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ARIBA! The action packed anime has ended, and I really can say the studio Production I.G did one heck of job. So, the way I look at this anime was something that can be compared with 2 US Sci-fi movies, it has the dystopia backdrop of "The Minority Report" combined with action thriller from "Repo Men" with a Japanize version. Here, people where categorize by their "Crime Coefficient" index, which people with high crime index where either isolated from the general population, meaning to go to a looney bin or if lucky, force to become enforcers. Those who resist can expect to either be capture...if they're lucky or blown up to pieces by the enforcers. Thought, the writer of this anime, Gen Urobuchi didn't clearly specify how the so called "Crime Coefficient" categorize each person, I assume that it was the Sibyl System that designates people's crime index by comparing a person's brain patterns from one the system's brains collection that it has, that were taken from criminals and the reason why Makishima's was safe from the system, despite of being a criminal, is that the system simply doesn't have in its collection the kind of brain pattern datum it has with other brains, so it wasn't surprising that the system wants him alive badly. For the characters, it was Kogami and Makishima who have the biggest part in this anime, since they do depict the typical cops and criminal kind of thing, I like the direction where Kogami is this super-cop who is determined to avenge the death of his partner/enforcer, only to become an enforcer himself due to his rising crime index, this is the part where one would sympathize with him due to the fact that his former partner now boss Gino puts a leash on him and one would wish that he punches Gino for being an ass, as for Akane, she was this naive probie who seems to be a chip on the enforcers shoulder, but on the few remaining episodes of this anime she redeemed herself where there was this sudden role reversal where Gino is the follower and she's the pack leader. What makes this anime good was the main climax were Makishima finally met his end and now Kogami has to be on the run, so, here are my ratings for each of this anime's category:
Story: Very Good 8.
Full of action and awesome application of sci-fi, dystopia, thriller, action genres and a little bit of cyberpunk element .
Art: Good 7.
I like the futuristic designed and some of the few fanservice that includes Akane's one time panty shot and Shion X Yayoi after sex scene, though some uncensored boob flashes would be nice.
Sound: Good 7.
I like the way director, Naoyoshi Shiotani chooses the seiyuu's for the characters.
Character: Very Good 8.
Each character really did lived up to their expected role and the outcome of their roles.
Enjoyment: Very Good 8.
The dénouement of this anime is what makes this anime something to be excited about and combine will the well executed Jo-ha-kyū, especially the swift ending of Makishima as Kogami finishes him off, one would feel that sign of relief that it was over for that psychopath.
Overall: Very Good 8.
Overall, it was all good, thought there is still the Sibly System that has to be eliminated, we can only hope that there will be a continuation of some sort of this anime, which Kogami will be the one to pull the plug on Sibyl System, because if there is the main antagonist from this anime that would be the said system, let's face it technically speaking that is the scenario where machines are ruling over the human race and the human race was too dumb to even know about it.
