"The story begins in the distant future in the far reaches of the galaxy. The Human Galactic Alliance has been constantly fighting for its survival against a grotesque race of beings called "Hidiaazu." During an intense battle, the young lieutenant Redo and his humanoid mobile weapon Chamber are swallowed up into a distortion of time and space. Waking from his artificially induced hibernation, Redo realizes that he has arrived on Earth, the planet on the lost frontier. On this planet that was completely flooded by the seas, people live in fleets of giant ships, salvaging relics from the seas' depths in order to survive. Redo arrives on one of the fleets called Gargantia. With no knowledge of the planet's history or culture, he is forced to live alongside Amy, a 15-year-old girl who serves as a messenger aboard the Gargantia fleet. To Redo, who has lived a life where he knows nothing but fighting, these days of peace continue to surprise him." -ANN

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Genre: Action, Mecha, Post-apocalypse, Sci-Fi
DL: Episode 1 - UTW-Vivid | HorribleSubs






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A very good looking show, was my first thought. It reminded me immediately of Macross Frontier. The fancy, shiny technology and all the technobabble only made it still better when they suddenly switched to the rustic and rusty island ship. The contrast is so huge. I can't help but like the setting of the dude finding himself in such an alien place, surrounded by people whose lifestyle couldn't be much more different. I liked the designs immediately. The battle looked really chaotic, which is kind of nice, because realistically that's how it would appear. It would take a big budget to keep the visuals at this level till the end, so I'd expect this ep to be a special case.

This is written by Urobuchi Gen, so I can't honestly say I'd have any idea how it's going to develop and end. The setting gives a very traditional kind of feeling, with a lone guy separated from his society and thrown into a totally different society perhaps permanently, but who knows with Urobuchi. And no, I'm no worshipper of this man's shadow, but I do think I don't know what to expect from him, that much credit I give him readily.

Ledo (Redo) is voiced by Ishikawa Kaito (uhh... no previous roles worth mentioning) and Amy by Kanemoto Hisako (Ika Musume, Kotoura). They both seemed to perform well enough.

I'll certainly keep watching this.