The nixie tube at the start was an obvious shout-out. The !iPads were very near future (I'm sure the augmented reality app that makes people appear to cosplay is only a short time away!), but the Robotics club must have (or have had) a hell of a budget if they've got that much of a mech in the hangar.
Other than that, the first episode was a scene setter.
It's got two cour, it doesn't need to slam all its cards down in the first twenty minutes.
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