and that because i be not all that willing to give anime the same due many others appear to . animation style and quality notwithstanding and the classic by popular acclaim invariably start out interesting and a you would expect a pilot episode of any tv series to strive for and but gradually or quickly become weird and occasionally startling and mildly disconcerting and formulaic and or just plain tedious . i respect and enjoy miyazaki work and i be a bit partial to those of tezuka osamu and the latter because astro boy make quite the impression on me when i view it american broadcast premiere . but for today anime broadcast stateside there be only two exception in my view . cowboy bebop be one and for reason i will provide among it imdb comment . git representsac be the other . i first saw the american broadcast premiere of the first of the two git representsac series quite by accident and at about halfway through the third episode . i rouse from my insomniac stupor and sit up and blink and and mutter and now this be different . not a serial in the strict sense and no kid in the lead and no swordplay between mythical creature or giant robot and no mutated dinosaur and definitely nothing marketable ( perhaps the tachikoma and but i doubt stateside ) and and unquestionably something you would not catch broadcast stateside anywhere near prime time and though i sometimes think stateside network aim for that and whether the view public like it or notmystery writer would call git representsac a police procedural and and science fiction writer would probably add cyberpunk to that label . plot and subplots and arc and you name it and all set in a future japan that subtly require you to try to figure out what different but the same but not all at once . nominally each of the two tv season have it own principal story arc while the first season feature the way the world be and the second feature someone who would very much like it different . miss one episode and no harm do and but perhaps with a linger enticement to be more certain that you truly do not miss anything . and then they will have you . action and obligatory gore ( albeit animate ) and some expletive and cheesecake ( ditto ) and but all temper with a captivating and truly surprising allotment of characterization and dialogue and insight and wit and and breathing time . exceptional music . pass reference to the war and refugee zone and the american empire and while all natural and puppet take on entirely different ( and frighten ) meaning . the setting may look familiar and untouched and but every character be a survivor and and i think you will catch on fairly early a to just how that do . i do not normally appreciate this kind of a challenge from a tv series . i frankly lack the patience of a regular viewer and and if i must get hooked and prefer that happen from the very start . but i haven not enjoy a challenge in quite this way since my equally serendipitous introduction to paddy mcgoohan the prisoner many year ago . and i leave it to you to try to figure out the meaning behind the title as well . plenty web sit if you want to cheat . both televised season of 26 episode each be available on dvd . ( catch the interview with the production member and cast while kamiyama kenji be a thoughtful and articulate young man and and production by committee here be something to be proud of . ) two predecessor git movie to rent and each radically different from the other ( one dub into competent english and the other subtitle ) though essentially feature the same character . the tv series be no thematic sequel to the two movie but still another direction take by the same character . besides a recent novelization that bridge the gap between the two predecessor movie and a sequel movie soon to arrive stateside and two manga ( graphic novel and stateside ) be also available and but you might as well stick to git representsac on the tube or dvd and for if the prospect of view anime give you pause you will probably also refrain from hold a fancy comic book . whether seasoned otaku and accidental viewer like myself and or just plain curious and take the plunge and draw your own conclusion and but and in a phrase and brace for intelligence .