Audience reviews
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hunter1
Once upon a time, many years ago, I was going to watch Aquarion, but I've stopped it, and focused on other anime.
I watched Aquarion Evol, right after The first Aquarion, and I was confused, I didn's understand the plot, at least, not completely, because it's labirynth for most of the time.
After watching all episodes, I can say, that there is too much love and "pervert overtones", and not enough focus on story, that is throwed into blender and mixed with absurd, and more or less explained at the end, so its like someone play Dark Souls game, finish it, and after that, enter websites and realise, what is really going on in this world.
I don't recomend that anime to anyone, who "pukes" after too much amount of love on screen, and to people, who have problems (like me, hue hue) to connect…
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Aquarion Evol is the sequel, set after 12.000 years, of Sousei no Aquarion.
I'd like to start with a direct quote from the very first episode (which actually is a double episode of 40 minutes).
(The quote is roughly translated inro english from an italian translation of the anime)
"The movie (referencing to Aquaria no Mau Sora) was not well recieved by the general public (meaning it was not that good), but the soundtrack was found good and became well known."
This is Aquarion. Not only Aquarion Evol, but Sousei as well. This quote is describing the entire show better than I ever could.
The plot of Evol is directly related to its prequel: every 12.000 years, a cast of characters get reincarnated and their destiny is to be reunited again, in a sort of battle that has been going on sin…
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Animated by Satelight studios, which has made several anime, yet only Noein amongst them is worthwhile for me. Directed by Kawamori Shouji, who is famous for making several Macross related shows but in all, his roster doesn’t look so good. Thus we have nothing much to expect on first sight.
The first Aquarion series was based on an interesting concept that was trashed by the lack of an interesting plot and by lots of retarded fan service. It remained known as nothing more than a train-wreck called roborgasm for trying to sound serious and dramatic when it had over the top erotic humour and silly robot action. So after some years they decided to make a sequel to it; something normally ludicrous for a title so loathed by most. The good part is that they flavoured the main idea to look more…
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Aquarion Evol is a show that never needed to be as good as it was. Aquarion, its predecessor 7 years prior, seemed largely to be a tech demo for Shoji Kawamori’s next project Macross Frontier, with as many random plot elements thrown in to see what stuck. But while Aquarion felt messy and uninteresting, Aquarion Evol skims away the fat and refines the hidden qualities of the world. Evol allows a pretty solid reset, taking 12,000 years after original Aquarion. The previous series is both history and a religion in Evol, as well as an in-universe movie that sarcastically references its real world failures (but hey, at least the soundtrack won awards). Evol is much lighter and more engaging, and also manages to put much more effort into establishing its world, including having the religion and…
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it is an anime of mecha is a sequel of Aquarion that has as following two boys that meet by chance the two are reincarnations of the characters of Aquarion.
Among legends, incredible powers and feelings, the "Aquarion" saga was a huge surprise in the panorama of robotic souls, thanks to a very apt characterization of characters and an amazing mecha design, combined with a solid narrative that managed to combine fantasy elements, mecha and sentimental (some even not conventioned).
And now, with "Aquarion Evol", the legend of the mechanical angel and of the sacred genesis is ready to start again.
"Evol" takes up the elements that characterized the previous series: a plot full of twists, where romantic feelings will be the basis of the story, with lots of links to the events that occurred in…
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People may think I'm Dumb for rating this anime so High, but I have my reasons. First, the first time I watched this I was still a kid and I was missing episodes. Now I rewatched it, I still felt the same excitement and thrill.
This Anime is a rare breed. It gives you the "I wanna love this character" feels in most of the pairings. I really adored all the main characters and the way the story was played I felt the emotion that was being portrayed. I hated Mikage when the story wanted him to be hated, I hated Kagura when the story wanted him to be hated, I felt sorry for them when the story tells their side and showed that they can be forgiven and what they did made sense.
I say this is rare because it showed a lot of mini genres in it. a pure love story between Amata and Mikono, A romcom…
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I'm writing this review because I'm quite disappointed that everyone is saying that this is a terrible series and an insult to the original. I'll tell you that I actually liked this one a lot better than the original. (>:C Don't judge. )
- STORY - 9 - Ok, so the story doesn't stand out that much, but it is still pretty good. You can read the synopsis for that.
- ART - 10 - Even if you hate this anime, no one can argue that the art wasn't AMAZING. In fact, I think it's the best in any anime I've ever watched. ( again, no judging. >:C)
- SOUND - 10 - The sound was quite amazing, and the first ending theme was probably the best ending theme of any ending theme ever in any anime. It was simply incredible, as was the rest of the music. I really connected with it.
- CHARACTER - 9 - The char…
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SPOILERS AHEAD:
So, as always, Aquarion as a franchise is a mixed bag. The original series received quite a bit of criticism for both its throwbacks to older style "Super Robot" anime, as well as for an at-times silly set of subplots surrounding its characters. The original conceits of the series were often cringe-inducing as well: the action of the series focuses aroudn Aquarion, which is a giant robot formed of 3 "vectors" which combined into a giant robot, accompanied by the pilots undergoing a "gattai" (union) which results in them, well, orgasming.
Aquarion Evol is not going to do much for people who disliked the original series, and in fact may not be a great show for people who loved it, either. I do think that there's a lot to enjoy here, particularly if you are a fan of romance…
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[SPOILER WARNING]
An ok anime! I would recommend this anime to people who like to see people having orgasms powering up robots! A funny anime, but the ending was like WTF! So the evil Kagura who was pursuing the amazing Mikono, just suddenly gave up on her! Then Amata the most weak-ass character of all time just took her! Though I do prefer Amata over Kagura, Amata barely did anything outside of his stupid robot!
I may be a little harsh on this anime, but I cannot say I absolutely enjoyed it! The plot was great! The mechs fights were ok, the romance was a bit dull(still Ok)! The music was amazing! They could've easily done a better job on this anime, but they decided not to. If I were to make this anime better. I would add something like Amata suddenly becoming badass and actually stand…
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Hello, fanservice my old friend!
If you were waiting for a direct sequel for Sousei no Aquarion, you will be disappointed. But if you don't have anything to watch and are itching for some corny romance and fanservice aboard big mechas, then go ahead and enjoy the show. Once I got what the show was about, I was able to enjoy it fully.
I was drawn to the series by its colorful and pretty animation, and the show doesn't disappoint in this regard.The story as a whole doesn't make much sense to me but, as stated before, we are not here for the plot but for the romance and big mecha fights!
Most of the characters are pretty silly and overdramatic (and also a bunch of horny teenagers). The show delivers its load of bishounens and bishoujos at will and it focuses on their relationships with t…
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To watch Aquarion Evol. Make sure to watch Genesis of Aquarion first. I didn't watch GoA first, which made it more difficult to put parts together from the show, but in all it still made it pretty clear.
Action is phenomenal. Also once you begin to watch the show and get into it, you'll probably pick a favorite character. If you get into shows like ALOT, be ready for an emotional roller coaster. All in all, I enjoyed this show and recommend it to anyone that likes Eureka Seven or in general robot fighting.
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Story - The story for AE seems more progressive and less episodic than the previous series (Sousei no Aquarion), it is has some good action and comedic scenes which are good, but as a whole, the anime suffers unfortunately because it incorporates the easily misunderstood belief of reincarnation. That combined with some people's disagreement at the coupling at the end despite being obvious from the beginning, it does have a lot criticism, which I feel is unfair. I think it has one of those plots in which you either like it or hate it.
Art - The art is very good and detailed, all of it from the mechs to the background enviroments. Most certainly the strongest aspect of the anime.
Sound - Sound in this anime is also very good, the variation of music is good and is nicely timed to the figh…
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If there was one thing that absolutely stood out for me in Aquarion EVOL, it was the artwork. Aquarion EVOL shines brightest in its absolutely gorgeous setting and consistent animation. Each location is drawn with such care and beauty and there were plenty of places for us to see. The artwork is what I'd would call "eyegasmic" or "scenery porn". It was a completely positive surprise. As of 2012, I can only list a handful of TV series that had such amazing artwork on display.
Unfortunately, aside from the delightfully eyegasmic setting it was in, the story and characters leave a bit to be desired. At it's core, it's not a story to be taken seriously. Like the prequel, there are a lot of ridiculous and ludicrous events that happen throughout the show. How about a punch move that wraps the e…
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Aquarion Evol is not just a plain mecha anime. Aquarion Evol is a mecha and an over-the-top cheesy romance anime. This series is a sequel of "Genesis of Aquarion" but you need not watch the first series to understand the plot since both were set on different eras.(about 12,000 years apart). When i first started watching it i expected a serious mecha (I haven't watched the original series) i had no idea it would be an exaggerated love story.
Every episode they would focus on love and romance, heck even the mecha's powers are triggered by love. Faith and destiny are also things that are consistently mentioned in this series. Characters are overly melodramatic, they always shout and their emotions are always exaggerated. The plot is about a young male named Sora Amata. Sora Amata is a fanatic…
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Aquarion Evol is not an anime to be taken literally. It is saturated with an abundance of metaphors and symbolism; some painfully and intentionally obvious whiles others subtle. Nevertheless, it is not particularly intelligent and never makes any attempts at being profound. Aquarion Evol distinguishes itself from others with its ostensibly ludicrous gimmicks: homosexual angels and donut philosophy to name a couple. Most significantly, however, is the amount of passion and love that pervades the series. Evol spelled backwards is love, and is filled to the brim with exactly that.
Aquarion Evol is a dog bereaved of life, revived, and bestowed with wings. It is conceived and directed by Kawamori Shoji, known for his works teeming with passion such as the Macross series and AKB0048. Aquarion…
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I saw this anime because of a Funimation Trailer on Youtube. And when i saw the trailer i saw Good looking characters and animation, and i could tell right away it was of a Romance genre. This show has alot of Fan service, but some of the fan service thats shown is shown when they begin to use the Aquarion as a group and i wont spoil what its called
(Im guessing thats what those robots are called since they always shout out "GO. AQUARIOON" when they start to fight which can give a corny feel. I watched it all but if i sound ignorant of it its cause i watched it a few months ago.)
So the "Fanservice" during those parts can get corny.
It definitely has some funny moments so you will laugh while watching it, but most of it is based on the romance.
Now the story....im not gonna spoil it…
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This Is the 2nd season Of Aquarion. Its By Kawamori Shoji and is currently writing the manga as well. I officially liked the ending but really needs a third season because it didn't describe or answer many questions about the previous series. I'm happy for this anime but a few of the fans are hating cause it had an alternate ending to it.The other Aquarion was more serious,in a way. This starts with a boy named Amata who goes to a village and meets a girl named Mikono, they share deep love connection to each other. This season is about destiny,faith and Forbidden love(That every affection that everybody has, yeah its forbidden). Even a few Shadow angels are reincarnated here and want world domination against humans and want to be with there favorite angel but don't get the love...eh to bad…
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The orgasm powered robots are back and ready to kick some ass. Now at this point I would like to say that if you dont already know, this is a sequal and I will admit that you dont need to see the first to understand this, I think you still should, because you will be able to appreciate this more.
The original was good but the main problem I had was that I didnt really think a whole lot of the characters. There wasnt that one guy that I was like, hey I can relate to this; it just didnt happen. Here however they did a far better job creating appealing characters which is the biggest step up in my book. Another change is that the show isnt about the orgasm powered robots, in fact they kinda go away from that. I like that because while I can say it was funny as hell at first it got old after…
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This is my first time writing a review, so please bare with me, but for this series I felt like I needed to write my opinion of it.
Story:
Episodes 1 - 13 = 7
Now, the series started off very good, I wouldn't say it was amazing, but it was enough to pull me in and get me interested in the series. It was lighthearted and comedy filled at points, but it also had plenty enough action and mystery involved to keep you looking forward to what might come next.
Episodes 14 - 21 = 5
Unfortunately at this point, the story seems to start getting thrown all over the place. Some episodes I liked and some were just not so good... and I'm sad to say that it continued to get worse.
Episodes 22 - 26 = 2
This is where everything in the plotline just falls apart. Revelations and twists are made and it all…
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Mikono X Amata..........awesome, so finally this 26 episode anime has ended, so what now? Duuuuh, I guess, I'd probabaly say that this is all good, the genres indicated like Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mecha, Romance and Sci-fi did proved well for this anime, ok so there is that fujoshi element in the last episode of this thing which for me is EEEEEEEWWWWW. But then again the romance genre has the most impact in the story so for the "Story" part I'd give it a "Very Good" number 8, since I like the main plot were there are challenges that comes with Amata's quest for Mikono's heart, aside from it every episode has its own set of climatic thing in it which make the whole 26 episode worthwhile.
Art and sound: Mediocre 5.
I just have nothing to say about these parts, since the art is similary wi…
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