From Chizumatic, or more specifically SDB's future series list.

Desert Punk -- NO -- Grim and gritty
Gunslinger Girl -- NO -- Grim and gritty, dead girls, blood and gore
Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex -- NO -- Grim and gritty, lousy art
Full Metal Alchemist -- NO -- Grim and gritty

      I must disagree with all of these but one in particular sticks in my craw.  That would be Desert Punk, it is emphatically not grim and gritty.   Desert Punk is actually a send up of all the various grim and gritty post apocalitic distopia stories out there, and a damn funny one with a fair bit of fan service.(Paging Junko, you have a call on the blue curtesy phone.) Those that have seen this series know what I am talking about when I say Kanta in the air vent it draws both laugther and a shudder.   As one might gather from the name of this site I like GITS-SAC*, I didn't think the art was lousy, it didn't leave me mouth agape but it didn't leave me scrubbing my eyes either.  I would say that it had average to above average art.  But My other main points of contention are with Full Metal Alchemist and Gunslinger Girl.  FMA is grim and gritty and has angst yes, but it also has a great story, an even better cast and an ending that is perhaps the most uplifting of any anime series or movie I have ever seen.  My quibble with Gunslinger Girl is a technical point, they aren't dead, they were all near dead/terminally ill and were chosen for the program as a result.  So what am trying to say here?  Namely that it can be hard to decide check a series based upon the often thin and less than informative plot synapsis that are on offer in cyberspace.  I respect Steven's opinions but I disagree with him about the shows, but namely I am trying correct what I believe to be a judgement based on less than the whole truth.  So to correct that misconception I am offering to send, on my dime a copy of the prview DVD from Newtype USA's May 2006 issues which has the first episode of Desert Punk on it, if Steven still doesn't like it that is fine.  If he changes his mind, then great, I helped clear up a misunderstanding.  Either way all I ask is that if you (and assuming you ever read this) are interested drop me a line (at ragingtachikoma@sbcglobal.net )so I can fire this baby off to you.  Until then I shall continue to enjoy your blog, after all because of you I was turned on to Kaliedo Star and that show is absolutely top notch.

*GITS-SAC=Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex

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