Sacred Seven however, is something Sunrise can learn from in the following years. At first, it seemed natural to put faith in something as hyped and worked on with top quality production. Heck, the first episode had enough room to expand the show and give reason to call it above average material. Veterans will immediately acknowledge this as an average, cliche, done to death premise; looking back at every episode, there's plenty to question when it comes to plot/characters.
The best way for me to describe how this turned out, is that this felt like watching James Cameron's Avatar. At least, in the sense that Sunrise's A-team were put to work on Sacred Seven while their B-team put out the more successful Tiger and Bunny. One unnecessary trope that surprisingly managed not to drag this down so much was the maid army seeing as their role under Ruri's command wasn't given focus.
Tandoji fits the role as the protagonist, but doesn't deliver the drive and unique quirks to help him stand out in this moderately bland cast. Looking at him will just remind you of someone out of Code Geass. While the actual show's visuals were pleasant all-around, it doesn't excuse how this story fell short. Questions are left unanswered, characters are motivated under circumstances that aren't logical, and this fails to leave you with a resounding reason to be invested in everything that's happening. There's no over-arcing theme or message that hasn't already been done better before.
Now I'm not upset at Sunrise for the result of Sacred Seven, I don't regret watching it, and from here I can only hope that we can learn that an Anime doesn't need to look pretty to be considered remarkable. By all means, watch it yourself and determine how you feel about it.
