Mars Daybreak

[bigsleepj]

aka Kenran Butoh Sai.

Has anyone seen or heard of this anime? Is it a good series and does it have any objectional content in it?

Just asking.

[mitsuki lover]

I've heard about it by reading an article in Anime Insider.It does sound interesting though I haven't seen it but want to.

[GrubbTheFragger]

I have also been interested in this series.

[Kenshin17]

I saw the first disk. It seemed pretty clean to me. Might have been some minor language (I don't really notice this to much exept extreme language) No nudity (unless I am really forgeting) and the only sensual content was a kiss. It was actually pretty funny though.

Unfortunatly we didn't get the other disks after one so I have only seen the first four episodes but I plan on buying the complete collection when it is out.

[mitsuki lover]

All I know is that it deals with pirates under the Martian oceans.

[bigsleepj]

I watched a few (10) episodes this weekend and I have a few comments to make on the series.

The animation is good and the action is quite likeable if you're able to get used to the idea of mechs fighting underwater; I also appreciate that its not trying to go for that 16th century look and feel like Treasure Planet did. HOwever the animators have made some very strange artistic decisions, like a talking dolphin in an anthropomorphic robotic suit and one of the ships pilots being a talking cat. The talking dolphin could have gone, but the cat is a stretch for me.

Also there are some weaknesses in the writing; how the main character comes across his mech, a very special, rare type of underwater mech, is somewhat contrived; (he falls into the ocean and it comes OUT OF NOWHERE and saves him. There's a yet-to-be revealed plot device that explains this but I doubt it would be satisfactory. Its not like Macross / Robotech were the main character demolishes part of a city on his first outing; he's a natural and can pilot it like an expert - year right. Also in one episode a trio of idiotic revolutionaries stumble across a robot which they control (during the first part of the story) from control room, yet by the end of the episode the robot seems sentient with no explanation given. These are actually small complaints; I am enjoying the series thus far, but I can't help but point these out.

If I have a large complaint, then it is that I find the supporting cast much more interesting than the main character.