Ranked #1624

Sousei no Aquarion

Aquarion is an homage to older mecha series, and that is easily seen when you watch it. Personally, I haven't watched a lot of older mecha series, so I can't exactly spout out examples of it copying them. But I've talked with people who are experienced with them, and the one mecha from the 90s which I've watched (NGE) is enough to prove my example of how similar it is.

The setting is - not surprisingly - a futuristic world, where a form of higher beings - in this case Shadow Angels - show themselves for the first time in thousands of years. There is only one organization - in this case DEAVA - who can fight against them, due to their possession of mecha robots - in this case the Vectors/Aquarions.

The male protagonist (Apollo) is a reincarnation of a fallen Shadow Angel, Apollonius, who betrayed the other Shadow Angels a long time ago. Also known as the Wings of the Sun, he is very important to the Shadow Angels, so they go after him. The female (Silvia) protagonist is the reincarnation of Apollonius' lover. That's it for the setting. Maybe you've now decided on whether to watch it or not?

Anyway, the story isn't that really great. It's episodic, and stays that way until the last couple of episodes. Those episodes are actually so independent of each other that, aside the first episode, you could probably watch them in any order. The development in Silvia and Apollo's relationship is all but prominent, and whil I could nearly imagine them kissing after one episode, that didn't seem so likely after the next. Still, that development is pretty much the only thing that ties the episodes together. The inconsistency of other characters' development also helps to drag a bit down.

The animation quality is actually one of the stronger parts of the show - not that it is a very positive statement. And that is if you count out all the CGI. The character designs and backgrounds are all decent, but there's just something dull about the coloring, and good lighting effects are rare, but good when there. Special effects are okay, but not something outstanding.

And then there's the CGI... I'm not a big fan of CGI in anime series, and especially not when it's so blatantly executed as the CGI in Aquarion. It just ruined the quality and my viewing experience. If you like or don't mind lots of CGI, you'll have no trouybles with this, but if you're not a fan of CGI like me, it can ruin your enjoyment of the series. However, the series deserve a plus for the best-looking male villain ever (Toma).

The soundtrack is the strongest part of the show. This time around it []is a positive statement. AKINO did an outstanding job on the OP and ED themes, and most of them are in the upper tier of my favorite OP/ED theme list. The BGM is okay too; it does the job it's supposed to do, but it stops there. VAs are good; I like the characters' voices and they're played pretty good. Sound effects are okay too, and they do their job like they should.

The characters are not that good. They're mostly unoriginal (at least from my experiences). I mean, Apollo is the stupid, rash character you've seen a lot of times, Silvia is the female protagonist who doesn't like the male protagonist at first, but warms up to him. Sirius is the arrogant-kinda type (he actually reminds me of Byakuya from Bleach), Pierre is the guy who's always going after the ladies, and so on. There's low amounts of character development, which also drags a bit down. You get a little on Apollo and Silvia as we gradually explore their past lives and they warm up to each other, but that's about it. A plus is Gen, though. I love most of his lines.

All in all, Aquarion is what you'd expect of an homage of older series - unoriginal. But they still executed it poorly; it had potential to be great, but it never became that. It's not an anime I'm gonna remember.

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Story: 7/10
Ugh, your usual staple of post-apocalyptic kind of world setting + a handful of young (duh? does it have to be young?) ones who can ONLY save the planet + a gigantic ton of metal that the young ones can only pilot + a race of nearly alien (or not) beings that can destroy shi* everywhere in the world = Sousei no Aquarion. Sounds familiar right? We all have our share of EVA, Raxhephon, Zeorymer, TTGL, etc. experiences and yet they are still popular despite mecha fanatics' swooning over GARness and teamwork blah blah.

Art:8/10
Sunrise did a pretty good job in animating this with artistic European backdrops, beautiful setting sun effects and dazzling flashes of light on transformation scenes and others. Character art ain't too bad too but it did get a bit confusing (I think the graphic change was part of the story) on one episode with that of stick art doodles. :D

Sound:9/10
Beautiful orchestral score in their BGM throughout the series. OP themes are a bit catchy and the ED is hauntingly good to listen at.

Character:7/10
As most super and real robot series, characters must be unique in every way to distinguish their different traits. Aquarion has that but has some elements borrowed from other robot series. What kind of amuses me is Apollonius' character with that of a wild beast and Reika, with her negative and emo way of thinking. The siblings are also good in their character as well as the Shadow Angels especially Toma. ^_^

Enjoyment:8/10
Most mecha fans would come to conclusion that the series itself is just chunks or bits and pieces of other mecha series that are put together. I could agree more but Aquarion has some aspects that are exclusive by itself and is almost a bit above-average than your regular mech anime series. I enjoy the love-hate relationship of the main characters, the personalities of the other crews and even the good mecha artwork of the Aquarion.

Overall: 8/10
This is a good mecha series to start with if you are not much of a mecha fan. Hot-blooded finishing blow shout-outs and the out of this world kind of feeling when combining are some of the *ooohs-aaahs* I have felt after watching this.

Recommend? - To non-mecha fans...yes; probably not much to hardcore fanatics...

Replay Value (Once) - Yeah, just for the heck of the understanding the confusing storyline on their past lives...
(Twice) - Errrr...do replay it if you are bored or haven't watched it for a long time....
(Thrice) - WTF! Too much might get ya...GATTAI SYNDROME! (watch it to find out what it is) :P read more

Sousei no Aquarion is a mecha anime that is similar to Evagelion and RahXephon. Just another anime about humans fighting against a form of higher being, in this case, the Shadow Angels.

Story: The plot is pretty slow. It may seem the plot throws you right into action, which it does, but it does not move the plot much until the last few episodes. It follows a pretty generic line with very few twists here and there. The whole show seems pretty episodic save the finale.

Art: The art is unique in its own way. The characters have unique designs to them and the mecha are pretty unique as well. The backgrounds are nice but sometimes feel as if they were sloppily painted on. The character designs and mecha are pretty much the saving grace of the artwork.

Sound: The musical score is pretty much the highlight of the show. The music produced by Yoko Kanno, known for her works in Ghost in the Shell and Macross. The musical score makes good use of orchestrated works and the insert songs found throughout several episodes are good.

Characters: The characters have their own interesting personalities. You have Apollo, the homeless turned Daeva pilot who is short tempered to Silvia, who has a serious case of a brother complex. The characters have their own distinct way of doing things in the anime and it shows in their battles against the enemy.

Enjoyment/Overall: I was expecting more out of this anime but it reduces its plot to a drag. The battles are decent and the music is good. Other than though, it just seems like another Evagelion ripoff. read more

Sousei no Aquarion is..unique. Unique in how it surpasses anything else I've seen at being uninspired, generic, and boring. I am truly proud that I finished this show because it was one of the more difficult things I've done involving anime.

Story - 1:
Extremely generic. Sousei no Aquarion is about a young male who is unknowingly the reincarnation of some great hero. He must rise up and prove his naysayers wrong by defeat the arrogant enemy while proving that humanity is not inferior.

Now, being generic isn't a bad thing. There are plenty of shows that take a generic plot and refine it or expand upon it. Not Sousei no Aquarion. It will stick to this proven formula. Although this isn't the making of a great show, it would be passable if other aspects of the show were much more impressive.

Art - 4
Sound - 7:
Commenting on art and sound are not my strong points. I am very lenient when it comes to animation and I don't unusually notice music unless it is extremely impressive or totally absent. That being said, I do feel that art and sound were the shows strong points.

I never felt anything overly negative toward the art. Given what was being drawn, I don't see what else could have been done with it. Keep in mind however, while the show's art has no glaring problems in my mind, it also has nothing outstanding. Nearly every show I have watched has something that catches my eye - Sousei no Aquarion's most impressive visual is probably its generic mecha.

The only place that I give this show good marks is on sound. I generally enjoyed the music throughout the show, but my rating is primarily based on loving the first intro. I don't know that I could have finished the show without it.

Character - 1:
With few exceptions, my opinion of a show depends on the balance of the characters and the plot. Generic characters can work if the plot has something going for it, and a basic plot can suffice if the characters are endearing. Sadly, Sousei no Aquarion's characters fared even worse than the story did.

Ignoring that the majority of the cast is entirely one dimensional, the main characters are terribly unrounded and develop as quickly and drastically as an eroding rock. One is the rebel, the other is the arrogant jerk, the last is obsessive incestuous fangirl. During the course of the show, these develop into the rebel hero, the guy who still manages to be an arrogant jerk despite losing, and the obsessive incestuous fangirl who is remotely considering a legal life partner.

I could go into more detail, but any detailing of Silvia could provoke me to murder.

Enjoyment - 2:
When things are wrapped up, the value given to Sousei no Aquarion is directly valued to how valuable you consider your time to be. If you are as bored as I was when I watched this show, the quick episodic pace will, at the very least, keep you distracted. If you are like most people and you have limited time to devote to twenty six episode shows, steer clear.

There are plenty of shows that have similar plots and characters done well - there is no good reason to watch these standards executed so poorly. read more

The only reason i watched this anime was b/c it was always on the Funimation Channel.

I'll cut right to the point: Horrible story, No character development....so why watch it? I found it to be hilarious...even when not intentioned. (I wouldve given this show a 3 but the humor gave it a bump up.) This really should be filed under comedy only. Its such a bad mash up of cliched scenarios and stereotypical characters under the mecha genre umbrella, how can you not laugh? In addition, the intentioned humor was amusing to almost compensate for its shortcomings...almost. But all in all, it was a waste of time...if u need a good laugh there are a few episodes that had me rofling ( eps 3 and 18)

Story:

Unoriginal and flat premise of a post apocalyptic world destroyed by Shadow Angles ( humanity's biggest enemies) So the logical solution calls for mecha fighting machines and teenage pilots to save the world right? Of course! The strangest thing about this show is....well when the 3 mechs merge into one mega mech...the pilots experience euphoria/ orgasm-ish experiences together... seriously...im not making this up lol....its a lame attempt to be taboo...and i think its meant to be comical....it could be funny but is very disturbing.....Anyway, the series starts out with pilot training and then full circle to real combat...so predictable. But the real problems arise when there are no explanations regarding the enemies....in fact the whole show is about defeating these aliens when in fact they tell us nothing about them. There is no alien leader, or real motives for attacks....They also attempt at a lame love story but its not even worth going into that... and everything falls apart more so with the "reincarnation" story line involving the characters and some prophecy which makes the ending horrible. The ending is so bad, it makes the rest of the series look genius.

Art:

Pretty decent, with an array of bright colors and typical cgi-ish mechs for action scenes

Sound:

I cant remember anything remarkable but it was pleasant

Character:

So you have your typical characters with no development at all

Apollo:
the main character who is an unsophisticated tarzan with so much talent he doesnt even realize it yet....and all he needs to do is follow directions to focus...yawn...they tried having a back story for him but the writers failed in so many ways

Silvia de Alisia:
The typical miss goody two shoes and know-it-all....the foil of Apollo however, ironically she is subconsciously drawn to him...hence lame love story of opposites attract...blah blah

Sirius de Alisia:
Silivia's older brother who is the model student and fighter...mr sophisticated with all the right answers yet he lacks the passion Apollo has, which causes frustration....and side note, his relationship with his sister was somewhat creepy...apparently the awful ending was supposed to make sense of this but failed....

Pierre Vieira:
They should've called him the Latin Lover. He is the typical soccer loving, sexually frustrated foreigner who brought tons of humor to the show!

Enjoyment:

Surprisingly i kept on watching this train wreck mainly b/c it was funny. The lame story lines did make me roll my eyes at times but i did not take this show seriously to begin with. Just let the sillyness wash over you...the ending however was so awful, the laugh factor was not compensating anymore.....

Overall:

Im not sure if anyone took this show seriously....im not sure the creators even did...in conclusion, if its on tv and u have nothing else going on and want to be mildly amused and chuckle, watch it...if not, dont waste ur time! I hope this was helpful :) read more

Can something be better than the sum of its parts?

That’s the question that I had to ask myself as I finished watching Sousei no Aquarion, because at its core, this is a show that is fundamentally flawed in a number of areas, but at the same time, I found myself enjoying it throughout. Thus I have to wonder if it’s a good show, even if I don’t think the individual parts are good.

The story of Aquarion isn’t that much different from most of the other giant robot shows you may have seen over the years. Humans are being harvested by a race of beings called the Shadow Angels, and the only method they have to fight back are three ships called Vectors, which have to be piloted by Elementals, and can join together to create the giant robot Aquarion. The show doesn’t stray far from convention at this point, as it’s very similar to other shows like Voltron and the likes, where you have individual fighters who join to create one giant robot. Outside of the giant robot portion, you have the character interactions, which focus on the elementals and their personal baggage, as well as a 12,000 year old love story due to reincarnation. The story isn’t terrible, but it misses a few steps along the way. The reincarnation angle could have worked great, if more than 2 characters had memories from their past lives. But since only the 2 seem important, the rest of the characters simply make up side-story elements, and thus never have the weight behind them that the main characters do. Beyond that, the Shadow Angels, while interesting for villains, don’t really hit the cord to make you despise them, and thus the show lacks a lot of punch. In the end, the story is sound for creating a giant robot show, but it’s certainly not a selling point, and truly falls short of better shows in the genre such as RahXephon and NGE.

When it comes to the characters themselves in Aquarion, I find myself rather torn. One the one hand, the interaction between them is generally fun, and adds a lot to the show. The problem is that the characters themselves are often entirely unlikable. The main character, Apollo, is shown throughout the entire show being bestial and nasty, due to the fact that he had to live a hard life as a child. That’s all well and good, but you’d like the character to evolve beyond that at some point, and become better all around. You see hints that such evolution is happening, but then they throw that all away by having him pick his nose, or do something else childish and disgusting at every opportunity. Sadly, he’s still more likable than the female protagonist Silvia, who spends most of the show having to get past her brother issues and the fact that she’s a spoiled princess. Other side characters range from the strangely out of place soccer player (who still wears his uniform) to the rather cliché mopey, I have only bad luck but everyone loves me, to the I’m cute but helpless moe type character. Despite all the flaws of the characters, their interactions are still fun and enjoyable, and they do make the show better. I think despite their flaws, these are rather charming characters that I just couldn’t make myself dislike.

The animation of Aquarion is pretty much all over the place. Generally, the animation is pretty good, nothing spectacular, but it’s fairly sharp. There are a handful of episodes that just aren’t as good, but they normally don’t stray too far into the terrible territory, unless they do it on purpose. My problem is again with the implementation of the CG, such as the robots. I just never enjoyed the CG aspect, and I didn’t particularly care for the design of the Aquarion, which left all of the giant robot fight scenes particularly displeasing from an aesthetic reason. When it comes to the artistic design, I found the humans to be relatively bland. They look like any other gathering of humans that you’d find in any other giant robot show. Where the show ventures off and becomes creative is the Shadow Angels, and I found their artistic design to be quite enjoyable. The character Otoha, with wing like arms and multiple eyes was truly interesting from an artistic perspective. The end result is a mishmash of animation, that is sometimes striking and fascinating, other time conventional and fine, mixed with bad CG that drains away a lot of that credibility.

If there’s one area that Aquarion caught me completely by surprise, it’s the music of the show. This is a truly hidden little gem of a sound track, but in retrospect, that comes as no surprise. I didn’t know the composer when I was watching the show, but I found myself enjoying a lot of the rather catchy lyrical songs, as well as truly loving the classical pieces, particularly when the piano was used. It came as no surprise to me when I learned that this was another soundtrack composed by Yoko Kanno, so my natural love for the music made immediate sense. Truly, this is the high point of the show, and I always found that the use of music here made things have more emotional impact than they should have, but that’s a power that Ms. Kanno has always had.

Beyond all the parts of Aquarion, the show is quirky and that both works for it and detracts from it. I don’t understand the reasoning behind the women experiencing orgasmic feelings when they powered up the Aquarion. That always felt weird and out of place in this show. Also, this is a truly “Rinse and Repeat” show if I’ve ever seen one. About 80% of the episodes of this show can be broken down into the following steps:

1. The show starts with a little character interaction, usually setting up which character will have the breakthrough moment in the fight this episode.
2. The enemy will attack, and three elementals will be sent out to fight them.
3. The good guys will get overconfident and have to confront some new enemy attack that they don’t know how to beat; 1-2 of the elementals will likely get knocked out at this point.
4. The character from the earlier interaction will realize they have some special talent or insight into this particularly enemy.
5. Cue catchy Yoko Kanno victory music
6. The good guys beat said enemy
7. There might be a little post fight character interaction, and then the episode ends.

That’s pretty much the way almost every single episode goes, with the exception of the first and last couple of episodes where they move things along quicker for storyline purposes. Beyond that, some of the episodes are incredibly random for a giant robot type of show. There are episodes about dreams, vampires, dieting and awful animation (I swear they were on serious drugs for episode 17).

When you look at any particular area of Aquarion, with the exception of the music, each aspect of the show seems horribly flawed, and one would think it’s a terrible show. But somehow when you pull together all these flawed parts, this show has a great amount of charm and I couldn’t help myself, I found that I liked the show. It’s not great, and it doesn’t stand up against the better shows in the genre, but if you have the time and you can overlook those flaws, Aquarion might just be able to win you over with its charm as well. read more

A decent show, but nothing to set it apart.

Aquarion takes place 11 years after a great disaster destroys most of Earth. Along with the destruction came beings called Shadow Angels who have been asleep for thousands of years, and begin to harvest humans and extract their life force. Ordinary human weapons are ineffective against the Shadow Angels, that's where the organization called Deava comes in creating machines to fight against the Dark Angels called Vectors. The Vectors can also combine to form a giant robot. The story takes off years later and follows Apollo who might be a reborn hero from thousands of years ago.

I'm going to begin with the things I didn't like about the show than to the things I did like.

1. This show just seemed to blend RahXephon, Eureka Seven and Evangelion together and this is what came out. I know the creators of this series were trying to tell a story, it just didn't work, it just didn't make much sense. This was the part that brought down the series for me, maybe if I hadn't seen the shows above I might have enjoyed it more.

2. The other thing that I didn't like was the soundtrack which didn't add anything to the series.

Onto the good.

1. The best part of the series were the characters. I'll focus mainly on Apollo who was a great main character. He was enjoyable to watch and you will just plain like him. You will like him more as the series goes on and watch him develop. There were other good characters in Silvia, Hong Lihua who I found very interesting, Pierre, and the rest. Each brought something to the series.

2. The other thing that I liked was the animation done by I think Satelight, I could be wrong. Anyway I thought it was very good, and added to the series.

Overall a decent series that recycles themes from other disaster anime. I think it's worth checking out I'd imagine most people would give it between a 5-8. I don't think it merits anything lower or higher. read more

The science fiction series is an homage to the Super Robot shows of the 1970s and 1980s, executed with modern animation techniques and aesthetics.

Set in the future, a giant fighting machine called Aquarion is humanity's only weapon in the fight against the technologically advanced species called the Shadow Angels.
I watch mostly mecha anime and this is good but not top of the line. Graphics are good 2D+3D but the story is not one of best i have seen forom mecha. I recommend this if you run out of Macross Frontier,Gundam,Herioc Age and other top mecha series.

plot more detailed:
Eleven years before the start of the series, a disaster only referred to as the "Great Catastrophe" destroyed significant parts of the world and killed off many of its inhabitants. Along with the disaster came the appearance of the Shadow Angels, winged-beings who have been in slumber for twelve thousand years in their city of Atlandia. The Shadow Angels harvest humans on Earth, dubbed the "wingless ones", like cattle, extracting their prana (life force) from them, serving as energy and nutrition to the Shadow Angels, but also to feed the legendary Tree of Life. The Shadow Angels facilitate their harvesting via giant, floating harvesting machines guarded by giant golem-like creatures called Cherubim Soldiers. How these are normally piloted is unknown, yet there are times when they are piloted by Shadow Angels.

Ordinary weapons prove ineffective against the Cherubim, but a human expedition under the leadership of Gen Fudou eventually excavates three very technologically advanced fighter planes. Gen Fudou disappears, but an organization called Deava takes over the research of these machines, called Vectors, trying to find out how to use them. The three Vectors are the Vector Luna, the Vector Mars and the Vector Sol. Deava discovers only people who are Element users can control the Vectors and, ultimately, unite the three to form the giant fighting machine Aquarion.

During the first sortie to fight a Cherubim, Deava encounters 15 year-old Apollo, who seems to be the reincarnation of the hero Apollonius, also known as the "Solar Wing", who betrayed his Shadow Angel bretheren for his love of the human warrior Celiane. read more

Good anime not bad some people above me just are way too critical and dont know how to enjoy a good mecha I havent seen that many mechas but this isnt all that bad

Good storyline that keeps unfolding the mysteries of the past in the storylines plot.

some charachters get annoying like the commander for example (you'l see )

Plot is ok (not the best)

Very funny at times ( apollo cracks me up)

One big drawback is the Mecha is not really into "many froms "
there are no super transformations or evolutions or next level kind of mecha . This anime doesnt have it.

The Romance is decent not good or bad but decent it doesnt really show until eps later down towards the end.

Overall the ANime really is Good towards the last stretch of the last 8 eps
and is Worth Watching Highly Reccomended.

I ALSO RECCOMEND Dragonaut The Resonace read more

Here is my abbreviated review for this series using it's three major components: the Look factor, the Sound factor and it's Story factor. By looking at things this way, it's more apparent that Genesis Aquarion is not really all that great of an anime.

-The Look gets a mediocre score due to its promisings of beautiful character and set designs that gets wiped out and overshadowed by overuse of CGI and excessive scene looping.
-The Sound is excellent and worth 5 stars all on it's own merit.
-The Story,which is scattered, illogical and incomplete is the shows weakest link and receives the lowest score.


*Story*
I don't think there's any real plot or point to this anime except maybe for marketing purposes, kinda like the Hasbro cartoons of the 80's like G.I. Joe, He-Man or Jem which were basically created as a marketing tool to promote and sell their toys. Aquarion being a mecha-anime, I'm sure has a bunch of toys or at least a couple of model kits on the market but whether or not the anime was created exclusively for that purpose...I don't know for sure, I just get the feeling that there may be some connection there and the reason I feel this way, is because the show focuses squarely on the battle mecha, Aquarion and gives little attention given to anything else.

I also think they did a poor job on character development not enough history is given as to their backgrounds, how they got enlisted and WHY they are fighting...not to mention, what's the story with the Captain??? Overall the story just doesn't seem properly formed or focused except to vanquish the bad guys by the end of each episode.

In all actuality, I could have stopped watching this series in the middle and not miss much because the show fails to move forwards or even give us a reason to watch the next episode....the only reason I did finish it was because I have a compulsion to finish things I start.


*Art*
Honestly speaking, I wasn't impressed since I'm not a fan of CG art....and this show contains a lot of it. I don't like CG art because even though it offers more 3-D realism to images as well as a greater and much smoother range of movement....even though it offers that I don't like it because it's unable to create the illusion of flexibility, elasticity nor can it successfully bring an impression of warmth to an object which is why when they do any type of CG animation of people, those characters appear “cold” or just look like a computerized version of the animated dead with bodies [and sometime even their hair] that move as if they are connected by metal hinges....no flexibility, no suppleness and no warmth [the only exception to this rule is if they sink an obscene amount of money into specific CGI development projects such as the bigger video game franchises or big budget films like Final Fantasy: Advent Children or Beowulf].

Anyway fortunately when it comes to animes, along with this series Genesis Aquarion, the CGI is more or less relegated to just the mecha which is fine except that when they do stuff like that....when they do introduce CG elements into an anime, then the anime seems to become all about the CG element and all attention is then allotted to only this aspect divesting all the creative energy away from the rest of the project's art and animation. And sometimes such as with this series, you can see plainly where the art and animation has faltered by having these moments of substandard drawings along with excessive looping the same scenes.

Another flaw I see with the art for this anime is the missed opportunity of taking advantage of it's Ancient Mythology themes and really get in there to create some wonderful scenic art for the various settings. The potential was there to truly bring out the beauty and splendor in the artwork by focusing more on the details...but they chose to prioritize on the CG work and let the opportunity lapse. Which is a shame because I know that there were some really good artists on the project and so they could have done a better job with the art if they wanted to—just look how beautiful the illustrations were for the “Omnia Magni” closing credits.

Anywho..., what I'm trying to say is that the art is really nice and pretty in some parts but they failed to maximize their potential.


*Sound*
The musical score for this show gets a ten...hands down! If the visual arts people were lost in the water, at least the musical arts people stepped up their game to make up for it. Genesis Aquarion offers one of the more unique collections of some really great and original sounding music out there on the anime market.
The first OP theme song "Sousei no Aquarion" was actually pretty good, it carried a very upbeat and positive vibe with it's light yet contemporary melodies and since it was the main title song it made sense from them play it [kind of a lot] during the mecha battle scenes of show as well.
Now...the 1st ED theme song “Omnia Magni” was nothing short a masterpiece! I haven't heard such wondrous and imaginative music come from an anime in quite a while. Most animes will just stick with either J-POP, J-ROCK or a nice contemporary ballad leaving only a handful of animes that will go above and beyond to play something different, original or experimental. While not they're not the first anime to play lullaby type music or songs sung in latin, Aquarion still gets points for including this hauntingly beautiful and cryptic lullaby to their soundtrack.
My second favorite song is for the 2nd OP "go Tight!" which is like J-POP fused with an up tempo jazz beat.


*Character*
As I said earlier, a great majority of the characters had no development and no real history. One curious thing of note about the characters I'd like to mention was the weird pan-sexual I was getting from everyone....it was like everyone kinda had this “thing” or a crush or flirted with everyone else, the pairings didn't matter since there was a bit of every combination thrown in there: girl/boy, boy/boy, girl/girl and even a brother/sister complex!


*Enjoyment Value*
Very little. Not worth buying, just watch thru broadcast or YouTube or fan-sub......actually, if you should buy anything, buy the soundtrack. read more