The art is absolutely gorgeous, and I don't mean in the sense of fantastic sceneries and jaw-dropping BGs, but as a masterpiece of the animators. It's so detailed, compared to a lot of modern works that I can't but appreciate it, little things that make the characters very real, quirky but still close to the viewer on a somewhat personal level, which don't seem to exist in newer series (for many reasons I suppose).
The sound is great, loved the BGM, the VA selection, and most of all, how adequately the characters sounded (excluding one or two). Also, personally I adored Gene's voice
Story, though...for me the first few episodes were a solid 9, so I expected a lot more from this anime. The sotry had so much potential, it was really promising, however, at some point it turned to the episodic pattern. Nothing wrong with that ofcourse, episodes were still fun but the story that the viewer was made to believe will be followed was swept away and was lost until the last few episodes where a lot came together but then ended abruptly. A lot was left unexplained, unaddressed even and to be desired.
Characters could have done with some more development as well. If anything, a bit of a disappointment point was the slight downgrade of Gene's character. He started as a much cooler, level-headed and sober character at the beggining, but ended up the douche or the kid in many cases.
Overall, it's a great anime with outstanding art, humour at level and fantastic characters but it really leaves a lot of questions and much more to be explained. Still, aside from my little critisism of details, I would highly recommend!
