Overall Rating 6.7 out of 10 - Has some good ideas, but inconsistent with them.
I recommend watching.
This one is rather unusual show. Not only art style in unconventional for anime but story and presentation as well. It starts with an interesting premise of an alien technology that is being sold for limestone. And follows with several small expositional videos on how such tech might end up being used around the world and how it will transform it.
Some of these expositions however are more insightful than others. The creator seems to have partial understanding of how world works and thus sometimes write something very deep and other times wishful thinking cliche.
Art is realistic, but also plain and drab. It is CGI, but rather well done one, no sticking out polygons or plastic look like in Unlimited Fafnir for example. It does somewhat lack of crispiness compared to Sidonia or hack//GU Trilogy.
Part II simply adds more of the same to the existing formula. It does not take away, but hardly adds anything new. Just diversify the experience. Cute anime girls in the last episode were a nice bonus to top the show up.
Unfortunately, both parts suffer from anti-American sentiment and desire to stick it up to Uncle Sam. They also have ethos that I do not share. That is, I can see that author is not a complete idiot, but I do not think his values on either social justice or what it takes to be a good warrior are worth anything.
Overall, it's worth watching it.
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