Aquarion Evol – 08

Wtf, Aquarion. Just… wtf.

I feel a bit silly for complaining about the fanservice in Rinne no Lagrange, although my point still stands there: the fanservice there was blatant, overdone and cheap. Here however…. it was used to push the sexual content of this show to the absurd. When I first started to blog this, the males versus females themes were the parts that caught my interest. I didn’t expect Shoji Kawamori and Mari Okada to carry it this far, though.

“Your senses grow sharper as you grow more naked”? Who the hell came up with that? Still, I loved how much tension there was between the sexes in this episode. It’s not just one-sided female fanservice, the males also got pushed into the defensive here; I especially loved it when Amano started stripping for once.

The thing is that usually, I’m really not a fan of series with so much romantic context. I remember immediately dropping Infinite Stratos when it aired a year ago (which by the way also was an 8-Bit series), but that’s because most of them are just so dull and lifeless, with so little ambition. This time though, the plot has just gotten crazy. The combination of Mari Okada and Shoji Kawamori dug up a whole new area of campness in both of them.

But what the hell are they doing next season with that AKB0048 show?
Rating: ** (Excellent)

13 thoughts on “Aquarion Evol – 08

  1. What I especially loved was that blatantly superfluous scene of Shrade loosening his shirt. XD Shrade is fanservice on legs, but man I keep lapping it up. XD

  2. Who the hell came up with that?

    The first season was FULL of this kind of thing. So much that I hated it by the middle and so much that it grew on me again by the end of it.

    And I especially loved Mikage here: “Watch him violate your beloved!” really rofl.

  3. Really, this show is almost a self-parody. And so camp.

    I also love all the references to Grecoroman myths here and there.

  4. I should hate this much camp but…it’s fun XD This show is really really fun and I’m liking the cast more every episode. Seems like next week will focus on the conservative red-headed girl with the glasses…don’t remember her name…oups XD

  5. I was never a huge fan of mecha. Watched the first and second episode of Aquarian Evol. I thought it wasn’t bad, good animations and story and all. But that’s it and I didn’t continue with any more episodes. I picked Rinne up so I thought I’ve had enough mecha in this season.

    ….Until I see this episode’s review.

    Honestly this sounds interesting. Should I give it a try hmm… o3o

  6. ““Your senses grow sharper as you grow more naked”? Who the hell came up with that?” —
    Ar tonelico III did. Apparently they’re copying the Purging system in that game. xD

  7. Natural for you to be confused since you haven’t seen Aquarion before, but it’s over the top cheese mecha that makes no sense in the end…

  8. This show is just awesome and hilarious at the same time .. it just has the perfect balance between not-taking-itself-too-seriously (the whole nakedness-makes-your-senses-sharper thing) and still being able to pull off some serious moments from time to time like when the Altair guys explained their motivation for kidnapping people and the whole reason why they are looking for their so called Eve (and further more why they failed to find her despite all the women they kidnapped so far) .. i was pretty surprised that Psgels ignored that explanation part completely .. it actually gives some some interesting insight about their motives and adds some human element to their actions we can relate to/sympathize with.

    As for the whole fighting naked thing .. i suppose Greeks and Celts (and few others) did just that .. in the Greek Olympics the athletes wrestled while naked .. some Greek hoplites/Spartans fought naked with nothing for protection but a large shield,greaves and a helmet (as depicted on some Greek pottery http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/Sterile/Images/hoplite.jpg).. many fighting contests till today involve some degree of nakedness .. not sure it really sharpens your senses in anyway though XD

  9. “Your senses grow sharper as you grow more naked”? Who the hell came up with that?

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! *can’t breathe …*

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