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I remember watching it before I generally started despicing (modern) anime. I enjoyed it back then, but do note that I saw this show before NGE. Now I only view it as a shameless NGE copy, just painted as if the world never got past the 90ies; which is ironic concidering how NGE actually was made in that era. Skate/snowboard sub-culture, borderline trippy musical themes, epilepsy inducing color schemes, humane orientation, etc. You'd think that the militaristic themes would nullifie some of it, but my impression is that it further enhanced those traits via the generated contrasts. In the end, I view the 'power of love' morality as pretty unrealistic, but what the hell - there's already giant mechs literally surfing the sky via some otherworldly green sky fish life-forms attracted by happiness, while defeating imperialistic supression by skillfully doing CATTU-BACKU DUROP-TAARNs before realizing that derpy aliens are the true enemy, and ultimately defeating those via power-level hax? Whatever, I remember loving the soundtrack, and hating Hollands bullshit. I wouldn't have watched it today, but I really digged it back then.
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