Plot: Madoka, lone member of her school's Jersey club, finds a girl named Lan on the beach, who asks her to pilot a robot to defend Earth... (B)
Characters: B
Art & Animation: A
Voice Acting: A-
Music: A-
Objectionable Content: Suggestive material, profanity
Other: A more down-to-earth mecha sci-fi for girls. I only watched the first season.
Overall Score: B+
Plot: Three months after the victim-less terrorist attack dubbed "Careless Monday", Saki Morimi is on her graduation trip to Washington D.C. When she runs into a bit of trouble there, she is bailed out by an amnesiac named Akira Takizawa who has nothing on him but a gun and a cell phone charged with over 8 billion yen... (A very involved, well-written and unique story -- A+)
Characters: Interesting but somewhat underdeveloped (B+)
Art & Animation: A-
Voice Acting: Dub -- A-
Music: I can't recall it standing out much (B)
Objectionable Content: Blood, Suggestive/sexual material, profanity
Other: A good story with some really odd (often awkward) factors thrown in. It's not for everybody, but it's an interesting watch.
Overall Score: B+
Plot: The human race and an alien race called the Wulgaru are at war. The newest weapons are special mechs equipped with the JURIA system -- and the pilots chosen to test them are Team Rabbits, five genetically-modified teens who have been nicknamed, the "Fail Five". (Nothin' too original, but entertaining. -- C+)
Characters: B+
Artwork & Animation: A
Voice Acting: A
Music: A-
Objectionable Content: Language, suggestive themes
Other: Starts fun and gets more serious as it goes. The characters are the best part of this series thus far.
Overall Score: B
Plot: A space soldier named Lido is sucked into a space-time warp while fighting a battle. He wakes to find himself stranded on an unknown planet with only his mech and the crew of the fleet, Gargantia, to aid him. (So far, not a lot of development here, but it is entertaining to see him interact with the people he encounters. -- B+)
Characters: B
Artwork & Animation: A
Voice Acting: A
Music: B+
Objectionable Content: Mild language and suggestive themes
Other: Somewhat slow-paced, but entertaining and high-quality.
Overall Score: B+
Plot: Arata is a boy born to the Hime clan. Hime women traditionally become the rulers of the land of Amawakuni. However, since there are no girls to succeed the current princess, Kikuri, Arata poses as a girl and goes to the appointment ceremony. There, he sees the princess nearly killed -- and is framed for her assassination. He escapes into the mysterious Kando forest; however, he gets swallowed up and sent to modern-day Japan...
Arata Hinohara is ready to start high school with a clean slate; but there's one problem: it seems he can't escape the bullying he faced in middle school from his ex-friend, Kadowaki. When Arata's new friend, Suguru, sides with Kadowaki and betrays him, Arata runs away. Suddenly, he finds himself in Amawakuni. Strangely, he is mistaken for the other Arata and taken in by a (pretty) girl named Kotoha and the other Arata's grandmother. When a man named Kannagi barges in and confronts him, Arata activates a special sword called a hayagami, thus becoming its wielder, or "sho". But Kannagi puts Arata under arrest for attempting to murder their princess -- a crime he didn't even commit! (A)
Characters: A-
Art & Animation: A
Voice Acting: Good cast choices thus far! (A)
Music: Sometimes a little overbearing (B+)
Objectionable Content: Blood, nudity, suggestive themes, profanity
Other: The plot and the world will suck you right in. The characters, both major and minor, are interesting, too.
The anime has changed a couple elements so far, but it's a pretty good adaptation. I wish they would have taken a few minutes to give the modern Arata stronger character, though.
Overall Score: A-
