| I don't want to come off as a whining twat, but seriously. I know there are many obscure titles on MAL and for various reasons they remain unpopular and that is understandable, but despite all of that... I can't come to terms with why this show is so little known. To expound - I think one of the reviewers on this website was quite apt when he/she said that this show is probably one of the most brilliant yet flawed anime that the medium has to offer. And I can vouch for this as well. First of all, the politics... The political intrigue in this series is in many respects up there with the very best the medium has to offer, yes I'm talking LoGH and Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2nd Gig standards. Granted many aspects to the show are highly unpolished in an aesthetic sense compared to the later two, that does not stop it from being a truly intelligent series. I can't think of any TV series (not movie), let alone anime that has taken on the question of guerrilla warfare quite like this show has. It reminds me a lot of the Cuban revolution and Che Guevara's and Fidel Castro's struggle against colonial oppression in Latin America during the mid-20th Century and transposes it to a sci-fi interplanetary environment. Not to say that it glorifies it, in fact, in some respects it is very scathing of the flaws that came with this movement. The antagonist is probably one of the best the medium has to offer as well and plays into the political intrigue of the series and goes well beyond standard storytelling cliches, characterizing such an aggressive individual in a realistic believable manner. The antagonist isn't the only strong character, their are many strong characters throughout the course of the series, each in some way playing into its development, with their own ambitions and goals, which centrally is the independence of planet Deloyer, from its oppressor planet - Earth. I can go on, and again will admit to their being some rage-inducing flaws within it (episode 17 I am looking at you) and some weak arcs, and confess this definitely detracts from the best elements within the series. At the time of writing this, I seriously think that this show of all things deserves a viewership more than just 283 views. So, may I just do the service of inviting more people to watch this hidden, flawed and at the same time, a very highly underrated anime. |
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