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Mwz is different from another mobile game adaptation, yes its base on game but Its more like to call it as original series. While developed MW game, Klab want to made anime which would realeased together with global release game. Theres no another main purpose beside just to promote the game. Surprisely, mwz turned out to be the series which has its own identity, even klab added anime's characters and story into the part of new game's arc.

This low budget series is produced by Yokohama lab which is small new studio, Naoto Hosoda was picked as a director, a series composition, and as ... a scriptwriter, 3 jobs in one hand. He said Klab gave him freedom to make his own story, thats why he make it more complicated like crime suspense overseas drama. Mwz is set set 20 years before the game, so that the timing of the game start is linked to the end of the animation and can be see as single story. The director also said that to tell deep story, he has set up another main character who is a little older from the main character in the game as the original character, because Leocadio the main character in the game are too young 20 years ago in anime. The character designer said as for Imanuel there was an order not to make him too handsome, and she drew it such as quirky face as well as beautiful shape. When i saw the game, i wonder, in anime not only the story is deeper and darker but the character design visual is very different from the game, seem like Naoto Hosoda aimed the mature story so all the original character in anime look mature and not trying to be cool, if its for profit and gain attention from many viewer i thought the character design from the game more captive to alluring the viewer, more moe and typical visual from fantasy chara. But no, the director want to make a mature anime, his own anime lmaoo. When looking the game visual again, its like final fantasy, so the typical adaptation from the game usually would be like another isekai fantasy anime and look like typical light novel adaptation, but no , mwz is not adaptation, is base on game but it turned out to be dark suspense with political intrigue. It's too brave and very experimental to not following the original source.

The story itself look like AOT without titan & 3d manuever or Code Geast without robot and anti-hero mc instead it has human experiment and monster and dinosaurus lol, mix those with Baccano element. MWZ's story probably set in 19th Century from visual, background, and clothes similar with steampunk anime, and at alternate German from its title. It has good background and the part i like is the corner of road hallway among the building. There are two main character in this series, one of main character is not typical protagonist, seems like he is coward but he turn out to be reliable compare to mc from another original series this season, Akudama Drive's mc Swindler has the same situation accidentally got carried away and become an Akudama while Inummael become a smuggler of Headkeeper, but imagine in MWZ is not Swindler who is the MC but Hoodlum. Inummael's weird facial expressions also always awaited throughout the episodes, the anime maker are really want to make him not cool. MWZ also have one of the best antagonist this year, Herman's character is really creepy.

Although it is clearly seen that they have low budget from anime's OP and ED, but their songs are really good, Maon Kurosaki's operatic song is really suit with this series theme even if the OP's animation is just siluet, and the ED song also really suit though its only dark scene with credit, its like OP and ED from american tv show, IMO its better than Raised by wolves' OP.

The plan and production itself is only spend time 2 years from 2018, animation probably not as good as another original anime this year if we want to compare it, because MWZ is like more original series, usually an original series production take a longer time than adaptation series, it can be 4-7 years to make it, but MWZ storyline is one of the best for original this season or this year, its really well written and dark.