Story - 5
About the story, it's slowly developed, almost following a pattern: A traumerei case episode followed by a episode where they talk about the story. It's pretty simple, they want to "conquer" to world and the Knocker-Ups gotta stop them; The church uses hidden desires inside of people in order to bring "monsters" out of them. It gets rushed as the ending closes in, but it was still a nice turn of events. Gotta point that episode 6 was my personal favorite.
Gotta point that they touch some pretty touchy stuff when talking about the "desires", it's pretty interesting to be honest.
Art - 9
I really like the characters designs, they're not exaggerated, neither too simple, I personally liked all of them. I don't have much to say, I simply like it. Their "Knocker-up clothes" are all pretty neat, aswell as for their weapons.
All of the effects mix pretty well with the environment, they're really well made, aswell as for the scenarios.
The monster designs are pretty simple, they reuse the models lots of times, but still they really looked cool, especially the last one and the one that got a really long neck (?). It's cool how they all look a bit technological, really liked this.
Art - Animation
I've never been much of a fan of CGI, but, this one really catched my eye. As said, The effects are looking good; The movements are pretty smooth, I was actually expecting something more "laggy". The fights are really well animated, although sometimes they're short, but it's worth it. And the last episode was ACTION PACKED, and I really mean it, I loved the animation on it from the start to the end.
Have to point out that I loved the expressions, especially on the episode 6 and the last one.
Sound - Voice Acting
The voice acting is REALLY REALLY good, you can see it by taking a look at the cast, you'll be welcomed by Yuuki Aoi and Yoshitsugu. There's also Itou Ayasa, I personally really like her, so this might be a little biased haha. IMO the voices fit pretty well with the characters. They all managed to portray their characters really well, even the minors ones, like Kazuha.
Sound - Music
Ok, now I gotta say, I LOVED the soundtrack. They're incredibly pleasing to hear, mixing pretty well with the ambient, and the mood of the environment.
Now for the OP and ED, GOD, I love them both. The opening is really really good, Tokyo Jihen did a NICE work. I gotta point a fact that really catched me: The opening is pretty chill whille the animation playing in the background is pretty lively, gives some nice vibes.
I'm amazed that they brought Rondo for the ending, I simply love this group, banger song.
Characters
Each character is pretty simple but well defined, Ryuhei being the "quite" aggressive protagonist who wants to help people, Rena almost being his sidekick, Ibusaki being the quiet and intelligent, Jessica the cute, yet scary. Anyways, the main characters each get one ep for a little development, or at least some background info about them, that's pretty cool. Ryuhei can be a pain in the ass sometimes (especially when it comes to talking about his city) but overall, they're still good.
To conclude this review: The anime was actually pretty enjoyable, at least I enjoyed it a lot. The story is not the best but not the worst, I gotta say it's pretty common, but still surprised me when getting closed to the end. Pretty good for a promotional anime, I highly recommend giving it a try!
Sorry for any grammar errors, English is not my first language.
