Okay I know a lot of people are rather sceptical when it comes to Mecha anime because I am.
But this series will probably change your whole view on giant fighting robots in gereral.
Based in a far off future where humankind is forced to live underground,is unknown as well as scared of the existence of ‘the surface’. A shy young boy named Simon along with is very egoistic and manly friend Kamina, yearned to escape this underground to find this ‘surface’. Due to a number of events they befriend a girl named Yuko who came from the ‘surface’ as well as discover a robot that is known as a laggan. Finally being able to escape to the surface they discover that the surface wasn’t exactly the safest place to be and along with some new friends they fight to save humanity.
Okay so it may sound like a pretty cliché story but trust me there is a lot more to it than it sounds there a lot of really inspiring quotes in this animation and the characters are all so flash and unique that you can’t help but love the artist the sceneries as well as the fighting scenes between the robots are really well done for a 2d animation and there were a lot of scenes that I thought the animators captured the moment perfectly. The English Dub is okay… but I personally thought the Japanese voice actors put more emotion into the acting.
Yes there is a bit of fan service for you guys who like boobs so don’t worry. =_=
Tears came trickling down my face countless times throughout this animation. Although some people may complain about the fact that the series was too short or too long or that plot unravelled way too quickly; but personally I thought they evened the story out rather well. it didn’t have any unnecessary scenes and I think if it dragged on any longer they would have ruined the ending. Overall the animation was serious with just enough comedy to even up the tension and is recommended to teenagers and up because I think children wouldn’t really understand the content in some of the scenes.
9.5/10
