Jan 18, 2019
First off I want to point out that this is not a story for everyone, honestly, the morality of the choices that the individuals in this series demonstrate are ambiguous, at best.
The show really delves into the protagonist group of arms dealers under one Koko Hekmatyar, and their dealings all around the world from militaries, to militias to the mafias. Each encounter gives more insight into the character of Koko while keeping a mysterious mask over her true goals and intentions.
When looking at the characters in her group, which is a key aspect of the series, it's important to understand that each one was
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somehow affected by war and have first-hand experiences that are written in a believable manner. Throughout the series, the individual stories and histories of each person in the group are touched upon and the series does a great job to flesh out and make it understandable why each person does what they do and how they gained the skills they demonstrate throughout. My only complaint here is that some of the characters could've used a little more fleshing out, however it was overall a minor issue I had.
Next the art; it was very unique and honestly a bit of trademark of Mr. Takahashi's, I personally loved it. The art was weird and different from most manga's and anime's I've read and watched respectively, a breath of fresh air in an over saturated market of similarly styled art forms. I understand it's a very subjective style and might not be to everyone's liking. The anime really brought out a nice polished version of the art from the manga and it seemed to work very well from the overemphasized proportions of peoples facial expressions to really point out guile and cruelty to the shapes and sizes of different peoples presence on the screen. Every visual detail gave a nice little hint at the powerplay going on both physically and mentally between characters and groups.
The music and sounds, oh man were they NICE; clean gun effects lots of clatter and noises during intense movement and it was very well done to the environments that scenes were set to! The gunshots were really well done; I've been around firearms sparsely but what little knowledge of guns that I have, I thought the sound work was believably done. Music, now that's something that is extremely subjective, but I thought that the way they wove certain tracks and pieces were perfect in setting the mood and getting the viewer thinking on what was going on in the conversations and situations on the screen; overall an amazing use of a soundtrack to fit the animation!
From the beginning to the end, you really feel like you're traveling amongst this group learning and getting a feel for the aspects of the team, the world they travel in, and the complexity of intelligence work between Koko's party and their government antagonists. I honestly feel like Studio White Fox did an amazing job adapting the anime from the manga, never once did I feel like I was missing anything from things not being narrated by thought clouds or the like both non-verbal communication and scene setting were fantastically executed! Stellar work!
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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