Presentation
The box art of this series is simplistic design of Aquarion on black background. The first DVD case displays Apollo in bright tones, while the inside of the case displays Apollo, Sylvia, Sirius, Apollonius, and Aquarion in darker, reddish tones. The second DVD case displays Toma in purplish blue tones, while the inside of the case displays a touching scene of Apollo and Sylvia imposed over a picture of Toma and Aquarion. The animation is pretty decent (except for one episode. I imagine the artist took a day off) in regards to Mecha design, background and character design. The battle scenes are rather impressive though a bit confusing at times. The music at times can be a bit distracting and inappropriate for the scenes but are still pleasant nonetheless. There are two opening songs; both are rather upbeat and surprisingly appropriate for such a dark anime. The ending theme is a sad melancholy little ballad that also reflects the series relatively well. Voice actors of both casts do a very good job, though the voices are a bit deeper and serious with the Japanese cast. The story itself unfolds relatively well, though it feels disjointed up until the last handful of episodes. Unfortunately the ending itself is bit lacking, especially considering it’s supposed to be a complete series. I can’t help but feel that perhaps they meant to do one more season of this series or at least an OVA.
Extras
Like it has become so commonplace, the extras in this series are sparse with only the textless opening (both of them) and ending songs and a handful of the usual trailers.
Overall, this series is a good mecha/sci-fi series that’s a bit like Evangelion and Voltron mixed together. It mixes surprisingly well and if you’re a fan of either then you should enjoy this.