Starting off with the Story:
Its the era of Industrial Revolution in the Great Britain, The Royal Family is on the verge of collapsing and several people want to rule the Kingdom
All kind of unjust is on the rise
Classism, Poverty, Violence, Corruption, Employee Exploitation, Political Unrest, Illegal Immigrations, Power Abuse etc
Our main cast is working as Spies for the IA and have to handle requests from the Top
Each Episode a different case is taken up ranging from assassinations to simply helping one cross the border
Steampunked, 1970s theme, Old Britain, Revolvers and Mechanical Pistols, Jazz Music and all that good old stuff
I have always been interested in topics like these revolving around Politics & Economics, Bringing down the unjust people who control and rule us, debating right and wrong
So naturally I would like it, I mean its the reason why I decided to watch this anime
in the first place(jk it was the yuri between charlotte & ange that got me in)
Art & Animation:
Amazing...Simply Amazing and Beautiful
I mean just watch the PV and see for yourself
The fight scenes felt real with no Unreal BS where Physics didnt seem to exist
Character Design and London Artwork was BEAUTIFUL
Animation blended in smoothly with no weird rendering or glitched out Objects
Art & Animation is one of the Things that really matters to me...
If an anime has an amazing story or even characters but the Art & Animation is horrible, I wont bother watching it.. I know Im missing out on something amazing but I simply dont want to watch something unappealing to the eyes in the 21st Century
Sound:
Once again Amazing!
Dont believe me, Go watch the first 30 seconds of Episode 1
Probably one of my favorite anime prologue scene, kinda reminds me of the prologue scene of Koi to Chocolate to Senkyou I mean The music and setting gave off a similar vibe.
This would also clear up any of your doubts on the art & animation
Oh and the goddess Yuki Kajiura is also on board...so yea
Dont know who she is well then ever heard OSTs of Fate Zero or Garden of Sinners or perhaps Madoka Magica?? Yea she is the creator
Dont even get me started on the OP Song
Man that song gave off Persona 5 Vibes with its jazz musical strokes and pumped up theme. I loved it all!
It should've won the 2018 Crunchyroll anime op award where it was a nominee
The lyrics lined up perfectly with the theme of the anime and the character portrayals
That ED song was catchy as well
Character:
So Who do we have on board?
First A merciless and emotionless girl who is a perfect spy and has her heart closed off to everyone else except for a certain someone..I WONDER WHY IS THAT SOO??? well its a spoiler
Next a care free girl who seems to be an adult and a heavy drinker who decides to disguise herself as a highschool student at the most prestigious school where the princess studies
Then we have A Japanese girl who seems like a midget but is deadly and finds the western lifestyle to be lazy and unethical
Another midget girl who seems to be nurtured her whole life without a single exposure to the unjust of the world
and finally the princess, a blonde and beautiful girl who seems to care about her people and is good at negotiating deals and seems to handle stress and pressure well or at least thats what it looks like on the surface
Lets talk about the merciless girl, Ange
The way she disguises herself and acts according to the situation at hand is just brilliant
At School She introduces herself as the Shy, Lousy and kind girl just to create
an image of her being someone easy to get along with who has no experience or expertise in combat or whatsoever
that way she would be underestimated and overlooked, making her tasks alot easier as the opponents are in for a big surprise.
Then at other occasions where she needs to avoid unnecessary attention and questioning, she disguises herself as a hard-to-get-along-with delinquent with an attitude as to making sure no one gets near her and just leaves her be.
Seriously she is one hell of a girl with amazing skills and tactics. She doesnt care about anyone or anything unless its the certain someone.
Sadly Ange was exposed to this path from a young age due to certain incidents that occurred during her childhood with long lasting after effects not just to her but to someone else as well who had no involvement in any of the events and got caught up in it all which Ange believes is her fault and lives under the guilt of it every single day
Any further discussion than that would result in heavy spoilers
I have to say Her VA did an Amazing job of portraying her
At first I was for sure it would be some big VA due to how excellently the voice acting was handled but it turned out to be someone not well known. Props to Ayaka Imamura(VA of Ange) and Sekina Akira(VA of Charlotte the princess) for doing an EXCELLENT job portraying their respective characters.
Now I would like to talk about the Princess as well since her character is Pretty Interesting but that would result in spoilers so to summarize it without giving any spoilers, Her character is More than what Meets the Eye..She's one Hell of a Princess
Of course their are others as well but that would make this review 5 times more longer and would contain spoilers
All in all, the cast was Amazing and Badass with well execution and really enjoyable to watch.
The ending was a cliffhanger, but 6 movies have been announced to be released a few months from now which should be enough to cover up the remaining story.
Final Verdict
Should you Watch this Anime??
REGARDLESS of what your tastes are, I Believe everyone should give this anime a try
Just Watch the first episode.
It might have something in it for you.
