This a great example of noir in anime. If you like film noir, or even more modern noir inspired movies like L.A. Confidential, then Crystal Blaze is definitely worth your time to check out. It was enjoyable, but I also found it almost lost my interest at several points in the series. I enjoyed the story, but I think that it since it really only focused on one main overarching plot it burned a little to slow at times which may cause some to give up on this one and drop the show. The art was nothing special, but did incorporate some of the defining noirstyle in places.

The music is where this anime shines. The soundtrack definitely helped the show to create the "noir detective story" vibe the show was clearly trying to achieve.

Characters were as well developed and unique as one would expect for a 12 episode series, though many side characters were one dimensional as expected.

I am a fan of film noir so I can definitely say I enjoyed it. However, even so, I would probably not watch this series again, and would recommend streaming rather than buying Crystal Blaze.

So overall, this ranks 7/10 for me. Worth watching (once), especially if you are a fan of noir detective films.