Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo: best mecha anime this season
I really shouldn’t have committed to blogging Viper’s Creed so soon. I’ve just recently checked out Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo, and it is clearly the superior mecha anime this season. So much so that it’s not even a mecha anime. It has transcended the limiting boundary known as the mecha genre and transformed into some kind of mecha/magical girl/parody hybrid. What does that all mean? This anime makes you go, “wtf am I watching?” Yet, at the same time, you cant stop watching it.
I’m sure by now you’ve already seen the first three episodes. So I’m not going to bore you with any synopsis. Yeah yeah blame me for being slow. I’m just going to jump straight to why I think this show is so awesome.
“I’d like one sugar in my cup of sugar.”
The art. It’s amazing. If there’s one thing Sunrise does well each and everytime, it’s the animation quality. What’s more amazing it that this is in no way a serious show. It’s layed back and ridiculous, yet it sports some of the most amazing animation.
The references. This is full of them and they’re fricken hilarious. It makes everything seem familiar yet alien at the same time.
Lelouch vi Britainnia commands you to…
…die by tea poisoning!
Actually, now that I think about it, that’s pretty much it. Two reasons and this show is awesome… hmm… I guess when you get the formula right, it doesn’t really matter what ingredients you use. Anyway to prove this is actually a mecha anime, here are the mechas.
I swear I’ve seen this design somewhere before
A very well placed mini~
This show better not get all serious, because it’ll kill off all interest I have for it. Also, no I will not blog this, it has far too much going for it to ever require my crude attempts at humour I pass of as reviews.
Poof… so much air resistance in space
A highly advanced form of cup in a ball
The ship was built by Zentradi
24 January, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Yeah I was all, LOLWUT after first episode. And I am going to be poking fun at this one with two others in Team Blue, though you probably already knew about that if you kept up with our updates. :p
Also, LEOPARD MAE is another reason to watch this show. I am shocked you did not include him!
Oh wait, actually you did but not enough!
24 January, 2009 at 1:57 pm
This is also one of my favorite this season. Notting really serious about it but it was fun see how the story goes. Yes! The quality is always good.
This will be in my watch list
24 January, 2009 at 6:13 pm
@Panther: Well SOR-RY… for being a bit busy… ==; And I don’t think you can really poke fun at it. It seems to be doing it on its own just fine.
25 January, 2009 at 4:19 am
“The art. It’s amazing” — True..