ACCA: 13th Territory Inspection Department

Another short review because it's been a few months since I watched this.

This anime is a stylish political mystery drama with a really pleasing artstyle and a lot of handsome men (I just like droopy sleepy eyes, shoot me!). It's set in the kingdom of Dowa, a country made up of 13 states and ACCA is the inspection department in charge of keeping those states in line. The main character, who works for ACCA, is set on a mission to visit each state and report if anything fishy is going on, something like a coup. The anime is only 12 episodes long but frankly it doesn't need to be longer. The plot was wrapped up nicely and it had a lot of fun twists and turns.

Something I noticed that's becoming kind of popular in anime is this imagined country that's made up of a ton of smaller states, each with a widely different culture that draws inspiration from real world cultures. I remember 86 also kind of had it, and, shit, nothing else comes to mind but I swear I've been seeing it everywhere. It always reminds me of the hunger games, I know this setting definitely didn't originate there but I can't help myself lmao.

Anyway, I highly highly recommend this anime. It's not really super deep when it comes to the political shit, but it's fun, it's short, and it's enjoyable. Plus it has an almost completely adult cast.