Ozma

First of all, I feel I should remind any reader that this anime is by Leiji Matsumoto... that's the same guy that did the Harlock Saga if that name drew a blank for you. So, if you like his stuff, you will like this anime. For me, he has been hit-or-miss, so we shall see.

Story AND characters, there are many elements of a typical Leiji Matsumoto storyline. We have a near ruined, desert-like landscape, intrepid, young hero with scruffy hair, lovely, delicate-looking, young woman in danger, spunky but still pretty girl, Lady captain of the "good" ship that looks completely like all the other ... female captains Leiji Matsumoto has drawn, and the Captain of the "bad" government ship with the obligatory mask. The story looks a LITTLE different from some of Matsumoto's past works, but not really enough to comment on... yet. I get the idea of picking something and sticking with it, but do all of his animes/mangas HAVE to have the same characters just repeated in the same song, different verse? NAME one of Matsumoto's characters that typically appear in his works, and I believe you have it here.

The art was typical of Leiji Matsumoto. It was, of course, beautiful and it was nice to see that the guy finally learned how to draw a nose. I'm sorry, but aside from some cleaner lines and the nose thing, the art is exactly the same as his other works. Lovely, but... exactly. the. same.

The sound was refreshing. The OP was all in English... and I could understand every word!!! The music throughout the anime was fitting and very nice, and the Ending song was pretty and soft.

Like I said before, if you are a fan of Leiji Matsumoto, you will love this. If you have never seen his stuff, this is a good anime to start out on... only six episodes. If you, like me, like his stuff ok but think it gets a bit old and repetitive, you still might want to check it out as it IS only six episodes.

Well one of the first animes I was curious about for spring has launched it's first episode. The story evolves around a guy named Sam who seems to be searching for a creature called ''OZUMA'' but on his travels he sees a girl being attacked. Then it goes like the well known ''guy saves girl from bad guys'' thing. As far as the rest is concerned it's not that special and the story so far isn't anything that interesting yet.

What I do would like to talk about are some of the charachters, For instance the main charachter Sam Coin. Now for all of u that ... watch fairy tail u will recognize his voice actor immediatly. Sam's personality is kind of outgoing and cheery but nothing special worth mentioning yet. What I really liked was the seemingly ''bad guy''. He looks like he came straight out of a gundam anime, And the fact that they gave him Aizen voice makes him even more of a bad guy. So far only 1 charachter bugs me is that's Maya cause she doesn't look interesting the least except for her length

The art is very smooth and nice to watch nothing to really dislike in my opinion well drawn out too. The charachters are lively and give a fun twist. The story is nothing that interesting so far but interesting enough to watch.

I give this anime a 7 for now

Also being labeled as Ozma. It's created by Matsumoto Leiji (the creator of Space Battleship Yamato) and directed by Takahashi Ryosuke who created Armoured Trooper Votoms. The story is a bit cliche to me. Takes place in a world where almost everything has turned into a dessert, a fateful encounter happened between a boy, Sam with a girl, Maya. Maya, who appears to be an important person, was chased by Theseus, a cloned army of the government. Sam saves Maya and brings her to his ship. Theseus army then begins the chase.... Does anyone else expect a pair of droids or a Yoda character to ... be mentioned at some point?

From just the staff and art style gives an "old school" 70's/80's style anime feel. So if you like old school anime or just have a thing for nostalgia this is a good series for you!

Score wise:
Story (7/10)
Art (8/10)
Sound (8/10)
Character (9/10)
Enjoyment (8/10)
Overall (8/10)

I personally dropped this anime. It shows potential but just wasn't to my taste. I don't mind that the art style is a bit old school but I found the story to be a bit too cliche.

There are many aspects about this anime that may be off-putting, like the older style of art, the shortness of it, and the strange, future-technology vocabulary used. However, I think that all of these just add to this anime's strength. The art is a pre-2000 style, meaning slightly disproportioned heads, everybody's got the same nose, and they all have really big hair--which looks fabulous in my opinion. The music all along the anime was awesome, especially the opening song; it successfully adds suspense. And the vocabulary, I must admit was frustrating in the beginning, but you have a deeper sense of accomplishment at the end ... when you figure out what everything meant.
However, I did have one problem with the anime: though the storyline was fine and full of potential, the way the anime ended was way too fast. I think most people will agree with me that this could have been a 10 episode anime at least if the production team had spaced out the significant events. You could tell that the last two episodes were really rushed and I actually had to think about what had happened when I finished watching, which isn't a good thing. But that is just a personal opinion, as I know people who love it when they have to reflect on what just took place as opposed to understand everything as it happens.
Overall it wasn't bad, and I quite enjoyed it, especially the pleasantly brief emotional twist at the end. It is definitely worth a shot since it's only 6 episodes long.