that's average, not short.

also, i watched the whole thing, but skipped last 2-3 episodes.
watch it and you will know what i mean.
skip it doesn't do any harm, at all!

also yes , animation sucks, but you can wait for the remake to be finish, 1.11 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE is out with bluray rip, tasty quality!
2.00 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE is now showing in movies theaters in japan. there's cam rip but meh.
the remake featuring 1 new character and that's pretty much all to it, plus the uber extreme awesome animation.

and @ Krys, the religions stuffs is not obvious at all, i mean all that obvious is crosses, angels, and the lance of longinus, that's all. the other stuffs you have to pay a bit of attention to figure it out. no one goes like thanks god for this and that.

i don't know, it was rather a weird experience to watch