ken-ohki83

This show is partially like Pink Floyd The Wall, partially like Adult Swim's "robot chicken" except that this show is all about panties. Thats it. No more, no less. I could easily see this being filler between any other show on adult swim or G4. If you don't get it, you don't get it. If your the type to notice the edge of someones panties or bra sticking out and think "oh she's wearing red today :P~" then this show is for you. the music is really the best thing about the show, but in the long run, its an animation that was made from a serial comic strip. If you pick up the box and read the back with the tag line of "roses are red, violets are blue, this show is about panties." that there should tell you whether or not you will like it.

What I see in the show, is the great, great, GREAT animation and artwork of Yoshitoshi ABe. its not to show off what anime really is to people surrounded by Pokémon or dragonballZ...but to show off how well ABe can build characters and towns and an entire world with so many differences that it would astound the minds of "hit" movie watchers.

Its not mass marketed for everyone. I would relate it to movies like SLC punk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Chungking Express, and Requiem for a Dream. They all try and challenge you to see the deep meanings behind the screen.

Music. Music can make or break a movie, and if it makes it, it either builds it up, or points it in a direction you didn't see before. The music in Haibane Renmei made it and it built up big time. The music gives it a deep RPG feeling, without the tedious and repetitive battles.

final opinion: not everyone will want to watch it, but having it in your collection is the anime version of having a 1830's bottle of wine in your wine cellar.