Aozora Shoujo-tai

This is possibly one of the most underrated animes out there. Probably because it was never completed. But it really had potential.

Even though the story never took off because it didnt have enough time. You get to know the characters and enjoy watching them get to know each other and learn new things.

And unlike most plane anime this one doesnt focus on killing, instead they are an airshow plane group. That makes it a lot more interesting for me.

With only 7 episodes you don't go very far storywise, but you do get to have some fun along the way. Don't expect an ending because there ... isnt one.

I've never been a very objective person. There are plenty of things out there that are 'Objectively Bad' or 'Objectively Mediocre', well according to most 801 T.T.S. Airbats would objectively be somewhere under the 7-10 mark, the MAL rating is currently 6.51/10. Well, screw whatever objective scores anyone gives this show, I enjoyed the hell out of Aozora Shoujo-tai! I'm not one to indulge in romcoms very often so I can forgive a lot of the tropes and what-not. Airbats was a very enjoyable watch, I loved all of the characters and was happy to see all of them get their own time to shine. ... Despite being a romcom, Aozora Shoujo-tai is a comedy first and a romance second, the love triangle that forms never unnecessarily gets in the way, nor does it ever get incredibly serious. The only bad thing about this anime for me was that it was very clearly unfinished, the 7 episodes that exist are great and all of the characters really get their moments, but the love triangle never gets resolved, and right at the end of the 7th episode, a new relationship begins to form between two of the supporting characters, yet there are no episodes to explore said relationship afterward. The anime is clearly unfinished, but what's there was very enjoyable.

This is one I didn't enjoy at all and had to force myself to finish.
The problem here isn't the artwork or the animation. Both are above average for it's time. And the music is good as well. It's also not that it's a slice of life anime, I enjoy that sort of anime more than most here seem to. My main problem is that it tries to dip into the love triangle thing that was popular at the time, a sub-genre that I'm not particularly a fan of, but even so it does it very poorly. There is really no build up, the female ... characters don't get to know the male AT ALL before they are suddenly fawning over him and fighting over his affection. The whole thing seems tacked on and prevents me from enjoying the anime at all. It really seems like the writers didn't know how to handle romance plots and any romance at all seems to be almost instant in this universe. Like in the final episode where the characters only know each other for a few days and they are suddenly madly in love with each other to the point of proposing marriage. There were also other elements of the show that I just couldn't put a finger on that were frustrating or unsettling to me. All and all I think this anime could have had potential but was marred by bad execution and a love triangle plot that really didn't need to be there.