Aquarion Myth of Emotions

 Finally a new Aquarion series came out, after the excellent Evol series I really love this love triangle / mecha series.

 

 

Well, and then this came along...

 

While the story remains basically the same, in that three youngsters pilot Vector fighters, and depending who is needed to take charge they form the giant mecha Aquarion in changing configurations.  But then the animation of the series: the main story is all drawn in what I can't describe better as an upgraded Power Puff Girls chibi style, while the ancient creatures that play in the story are depicted as really bad CGI.  

 

It turns out all the youth are actually reincarnations of these ancient creatures from 12000 years ago, and as they oppose strange alien monsters that want to invade Earth, at first with limited success, they also start discovering the motivations lying behind the "Elemental Project".  It turns out that in order to awaken the true power of the Aquarion, they all need to learn a certain emotion that they lack.  Add in some sidestory angle's with a younger sister trying to kill her elder sibling and all, but it all remains a very stale series though.

 

 

Soon they also get involved in the politics behind the adults plan, to seal away the re-emerging aliens once again, but in all honesty, the only thing I liked about this series is the soundtrack, and then especially the updated opening of the series.

 

 

It was one of those series I mentally gave up on after 2-3 episodes, finding the style of the animation not pleasant at all to watch, and the  just soldiered onwards to finish the whole thing.  Needless to say, I don't recommend this series.

 

Pity it was from the Aquarion franchise, which is a fun franchise...