IS: Infinite Stratos..
If my Greek isn't so rusty, I would confidently say that "Stratos" means "Skies"
But after watching this anime for the first time, I could conclude that Stratos actually means "Harem"
Why? Because when you're the only guy in a girl school, THERE'S INFINITE HAREMS POSSIBLES! Thus they should rename this anime to Infinite Harems!
Now to tell you the truth, I was a bit reluctant to watch this. Oh sure, harem turns me on, like any normal guy, but mecha genre really turns me off.
But after looking through the mecha suit design, "Hey! You can still see the girls! They're not covered under huge piles of metal!" So I decided to give it a shot.
Wow... Was I wrong about this being a whole mecha genre. They focused more on the harem part! What proof do I have you ask?? Other than the fact he is the only guy?? Well in the ending, they add every new girl he added to his "harem" running along with him. HOW DOES THIS NOT SHOW THAT THE ANIME IS GOING TOWARDS THE DIVINE HAREM ROUTE!
The artwork is up to date with your standard mecha genre anime so I see no disappointment there for those who loves mecha with a harem. No, not mecha sex you perverts! And don't you go googling "Inyoku Tokkyuu Zetsurinou" or "Dyogrammaton" neither!
Nothing to add about sound, it's well balanced.
Anyways, onward to the characters! The main aspect of every harem animes!
-Male lead who walks into girl while changing [CHECK]
-Dense Male Harem lead [CHECK]
(If all the guys were dense like the typical male harem leads, we wouldnt need birth control)
-Childhood friend who is likely to be friendzoned by the producers cause somehow anime directors hate Childhood friends [CHECK] x2
-High class lady with a high ego whom parodies western people [CHECK]
(Why do some japanese people think Westerners are all egoistic? Who knows *rolls eyes*)
-A hyper active and high pitched girl with an attitude [MAYBE EVENTUALLY]
-Chinese girl wannabe with a chinese restaurant (Macross frontier reference??) [CHECK]
-TSUNDERE!!! [CHECK]
-YANDERE!!!! [HOPE NOT O_o]
-Glasses Girl [CHECK]
(Well his teacher might go into his harem for all you know!)
-Bossy older sister who is good at everything [CHECK]
-Fangirls of the bossy older sister who are Yuri-able [CHECK]
-The three musketeers! Or the three girls who always appears as background characters! [CHECK]
Mahou Shoujo???? [WOULD BE RIDICULOUS IN A MECHA ANIME BUT WHO KNOWS???]
-Girl crossplaying as a guy with the ability to change very fast due to the fact she has flat chest.. [CHECK]
(Correction: My friend corrected me that in the future, technology is so advance, that breasts can be compressed)]
Im not being sexist here. I think it's a good thing women are advance and inventing machines....
Despite all the criticism, this anime is enjoyable if you just wanna watch something haremic (Yes I invented that word!) but with a touch of action, mecha specificly.
Overall, for all you harem lover who enjoys imagining themselves in a school full of girls and you're the only guy then this is the anime for you!
Even if you do get a renob like me by watching mecha animes. (Oh please don't google renob up...)
For you mecha lovers out there, this might be a disappointment but fear not, every season, new mecha animes are coming in so there's still hope! So put down that gun.. Yes.. slowly, put it down.. Sit back.. and relax...
