like it's rushing through the story as if netflix didn't want to take the risk to have this be a few more episodes long which it really needed to be a perfect season. The main Trio really is a riot to watch and if you just watched it for the episodic rambunctious Adventures there really wouldn't be a problem. they have good chemistry together. Philly although he is a clown a lot of the times when he has his badass moments they're really badass, Sam's slow and subtle journey of becoming more and more human while also being one of the most happy and kindest people in the world really brings the heartwarming aspect of the show, and Casey is what I would call the middle ground between the two as she's not too serious but she also isn't as naive and ditzy as Sam. And for the rest of the characters they're okay but there honestly isn't much to talk about the villains didn't have enough time to get flushed out. one of the characters named nine who's supposed to be sort of a part of the main group didn't actually end up joining them for real until later on in the series towards the end, and the characters for the subplot the prince his guardian and a prisoner they captured also didn't have enough time to actually get anything interesting from them it felt like connections were forged too fast and we didn't get to see how it developed enough.
Art 9/10: the art in the show is fantastic I'm glad Netflix decided not to go with their common CGI. they need to do more stuff like this it had decent sakuga moments Vivid colors cool action scenes and awesome character designs.
Sound design 9/10: how much to say hear the sound design is awesome the OST is great and Netflix is finally making real openings and endings now instead of just one or none
Story 7/10: the story is pretty good but it's like Mona Lisa missing her eyes and hands (no boners for Kira this time) there are certain things like villains introduced with powers that are only vaguely discussed history that sounds really interesting and cool that's only vaguely hinted at but has something to do with the main plot like magic. The main character has a certain aspect of his back store that's only briefly Shone through a few flashbacks and really could have been a good motivator and piece of his character if they decided to dive into it a little more and story hurts because of it. The way how the backstory of a lot of the events that are happening are revealed through really weird ways like the character will end up daydreaming about some important Exposition it just feels clunky and not as smooth as it could have been if they just gave it more time to have these things come up instead of trying to shove them awkwardly into an episode where other things are already happening. Other than that though it's a riot to watch it has an interesting world where the characters go around and help or cause havoc and it's fun for what it is in it 's contained episodes it's just not as smooth in the overarching plot as it could have been.
Overall:8/10: honestly it reminds me of the anime of old where it was just like a fun watch straight through. If it had more time to be flashed out it would have been perfect but as long as there is a season two they can always correct that. Cool world to watch an Explorer with the characters and the characters are never boring on screen and they have a lot of interesting aspects about them. the villains are weak but that could also be corrected with just more backstory, and the action scenes are great. So really it's a great anime but it could be an excellent anime if they just would add the necessary parts to it. Much like the car that the main character uses to drive around
