The genocide organ is a very interesting project. Despite the popularity of the themes and ideas underlying it in Western cinema, the Japanese approach them from a slightly different side.
In the plot, there is a classic story with a gray moral about a squad of special soldiers undergoing special chemical and technical treatment in order not to feel emotions (hello, Equilibrium), with camera lenses in the eyes (space troopers from Warhammer 40k), which the United States and developed countries, where for security purposes have eliminated privacy (We / Brave New World) are sent to perform tasks to maintain world peace.
At some point, it becomes clear that one must look for the “bad man” behind dozens of civil wars (called “genocides” in this movie), who, as it turns out, later discovered language patterns (alya Newspeak from 1984) that provoke people to commit “genocide” (in fact, inciting hatred on the most primitive feelings, such as nationalism or religious fundamentalism).
In the process of trying to restore world peace, brave warriors will have to kill soldiers, militias, child soldiers, and just random passers-by. Democracy will bear it. From the first shot it becomes clear that the authors are not trying to romanticize this image of the “fighter for freedom and democracy”, which is already somewhat in contrast to most similar Western films.
The flesh is reserved for the final scenes of the film, beautiful elves admit that they are ready to wipe the whole world into rubbish, as long as they have hamburgers and the opportunity to watch a conventional Netflix. It sounds very simple and childish, but somehow creepy believable.
Attempts to make a compositional "Western" film are visible to the naked eye. The goal is achieved - the picture is indistinguishable from Western animation. A similar choice of scenes, angles and other small things do their job.
There are advantages of the fact that this is anime - you can show atrocities against children, and all sorts of cool sci-fi weapons. The idea and embodiment of the landing capsules here, by the way, is very much reminiscent of the Warhammer 40k.
On top of that, the film is expensive. He's kind of undeservedly neglected.