I have to say that I'm watching this anime out of pure and utter nostalgia... I know that I saw it on TV in the 80's cause much of the art of this anime is firmly printed in head as one of the oldest memories I can recall... This surely caused a big big impression in my 3-4-year-old brain... so much that when I caught a glimpse of some footage of it and was able to recognize it I knew I had to watch it!!! I felt the urge to see those images again... So.... for the actual review... The animation is as old as it gets... borderlinebeing black and white.... but its ok as long as you set your mind to watch a 34 yrs old anime.

The art is AWESOME... especially the background art!! some of those sceneries could very well be on a canvas in a museum hall.

I have to say that the 3rth arc is the one that fascinates me the most. The land of Ev is filled with incredible surrealistic landscapes... dried out oceans, ancient crumbling ruins, sandy graveyards littered with rock-giant corpses..... Ev could be the setting for an incredible RPG campaign.

The soundtrack is incredible too... with a jazzy vibe that feels kind of over the top for such a simplistic animation.... but nonetheless is very enjoyable.

As a final remark... I have to say that chapter 35 is the one that struck me the most... the whole rock-giant fight and escape scene is the one that was more deeply engraved in my memory and I felt and incredible fascinations watching it 30 year later for a second time.... and I have to say is one of the few chapters that I feel any grown-up could watch and not realize it's from a show aimed at kids.