Series Rec

OMG.  EVERYBODY MUST WATCH BOKURANO.

Since Geass ended and Gundam00 started with its 'let's remove all of the awesome from our characters', I've been feeling a bit unethusiastic about new series.  But after this.. asdfljslfjsalfkjslfkj.

Bokurano is a giant robot anime.  Let's get this fact out of the way first.  But it's hardly typical.  The robot is slow and clunky and the cockpit is made up of very ordinary chairs.  Chairs which set the stage for a Russian Roulette for fourteen (fifteen?) kids who signed a contract with a creepy old man in a cave, whose very last words are 'I'm sorry'.  Calling this a giant robot anime is like calling Code Geass a giant robot anime.  There are giant robots in it, but that's not what it's about at all.  And the animation is stunning and the sound and music are amazing - THE OPENING!  I haven't fallen in love with a series this fast since... well, since Code Geass.



And if that raving endorsement is not enough to move you, I must direct you to the fact that one of the principal characters is voiced by Minagawa Junko.  She may be better known to you as the voice of Echizen Ryoma.  Playing this moody bastard:

I LOVE HIM ALREADY!  And not just because of Minagawa's sultry tones.  *__*  He's a horrible, mean little prick to his sister, as anti-social as they come, is absolutely bleeding secret tragic background (actually I'm pretty sure all these kids are) and by the end of the second episode he's... well, I won't spoil things for you.

I am only halfway through this series (though I suspect that will only last a couple more days *waves farewell to sleep*), but I am so confident in it that it's even getting a tag.  :|