Story - The story isn't too difficult to understand, you should understand much of it by the 2nd-3rd episode. I like really like the battles although unfortunately there is a lot of times where repeated scenes are used, specifically when you have mecha suits landing on the spaceship, the main setting of the series, called the Argonaut. The story has nice pacing, it doesn't rush one minute and then slow down the next.
Art - Having come out in 2007 the art is starting to show its age, but it still holds out well. The design of the characters including the alien species, the ships, etc are good and the battles are believable. As previously mentioned, there is a lot o overused scenes during the battles but mainly just mechs landing on the Argonaut, still can be a bit annoying though.
Sound - I like the music in HA, it really creates an atmosphere especially during the latter half of the season. Other than that overall, sound is average.
Character - I felt the characters were pretty good, I really got accustomed to Age very quickly. I did find Dhianelia a bit unbelievable, it might be an anime but no person is ever as nice as she is. The only other problem is Dhianelia's brothers who really will pee you off but I guess they are neccesary to show that there will always be people out thier who will sacrifice anything for power and influence.
Enjoyment - Overall, it is a very good anime that is IF you can overlook the Dhianielia's brothers that is. The battles are big, enjoyable and aren't just resolved in 1 episode. I would definitely ask people to give this a go... Oh, the brothers don't start coming into the anime until somewhere between episode 8-11, I think, I haven't watched it in a while.
