Anime: Sousei no Aquarion (2007)

First of all:I'll try to make this review like not a constant paragone with the tc serie since there may be people that want to watch this without having seen the tv serie.
Animation:The best animation seen in 2007 in my opinion...the 3d part is perfect, while the 2d is in the norm.
The mecha design is very accurate and innovative and the same goes for the integration between 2d and 3d, so it deserves a 9.
Sound:The seiyuu are all fantastic and the musics perfectly express the sense of epic of the story...they are the same of the serie but when something is perfect what is the need to change it?
Story:This is the real weak point of the Ovas.
The whole story is an incoerent attempt to retell the story but in my opinion they haven't spent even a day writing it. They tried to give it some depth with some cheap philosophy, but they resulted only comical...I ended the ova laughing of its stupidity.So,be warned.
Character:The character seem to be taken from "the perfect manual of the stereotyped characters".They are all predictable in their actions and very soon became boring.
Value:I think that this ovas offend the oriental philosophy, making it seem very superficial and ridiculous and also for what concers the generical etical considerations, they're very inconsistent and childish, making me wonder what kind of people wrote the story ...
Enjoiment:If you have read all the other paragraphs you should've realized that I will never see those ovas, as a whole, again .

[br][br]The same story, but totally shortened, and under different sauce... tastes as nice as the original one...but differently. [br]Animation [br]Animation is the on the same level as in the original series, but its 2007 now, so you cant impress everyone with these 3D battles any more. They steel look great though and deserve a nice mark. [br]Sound [br]Was there any noticeable music? Ehm, no. Almost no new music has been added since original series, and most of its most catchy tunes (Including all OP's and ED's) were lost due to the OVAs' extremely short nature compared to the series. [br]Story [br]Its nice to see how the same general story is being told in a different way. Instead of "Power of Friendsip" and "Pover of Love" main themes, this time you get a "Love Your Mother Earth and all Life on It" theme as dominant. It is told on the same level as in the original series - with multiple insignificiant holes in the story, but overally good. [br]Character [br]Gimme back Sirius, you, bastards!!! for the first 20 minutes, I really hoped he would come back, but it seems authours thought development of an additional character wouldnt fit in the tight 2-hour limit. Absence of Sirius almost completely eliminates the "Power of friendsip" theme from the story. Apollo has become alot more likeable, transforming from a stupid animal into some kind of tree-hugger. Silvia is pretty much the same as she was, but without the whole onee-sama thing. Lihua plays a completely different role in the OVAs than in the series and does it pretty well. None of the other characters have significiant role in the story due to its minimal length, which is sad...but understandable. [br]The 3 main characters give very good overall impression, so they get an 8 [br]Value [br]Those who had Apollo-Silvia pairing as their favourite in the original series, will surely like it, since this is the OVA about them. Everybody else be warned, as faces of these two is what you will be seeing 80% of the time. [br]Enjoyment [br]I was very disappointed after watching the first OVA, but the second one got me up. I got over the fact that the main characters are the ones i liked the least, and just enjoyed the story from the completely new perspective.