Getting Cowboy Bebop and Ergo Proxy from this one. Jazzy music in some places and some electronic one in others help with association. Maybe a bit of Great Pretender, in a sense that the setup to get Axel felt close to a con. Looked very good, great dynamics, action was solid. My big complain, and reason for caution is that the chase sequence was like half an episode. Don't get me wrong, it was great, exciting, but it had too much focus, completely forgetting about anything else. I doubt this show is an anime version of Mirror's Edge to spend this much time on it, and if the purpose was to show how good Axel is at parkour... It was just too much, especially considering that we learnt about other characters roughly the same amount with way less screentime.
But the setup overall, the atmosphere - that's all good. There is clear danger, clear goal, a time limit and hints of potential collision between "greater good" and "personal good".
