Haha, I'm only on the second episode. Not sure what'll happen next, but the same things turned it on for me; it's been a while since an anime showed such art and animation/action fluency. The fact that it didn't have the stereotypical (and quite annoying) Japanese girl screaming or 'kawaii' eyes is a pretty nice change to what's been playing in the newer animes. About it being over 100 episodes, I personally don't mind. I'm really used to these long-running series, though I do sincerely wish they'd keep it below 400 episodes. I want to wait until it's completed so it'd be easier to power through them, but another DC is too much.