Audience reviews
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SevensDran
I love a good episodic monster of the week, and thank god Genesis of Aquarion is another one to add, and most importantly, is just very unique and cool form to it.
A story of ten thousand and two thousand years more
Watching the initial eps, it had a bit of an Avatar TLA feel to it, with the reincarnations and oh my god, that dude just bended air, that dude made fire, which makes sense as you get the sense that this series derives its inspiration from Hinduism and Buddhism as much as it does greek, like how the myth of the series goes and with names like Apollonius for the titular hero, and of course Apollo, our dog man main character and supposed reincarnation of Apollonius.
But Aquarion is not just one thing. The main characters are all a type of person called an Element with unique…
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It's rare for an anime to grab me by the horns right from the get go. I've tried my best to give it a balanced judgement but to be honest I'm still not completely sure why this grabbed me so hard. the only two classic (Showa Era) mecha "anime" that I watched were the ones as a kid in the 80's and both were pretty heavily syndicated in the west (Tranzor Z and both versions of Voltron). Despite not having much classic mecha anime in my "watch-a-graphy", I was still hooked.
Most of what got me hooked was the stellar sound production and the great use of CGI. From the thrilling orchestrated scores to the vocals during key events, the music was a huge part of what set the mood for me. I've always been a sucker for post-apocalyptic, angelic and downright gothic visuals and this is no exception…
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Entertaining anime. The first part was really good and half of the second one was awful, I wasn't even sure if I was watching the same anime, thankfully they managed to get it back on track so despite all that nonsense it's still an enjoyable show.
I loved the OST, you can see they put a lot of budget into it. The music for the ending, opening and battles were awesome; honestly who would give budget for an orchestra to compose epic music for a "cartoon" nowadays... I loved the lyrics of the first opening.
The illustrations used for the ending song were awesome they matched perfectly to the music, sadly the anime got short in no giving more lore and meaning to them, the poster of Celiane and Apollonius in the song looked really bad ass, and the rest of illustrations were really good too.…
Read at the sourceAwesomepants25
Overall I really really enjoyed it.
The story is centred on a very sweet 12,000 year love story
The animation is 👌
The first 2/3rds or so of the show is very episodic, but that allows for some really interesting and sometimes silly episodes
The finale is an absolute banger
A lot of episodes end with the most ridiculous deus ex machina possible, constantly one-upping the previous ones, but that’s sorta part of the fun? It feels like it’s doing it on purpose almost and it’s very entertaining. It gets to the point where some of the show is just utter nonsense, but I mean that in the best way possible.
The fan service feels kinda gratuitous (why do they almost orgasm whenever the mechs merge) but that’s just an anime thing I guess.
Overall I enjoyed it a lot.
Read at the sourceHidamariSeashore
How would you feel if you could remember a past life? Would that past life have some kind of impact on your current life? Perhaps in a past life, I could have been more of a mecha fan than I am in this life. Even though I don’t consider myself to be a huge fan of mecha anime, I still happened to have a particular one on my to-watch list for years for rather stupid reasons; after finding a DVD of it at my local library, though, I finally got around to watching it. Now that I’m finished with it, though, exactly what do I think of it?
Merge one! Merge two! Go, my review of Aquarion! (Okay, that was terrible.)
Aquarion takes place 12,000 years after a war between the Earth and a race known as the Shadow Angels. The Shadow Angels went into slumber after the end of the war, but eleven years be…
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This mecha perspective, combined with elements similar to fantasy and with a strong romance component, will be found in a very particular mecha series, where the mecha in question is a deity in all senses, even being worshiped with all the trappings, and where love and hate will be the fundamental fulcrum that could put an end to conflicts. This is "Aquarion".
In an unspecified futuristic land, eleven years before there was a series of cataclysms known as the Great Catastrophe, which caused considerable damage to the Earth. But this was only the prelude to the catastrophe, since this disaster caused an even worse disaster: the awakening of the Angels of Darkness.
And precisely on the day when the Aquarion makes its first appearance against the attack of the Angels of Darkness, with results…
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Its been a long time since I saw such a bad anime. Now the review I am writing is keeping in mind the time at which this was released.
The story is like a mish mash of NGE, RaXephon, mecha link etc. The art and the art detail are not that great. Sound is bad. This concept of souls merging when the robots merge gives a very. ahh how do I say in better words, I can't say, so its erotic and has an erotic sound with all characters screaming ahh, oohh, I have never felt this before etc. You get the point. It fails on multiple levels.
I have an image of the mecha merge to emphasize what I said, but unfortunately I couldn't find any way to add a picture :(
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It's a decently mediocre anime. It's funny in a somewhat ironic way. The show took itself way too seriously considering all the cliched tropes used. The older brother complex that Sylvia has will probably irk you to the core. If I were to describe it one or two sentences I would say: It's filled with nonsensical sci-fi story mechanics that rarely get explained. Also, it's cheesy and generic but provides some enjoyment If you go in with few expectations. I would say that its overall rating is a little to high. Its not great, nor is it terrible. Words to describe it: Average, mediocre, pedestrian, uninspiring, unremarkable, unoriginal, run-of-mill, etc.
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Something to remember when Shoji Kawamori is involved: Plot is not his forte-- in fact I daresay it's his biggest weakness as a content creator-- and Aquarion is no exception to this rule. Whenever he didn't write the script or screenplay, like Macross Plus, that story was tight. Not so here. Like Escaflowne that preceded it and Basquash that followed it, the show tends to be episodic, with sort of a direction towards the end, but with very loose cohesion from subplot to subplot. As a result, characters that learn something new one episode are often reset to their "default" behaviors the next (especially Sirius)-- but they had some fun with that in the "cosplay" episode. Honestly, I'd much rather watch a music video with his mechanical designs and Yoko Kanno's music, but this is the next b…
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Long ago there was a battle between angels and humans, which ultimately ended with the angels’ retreat. Now, after twelve thousand years, the angels have returned and have begun harvesting humans in order to drain their prana to feed the world tree. A group of gifted teens from around the world are called upon to train and pilot the vector machines known as Vector Luna, Vector Mars and Vector Sol. They must come together to form the ancient mecha known as Aquarion to battle the Shadow Angels.
My thoughts:
I enjoyed watching this anime. I found the story of reincarnation fascinating. Remembering a long ago past must seem strange, but the makers of Aquarion pulled it off. Each character has his or her own quirk, but I found Silvia’s brother complex a little too much, but then again I kinda…
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Aquarion is a rather interesting entry in the mecha genre in all the wrong ways, being a sort of homage to the super robot genre. Set in a future where humanity is under threat by supernatural beings called Shadow Angels, a homeless boy named Apollo and several teenagers with various special abilities become co-pilots for the transforming mecha known as Aquarion to fight the Shadow Angels. Before I go into the mess that this series is, I should compliment the presentation of this series. The visuals are quite pleasing on the eyes with gorgeous and majestic scenic shots of both Earth and the world of the Shadow Angels, a number of unique character designs for the Shadow Angels, and nicely rendered CG animation of the mecha used by both factions that blends in almost seamlessly with the show…
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Sousei no Aquarion is heavily inspired by previous mecha series, I don't need to tell you which series in particular as you should get it sooner rather then later.
Story - The story is your typical humans vs whatever plot (in this it's angels). Most of it is pretty boring. I did like the bittersweet ending though.
Art - Take into consideration that this came out like 10-11 years ago, so the art is obviously outdated. The quality of the character designs are annoyingly inconsistent.
Sound - Aquarion may have a poor story, but the sound (Music, Background music, etc) is brilliant and still remains one of the best in Anime.
Character - I like Apollo's animlistic behaviour. Without it though he would be your typical big-headed and arrogant MC. Silvia is REALLY obessed is with her frick…
Read at the sourceKillerZombi
I found the story of Sousei no Aquarion borrowed heavily from other anime's from the 90's and I would have liked to see an original story. As well, I don't think Aquarion knew what kind of anime it was as it tried to combine too many kinds of anime in one series. I also found that there were too many filler episodes that brought up new ideas that were never followed up on.
For its time, the CGI of the mechas in Aquarion were pretty good. If one were to compare the CGI to an anime made in 2015 then the CGI would look clunky. I also found that the animation has aged well over time.
I found the music and the opening themes enjoyable and the English VA's were pretty good for their roles. I didn't find any of the voices to be annoying.
I found that each of the main characters fit easily into…
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Generic filler.
If I had a few words to describe Genesis of Aquarion that is what I would say about it. This was something I was so hyped on watch for the longest time and when the time came I was let down by it.
Story 4/10
I was not very impressed by it story. It starts off pretty good but after like the 2nd Episode the rest of the series becomes filler. The pacing was very slow and the climax of the story just made me say "Finally its done." It was very predictable in every way. Honestly with all the filler this series was they could have taken the series and made it a 6 episode OVA and told the same events. The filler it brought wasn't even that special. They tried adding in so many elements that made me feel like this wasn't really about Aquarion anymore. [like the vampire episode].…
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Story: The storyline has its flaws but still works. There is a focus on mythology and life lessons.
Art: One of the show's strong points, the mecha, characters and locations are well drawn.
Sound: This is the heart of the anime, the soundtrack is brilliant and is incorporated well into the scenes. The music has such emotion that this show would not be the same without it.
Character: There is a mixed range of characters with different qualities, I feel some characters are explored deeply while others neglected. Some characters you might find annoying ( Sirius and Tsugumi) but others you might sympathize with (Apollo and Pierre). Another problem is that Silvia clings to the brother Sirius a lot which at times go a bit OTT
Enjoyment: Episodes 1,10 and 25 have great examples of well-tim…
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In two words, wasted potential. This show has an interesting world and fun fights, but failed to truly develop the characters and story in favor of a lesson-of-the day (90% of the time that lesson is teamwork or confidence) episode format. Every episode starts by presenting a character flaw or emotional challenge for the heroes. As they struggle and fail, an alarm sounds, interrupting their efforts with an incoming attack. Coincidentally, the enemy is uniquely designed to be unbeatable based upon the specific challenge shown earlier in the episode. After a few fight scenes, one character will have an epiphany allowing the team to discover how to launch an attack that will destroy the enemy.
The true flaw in the show is that the characters promptly forget all of the lessons they have learn…
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Genesis Of Aquarion is the First Season of this series. Its about these powerful angels,humans and other sorts of people with special abilities that are able to use a big winged robot from 12,000 years called "Aquarion".It was sounds more like a robot dancing in the Air to the sound of the wind. The Aquarion has three special flight programs(Solar,Luna,and Mars) flies and Protect Humanity. Protects every human from Demons,beasts or any other bad creature that comes In contact with a human. Their able to go "Element School" which helps the students with their abilities has a Aquarion badge or if your able to pilot Aquarion. Some of which, you might even get a reincarnation somehow. You usually find your reincarnation more when your body is linked from your mind, heart,emotions,and everythin…
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This is my very first review so understand that it may not be as rational and objective as it presumptively should, but for me anime is a form of art, and art isn’t supposed to be rational. With this statement made, let the show begin.
First of all, Sousei no Aquarion was an anime that draw my attention from its presentation poster. I know it sounds stupid or a little ignorant from me judging a book for its cover, but I admit that most animes that I watch are normally chose that way, and I rarely go wrong with the choices I make within my own anime taste.
Aquarion wasn’t different. Despite of being a mecha, and I’m not quite fond of mecha animes, it managed to surprise me in a different…
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I am going to try and sum this anime up in as few words as humanly possible, okay here goes: "Go! orgasm powered robot of DOOM!" There I did it, I could end this review right now and proudly say that I left nothing out but id rather keep going.
Story: This is about a bunch of teens/young adults piloting robots as they fight the shadow angels of atlantia. Heres the thing, the robots have to "merge" and at the end of the "merging" process the three (yeah it just became a 3-way) pilots all seem to end up having simoltanius orgasms. Just whatever happenned to waiting to merge until marriage!? Back to buisness and all jokes aside. They fight the shadow angels because the shadow angels are basically farming the humans to maintain their own lives, and humanity aint having it so how better to fig…
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As a casual fan of mecha series, I was looking forward to watching Sousei no Aquarion. While I found it enjoyable, at times, I couldn't help myself from being relatively bored throughout the series.
Story:
The story is laid out in the first few minutes of the series as the narrator describes the legendary war between the Shadow Angels and humans as well as the tragic love story between Apollonius and Seliane. 12,000 years later, history is about to repeat itself as the Shadow Angels have re-emerged and the humans at DEAVA must use the power of Aquarion, a three part mecha in three different forms, to repel their advances. The reincarnated souls of the heroes and villains from 12,000 years ago must first realize who they are, and what they must do to save the world from total destruction.…
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