A friend of mine tried watching it and could barely get past the first episode because of how she didn't like the akuma and how they acted all robotic. Well trust me and this might be a bit of a spoiler or a goal setter but they don't stay that way after a while. Latter on you start to see that they have personality's. Some funny, weird, and just plan creeper status.
Some characters might annoy you but you might as well suck it up and look at the other better aspects of the show. I know I am sad/depressed and many others as well that the series was discontinued. But not the manga. The manga has gone so far and is still going. Even the plot is hinting/turning more towards a shonen ai type of thyme. I won't tell which characters. That you will have to decided on you're own from watching it. But be warned there is character death and near character death all along the plot.
Most of it will make you want to cry for all you sensitive types out there like me who can get caught up in an anime so much that they start screaming and shouting at the computer and have your family members look at you like you're crazy.
Now as far as the audio goes its very good in my opinion. The openings and endings tend to go right with the story line and can be very catchy but the background music during most of the series tends to be forgotten. Even by me. But the great thing is the fillers. Now I hardly noticed the fillers but there is a lot of them if you look closely.
On to the characters. Now I think that the diversity of the characters was amazing. They even had people of different nationalities like Japanese, British, American, and Chinese mixed around. Even in the anime the characters do not think that they have to get stronger to defeat someone. Most of them have their doubts and have to face their feelings like real people and then they gradually get stronger through struggles and not like in other shows they just magically get stronger all of a sudden and not through deep emotional driven strife. You can then tell the plot goes more by the characters feelings and emotions. Almost like watching a child grow. You never really know how they will turn out.
The art is the lest thing. Now they have great detail in everything they do and I have yet to catch any stupid mistakes like I have caught in other anime's where they forget something in the background or the character. Along with the art they make all of their weapons connected to them in some sort of way to their personal lives and pasts. Along with that, their is no crazy art or jumpy parts where you have to pause the anime to tell what it is. Usually if i have to do that with an anime to much then I stop watching it.
