Jul 23, 2018
Overall Summary:
For my first review on MAL, this hurt to write. I'm a fan of FMP. I saw the original around 2003, loved Fumoffu and TSR, and waited 13 long years for this. Sadly, I came away disappointed because they wasted so many opportunities to make this as great as seasons 2 and 3. In the end, it's clearly the weakest of all 4 shows, despite the advances in 3D animation AND a delay from its original air date. I really wish KyoAni had done the show instead.
It had good moments, but they could've done SO much better. I pray that IF they make another
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season that it's given more money and attention. After the first few episodes, it really went downhill.
Story:
It's pretty straightforward action a lot of the time. It suffers from bad pacing, and stupid tactics/decisions in parts. It's merely "OK".
The bigger problem is the execution, and that many of the familiar characters are MIA for long periods of time... Lots of wasted cast.
Art:
After the first 3 eps or so, the art is terrible when no mechs are on screen. They put all their effort into the 3D mech animation (which is pretty great), and it makes me sad that they lacked the funds on the non-3D parts. The show really suffers from the low budget.
Sound:
It's pretty decent. Nothing wowwed or made me notice a major problem.
Character:
I wish the main cast showed up more often...
Enjoyment:
Pretty clear by now. I'm trying to be fair, but I get why others might rate this lower.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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