The spring 2013 anime season is an especially good one, and it’s definitely been a chore to keep up with all the episodes that are coming in each week. One standout show this season is Suisei no Gargantia, or Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, a high-quality “hardcore SF meets moe water world” concept with gorgeous production values. It’s the story of Red, a lieutenant in the Galactic Alliance of Humankind, who fights in a great space battle against an enemy known as the Hideauze. He’s attacked while passing through a wormhole and ends up on Earth, a planet which had been completely frozen but has since thawed into an ocean world, now populated by humans who live atop fleets of rusting ships. The show is created by Urobuchi Gen, whose work you’ve seen in Madoka Magica, Psycho-Pass and our own brand-new eroge Saya no Uta, and our favorite company Nitroplus is also involved in the anime’s production, so we like it a lot. The story and writing are outstanding, and you’ll like the fan-service, too.
I’m enjoying the new Suisei no Gargantia, are you?
