Anime Review: Kiddy Grade
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Kiddy Grade
Publisher: GONZO , FUNimation
Type of Anime: TV
Genre: SciFi
Watched Subbed/Dubbed: Subbed
Overall Rating: 
Story:
My Rating:
After 8 episodes:
Set in the future where several galazy colonies exist, Kiddy Grade follows the inner workings of the Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs (GOTT). GOTT was formed about 160 years ago to oversee universal economic imbalance, arbitrate disputes, and negotiate contracts and treaties between planets. Clients pay GOTT for various services ranging from scoping out illegal materials to escorting a high profile person or document to its designated location. On the job are 2 ES members, Éclair and Lumiere, who stand ready and willing to do what's necessary to complete their tasks.
Éclair is one of the most powerful cyborgs created, although her data has been erased and rewritten so many times, that she has an innocent, childlike presence to her. Lumiere is a hacker cyborg and can get into and control a number of systems through merely touching the control panel. Together, they follow the orders of GOTT Commander Eclipse as best as they can, although sometimes they get help from a variety of other GOTT members.
GOTT, itself, appears to be sketchy at times and riddled with conspiracy. Like Lumiere and Éclair, several other members work independently as teams of two and occasionally end up on the same mission for no apparent reason. Some teams, like Dvergr and Alv, are less friendly than others. There is a broader sense of position status as higher ups sometimes tend to look down on and keep information from their lower counterparts.
This series started out painfully slow for me, but has been picking up in later episodes. I'm still not in love with the series, but it definitely has become far more complex and interesting in the later episodes I've seen.
This anime is now licensed by FUNimation.
Animation:
My Rating: 
I do like the drawing style and the animation, done by the people that made Real Bout High School and Gatekeepers, so I am hoping it gets better.
Music:
My Rating: 
Opening theme is J-pop and not something that I would listen to in my spare time. The ending theme hasn't captured my love either...
Character Design:
My Rating:
For the first couple episodes, the characters seemed to lack that spark of personality that makes them interesting. As I watch more of the series, Eclair and Lumiere are growing on me and have the potential to develop into interesting characters...
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