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Genre: Mecha, drama, romance, action
Chief Director: Shoji Kawamori
Director: Yusuke Yamamoto
Studio: Satelight, 8bit
Music: Yoko Kanno
Opening Theme:
#1: "Kimi no Shinwa ~ Aquarion Dai Ni Shou" (君の神話〜アクエリオン第二章) by AKINO with bless4
Ending Theme:
#1: "Gekkō Symphonia" (月光シンフォニア; Moonlight Symphonia) by AKINO & AIKI from bless4
Number of episodes: 26
Plot Summary: 12,000 years have passed in this world, the story of Apollon and Sylvie have become a children's story called "Skies Of Aquaria". The "Abductors" Invaders from Altea come to Earth with only one purpose, they invade to harvest humans. DEAVA the Aquaria Academy exists to train men and women to use Aquaria, but they cannot ever merge because of Guize stones, these block an "unholy union" between genders. The story follows Amata and Mikono in their enrollment into DEAVA, and fight the Abductors.
Voice Actors (Seiyuu):
Ai Kayano as Mikono Suzushiro
Ayumi Fujimura as MIX
Daisuke Namikawa as Shrade
Hiroki Touchi as Apollon
Hiroki Yasumoto as Izumo
Jun Fukushima as Jin
Junichi Suwabe as Donar
Kana Hanazawa as Zessica
Keiji Fujiwara as Fudo Zen
Kenichi Suzumura as Cayenne Suzushiro
Kensuke Satou as Malloy
Kiyono Yasuno as Shushu
Kouki Uchiyama as Kagura
Kousuke Toriumi as Andy W Hole
Megumi Nakajima as Sazanka Bianca
Minoru Inaba as Elco (Elcho)
Rie Tanaka as Alisia (Alicia)
Ryōta Asari as Male Operator
Sakura Tange as Crea Drosera
Sanae Kobayashi as Suomi
Shinsuke Nagashima as General Soldier B
Tetsu Inada as Principal/Commander
Yūichi Nakamura as Mikage
Yuuka Hirose as Female Operator
Yuuki Kaji as Amata Sora
Thoughts: I'm surprised that a thread hasn't been made for this awesome show...
I'm so glad that Ausdo pointed out to me much earlier that it was not required to watch the first Aquarion to enjoy this. Sure there are some references to the original, but I am following it just fine.
I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoyed Macross Frontier, since I'm getting the same vibes from it (same creator after all). It may not reach the same heights as Macross F, but music and animation wise it comes close. The music, the music, the music..... Yoko Kanno I'm so glad you're involved in this!
The only thing I dislike about the series so far is Amata's voice, done by Yuuki Kaji (SHU in Guilty Crown). He does sound better here, but I find his overall tone annoying. Anther interesting fact, that a lot of Guilty Crown voice actors are in this project as well and playing lead roles characers like Ai Kayano (Inori in GC, Mikono here), Yuichi Nakamura (Gai in GC, Mykage in AE), Kana Hanazawa (Ayase in GC, the lovable Zessic in AE), Kouki Uchiyama (Daryl Yan in GC, Kagura in AE)...