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Rating: - mediocre fare with a few good points
There are a few good points to this one. The space ship designs are interesting. Some of the scenes involving them are impressively animated. Overall however, this is a poor product. It has the feel of a much longer story chopped to fit onto two tapes. There are huge gaps in the story. Characters are introduced with no rythme or reason. The action jumps from place to place erratically. Sometimes the story becomes almost incoherent. It has all the standard earmarks of indiscriminately hacked anime. I would reccomend you rent this one before considering buying it. A major video rental chain with the initials BBV carries it.

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Rating: - I dunno...
I didn't like this movie too much. It's obviously a fairly good sci-fi anime, but I didn't feel it was TOO much to hoot and holler about. With so many great movies out there, I'm afraid Maps just doesn't compete. I figure that a lot of people would find this movie entertaining, so it's probably worth your time, but as for my opinion, all I can say is this: I wouldn't want to watch this again, and if you're already hooked on something else, this will probably seem insulting to you. And parents, don't be fooled by the PG rating. They messed up. This movie is in NO WAY PG. I had to turn it off in the middle because my little brother was freaking out.

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Rating: - A masterfully constructed tale!
Maps has everything any real anime needs. It causes the viewer to ask questions. Who are the Mystic Ones? What happened to Callion? What are the Star maps for?

This type of show challenges viewers be posing tough questions. That is the mark of a great storyteller.

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Rating: - Great!!
Maps is a great movie. The first episode could use some work but the second is fantastic. The only downside to it is that it doesn't tell what happened in a year between the time they leave earth and are in space traveling.