Lots of potential, but ultimately falls a little short. I think the anime could have been significantly improved if they made one or all three of the following better: - Fight scenes - they seemed particularly boring, and with the budget they had they should have focused on at least one or two good ones - Characterization - I feel like we should've had more time with people on reunion's side, but honestly a longer runtime would've been necessary for that. Fleshing out Frostnova a little more could've been done and maybe the Rhodes Island operators too. - Worldbuilding - the backgrounds and background characters are noticeably dull,in fact we only ever see civilians a few times in what is essentially downtown Hong Kong. Rooms are empty, roadways clear of all debris, etc. Doesn't feel very "lived in". Why doesn't Lungmen have any aircraft like R.I.? Why is the only thing the security forces or even enemies do is stand around? Why do they just fight in blobs and not in formations? Honestly if they nailed this it would've just been an automatic 10/10.

Only writing this review cause I love the world Arknights is set in and unfortunately the anime doesn't do it much justice. At least character design is on point.