Review of Angel Sanctuary

After all that is said about Angel Sanctuary the premise is simple: a mix of Orpheus, Divine Comedy and the Apocalypse Myth set in a futuristic display of Biblical Characters. This is what makes this story so revolutionary, even shocking. There are a series of side stories that include homosexuality, incest and your average imorality that serve almost exclusevely as motto to present the Heaven and Hell and its characters. This great premise is acomplished by fine art, extremelly detailed and, overall, beautiful. Even though the story is left at the Hades Arc in this OVA (for my great disappointment) just the art makes it worth towatch.

However, even though the beauty of the characters makes it all worthwile, their personalities are left incomplete due to the shortness of the series. You don't get enough information on the Angels and Demons, just the basics to understand who they are and how are they (somewhat) related. Some of the relationships are blur and in the end you get the feeling that you wanted to know more about them.

The music is appropriate, even though not brilliant, and the voices... Well, they were exactly like I had imagined after reading a few chapters of the Manga. That must mean that they did a fine job!

Overall, this is highly recommended for the art quality and the story premise but it leaves you at the edge of a cliff: you want to know more, but there is no more. Only manga.