Indeed, I thought the animation was pretty damn good overall, obvious CGI aside (although there were some hiccups with the regular animation). And after getting over my initial disappointment over the lack of wizard baristas a story about the law office of a group of mages that represent mages in a fairly realistic (magic stuff aside) representation of modern day Japan seems like it could work out beautifully.
Sure the "persecution of magic-users for being different" thing is overdone, but from the point of the legal aid that represents the defendants of magical crimes? That seems to be a relatively unique idea.
And it has Norio fucking Wakamoto voicing a frog familiar. A perverted frog familiar, Wakamoto's voice works so damn well as that frog
The main girl is a tad overly bubbly and I'm not a fan of the lavender hair that seems to be natural despite the relatively realistic hair colors of the show (I guess that applies to non-mages only... blue appendage hair man breaks the boundaries of what hair can be). And that line when she summoned that metal golem... "turn yourselves in, I'll represent you!" almost seemed like it was a taunt out of Street Fighter with the way it was presented. A little out of place... and why would she willingly represent the people that tried to rob her and that paralegal, and even cutting the paralegal in the process?
I'm hoping that she will grow-up from her belief that she can save everybody and turn it into a more pragmatic and realistic view rather than having a legally blonde type "cutesy-ing up" of the legal profession.
As long as the action remains as great as the train sequence and this doesn't devolve into a save everyone friendship happy acceptance and tolerance time with flowers and scented candles I'll most likely enjoy this.
Also, Wakamoto as a frog... sheer genius! Bon!
