This was a very fun amoral little series. It was a bit different than I thought it would be. Actually it was exactly what I expected it to be, only more awesome. I remember getting a flyer for it at Tokyo’s yearly new anime fair. I shrugged and thought it was another “girls running around in skimpy clothes with guns for guys who like that sort of thing” story. A few years later a friend made me watch the first episode because it was “the best thing ever." I don’t know if I would call it the best thing ever (Monster already has that place in my heart) but it was certainly entertaining!

Words can’t express how much I love this movie but I will try my best to… It’s a given that the plot is killer and it also has an awesome soundtrack, but what struck me the most was how visually stunning it is. Being filmed in New Zealand and also having Kou Shibasaki and Satoshi Tsumabuki as the leading roles probably helped with that a lot. Besides the shallow bits (on my part) the movie is one of the better flowing and well plotted Japanese live action movies that I’ve seen.