First one in the series that I couldalmost follow the story for.

It has been many years since I first watched the Anime version of this story. I had forgotten how much I loved the world it is set in. But, I think I like the color artwork of the anime a little more than the black and white of the manga. While the black and white enhanced the bleakness of the setting, it detracted from some of the characters making them hard to distinguish.