I'm still unsure why this series caught my attention. Maybe it was because the heroine seemed familiar to me in some way. That happened somewhere around 2004 or so but I needed to rewatch the series recently to actually form a viable opinion.
At first SGYY begins like your typical action series with rather dramatic introduction but shows its true colors very soon. Literally.
Even though the space war games are supposed to power struggles over thousands of star systems, the universe of SGYY seems mostly empty. There are hardly three planets mentioned in the anime.
The show constantly sways between silliness and gratuitous drama. The events seem to pop up kind of randomly. Some of them seem totally Ass Pull-y, especially anything involving Tensa. Eldritch Abominations are being hurled left and right. The main villain, Zenga, pops out of nowhere and is one of the pettiest villains I've ever seen. He doesn't even seem to have an agenda and basically is just a grumpy old man with too much ego.
Then there is the isuue with the Old-Timer, a Sentient Cosmic Force which is supposed to be nigh-omnipotent but resorts to the pettiest and least effective methods imaginable.
Even though Yohko is charismatic and sympathetic, I don't like the way everybody idolizes her. She herself admits that she's flawed and I agree with that. Why would you entrust the fate of the universe to an immature, impulsive and insecure teenager?
There's basically no Character Development. It just goes like: "Let's hurl droves of atrocities at main heroine to see her CurbStomp them all. Even though one of them nearly drives her insane, the effect is desperately short and in the next episode she's back to her usual upbeat antics.
Some truly unnecessary romantic tensionnote involving Momiji and Yohko crushing on Lawson pops up briefly only to be never mentioned again. Personally I don't like the idea of Yohko falling for Lawson - she's not the kind of person who'd get enamored so easily. Too tomboyish and independent.
The finale tops it all off with forcing Yohko to fight her best friend to death just for more artificial drama. That comes out of nowhere and is completely unnecessary. If you wanted real drama, you should've done it from the beginning and properly. This is not Madoka despite featuring a character with the same given name.
And why are there so many horses? Is this a sci-fi set in 2999 or medieval fantasy?
Visual art is quite weird. Maybe the strange lighting, color saturation and contrast is supposed to make it look surreal, but the only thing it achieves is making it difficult to tell, what do you see. I can't believe this was made in 1999, the animation technique seems even more dated.
Nevertheless I don't regret watching this anime even though it didn't meet my expectations.
Anime Wasted potential.
I'm still unsure why this series caught my attention. Maybe it was because the heroine seemed familiar to me in some way. That happened somewhere around 2004 or so but I needed to rewatch the series recently to actually form a viable opinion.
At first SGYY begins like your typical action series with rather dramatic introduction but shows its true colors very soon. Literally.
Even though the space war games are supposed to power struggles over thousands of star systems, the universe of SGYY seems mostly empty. There are hardly three planets mentioned in the anime.
The show constantly sways between silliness and gratuitous drama. The events seem to pop up kind of randomly. Some of them seem totally Ass Pull-y, especially anything involving Tensa. Eldritch Abominations are being hurled left and right. The main villain, Zenga, pops out of nowhere and is one of the pettiest villains I've ever seen. He doesn't even seem to have an agenda and basically is just a grumpy old man with too much ego.
Then there is the isuue with the Old-Timer, a Sentient Cosmic Force which is supposed to be nigh-omnipotent but resorts to the pettiest and least effective methods imaginable.
Even though Yohko is charismatic and sympathetic, I don't like the way everybody idolizes her. She herself admits that she's flawed and I agree with that. Why would you entrust the fate of the universe to an immature, impulsive and insecure teenager?
There's basically no Character Development. It just goes like: "Let's hurl droves of atrocities at main heroine to see her CurbStomp them all. Even though one of them nearly drives her insane, the effect is desperately short and in the next episode she's back to her usual upbeat antics.
Some truly unnecessary romantic tensionnote pops up briefly only to be never mentioned again. Personally I don't like the idea of Yohko falling for Lawson - she's not the kind of person who'd get enamored so easily. Too tomboyish and independent.
The finale tops it all off with forcing Yohko to fight her best friend to death just for more artificial drama. That comes out of nowhere and is completely unnecessary. If you wanted real drama, you should've done it from the beginning and properly. This is not Madoka despite featuring a character with the same given name.
And why are there so many horses? Is this a sci-fi set in 2999 or medieval fantasy?
Visual art is quite weird. Maybe the strange lighting, color saturation and contrast is supposed to make it look surreal, but the only thing it achieves is making it difficult to tell, what do you see. I can't believe this was made in 1999, the animation technique seems even more dated.
Nevertheless I don't regret watching this anime even though it didn't meet my expectations.