A pair of bounty hunters travel through space, looking to earn money by turning in criminals. They pick up a dog, a woman who has forgotten her past and a young computer genius to accompany them.
This was much slower paced and more deeply thoughtful than most other anime in the shonen/funimation genre. 26 episodes seemed too short because I liked it (having watched some episodes when it originally aired on TV). The plots were mostly single-episode, but some spanned 2 episodes and there was a general plot/timeline that all of the episodes existed in. I liked the characters and cared what happened to them. My favorite was comedic relief, Ed. All of the dialogue was written very much in-character and the English voice actors did a great job. The animation style was mostly traditional anime cartoon, but I think that there was some computer work done somewhere in there. Everything was drawn expertly and in great detail. Audio seemed to be mixed correctly. Given the musical name of the series, there was a heavy metal episode, but I would have liked more of that kind of theme-ing done with different genres. T.H.E.M. anime reviews gave it 5/5 as did Kyle Mills of DVD Talk. However, I would hesitate to give it a perfect score. Nonetheless, I did like it quite a bit and rate the series good. This would be one to watch.
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