Maybe it's too early to say that we have a winner, but the first impression was good, atleast for me. It could have been an anime about any other sport and I think I would have still liked it, what's keeping me interested right now is the animation, the visuals, and the world's design. And Miyuki and Spanky.
I really, really hope Kawamori and Romain will deliver a good show. It'd be nice to see more of this kind of collaborations between japanese animators and foreigners.