I really love the way this reminded me more a late 80's horror or sci-fi flick (in regard to special effects and visuals) than a modern-day cgi-fest.
... unless you're into that, that could be a bad thing.
Indeed it is a subjective matter..... I personally (as stated) enjoy pop culture from the 80's and 90's a great deal more then that which came before or after... Not that I don't enjoy ANYTHING outside that realm.... love british invasion music, I do-LoL... but generally speaking.....
In any event, today I started watching Spice and Wolf (to early to make a call) and Puella Magi Madoka Magica (also too early to make a call)... But both seemed promising.... I'm at the end of "The 12 Kingdoms" and feel like this has enterred the realm of "must see" on my personal list of fantasy anime... Made my way to episode 17 of Guilty Crown and while I know the general opinion expressed is that things went downhill post episode 12, which I agree they did, the momentum has picked back up and this series is still a total winner in my book! Really looking forward to the conclusion of this one..I also trudged through almost all of "Wild Arms: Twilight Venom" and man, total dud in my oppinion....
Lastly I marathoned "Air" this week.... holy hell was that a tear jerker.... I usually don't watch this genre/type of stuff but I really liked Kanon and thought I'd give it a shot.... take about emotional....