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"My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined", as a wise individual once said, describes my ultimate impression of "Akudama Drive" at best.

WARNING, this review contains minor spoilers!

I won't engage too much in constructing my several thoughts I gathered while watching because I certainly don't feel like it deserves that my much of my time. So this will be a shorter, but more lucid review for everyone to grasp upon on. I'll make it clear right away that almost every formative aspect that "Akudama Drive" seems to offer is just a tawdry mess. Putting well marketable genres and concepts together does not naturally forge ... an adequate series. I'm unequivocally upset over the lack of interconnection in the story and the construction of both the characters and the world. Considering my high hopes from the advisably auspicious "Studio Pierrot" and the potential of the cyberpunk-themed style, which it makes substantial use of, my indignation should be apperent. At the very beginning we're introduced to many generic characters whose attributes and personal traits won't develop in the course of the series, although it hints they will. That's why the cast seems to succumb to its fundamental, one-dimensional characteristics. The factors mentionend, as well as the mediocre implemented cyberpunk-theme let to my final evaluation that "Akudama Drive" has no value as an anime worth watching.

I end my review with a suitable quote from the gentleman in my introduction: "Heck, Just Don't Even Bother With It." - TheReportOfTheWeek