Aquarion

Plot (From Wikipedia):
Eleven years before the start of the series, a disaster only referred to as the "Great Catastrophe" destroyed significant parts of the world and killed off many of its inhabitants. Along with the disaster came the appearance of the Shadow Angels, winged-beings who have been in slumber for twelve thousand years in their city of Atlandia. The Shadow Angels harvest humans on Earth, dubbed the "wingless ones", like cattle, extracting their prana (life force) from them, serving as energy and nutrition to the Shadow Angels, but also to feed the legendary Tree of Life. The Shadow Angels facilitate their harvesting via giant, floating harvesting machines guarded by giant golem-like creatures called Cherubim Soldiers. How these are normally piloted is unknown, yet there are times when they are piloted by Shadow Angels.

Ordinary weapons prove ineffective against the Cherubim, but a human expedition under the leadership of Gen Fudou eventually excavates three very technologically advanced fighter planes. Gen Fudou disappears, but an organization called Deava takes over the research of these machines, called Vectors, trying to find out how to use them. The three Vectors are the Vector Luna, the Vector Mars and the Vector Sol. Deava discovers only people who are Element users can control the Vectors and, ultimately, unite the three to form the giant fighting machine Aquarion.

During the first sortie to fight a Cherubim, Deava encounters 15 year-old Apollo, who seems to be the reincarnation of the hero Apollonius, also known as the "Solar Wing", who betrayed his Shadow Angel brethren for his love of the human warrior Celiane.

My Thoughts:
Ok, so I saw the box set of Aquarion and saw the very simple design. It just had the title and no images. I do have to say I got intrigued plus, I liked the title so I decided to watch the series.

The series was surprisingly good. It had elements of angels and mecha which was definitely a plus for me. The plot I know is quite similar to other mecha anime, kid pilots a robot, has multiple fights, wins and goes home. You would think it is predictable but I do have to say there were enough twists in there that were not too far fetched that definitely made the series more interesting to me. It had some love story elements but not overpowering if you know what I mean. The series definitely reminded me of Rahxephon and Neon Genesis Evangelion, which I both enjoyed so needless to say I enjoyed this series. The animation was pretty good, very crisp except for some scenes. The sound was good and the voice acting was ok, there were time that it was great but times where it was off. The funny thing about this series is when they "connect" to make the robot, they show the pilots having "orgrasms" it was quite hilarious and at times irritating but oh well...that is anime for you right?!

Overall I give this a 5 out 5. I would recommend you to own the box set unless of course you are not that into mecha anime.