What this show lacks in its beginning episodes, it more than makes up for it once the Fail 5 of team rabbits is thoroughly developed as pilots and humans.
Story and Plot
Set in the late 21st century, humans are colonizing the near space around earth, and it seems to be a prosperous time, until they meet an alien invader. As the show progresses you will learn more about these invaders and how the humans come to acquire their Advanced High Standard Multipurpose Battle Device (AHSMB's) and why the characters are who they are.
After the first half of the series, the plot takes shape into quite the standard mecha plot line, where x is oppressed by y but makes machine whatever and now can fight y. The plot is nothing that is new and exciting persay so I'm rating it a 7/10, because for an otherwise generic plot, it is being well executed.
Characters
So far in the series up to the first half, you have the fail five: Team Rabbits (aptly named because they are the product of science!)
Each of them has a strength and flaw.
You have
Izuru - The happy go lucky artist that genuinely cares about everyone, and just wants to be a hero. He is a decent leader, and an obsessive artist.
Tamaki - The girl that just wants a boyfriend, and has a weird fetish with pickled fish guts. She has an extremely high G-force tolerance
Kei - A girl that if she ever were to get diabetes would die because of her love for sugar. Has a very high aptitude for managing real time data, and has incredible hearing
Ataru - Has a terrible obsession for all things araments. Also is incredibly farsighted, making him the teams sniper.
Toshikazu - The backup guy. Basically he's the sub commander and the most human of all the guys in the group. Has terrible acid reflex to everything.
After the first half of the season (13+) you get introduced to an insane little pilot named Ange. It (because the gender thing is in the air still) has terrible anger issues and excels at everything alone.
Art and Sound
Its a 2013 anime. The animation is HD the sound is amazing and the fight scene in episode 14 makes you want to just throw money at the animators to make more of those scenes! Besides the previous scenes were good too! Its like an all around win for the eyes and ears!
Overall: I'm loving this anime! Its giving me a Eureka seven vibe: Slow to start, awesomesauce later on.
