No. 6

This anime is great. Go watch it.

It has wonderful animation, an interesting setting, well-developed characters, an intricate plot, and a compelling romance. Yes, the ending is a bit unsatisfying, but everything up until then is so good that its well worth the watch.

This film started as a great movie and ended as a mockery of the audience. The script is full of cliches and logical holes. Each storyline turns into a dead end, and instead of a clear explanation of the reasons and motives, we see only meaningful hints of a certain "mystery", as in a cheap provincial circus. There are no words, only disappointment remains. I would give this film high scores for the work of animators, but the writer spoiled everything. They knew who was on the team. I am not surprised that the series was not continued for the second season. The worst movie I've seen in the last year.

Without spoiling any major plot details, I can say that all character and relationship development appears natural and un-forced. Despite still somewhat falling short of the novel in some areas, the anime more than makes up for it with brilliant music and hidden symbolism in the artwork. Unlike so many of it's peers, No. 6 requires no "buying in" to the story, yet still manages to create a fantasic world with many interesting facets.

Any critism I might have concerns only anime-specific design choices in the last episode that don't holistically take away from the story at all.

I would invite anyone to watch the first episode, then pick up the novel (or any of the free translations of the novel available online) and read away.

It is a very beautiful anime with a thoughtful plot. But that thought could have been better executed.

The cinematography is gorgeous and the character development is nicely written. Just some plot lines seemed a bit incomplete at the end and maybe a season 2 would have been good to explain the same.

Anyway while watching the series you won't regret the time that you gave. It is also a sweet treat when we see different art forms and the reference to environment as a whole.

It was all just absolutely gorgeous. I think that the story was so well balanced and unlike other shows the whole thing just progressed so beautifully and smoothly.

I loved the way how the relationship between Sion and Rat, didn't rush in any way like they do in most shows. And the romance in it, is so much different than the lovey-dovey crap we see so much these days; as it all took it's time and gave us the chance to actually get to know the characters and their personalities.

I finished this anime two days ago and it was powerful enough for me to shed tears, because of the way it captivates the viewer with it's complete and utter beauty. It's absolutely a must see kind of anime; I highly recommend it.