Reviews

I started watching this on a whim after a hard days work and I was instantly hooked, and now after I've finished it two days later I am both blown away AND slightly disappointed. I am a fan of cyberpunk in general and I find the lore of the original role playing game quite interesting (though I've neither played it nor the recent video-game), so I enjoyed seeing the things I've read about "come to life", such as Arasaka, Max-tac, etc.

The story starts of incredibly strong, the first four episodes are amongst the top moments of anime I've ever experienced. Sadly the rest of the story can not quite hold on to what the first part promises, the story quickly devolves into endless action sequences (which aren't even that well animated), but the first four episodes plus the moments of quiet emotional poignancy really stuck with me. The ending moment of the story was perfectly executed and hit me straight in the feels, if they had botched that then my overall score would have been an 8, or possibly even a 7, but as it stands I have to give it a 9.