There is definitely a very gothic atmosphere to this show, being that it does take place in Victorian-era England (I think) and there is a lot of dark, sort of antiquated color used. Even though there wasn't a whole ton of detail, I felt like effort was put into making the rooms look nice. Anime has a high tendency to put way less furniture in a room then there should be, and this show heals that problem. The vast pastel-like backgrounds were very nice and there was one particular piece of architecture I enjoyed (the rediculously huge stairacase.) In particular, the starting of the episode with the golden city that glistens just as it is suddenly destroyed by a huge purple explosion was very nice looking. And frankly, some of the lighting made me think of Shinbo. So there's that.
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