A standard, and maturely grounded Manga crime story, but very well-done for what it's trying to achieve with strong character beats. Although I thought the female detective would have had more of a role, especially how they set her character up motivation wise early on. Anyway the new kids on the block. Young and ambitious and a threat to the established elder figures. Begin their plans of shaking things up influencing control and power. Although towards the end there's a neat spin on the expectations when things don't go the way you might think. Crime and politics in this moody yakuza themed drama is brimming with genre tropes right down to the backstabbing schemes, aggressive acts of violence and smoothed over by its soothing jazz soundtrack. There's a nice cover song of James Ingram's 'A Baby's Born' over the end credits. Crisp looking animation helps evoke realism too.
Review of Sanctuary
