A few thoughts on the series and OVA:
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Say what you will about it, the show was a fun ride from beginning to end. As things progressed, each episode eventually became a game of "How will Old Man Gen blow my mind this time around?" Your punch won't reach your enemy? You must aim beyond your enemy! And then Apollo punches the giant enemy robot to the moon. Truly glorious.
Things started to lose steam right around the point of Sirius' wangst arc, but they ultimately managed to wrap up solidly enough, leaving me with only a few gripes. The first is how little attention was paid to the twins (an episode centering around them would have been nice). The second is on the aforementioned wangst arc -- Sirius was a pretty cool guy up until that point, but then, well, uh, yeah. Lastly is the fact that Kawamori decided to go the bittersweet route with Apollo and Sylvia. Sure, they kissed, but I was kinda hoping that their romance which had been building up for ALL THAT TIME, THOSE TWELVE THOUSAND YEARS, I KNOW A-I-SHI-TE-RUUUUUUUUUUUUUU would have ended with them being together at last! Oh, well, you take what you can get, I suppose. All-in-all, the series as a whole was a good watch and well worth it.
The OVA, meanwhile, wasn't half bad, but it didn't do quite as much to impress me. I liked that they started out with the MP Aquarions, but I was pretty put off by the fact that Apollo had gone from a guy who knew how to live off the wild to a full blown tree-hugging naturefag. I initially cheered at the fact that Sirius was already dead so as to avert any more of his wangst, but we ended up getting a whole boatload of all-new wangst to fill its place, so that ended up being pretty pointless. I can't say that the re-tooled plot involving Scorpius did anything for me either, seeing as how it completely failed to disguise the fact that Reika actually was his reincarnation (seriously, even if you hadn't already watched the series, how were you NOT supposed to tell?), though I suppose it was worth it in the end for that look on her face when Touma swooped in and dropped the bombshell. In short, if you decide to skip out on the OVA, you're really not missing a whole lot.
Things started to lose steam right around the point of Sirius' wangst arc, but they ultimately managed to wrap up solidly enough, leaving me with only a few gripes. The first is how little attention was paid to the twins (an episode centering around them would have been nice). The second is on the aforementioned wangst arc -- Sirius was a pretty cool guy up until that point, but then, well, uh, yeah. Lastly is the fact that Kawamori decided to go the bittersweet route with Apollo and Sylvia. Sure, they kissed, but I was kinda hoping that their romance which had been building up for ALL THAT TIME, THOSE TWELVE THOUSAND YEARS, I KNOW A-I-SHI-TE-RUUUUUUUUUUUUUU would have ended with them being together at last! Oh, well, you take what you can get, I suppose. All-in-all, the series as a whole was a good watch and well worth it.
The OVA, meanwhile, wasn't half bad, but it didn't do quite as much to impress me. I liked that they started out with the MP Aquarions, but I was pretty put off by the fact that Apollo had gone from a guy who knew how to live off the wild to a full blown tree-hugging naturefag. I initially cheered at the fact that Sirius was already dead so as to avert any more of his wangst, but we ended up getting a whole boatload of all-new wangst to fill its place, so that ended up being pretty pointless. I can't say that the re-tooled plot involving Scorpius did anything for me either, seeing as how it completely failed to disguise the fact that Reika actually was his reincarnation (seriously, even if you hadn't already watched the series, how were you NOT supposed to tell?), though I suppose it was worth it in the end for that look on her face when Touma swooped in and dropped the bombshell. In short, if you decide to skip out on the OVA, you're really not missing a whole lot.
I WILL say that of the new trio, I'm especially digging the green-haired girl on the right.
Dat midriff... mmhmm...
Most probably, Gen as we saw him was another reincarnation like Sylvia and Apollo were, and he had already regained the memories of his past life as Aquarion's pilot before the series even started.
! Since I have heard mixed things about it, I'm definitely gonna watch on Netflix before I buy. Is the OVA available stateside?
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