I am in no way bashing on this anime, but I believe it really had potential. At first glance, it seems the writers geared this Aquarion towards a more younger audience. The original Aquarion and Evol were geared towards many mature audiences and I believe this is the case. As the merges in this series were short and did not show much nudity, the other Aquarion's showed more mature content and more nudity and adult-like themes. The Verbalism Club in the show is all means family friendly and of course the other Aquarion's shows like I said above were more serious and adult centered, I do believe this was geared towards a new generation audience of Aquarion rather than old time fans.
As for the plot, there are a bit of filler episodes which can sometimes be unnecessary. The series does grow more darker as it progresses as you see a certain character in the story embrace his destiny and becomes a living badass! Certain Episodes such as, 14 and 15 could of been away with since they really had no relevance with the plot and were there for comic relief. Now, this series does portray comedy well and I find myself laughing at Akira for always shouting, "I am the savior." which makes fun of anime cliches of shows. The plot is executed weirdly but it stays true to its world and always never ceases to amaze me of how much weirder it can get. The climatic fight scene was well worth it, but I often found myself curious on how everytime Akira needed strength, the Holy God of Plot decided to intervene and give him the strength or OP power to make it through the situation. Kinda cliche. Now let me hit on something that I haven't seen in the other reviews.
Moral lessons. This show is very good at portraying moral lessons that are very close to home and real life. Lessons of the consequences of holding your emotions, to the satisfaction of winning the appeal of others, to the creating your own dreams and not letting your parents decide it for you and finding your voice to make change in the world. It is excellent on really showing the struggles of teenagers and the moral lessons that they learn. I found myself smiling at how it reminded me of some decisions I have made in my past as a child.
Overall, its a decent show but being a fan of Aquarion, I would of love to see the reincarnation theme back and the good ol' Solar Wing. I would watch if your are looking for something happy to watch and something interesting with lessons but as a long term fan, you might not get satisfaction from it.
