Humorous Title: Hired by Dorothy Catalonia to Commit Some Heist I stumbled randomly on this underrated gem of Summer 2025. It started as a heist but ended up as an anime with an antiauthoritarian theme. Overview Its a future where civilisation has collapsed and people are suffering from poverty. 220https://i.ur.com/EzAmYga.png Gear together with his friend Shirokuma and his robot with four personalities is in the business of committing a heist. One day a mysterious blonde approaches him to steal a valuable artefact one thats gonna be earthshattering. The pay is good and this is something that will enlarge Gears world. 220https://i.ur.com/3Fu1Jb1.png Lets talk about the studio and staff The studio is EH Production and it has been around for only a few years. This is the first work from the studio I watched. The director is Park SeongHu who seems to be polarising. I havent seen his previous works. All I know is that he previously directed Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1 and the movie prequel but within the constraints set by studio Mappa. He then left Mappa to pursue his artistic passion of creating anime with his artistic stamp. His previous work Ninja Kamui is said by some to be a trainwreck and this is reflected by the average score of 6.56 in myanimelist. This anime Bullet/Bullet has an even lower average of 6.37. Whilst Im not in a position to agree or disagree regarding Ninja Kamui I can definitely disagree with the low rating of Bullet/Bullet. Bullet/Bullet is a gem. The storyboarding which is done by a team of six storyboarders including Director Park is great. The musick is decent. The OP Work Hard by CHANMINA is great and catchy. At first working hard is great but if you dive deep into it the anime critiques just working hard. Lets talk about everything else The blonde girl in question is named Noah. In my humorous title I called her Dorothy Catalonia because she resembles Dorothy Catalonia from Gundam Wing both in look and temperament. Shes a badass but unfortunately with limited screentime. Noah 220https://i.ur.com/ffHIh6B.png Dorothy Catalonia from Gundam Wing 220https://i.ur.com/wTbDYWh.png Other reviewers are correct in that this is a fun anime. I wont elaborate on this point further. Heres where other reviewers seem to miss. This anime has a lot of symbolism and the director is probably leftleaning. Without spoiling the details I saw the concepts of Platos cave as found in The Republic Kants distinction between noumena and phenomena Marxs theory of capitalist exploitation and Adornos critique of pop culture which prevents the proletariat from rebelling against the system. Once you see it the second half is more enjoyable. Amusement under late capitalism is the prolongation of work. It is sought after as an escape from the mechanised work process and to recruit strength in order to be able to cope with it again. But at the same time mechanisation has such power over a mans leisure and happiness and so profoundly determines the manufacture of amusement goods that his experiences are inevitably afterimages of the work process itself. The ostensible content is merely a faded foreground what sinks in is the automatic succession of standardised operations. What happens at work in the factory or in the office can only be escaped from by approximation to it in ones leisure time. Theodor W. Adorno The Culture Industry But if youre not a leftist would this anime still be entertaining? You bet The labourers in the anime simply did not consent to it. They were not informed what they were losing by working so it is only right that people rebel against such a system. This is where a nonleftist reading can be used if youre not a leftist. I mention this because even though the anime was crafted from a leftist view in mind it doesnt require that one be a leftist to appreciate this anime. Conclusion Bullet/Bullet is one of those overlooked and underrated anime in Summer 2025. It is enjoyable in its own right but being able to recognise the politickal implications of its symbolism makes my appreciation for this anime greater. NOTA BENE: A grade of 7 out of 10 or 70 out of 100 in anilist means that I find this anime is very good and two notches above average. I enjoyed watching it. It is a high score. Its not mid or average unlike the misconception of some people on this site. My enjoyment spectrum lies from 4 to 10. If I have scored an anime below 4 I actively dislike it.