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Impressions:

I think the reason why I like this show so much is because of the extremely realistic flight sequences. Not only that, they look awesome as well. The CG is implemented excellently and I can see nothing wrong with it. Although you can interpret this is a bad thing too, the realism of space makes mood of the show quite lonely and frightening. I think that’s a good thing though, as for example, it’s not good if you’re laughing at a scene where you’re meant to be bawling your eyes out, is it? It makes me think how the show would have turned out if it was a mecha series. Mecha is a lot harder to animated than still space ships, but from what’s available in Stratos 4 makes me think it would have the potential to be an awesome mecha. Another important quality factor in mecha is the scenes in the cockpit, which a lot of mecha fail in. I think Stratos 4 does their cockpit scenes quite nicely, even if no one moves around a lot. At least there’s a large range of angles that the shots are drawn from. I’m glad there was some action in space this time, since it feels like nothing is happening most of the time.

I may have misinterpreted this but does that engineer guy have a daughter? The one who’s married to the primary carrier of the seed. That little girl who’s forced to stay in a lab, she looks soo soulless. It’s quite sad, and the pictures she draws are disturbing. The episode also reveals that the seed might actually be a good thing. With that, it seems like some sort of story is finally starting. So far, there’s been virtually no progression in the plot, if there is any. All this time has been spent on slice-of-life events, except that everyone’s normal lives are spent at a space port. The characters seem to be getting developed all over again. I really hope something dramatic happens to break this constant cycle of small events. Or at least some sort of problem that’ll take a few episodes to resolve. The number of episodes for this OAV is still unclear to me, but it seems like there will only be 8. That’s only 3 episodes to create and finish something. Ayamo’s depression has some story to it I believe, and the deal with the girl who may be a carrier might be looked into further. However, the main issue better be more suspenseful and exciting than that. Perfect example: meteor crisis, of course. Then there are those guys who sent the false data…

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