The anime overall is good and stands out among the best of the mecha I have seen (albeit not that many I'll admit). It had some flaws here and there but otherwise came out on top. There were some recurring themes such as Kudeilia feeling useless just a few too many times and the same goes for the theme of revenge being the reason for battles. The villians (mainly in season 1) could often very clearly be villains as their design went a bit too far in the sense that it seemed like they were trying to hard. Otherwise I can't think of any big gripes. The anime had a beautiful art style, the audio being anything from the openings to OST's were perfect and set the tone without fail. I can't judge the japanese voice actors but the english ones did a brilliant job at portraying the characters and while I will say that early Iron blooded orphans I had some trouble with orga's voice acting, that was almost entirely because all I could hear was Ichigo from Bleach which I got over pretty quick. The action sequences where the action was almost entirely based on massive fucking robots beating the shit out of each other was surprisingly fluid and well choreographed. Now into the characters themselves, I am impressed with the fact that they were made so well they felt more like people than someones imagination animated for our entertainment. The one off villains were my biggest gripe because with their chraracter designs there was basically no effort put in but I can ignore that. The ghallarhorn dudes were sometimes kind of hit or miss if I am honest. And I had some of a hard time with Atra in season 1 but otherwise it was great. Gaelio was amazing in how they turned him around though it was obvious he lived when you saw him masked.Blonde dick head dude who tried killing him was still Blonde dick head dude who tried killing him. I loved his character though. And miraculously with such a massive cast it didn't feel crowded in the slightest and the lines between who was and wasn't counted as a main character could almost be clouded if it wasn't drawn clear enough due to the division in screen time and positions in the show. I have tried deciding on a main character but in all honesty I can not for the life of me. When i think of who I would choose I can only think of Tekkadan as a whole. I do want to make note however that I was never completely sold on the whole King of Mars deal Orga was going for in the end, though it was addressed by "big bro" so I'm alright with it at this point. Over all I rate season 1 at 8/10 and season 2 at 9/10
I made this pretty roughly but I hope this helps
