Wolf's Rain 2
I really like the world design. It has the right mix of familiar and alien that makes for a successful alternate-Earth setting. It bares some resemblance to steampunk in its mixture of antique and futuristic technology and aesthetics, but instead of reaching back to the 19th century it takes inspiration from early 20th century Eastern Europe, a time and place I haven't seen much use of in these sorts of retro-future settings. At the same time, the architecture is extended into strange patterns and ruined fragments that at times look like something from an alien planet. It's evocative despite the weaknesses of the early digital composition.
Wolf's Rain is, I believe, set somewhere that's supposed to be like an alternate Russia. All the writing is in Cyrillic, as you've probably noticed. I might be fanwanking this up as Wikipedia has just reminded me of this, but I believe the choice of location may have something to do with the fact that the Japanese wolf, now long extinct, was apparently descended from Siberian wolves.
When I first watched Wolf's Rain, my computer couldn't handle the high motion sequences in the OP - so the first shot, when the camera pans across the fence, and then when Kiba's running right to left about midway through, went all juddery. I should really rewatch it now...
Unfortunately it seems Wolf's Rain wasn't one of the Bandai titles license rescued by Sentai or Funi earlier this month. I would have half expected Funi to get it - it doesn't really fit what I think of as the Sentai "ethos". Ah well.
