ising ▁the ▁series ▁for ▁its ▁intr icate ▁visual s , ▁cy ber p unk ▁a est h etic ▁and ▁intellectual ▁them es ; ▁while ▁critic izing ▁the ▁une ven ▁narr ative ▁and ▁its ▁over ▁reli ance ▁on ▁philosoph ical ▁references . ▁New type ▁USA ▁stated ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁" ex c ited ▁by ▁the ▁prem ise ▁of ▁the ▁show , ▁which ▁features ▁complex ▁drama ▁surrounding ▁the ▁strik ingly ▁beautiful ▁crime ▁investig ator ▁Re - l ▁May er , ▁and ▁an ▁intr icate ▁sci - fi ▁setting , ▁incorpor ating ▁rob ots , ▁living ▁in ▁human ▁society ▁and ▁a ▁gro tes que ▁array ▁of ▁unique ▁mon sters ". ▁New type ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁pra ise ▁the ▁" t rem end ous ▁supporting ▁cast ▁and ▁carefully ▁w oven ▁plot ". ▁New type ▁USA ▁featured ▁the ▁first ▁Er go ▁Pro xy ▁DVD ▁in ▁their ▁" D VD ▁of ▁the ▁Month ", ▁describing ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁" show ▁that ▁re wards ▁view ers ▁with ▁a ▁deep , ▁bel iev able , ▁and ▁above ▁all ▁thought ful ▁sci - fi ▁story ▁instead ▁of ▁simply ▁bash ing ▁rob ots ▁together ". ▁K atherine ▁Luther ▁of ▁About . com ▁pra ised ▁it ▁for ▁its ▁cy ber p unk ▁them es ▁and ▁mix ▁of ▁ 2 D ▁and ▁ 3 D ▁animation ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁its ▁deep ▁psych ological ▁story line , ▁calling ▁it ▁cre ep y , ▁inten se ▁and ▁" edge - of - your - se at - del ight ful ". ▁ ▁THE M ▁An ime ▁Re