Miyu is one of those great older series (late 90s or so) that is dark and violent with some nice graphic bloodshed and a hint or two of nudity. It has a dark concept and doesn't shy away from that fact with glossy animation styles or cutesy characters (though there is a somewhat disturbing bunny creature with one very creepy eye thing going on).
It also has that old hand-drawn feel which I kind of miss. Sure the movements are slow or choppy or obviously two-dimensional, but the story still manages to be engrossing and strange and fun to watch.
The story basically revolves around a half human/half vampire 'guardian' who travels the world keeping demon-types (called shinma in this series) from doing too many horrible things. She isn't exactly a warrior of light and love, however. She has a tendency to let shinma kill people off before she stops them, and she isn't above encouraging douche-y teenagers to throw themselves off buildings if they piss her off. Fun to see a little 'anti' in the series' heroine from time to time.
Though I know I saw this series first and it should be the other way around, I find it reminds me quite a bit of Hell Girl. Similar concepts: jilted/angry/horrible people seek revenge on those that have done them wrong and call on demonic forces to help them out (or something to that effect) until a dark-haired ultra-powerful teenage girl comes along and cleans up the mess - for a price.
Perhaps as the series goes on they won't seem to similar, but I don't really mind at this point as I liked Hell Girl and I like Miyu so it all works for me.
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