Gun X Sword

come on we all know giant robots r the staple of anime

Grant F'n Patterson, I found you man!!!!

"The worst disservice you could do to yourself is to come into this show with expectations."This. So very this.

I disagree. I went into this series blind. I enjoyed it immensely.I found this to be an anime series so attuned to the traditional Western sensibilities, that it could only be beaten by something like Afro Samurai in terms of sheer adaptability. I could see this being made as a movie series in the US, and wouldn't consider it a stretch.The characters are solid, and by the end of the series, you really feel for them. That's more than I can say for just about any modern anime since Champloo or Bebop. The plot takes a few episodes to set in, because it's not paint-by-numbers stuff. It really has multiple threads interwoven into the whole series that only reveal the tapestry at the very end, and while it is a mish-mash of genre and character archetypes, what good story isn't?It sounds to me like you're someone who came into this with preconceived notions. A word of advice: expectations are the enemy of enjoyment and happiness. You walk into this expecting something specific and you will end up disappointed, because you didn't find what you were hoping to find, and really, you probably never were going to find it. If you watch this show with out expecting it to be something, you'll find a lot to like.I found Tiger & Bunny to be the same way, actually.