I have watched a lot of anime and although this is a short series it just grabbed me. I pulled an all nighter to finish it! The storyline is well thought out with a great blend of science and survival-ism, and yet easy to follow. The characters pull you in from moment one and make you love or hate them as you should. The graphics (artwork) - beautiful and well fleshed out, one of my key selling points for an anime. The backgrounds weren't fuzzy just because they were behind people, they were just as important to the animators...marvelous!! Music - amazing! I had to go out and buy the soundtrack I couldn't get it out of head. Another thing I greatly appreciated was that there weren't many confusing Japanese terms for equipment for surroundings that all sounded the same to western ears. Unfortunately I often have problems with that in anime, but just write it off. Didn't have to in "Beast King". Overall, if you like Anime or if you like sci-fi this is one to watch!!