Oh ffs.... looking forward to op2.

Oh of course they are, because everybody loves that band. No seriously, they actually seem to be getting more popular by the month. They're must be something they do that Japan really likes, but making interesting music can't be one of those things. Here's to Kinjirareta Asobi remix # 5953.

They're really doing a good job at killing this series for me before it even gets off the ground I'm sorry to say. Me of all people!

There's a reason the Japanese music industry is the largest in asia lol

Just that you are someone who don't get it.

Even the similarly large Chinese music industry has to keep stealing songs from Japan.

Japan makes the best asian music.

Ali Project no, please, no.
How to screw up a potentially good anime.

Yeah, especially when the OP theme song has almost nothing to do with the animated content!

But if it sucks it ruins the mood when watching the episode! But seriously if it sucks I'll just skip the OP. :p

An anime that takes place in space, but wait! The theme song is about lust and evil!

The ED theme song tentatively titled Sora (Uchuu) wa Shoujo no Tomodachi sa will be apparently be performed Haruhi-style by the main heroines, Shishidou Asaka (CV: MAKO), Kannagi Itsuki (CV: Endou Aya), and Kawai Honoka (CV: Makino Yui).

Why is it Haruhi style?

Because they rather listed the characters first instead of seiyuu. I beg of you, don't blog about such trivialities!

The website has been updated with a full cast list, an updated staff list, and interviews with the 3 main seiyuu.

Woohoo Yukana is doing Takane, my favourite girl by design and description. She's supposed to be the clever and beautiful oneesan type, very graceful and elegant. Its said that if Kazane(Tamura Yukari) is the 'steel(as in firm)' of the sisters, Takane is the 'soft'.

Told you they'd end up in it.

Anyone how many episodes is this series set for?

13, 24/25/26?

Anyway, looks pretty generic. I mean girls in space - Could be good!!!:)

Girls in space and mecha - not this again :rolleyes:

So, boys in space and mecha = Yay?

Girls as main characters are much much fewer than Guys as mains in mecha anime.

Don't mind that the main characters are female as long they don't go overkill with the Yuri stuff or even better just keep the characters as close friends nothing more.

It really isn't gender specific, it's really Sunrise's over reliance on the mecha aspect.

Gundam 00 and Code Geass seem to have degenerated into mecha battles and character development has been left on the cutting room floor.

Code Geass was going great until they started focusing more and more, especially in Season 2, on the mecha aspect.

Idolmaster Xenoglossia had an interesting premise, yet the mecha aspect overshadowed the drama.

Gundam 00 just seems so bland. It's like a collection of all of Sunrise cliches within the last 20 years with mecha as the focus.

Any talk of politics or zero-sum games have degenerated into mecha battles every second episode.

I mean mecha has become a crutch for Sunrise writers. A show about all girls on a space station - Drama, sexual tension, plus sci-fi - What else could you ask for in a premise? Oh yeah, and there's mecha. I bet you 5 Zimbabwe Dollars that the mecha will overshadow every other aspect of the anime by series' end.

More of an in house trope then a crutch I would say.

Is there a way that someone could post the full castlist? I can't really copy and paste from the site.

Can you explain why people are complaining about the lack of mecha battles in their 2nd seasons, if you're talking about 00 and Geass focusing too much on mecha?

Reliance? No, Sunrise is famous for their mecha anime, they don't just rely on it, its their main product. Nescafe has made too much coffee, they should start making fruit juice. Heineken should start making coffee instead of beer? Mercedes should start making washing machines instead of cars?Here's the full cast list from the site:

Mako as Shishidou Akiha
Endo Aya as Kannagi Itsuki
Makino Yui as Kawai Honoka
Tamura Yukari as Shishidou Kazane
Yukana as Shishidou Takane
Nanri Yuuka as Shishidou Nami
Saito Momoko as Shishidou Sakura
Nanoka Ai as Shishidou Imoko
Kuroda Takaya as Soldier Ul
Coon as Okura Neneko