Stylishly cyperpunk, enough to entertain. It's a clearly told, overtly stylistic story which borrows genre-specific elements from science fiction, cyberpunk, film-noir and other widely known media.

Familiar, but visual details and moodiness add interest.

Not outstanding, but the two main characters have enough life to be interesting. Armitage actually has a legitimate emotional climax when the plot's major twist is revealed.

It has a strong design and well-composed shots, but when either the scene or the camera move, their motion isn't particularly fluid or dynamic.

No flaws or mistakes interfere with the story but, as usual, most of the jokes and some of the flirtation simply sound lame in translation. Each of the characters clearly retains their own voice in translation, which is a big plus.

Each of the Japanese actors brings a strongly distinct vocal style to their character. Regardless of how clearly breaks in the conversation are or aren't marked in the subtitles, the actor's tone and identity are always easily audible.

There's a little swearing, some violence and a fair amount of scantily clad females but no actual sex acts or graphic violence. Such a pity.

All strobing techno and 'tude.

Love it? Hate it? Buy it.