I dunno, it looks really good to me :)
The movement looks great from what I could see. If 
you haven't already seen a clip, heres someplace online that
should work:
http://www.movie-navi.com/ESUKA
I like the darker colours and atmosphere alot too. 
Which means I'm going to try for those cels, LOL ... 
Although the way Van straps into Esca scares me ^^;;;;

As for character designs, for once I am actually going to 
try and buy Alan cels ^^!!! The movie design is so much
better, IMHO.