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Hellsing provides evidence to the validity of emphasizing art, soundtrack, characterization, and visual storytelling over an approach centered around hard worldbuilding, and more direct exposition. Both methods are valid and can be executed well, but Hellsing takes a more challenging approach to it's interpretation of an unfinished manga. With so much time spent fleshing out characters, exploring the unique style of the work, and introducing one of the most consistently impressive anime soundtracks out there, there's many gaps in the storytelling like lore that needs further exploration, missing pages of origin stories, and central characters that become irrelevant shockingly fast. This is unfortunately (most likely) ... due to the animes short run time, which is caused by it's completion before the Hellsing manga was done. Since there was not as much context to work with many gaps were filled in with fairly decent (unremarkable) explanations which leaves an unfortunate conclusion to some genuinely captivating characters, and plotlines. Besides the art and music Hellsing takes a pleasing view of the multifaceted conflict of monsters existing in an aggressively human world. The rights and wrongs of being, as opposed to doing, the concept of choice within selection of authority. To summarize: Hellsing is a thematically/interpersonally leaning anime with great sound and art, but falls flat with it's poor approach to developing a conclusion to an unfinished manga. I would recommend to anyone captivated by dark fantasy, religion, and military, but also to most anime watchers in general since it's only 13 episodes.

Code Geass is an absurdly well developed story that combines intricate mind game strategy/tactics and captivating pathos/characterization. With no wasted episodes, characters, or even subplots (debatably) Code Geass cements itself well as a thematic, humanistic, and profoundly communicative work, defining not just the mecha genres focus on the stories behind the pilots, but the wars and politics that invoke such machines. Are terrorists a reflection of the fear mongering, unjust systems they combat, or are they to be held in contempt for their methods? Is there really a "better way" or are the falsely righteous just stalling the real progressives? are means and ends one ... in the same when meddled with by fragile, deeply human hearts, led astray by every necessary yet cruel deception? So many major ethical questions approached at the individual and societal level, but so much room to interpret for yourself, and decide which characters reflect "valid" moral propositions. For the sake of it's status as an anime (mecha anime in particular), and it's prowess in characterization, mind games, and general storytelling PEEP CODE GEASS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY!! There's so much more to talk about with this show, but I'm lazy..