Presentation
The artwork doesn’t particular stand out as far anime go. But that doesn’t mean it’s awful either. Quite the contrary, the styles they use fit the series well. The character designs particularly strike me as rather well done, with Alice’s colors being bright and vibrant in contrast to the dark and dreariness of her surroundings. It’s definitely a good metaphor for how she sees herself and perhaps how she actually is, a beacon of light in a world of darkness. The music also fits relatively well with the rest of the series, with them relying on more industrial and darker tones to set the mood for everything. The opening follows along the same vent, and is quite catchy once you listen to it. The ending song seems inappropriate for the series though, being painfully light hearted and cheerful. Perhaps the real flaw of this series lies in execution of the main plot though. You would suspect that war relief would be a dire and very serious matter. However, the series tries very hard to add a misappropriate amount of humor into it. Instead of the series being dark and gritty, it comes off as a bit silly and easy going and losing what I feel is the real message of the story, which mind you, is a great message of justice and equality.
Extras
The extras are bit lackluster in this series as well. I was sad to note that they did not have any sort of subtitles if you listened to it English. While most people would not be concerned or worried about this, I feel that this is something that aids in people understanding what is going on during a series, especially because it’s easy to miss what someone says in an anime. It does, however, have cleaned version of the opening and ending songs, as well as a handful of trailers. So it’s more or less on par with other series in regards to extras.
Overall, I would recommend watching this series. There are scant few series about what happens after the war, and this series has a unique and novel approach to handling such a rare topic.