no attempt at a review because come on, I'm not that arrogant
Fortunately I am so I'll do one in brief :P.
It's a story about a rag-tag ship of space-bounty-hunters in a Used Future. Each of them has a non-trivial backstory that sees development over the course of the series. The animation, direction and dialogue are superb, feeling far more naturalistic and movie-like than the talking heads of typical anime. On the downside, most of the episodes are standalone and I personally wasn't impressed with most of the plots, and while the characters are well-developed they were also lukewarm in terms of their personal appeal to me. Nonetheless it's not surprising that it's considered a classic.
(If you wanted a more positive review, should have been more arrogant!).
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