Most of the anime takes place revolving around Sora and Gouta and what they do with their magical powers. We have episodes of back story and we have romance elements involved too. Another large aspect of the story is about becoming a certified mage, like in the original Someday’s Dreamers; the difference being that in Sora, you train in a classroom and it’s less about the politics of becoming a mage and more about the effects of being one. We witness many elements of non-mages being upset and not understanding how difficult it can be.
The art style in Sora is really…. weird. Most of the art seems to be real pictures, as in, not drawn or anything, but then at other times it seems like its real pictures with a slight artistic touch. It’s the first anime I’ve ever seen that does this and it’s very unique. I’m not sure if it’s because of budget restraints or what-not, but because there were very little hand drawn art, I feel like this allowed the studio to focus on having better animation quality towards the characters and their interactions; though that’s clearly conjecture and really baseless. The animation on the other hand does seem to be good. Unlike in Someday’s Dreamers, Sora is animated much better for just about everything, though the biggest problem with Sora is that there are many repeating scenes and things of that nature. It’s all very condensed.
Music: Like in Someday’s Dreamer’s, Sora has a fantastic sound track. It’s merged beauty and simplicity really lets you in on the story and adventure that’s taking place. The music is really rather good and the OP and ED are good listens too. Good Old Days… =)
The only type of issue I had with Sora was how the story progressed itself. For about half of the episodes, it was very jumpy and made it hard to follow, because even though it’s episodic based, there was no real pacing and easy way to follow things. It’s not until you hit passed episode 7 or so that things fall in line in a clear manner and the story picks up.
I didn’t expect the type of twist that occurred in Sora at all, I didn’t see that coming at all, so talk about a surprise. I knew there was something weird going on, but couldn’t make it out entirely. It was good and I really enjoyed the anime too, though I prefer the first one for sure.
Note: I know I keep using the word magical powers, but don't think of the magic being like mahou shoujo type of magic, it's a far more "realistic" take on how magic would look like and be like in our world, it's a little flashy, but incredibly mysterious.
