Aquarion Evol Series We Can

Aquarion Evol Series We Can

More often than not, we end up scrambling to just get our episode blog posts of the week in on time (occasionally failing pretty hard), and thus, the amount of series we can cover per season is fairly limited.

There are a ton of good shows every season that simply dont get noticed or the spot light because bloggers are either not blogging them, or theres just too many shows out there.

So without further ado, lets look at the most recent series that has probably been overlooked by many.

With many of the awesome fall series still going strong (Chihayafuru, Persona 4, Shakugan no Shana III e.t.c) and a slew of new and amazing series (Nisemonogatari, Natsume Yujinchou San) we totally missed out on what I believe is the Mecha anime of the season, and potentially the year.

What probably made Sousei no Aquarion so memorable was the fact that it was the last real mecha series of its kinda.

And by that I mean that it was the last series that went along the lines of Evangelion and RahXephon.

Namely, a series that involved heavy symbolism, relgious, mythical and philosphical elements.

Not only that, but series Like Gundam and Macross both began reinventing themselves to meld into the modern landscape where Mecha series needed deep love triangles, and teenage high school style romance and slice of life elements.

Now here to join them, with Macross Frontiers very animation studio at the helm, we have a new incarnation of the Aquarion franchise.

Since its Statelight, we get the obligatory love triangle between series main character Amata Sora, and the two girls Zessica Wong and Mikuno.

For fans of the old reincarnations and past lives love, theres a SECOND love triangle developing between the possible series antagonist Kagura, Amata and Mikuno.

A big thing about the previous series was the reincarnations and past lives thing, and the new series seems to be putting a fresh take on it.

Amata and Kagura are possibly two reincarnations of Sousei no Aquarions Apollo, who himself was a reincarnation of the Angel of Death, Apollonius.

There are other characters like Shrade and Cayene, who seem to be the reincarnations of Sirius, and its unknown whether Zessica and Mikono are the reincarnations of Sousei no Aquarions Sivia.

And all of this is pure speculation on my part, based on having seen the original series and then rewatching it recently.

If youve followed Satelights last mecha series, Macross Frontier, youll know that these guys are the absolute best at mecha series animation.

As of right now, were 7 episodes in and there has not even been a remote dip in quality.

Everyone from the almost regular looking Amata Sora, to the punkish looking Andy, are enough to sell the series.

Added in some breath taking backgrounds that truly bring this new incarnation of this world to life, and man its just impressive.

Sousei no Aquarion was a classic mecha series in the sense that it reused a theme song of sorts for important moments, and Aquarion EVOL does that as well.

Added to that though, it has some of the most impressive J-RockJ-Pop songs that made Macross Frontiers OST and the anime such a musical masterpeice.

Its the best of both worlds, and that balancing act is something the series does so well in nearly every aspect.

Hell, a series like Vandread and even Geneshaft were BASED on the concept of females and males being apart and then reconnecting.