This review will contain Spoilers for the show Golden Kamuy is serious but can have many scenes with absurd humour and characters the main reason why I love this series. SPOILER AHEAD STORY: The story focuses on Sugimoto who after the war tries to find some gold as to save his comrades wife. Soon enough he hears about the Hidden Ainu gold and the tattoos. To be honest I completly forgot that the main focus was to save his friends wife. Sugimoto meets many faces along his journey Asirpa and Shiraishi being the first few to join his squad. Their goal is to collect all of the tattoos which apparently make a map to where the gold is. This means that they have to make their way round nearly whole of Japan to find the tattooed convicts which is rather interesting there is always something going on in the show. I nearly missed it but there are many vital points of their trip cooking. Asirpa teaches the squad how to use the wildlife to their advantage and how to make the best dishes out there these scenes are honestly amazing. 420https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AnimatedSizzlingHornsharksizerestricted.gif CHARACTERS: Saichi Sugimoto A war veteran who is set on finding the hidden Ainu treasure. During the war hes earned the nickname Immortal Sugimoto due to the reason that...well he wouldnt die no matter what challenge was thrown at him he is quite the tough guy. Despite all that though he does have a soft side he wants to save his friends wife and also wants to protect Asirpa. Asirpa A young Ainu girl who meets Sugimoto when he is attacked by a bear she is the first one to join his squad. She is very skilled at hunting and tracking. She often teaches Sugimoto how to find prey easier and how to cook proper food in the wild. Yoshitake Shiraishi The escape king hes been to so many prisons and he managed to escape all of them. He is more of the comic relief for the show due to his immature nature and personality. Did you know that his character is based on Yoshie Shiratori a real Japanese prisoner who also managed to escape all of his prisons? Kiroranke He is the last one to join Sugimotos squad in this season. He too is an Ainu. He is a friend of Asirpas dad and thus thats his reason for joining the group. He is calm and serious just like Sugimoto but a bit more. There are many other characters in the show such as: Tokushirou Tsurumi The antagonist of the series he is much less stable than most of the characters in the show a part of that can be attributed to frontal lobe injury he is plotting things he wants the 7th division to take over Hokkaido. A really good bad guy imo. Tetsuzou Nihei A skilled hunter who owns a dog name Ryu. He just wanted to hunt down Retar. He was a weird character often making boner and dick jokes. Toshizou Hijikata An old man who is still very energetic. He is also plotting many things such as well you know...taking over Hokkaido yep two factions opposing each other nice. Honestly this lad is quite the badass just like Sugimoto. There are more characters in the show that are important but I dont want to make this section too long yep. 420https://pa1.narvii.com/6794/9a540942783689f61f7dad5ddfe5f18b082a1feahq.gif ART/ANIMATION: Golden Kamuy has a good art style it feels unique and fresh. It has a nice combo of weird surreal look during the comedic scenes and dead serious during the...well the serious scenes. The animation is nice smooth fluid. Really makes the combat and gore stand out. The only issue I found with the animation is the use of CGI bears. I personally dont really like making the main points of the scene in CGI unless the CGI is really good like for example in Violet Evergarden if its in the background sure thats fine but hey. 420https://66.media.tumblr.com/bddf22ceda447646d39052894972abc9/tumblrp6xo9dbBnN1v1hotuo1540.gif MUSIC: This show has an amazing OP Winding Road by Man With a Mission. Such a bop I love MWAM but this song honestly is one of their best. The ED is also really catchy just like the OP. Hibana by The Sixth Lie. 420https://thumbs.gfycat.com/DrearyBareAfricanaugurbuzzardsizerestricted.gif OVERALL OPINION: Golden Kamuy is a great show with many great characters the mix of humour and seriousness is great and felt unique to this show. The plot is also very interesting there is always something happening either bad or good.