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lathanyThree years ago, we watched Aldnoah Zero: Season One. It became my TV series of the year. It was about a battle between VERS (Mars) and Earth where VERS had a technology advantage because of of a first settler finding the advanced technology "Aldnoah" on Mars (basically it took one look at him and went "Daddy!"). The story begins with the VERS princess arriving on Earth to promote peace and being assasinated. VERS blames Earth, a group on VERS are actually responsible because they want war and... it goes from there (first episode stuff). It following the fortunes of three characters - the princess (Asseylum Vers Allusia) who is rather less dead than expected, her Terran (Earth) tutor (Slaine Troyard) who is still in VERS and treated as a second class citizen there and an earth student (Inaho Kaizuka) who turns out to be a master tactician and works out how to defeat the superior technology. It has a rivalry theme as well between Slaine and Inaho who both befriend Asseylum. In general, the first season was interesting with a good story line and had some lovely, consistent tactics in it involving Mechs. Also the contrast between Slaine and Inaho - the romantic and the pragmatist - worked well.
The second series isn't as good as the first, but is still worth watching. The first series is primarily on Earth and most of the supporting characters are on Earth (although you get a fair few VERS as well). In contrast, the second series is primarily set in space and most of the secondary action falls to VERS. I can see how they are supposed to be the mirror image of each other. However, the first season had some lovely character development in the supporting cast and the second season doesn't. The second season is pretty much focussed on the three main characters, Inaho and Slaine are way over-powered, still rivals for both the war and Asseylum, and only Slaine has much in the way of further character development. That said, it's still enjoyable, the tactics are still there, and the ending works - answering the main questions.
The second series isn't as good as the first, but is still worth watching. The first series is primarily on Earth and most of the supporting characters are on Earth (although you get a fair few VERS as well). In contrast, the second series is primarily set in space and most of the secondary action falls to VERS. I can see how they are supposed to be the mirror image of each other. However, the first season had some lovely character development in the supporting cast and the second season doesn't. The second season is pretty much focussed on the three main characters, Inaho and Slaine are way over-powered, still rivals for both the war and Asseylum, and only Slaine has much in the way of further character development. That said, it's still enjoyable, the tactics are still there, and the ending works - answering the main questions.
