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Jackin to the sight of your naked comatose lady-friend. That part was so random and out of nowhere; I don't even remember her being in a coma in the series. That was just for cheap shock value,

Before the show broke under the strain of a weakening budget and growing insanity/emoness of the director, I was lovin it. The characters were some of the best I've seen in an anime. And even when you could tell when "these guys were running low on money," I was still lovin it, all up to the last minute of the final ep, the writing was just that good.
The movie was just a big WTF. It was engaging, but a big WTF nonetheless.

The new movies comin out look beautiful, and I hear the dub for the first one's comin pretty soon, like this Spring. Bring on the nostalgia.

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