As harsh as its contents were, I thought ELFEN LIED was actually pretty decent. As the main character has the capability of making the human race extinct, the various atrocity's in the show where there to make one wonder if the human race was actually worth saving given it's cruelty and violence towards itself. Part of the problem is that it only represents a small portion of the manga so like the equally nasty gantz, it didn't contain the entire plot.
As for anime, well its like cult films in that its not for everyone. Stick zombie flesh-eaters on in front of the average cinema goer they would probably deried it as sick crap and ask to watch reident evil instead. It's all about individual taste at the end of the day.
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