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While I was not quite enamored with the vocal opening and ending theme songs (the series is old, so you can't blame them), the instrumentals in the series are enjoyable. I especially like the sweet, heart-wrenching ensemble played near the end of the first episode. As is usual with all the Gundam series, the music in the series is comprised of lyrical ensembles, and sweeping battle music. Though I didn't feel the urge to rush out and buy the soundtrack, the music accompanied the scenes perfectly, and increased the emotional responses brought on by the actions.
Unlike some of Hino's works, Panorama of Hell is not for children. The title and subject matter summons up a classical theme: Japanese Buddhist Jigoku zoshi ("Hell scrolls") which depict the underworld. With their graphic depictions of sinners being tortured, Jigoku zoshi are a bit like the famous hell paintings of Heironymus Bosch and other Medieval painters, although a religious scholar might point out that in Christianity hell is permanent while in Buddhism hell is just a place you pass through temporarily when you've been too evil in your past life to just be reincarnated as a slug.
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