Engaging Space Opera
Anime Fan | California, USA | 06/24/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This European-styled space opera combines the swashbuckling fun of a good samurai adventure with the melodrama of a political romance. The animation is beautiful, the music is well done, and for once the lead is not some ditzy teenager. Character development is good - the villain is really interesting and fully fleshed out, while the various supporting characters are engaging and lively. The English dub is reasonably good, though the original Japanese is much better - the voice of the Japanese Cleo is Ooh Baby delicious. This is a big story that replays well, with adult themes. Fan service, graphic violence, and sex are minimal, though there is suggested rape and torture as well as some pivotal homosexual and apparently incestuous relationships, so if you are looking for kiddie fare, go elsewhere. If you want lots of screen time devoted to insanely good looking characters in swordfights, gratuitous space battles, love triangles galore, and some tearjerking moments, buy this. I absolutely loved this series."