Sousei no Aquarion

Entertaining anime. The first part was really good and half of the second one was awful, I wasn't even sure if I was watching the same anime, thankfully they managed to get it back on track so despite all that nonsense it's still an enjoyable show.

I loved the OST, you can see they put a lot of budget into it. The music for the ending, opening and battles were awesome; honestly who would give budget for an orchestra to compose epic music for a "cartoon" nowadays... I loved the lyrics of the first opening.

The illustrations used for the ending song were awesome they matched perfectly ... to the music, sadly the anime got short in no giving more lore and meaning to them, the poster of Celiane and Apollonius in the song looked really bad ass, and the rest of illustrations were really good too. As for the animation, mostly all of it it was really good.

It's rare for an anime to grab me by the horns right from the get go. I've tried my best to give it a balanced judgement but to be honest I'm still not completely sure why this grabbed me so hard. the only two classic (Showa Era) mecha "anime" that I watched were the ones as a kid in the 80's and both were pretty heavily syndicated in the west (Tranzor Z and both versions of Voltron). Despite not having much classic mecha anime in my "watch-a-graphy", I was still hooked.

Most of what got me hooked was the stellar sound production and the great ... use of CGI. From the thrilling orchestrated scores to the vocals during key events, the music was a huge part of what set the mood for me. I've always been a sucker for post-apocalyptic, angelic and downright gothic visuals and this is no exception. The characters don't stand out too much but play the roles well enough to keep one entertained. Going back to the CGI, I was pleasantly surprised they were pretty balanced. The action scenes seemed well above the average level even by today's standards in visual quality. About the only problem I had with this was the pacing of the story. Overall, I felt satisfied with the end result although I wish more time had been spent developing other aspects of the story.

If you even have a moderate interest in mecha anime, I highly recommend giving this a watch. It's a fun experience that'll keep you occupied for a weekend or so.