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Suisei no Gargantia

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    Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
    Suisei no Gargantia 翠星のガルガンティア

    Synopsis

    The story begins in the distant future in the far reaches of the galaxy. The Human Galactic Alliance has been constantly fighting for its survival against a grotesque race of beings called "Hidiaazu." During an intense battle, the young lieutenant Ledo and his humanoid mobile weapon Chamber are swallowed up into a distortion of time and space. Waking from his artificially induced hibernation, Ledo realizes that he has arrived on Earth, the planet on the lost frontier. On this planet that was completely flooded by the seas, people live in fleets of giant ships, salvaging relics from the seas' depths in order to survive. Ledo arrives on one of the fleets called Gargantia. With no knowledge of the planet's history or culture, he is forced to live alongside Amy, a 15-year-old girl who serves as a messenger aboard the Gargantia fleet. To Ledo, who has lived a life where he knows nothing but fighting, these days of peace continue to surprise him...

    source: myanimelist


    Information

    Episodes: 13
    Status: Currently Airing
    Aired: Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 to ?
    Genres: Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi


     
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    Taemin

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    That's one of those scifi shows that I figured would be a lot of the other scifi-based anime series, but it's been sitting on my watch list. I should give it a go, I just usually glaze over things with space, and mechs now days, because I've seen so dang many of them. xD;

    I like the art style / characters to this one, though. Looks interesting.
     
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    • It seems like an okay premise. I have to admit I'm kind of fond of those mecha stories with a serious-faced young protagonist and a happy, innocent girl foil for his character to play off, but that doesn't fill me with confidence that this show is going to tread any new ground and that's really what I'd want to see: them doing that kind of story but doing something new and different with it. Nothing from that synopsis about it stands out as a big 'no' but nothing stands out as a big 'yes' either.
     

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    So far there's very little mech action/any action, it's more slice-of-life cutesy kinds of things. This is my second favorite show this season, after Attack on Titan.

    I have noticed that some fansub groups call him Red instead of Ledo. Interesting.
     
    antemortem

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    So far there's very little mech action/any action, it's more slice-of-life cutesy kinds of things. This is my second favorite show this season, after Attack on Titan.

    I have noticed that some fansub groups call him Red instead of Ledo. Interesting.
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    Especially episode four/five. Only the first episode had a lot of mecha involvement, though there subtle hints subsequently added to each episode, bar five. It's really hardly even a mecha, haha.
     
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    • It's Urobochi, I would watch even if it was crap xD (Which Urobochi cannot do btw :D)
    I love the animation, it's really well done.
    Story progresses interestingly in the last episodes.
    And Amy is so cute~ :D
     
    DrFuji

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    • I've been enjoying Gargantia, the setting is beautiful and the premise of military-minded Ledo being dumped in a completely 'alien' world of sunshine and happiness is quite interesting. I'm not exactly satisfied with the characters though; aside from Ledo, Amy, Pinion and Ridget (after having an entire episode dedicated to her development) they all seem somewhat empty in my opinion. That being said, I'm definitely looking forward to any future developments and seeing what they get up to from day to day :P

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    It's Urobochi, I would watch even if it was crap xD (Which Urobochi cannot do btw :D)
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    He's only written the first and last episodes though... Soooooo, bloodbath at the last second anybody?
     
    antemortem

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    • DrFuji said:
    I'm not exactly satisfied with the characters though; aside from Ledo, Amy, Pinion and Ridget (after having an entire episode dedicated to her development) they all seem somewhat empty in my opinion. That being said, I'm definitely looking forward to any future developments and seeing what they get up to from day to day :P
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    Neither am I. Apart from those and maybe Bevel (Bebel? I get different translations each episode) nobody's really had much development going for them storyside, especially Bellows. I'd really like to know more about Bellows, and not just because she reminds me of Yuko Littner from Gurren Lagann. :P She seems pretty chill, but I wouldn't be surprised if she was one of those 'hard exterior to better withdraw her shameful past' characters, I really wouldn't.
     
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    • Hoh boy, episode nine brought out the big guns didn't it?

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    Neither am I. Apart from those and maybe Bevel (Bebel? I get different translations each episode) nobody's really had much development going for them storyside, especially Bellows. I'd really like to know more about Bellows, and not just because she reminds me of Yuko Littner from Gurren Lagann. :P She seems pretty chill, but I wouldn't be surprised if she was one of those 'hard exterior to better withdraw her shameful past' characters, I really wouldn't.
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    Yeah, Bevel (I had to check his name as well) can join all of the cool kids in the 'character development pile'.

    Feisty red-head with some great stonking-bazongas? Yup, that's that describes Bellows and Yoko to a T :P
     
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    • DrFuji said:
    Hoh boy, episode nine brought out the big guns didn't it?
    Episode Nine really murdered my feels.
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    I thought this series was going to dissapoint me but it is pretty entertaining, I was surprised by how much I like it. It's a nice concept, almost reminds me of a fledgling Ghibli at cetain points.

    Unfortunately what didn't surprise me was certain parts of the predictable plot...

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    Episode 10

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    • Well now that its all over there is only one question that remains unresolved...

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    • I thought the series turned boring and predictable towards the end, Chamber was the only reason I kept on watching.
     
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