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In the year 2050 A.D, approximately 1/10th of Japan is now under water due to the global warming effect. The city of Tokyo was no exception.

The economy of Japan is crippled from this disaster and the government is willing for anything to help revive the country. As a result, the Japanese government forms "JESAS", a military foundation that has evil intentions of controlling Japan's future. JESAS handles the dumping of nuclear wastes into outer space.

To insure their protection from other countries, JESAS has developed "R.B." Robotic Weaponry, which is controlled by pilots with "A.I. (Accurate Intuition)". On the opposite side of the law is the "Green Frontier", a united protection agency that was formed by countries sharing the same beliefs, to save the Earth.

Featuring JESAS pilots Kanna and Kazuto and Green Frontier's Doota Kang and Mira Yu, these four youngsters will decide the fate of the Earth through love, friendship and the passion for their duty.

(Source: AniDB)

Moriguchi, Kazuto Main

Miyata, Kouki Japanese

Asou, Kanna Main

Arishima, Moyu Japanese

Nojima, Masaru Supporting

Kawada, Shinji Japanese

Mayuzumi, Reiko Supporting

Mirai, Yu Supporting

Nagasawa, Miki Japanese

Muller, Ken Supporting

Okiayu, Ryoutarou Japanese

Kuwana, Shingo Producer, Script, Original Creator, Screenplay

Satou, Yoshiteru Storyboard

Mizuki, Nana Theme Song Performance

LEGOLGEL Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Arrangement

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Sep 21, 2022

tacaloking

Recommended

this anime honestly have a good bit of care put into this anime made me think of a gundam and everything but the animation is done well

story 6
the story is a bit weak lacking details but it does do a good job setting up the world and conflict the motivation is simple but the effects of war decently shown off and politics play a decent role it building up the world and conflict which i did not expect

art 3
this is the thing that really hurts the anime the animation fails to really show any emotions there motion but it does not display ... what it is meant to it is completely incapable of showing things like tears the faces often looks rough and when dark color like in night scenes things can be hard to see the animation at times it can also just be blurry and while one or two explosions look good most of them look bad the animations just fails in so so many ways with only one or two scenes actually being a bit impressive one of those scenes beings the one seen at the start of the anime

sound 8
the sound gets such a high ranking as it was doing so much of the work the animation was meant to the voice acting and music are mainly the only things carrying the emotional scenes when the animation does nothing for them and without it all emotional scenes would of completely failed and really shows how much care was put into it to still manage to somewhat succeed with building up emotional scenes when the animation was working against everything

the characters are decently done they are interesting and the voice acting really gives wonderful weight to some of the drama and conflict the war more display how personally it effects people then just showing destruction it shows how people feel about conflict in how those inexperience deal with with war this more then the story is what holds things together and shows that some one did care when making it they wanted to tell something and the characters manage make the war something more then fighting

overall 7
overall i cared about what was happening and actually got invested the sound and characters showed that some one was motivated and cared when making this anime and it manages to shine even when sadly the animation ends up being complete dead weight dragging everything down and if this had a studio like sunrise which could of gave it the animation it deserved it might of atleast achieve decent maybe even great success but sadly this ended up forgotten but most likely do to it animation as for a anime it is important so all the passion put behind the other parts of the anime end up unnoticed

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 11, 2017

gophercg

Mixed Feelings

[no spoilers except general direction]
[not a show to watch for so-bad-it's-good, except the CG jitters]

Plot:
The main war involves two factions, Green Frontier vs Jesas in Japan. They aren't the only factions, but both are major nuclear waste disposal companies. Jesus operates independently of Japan & causes growing political tension. Due to global warming, land is scarce and their earth cities are mostly submerged.
Start of a few episodes like ep2 & 7 have a clearer recap of events & war politics. The awful tropes in ep1 between the main pilot pair quickly vanish by ep2, after a 1 week training timeskip. There's enough screentime of exploring ... both factions & it begins rather vague who is the actual 'villain' if there is one. It presents a more human take on war with growing technology & global warming as the setting.

Justice Force, UN & Japan are the other parties. The story, while taking a more unique pov, is unnecessarily complicated by extra parties that aren't well developed and connected. Fortunately they are largely irrelevant, and the conclusion gives closure to various characters, cowards & heroes alike. It's rare for 1-cours to spend such time with non-mc's, while having a real end, as this emphasizes humanity more than just hero fights.

Romance is lite with multiple ships.
There's demon, war, morality themes, but the obvious Christian theme is fairly light.

Art & animation:
CG is 2001 old. Mechs have safe designs, but move like small toys. The mc hero mechs move more naturally & have a bit of weight. CG humans take a lot to get used to, with jittering mocap, weird plastic/metal shading on cloth & hair, ugly mouth & occasional mesh intersections.
Buildings & mech designs don't give any low poly feel. Most have rounded edges with enough details.

But despite its age, it has some attention to detail, like biking in the rain has ripples & faint reflection on the road, or flowing sweat on faces. Eyes have minute motions that attempt at realism, and the soft smooth shadows on faces are much more palatable than the jaggy harsh shadows of cartoon CG like Berserk 2016. Trees in the many forest battles waver to mechs pushing through and strong wind.

Helmet designs blocking much of the face is unfortunate, and with hectic battle sfx, makes it difficult to know who's on screen talking to who. Also GP mechs have a blue-white pattern, while the Jesus pilot suits have a blue-white pattern, causing unneeded confusion.

Sound:
Video is quite old, but epic orchestral war themes still carry the drama through naturally. Some ambient osts & classy saxophone occasionally fill the politics.

Characters:
Jesus side:
Kazuto: A typical mc with growing AI powers (a rare prediction ability chosen pilots have), finding his own reasons for fighting & taking sides. He and two other male pilots like to travel on roadbikes. They're all normies which give usual romance some potential. Usually he fights terribly & gets injured often, but somehow (plot armor) powers thru. His dad is a mech engineer & there's a fair bit of parental relationship shown.
Kanna: A mostly nonviolent tsundere by ep2, able to talk sense into Kazuto. She is parentless & has an imouto, and travels by rollerblades at times.

GreenFrontier side:
Ken: interesting, logical antagonist. His dialogue is full of poetry, with artful flower bouquets behind him. A few gay comments are directed at Kazuto, and apparently liking mechs more than girls/Yu. He wants to develop Kazuto's full AI potential.
Yu: somewhat jealous at Ken's attraction to Kazuto, but she follows rules & is nice even to the enemy.

Side characters: The usual stormtrooper aim skills rain down harmless bullets. This makes many fights boring & frustrating to watch, like a one sided game. War atmosphere & pacing is intense, yet only mc's can hit anything. Many political heads & random characters did nothing for the plot.

Even if you dislike the art or plot, there's at least much (unintentional?) comedy to be found in how faction names are used and character relationships, and the Nana Mizuki song.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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