Note: Watching New Thesis without seeing the original LoGH is possible, but not the best idea. The characters' won't come with much depth and especially the lack of introduction in the beginning will make the series seem worse than it is. The pacing is fast and will feel rushed especially for new viewers. If we tolerate with these things, watching New Thesis instead or before LoGH is certainly not the worst idea either. After all, the first 24 episodes of LoGH are considered very weak, and are exponentially worse than the beginning of New Thesis. Pros and cons are in balance, but personally I will recommend watching the original LoGH before watching New Thesis. That said, let's talk about New Thesis.
The first thing anyone who tries out New Thesis will notice is the art and the production values which have surpassed all expectations. The series looks wonderful from pretty much every aspect. Even the CGI is less awkward than typically. The spaceship designs are awe, the futuristic look that was such a big miss in the original LoGH is this time around rather impressive, and the backdrops of nature and space are quite immersive to look at. Even the space lazers look like they can do some actual damage this time.
The voice acting and the narration are pretty much the same as in the original. What has changed the most is the OST, and for some reason it is ridiculously fitting. Instead of offering flamboyant classic symphonies, we get to hear more atmospheric and generic trailer music type fo flamboyant beats. These do much better job in actually delivering the tension and thriller side of the battles which earlier shared the same atmosphere with snobbish cocktail parties. Splendid indeed, good sire. I have also watched the first episode English dubbed for comparison.... please, just don't, it makes the series seem like Pokemon The Space Opera. Or if that's your thing, then go ahead, I won't judge.
The actual war tactics are pretty hilarious. Basically characters are praised so they would seem smarter and more brilliant than they actually are. Battle outcomes are pretty much keikaku doori tier memes, but these are still entertaining to watch and do rather good job convincing the viewers into thinking something epic and grand scale world-changing is happening. This is, the very least, faithful to its own universe, and nothing of the sort that could ruin the viewing experience.
The characters won't seem very special if we view this as a standalone LoGH adaptation, but since pretty much everyone who is watching this has already seen LoGH, we can only call this a smart choice by not wasting much unneccesary air time in irrelevances. Still, good things exist; Especially Reinhardo's past story is much heavier than in the original and will make just about anyone understand his character. Some of these introductions are still quite shameful, especially Oberstein's who is one of my favorites from the original series. The team tried their best no doubt, but he just quite literally just walks there and says "yeah, my eyes are fucked, did you notice?" This made me laugh. Definitely not among the best scenes.
At this point, I have been enjoying New Thesis more than I ever thought was possible, and I am fairly sure this is a common thought among its viewers. I can recommend it for what it is.
