I got curious about this one, so I just now downloaded the first six episodes. I wanted to see if its reputation for fan service was deserved, so I went through ep 6 (in which the above dancing girls can be found).

And, surprisingly enough, I got sucked into the story. So I just watched episode 1, and now I really am interested.

It has a mecha, but it isn't a mecha story. By which I mean, the mecha isn't the star of the story. Chamber is a character, not a gizmo, but it isn't the predominate character of the series. And Ledo, the castaway pilot, is surprisingly interesting.

...and Amy is a sweetie. (She's the one in the middle.)

The battle in the first half of the first episode was surprisingly long, but in narrative terms it was necessary in order to establish the characters of Ledo and Chamber so that we can truly understand how they could be so confused about where they finally end up.

There are a lot of good looking women, most (if not all) of whom are not bimbos, and that too is a pleasant surprise. And there are some men in the show who are not bastards. From ep 6 I see that Ledo is trying to fit in, and the people there understand that he's having a hard time and are willing to cut him some slack. So there's apparently a lot of love, too. And that's nice.

It's obvious that in the end there's going to be some tremendous danger, and Ledo and Chambers will cope with it and be heroes. Will they find their way home again? Unlikely. Prospects are that "home" no longer exists after what happened in episode 1.

UPDATE: End of ep 3, and so far it's great. I should mention that in general the art is very high quality. It's been a while since I've watched a show that looks so good.

UPDATE: Hard to go wrong with bikinis, too!

It's the same three girls.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 06:09 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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