Reviews

Art & Sound - Masterclass, pure hand drawn work from the unadulterated original Japanese idea, their execution is not just good it's just flawless, every single detail is preserved from the small scale displays to the car shine under the light, the dystopian crime underworld in a very advanced futuristic city, the color, the atmosphere and the whole animation sequences are just phenomenal and also the gothic style is present despite the huge sci fi aspect. The main characters are very well drawn, so are the supporting ones for them. Also the Voicing is superb, very perfect and matches the expressions, the sound mixing for the weapons and the actions sequences are superbly made with passion and love, simply flawless.

Story - Story is the only place where it just falls a little bit short but given it's setting and the age of the anime work it is really great, a few plot holes can be seen in the first data (ep1) and others too, but in the glorious artistic immersion you won't notice it very much, except for a moment, there are such moments in each data state, episode because that's the magic for the intriguing thrill ride you will experience for each and every episode as it builds the plot, the progression of the story for every episode is very enjoyable and much memorable. The intro and outro are beautiful just as this work, a beautiful lullaby for the close of this OVA series with fantastic lines.


Characters - Unless we discuss the plot to a bit it cannot be explained well, but here's a short version anyways,each and every one of them is a super criminal, this anti hero approach of the Cyber City Oedo is the crown jewel, which is hard to notice by many expecting something like a new age show, make no mistake if you are a fan of the Ghost in the Shell Movies 1 and 2, SAC series you will enjoy the characters in this more, as the same way the episodes progress you will know about each and every character, Gogul strikes like a normal man in Data 1 with top brass tech skills while the Sengoku and Benten gets to shine more, and in the Data 2 Gogul is set for the stage, but also I would mention his GF Sara, very beautiful woman, fantastic art, the old Japanese works are always legendary and exemplary writing, Okyo also a small character but adds more depth to this work, beautiful lady, solid voicing. Benten shines less in Data 1 but in Data 3 massive exploration of his character, then we have Sengoku, superb heroic character in Data 1 and Okyo as well.


Highly recommended for the people who absolutely love the Sci-Fi Japanese works. Much respect for the people who made this masterpiece. I wish Japan didn't care about America or other Funimation / Amazon other localization "politically correct" garbage and made their own. A great work.

Also on a closing note this is another Yoshiaki Kawajiri's masterpiece.