I really wanted to love this, but it fell flat for me. I really enjoyed the themes it was exploring, but it ended up coming off a bit too pretentious. It had gaping plot holes that made taking the rest of it seriously a bit of a stretch. My favorite was that one of the seven most powerful/expensive robots in the entire world was sold to the circus as a joke!?!? **Note:** _I didn't read the source material, and maybe they stayed true to it, but not fixing the plot holes was a mistake if that was the case IMO. _ The animation and the acting were very good, the mood was perfectly fitting as well. This had the potential to be a home run, but they fell short of the mark.