It shouldn't hurt. Much. Probably.

"On the first day back after summer break, high-school student Aoba is attacked by a giant robot that appears out of the sky. As he's pursued through the city, his classmate Hina appears in a robot of her own. She rescues him, and tells him cryptically that "Dio is waiting for you," before she disappears. This begins Aoba's new life as the pilot of the Free Treaty Alliance against the Great Zogiria Republic." -ANN

Download: Episode 1 - Watakushi | HS
Genres: Action, mecha, science fiction
Links: AniDB | ANN | Official






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Traditional (non-Gundam) mecha anime from Sunrise. That more or less sums up this show. Production values seemed to be ok, as expected from Sunrise, but I also like how this is not a Gundam show. No doubt there will still be super machines around, yet the Gundam religion should be absent. I was never much of a fan of that. However, other Sunrise stock elements likely are there, and those I don't mind. The title itself seems to suggest friendship will play a role, one way or another, and there was some fateful staring going on between the guy and girl in this episode already.

I decided stop wasting my time writing about voice actors this season, but I guess I'll mention the main character is voiced by the dude who played Kirito. It'll take some getting used to, especially with the SAO extra watched so recently, but I'll get over it.

I'll keep watching this one. I doubt it will surprise either overly positively or negatively, but that's what makes a traditional robot anime (as opposed to more experimental things like Nobunaga the Fool, for example, that might go either way).