I thought it was so much worse than I had hoped.

Bland in the way that only 2004/2005 Also-ran anime series were.

The vampire aspect is a good example. She's a vampire, but doesn't drink blood, won't die in the sun, and all the other cliché weaknesses. So she's really just an elf? He gets along with her, her science nurse gets along with her, they imply that the other non-generic pilots don't hate her as much as they could, etc. There's no tension in this series because it is always immediately deflated.

I'm not angry at the series, just really disappointed. It's a prime example of wasted potential. It's extremely dated and not at all in a good or nostalgic way.

The ALI Project OP is also really quite bad. Even for a music act where all their stuff sounds the same.