Sakugan

 So, it is only normal I took this mecha anime as the letter S, because in the Super Mecha Champions videogame I have both the mecha as well as the main characters skins active.

But let's actually view this series, that was a bit of a break-out hit when it came out.

It takes place in the far future, where humanity lives in an underground world called Labyrinth, and with several colonies that have severe circumstances to live in.  Memempu is a curious 9-year old that lives with her father, a digger called Gagumber.  

But when they set out to look for her mother, they meet a huge creature, but the map her father has is worth an awful lot due to the dangers of making it outside the colonies.  But they go on the journey none-the-less of the dangers involved.  On board their mecha, Little Tony, they set out beyond the colonies borders, exploring the surrounding area.

 

She learns as how markers like her dad travel from base camp to base camp to recharge and how to read maps. Stubborn as she is to follow her own map, she jumps in a chasm and is soon attacked by monsters, but Gagumber arrives to save her in Little Tony.  They escape, but are greeted by the excentric Merooro of the Control Agency.

As they stay at his base, Gagumber goes out to the bar, ending up flirting with a beautiful lady when he is stopped and reprimanded by Memempu.  But a heist suddenly takes place on the bar, and Gagumber faces the crooks, before being knocked out and taken along by them.  In captivity, he learns the girls name is Zackletu, a wanted criminal.  She helps him escape, before saying her goodbyes.

Merooro takes them along to an old machine created by the ancerstors, revered as the God of Wind, while showing sights of the landscapes nearby the other colonies.  Memempu figures out the machine on the map she has, and they start crossing the landscape.  They encounter Yuri and his men, who thinks they are villains.  They want to take out the corrupt ruler of the colony, and Yuri wants to do it harshly but is stopped thanks to Gagumber.  But they had infiltrated the videospread, bringing him down that way.  Yuri decides to join them in their journey through the Underworld.  

 

 

Memempu saves them from poisonous flowers they had unknowingly picked up along the way, as Memempu sees it in a dream.  Gagumber learns that Zackletu is actually the younger sister of his former partner Rufus, "Zack" whom he always though was a boy, and she blames him for what happened to her older sibling.  This leads to a serious confrontation, Gagumber being gravely injured. They manage to set their differences though and move on together on their adventure.

 

Merooro returns, saving them from a plant induced stupor, and expunges the criminal records of Yuri and Zackletu.  He tries to bring forth his own agenda, but Gagumber doesn't like him, opposing his request.   But the base is being attacked all of a sudden, Memempu being the target as she is referred to as the Rainbow Child.  Together, Merooro and Gagumber manage to bring her into safety though, the former getting injured in the process causing Gagumber to be grateful to him.

They meet Sina, the diva of Dream Colony who flees from her rigorous life with Memempu, doing misschief in the colony before she must return to her former life, thankfull she could live a day without her obligations, just doing what she wanted.  But Shibito has followed them here, attacking during the concert of Sina and abducting Memempu to show her her real father.  She is told she isn`t really Gagumber's daughter, nor that she is human.  But Gagumber sticks with her, and together they face their peril and escape.  

So this was an enjoyable series, even though it's story hasn`t finished for a long time.  I hope there will be a second season, because this was fun stuff to watch...