[VagueDoctor]

A very underappreciated thing about Blade is the aesthetic of it all. Outside of combining fantasy warriors with a tech-heavy spin, I think that the directors had an overall vision of the show that other entries need to bring back.

Lots of early episodes are shot at night time and in strange areas like abandoned laboratories, boutique stores. It makes the city feel very alive, because it's not the same mountainous area or scrapyard, or random street.

Garren fighting in a shipyard, Chalice on docks with boat rafts, the whole sequence of Garren escaping Isaka, etc. These are all present in the first ten episodes, and man, does it deliver. Everything feels pretty fresh from Blade, and I'd also say it definitely has one of the most visually striking openings.

Blade to me would definitely be the first Heisei 1.0 series I'd recommend to someone because it's style personified, and I think the beginning mystery is really intruiging.

Maybe I'm a sucker for unconventional fighting grounds or night scenes, but I'd pay to see them appear more often. Speaking of sets, we really need to bring back snow. It's only been utilized in a few shows; it's expensive, no doubt, but it's iconic.