This was clearly a predecessor to Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. What I liked most about this show was the constructed violence and the fact it followed the book a little closer. While most Japanimation cartoons are absolutely terrible, this show was a welcome change. Also, I wonder why they made this cartoon much closer to the book than the movie. The equipment was more conducive to that described in the book, and the cartoon even had the `Skinnies,' a group of aliens who work in conjunction with the bugs. A great little cartoon, its too bad they don't make more shows like this.
