Plot armor is always present to protect our three protagonists whenever they're stuck in a hard pinch, Deus ex Machina mechanics are used there to amplify & cover up any mistake done by the Cat's eye group.
It's quite similar to the Lupin series, although the goals are completely different from each other. Cat's group steal back their dads collection which contains paintings, jewelry etc... to amass clues in order to find him. They don't care about money or fame.
Beside it being an older series, animation is average, nothing extraordinary. The art and character design are pretty good for its time, although when the shots is taken from far away, the characters usually look horrible however the close ups are fine.
The ost's are not varied enough to say the least, it's only used in tense or run away moments. Despite that the opening and ending music & direction are unique and creative!
The romance aspect is blend and limited to petty behaviors that doesn't evolve & go nowhere for the couple. Toshi, Hitomi's fiancée is one of the dumbest written characters! his sole purpose is to be used as a plot device to facilitate the escape route for the three thieve sisters. They always outsmart their opponents with bs plot twists that make no sense and aren't even funny.
The action parts are a let down, it lacks creativity & fluidity in a lot of fighting scenes. It's always drawn in a fixed static shot with the character doing one move at a time then it cuts to the next move and so on. It has very few humorous moments whilst it becomes repetitive quickly after some couple instances.
Apart from our main three gals, the majority of the villains and cops are one dimensional and always fall for the same bs technique patterns over and over. The police department looks like clowns whenever cat's eye is in for the steal. The males in this anime are dumber than a snail, there isn't a middle ground to balance things out. The female characters is what made this interesting although whenever a male is present, it's the same stupid behavior & bad decision making every time which is annoying to be fair.
All in all, Cat's eye is hardly worth a watch. It has some nice classic design and decent music, however the plot is underwhelmingly bad and repetitive. I guess if you like classic looking anime and maybe if you're intrigued by it you might give this a try, the characters never evolve in this anime and the comedy does not hit most of the time.
