Story & Character: 5/10
The story starts very abrupt and opts for a mysterious approach where we have to infer to the premise bit by bit as Jess and the surrounding characters explain their situation. It would have been a good approach if the way the mystery alleviates itself wasn't from dialogue; The approach Butareba took felt lackluster due to the fact that the characters are spoon-feeding the information instead of the viewer organically deciphering the mystery through-out Jess and Pig's journey. The way this developed meant the world had no value in terms of the narrative and it became more of a setting that wouldn't be elaborated in beyond landmark names.
Characters felt really weak in terms of depth and progression; There was no emotional connection because they either died too early or didn't have much impact on the story or main characters; only their purpose being fulfilled. Even the two main characters felt awkward at times and in the end; The dynamic between Pig and Jess build up lacked any substance or resolution.
Art & Sound: 5/10
The art was decent but the animation tanked mid-way through the season. It is noticeable to see the art and animation quality change especially during fight scenes with Rossi, Jess, Pig, Naut and the Yethma hunters. However, the art style wasn't that bad in terms of modern day standards.
Sound was decent, nothing extraordinary and no memorable use of theme tracks for emotional connectivity. The voice acting was okay by modern standards.
Overall & Enjoyment: 3/10
The execution could have been taken to a much deeper and meaningful route but it chose to be surface level; The characters although enjoyable didn't have much depth to them and were essentially made to be discarded anyway. The dynamic between Pig and Jess was very hard to enjoy because they lacked any 'real' personalities or convictions that strayed outside of their character persona. Overall, it was below average by a large margin in story, character and art/sound.
