As a result he develops an irrational disliking for Japanese people and culture, going out of his way to declare himself to be a red-blooded American. The production team (or writer of the light novel, really) did something rarely seen in Japanese anime: the so-called 'half' was ostracized as a child for his ancestry, not idealized as an exotic creature. I spent the following 24 episodes hoping for Yui to get more combat action, but Yuuya took the spotlight.Īt the very least, they did a good job with Yuuya's story.
Simply put, he's the star of the show, the heavens shine rainbows on him, and his very presence causes females to ovulate. I was shocked to find out that Yui was not the main character of Total Eclipse, but Yuuya Bridges, a half-Japanese USAF pilot.
This paragraph may or may not be a spoiler, depending on your taste. Trouble comes fast in this episode- the BETA attack Japan and the rookie pilot is basically baptized in blood. She is given an interesting background, being the daughter of an Imperial Royal Guard (basically a samurai family serving the Emperor- or was it the Shogun?), with an uncle serving in the higher echelons of the military. Episode 1 focused on Takamura Yui, a high schooler (I think) and TSF trainee.
#Muv luv beta vs space battles series#
There just isn't enough of it.Īs for the mainly female cast- after watching the first episode I thought the rest of the series would play out as a darker version of Strike Witches, albeit with a plot worth mentioning. The mecha designs are fabulous too, which helps a lot. It is somewhat grim to be forced to admit that the fight scenes between TSF pilots are the highlight of the show, being a test of piloting skills, mecha capabilities, clashing egos, and a fair bit of luck. There is admittedly a limit to how exciting a fight against ugly aliens can be though- imagine yourself going against a swarm of cockroaches, though a painful death can occur at any time- frightening but not very exciting. The battles scenes we were treated to were brief, but crisp and fast. My only complaint about the mecha portion of this show was that there simply wasn't enough of it. My experience with mecha up to this point has mostly been with the Gundam series, though to be honest I have become rather tired with the formulaic beam spamming combat, deus ex machina doomsday machines, meaningless annoying rivalries, and inexplicable Houdini stunts. The main cast are a group of elite pilots sent by their respective governments to conduct tests on next generation TSFs at a United Nations base in Alaska. Humanity rallied back and managed to stem the invasion using Tactical Surface Fighters (TSF for short), humanoid mecha variations of real world fighter jets. Ugly alien monstrosities named ' BETA' have invaded earth, and large swaths of Eurasia have fallen. I was not disappointed on both counts, as should be apparent from the illustration above, but still.Īnyway, a brief summary. All I knew was that it involved mecha- to which I have no objection, with a cast of pretty girls (again, no objections, for obvious reasons). Despite knowing next to nothing about this show, I had high expectations for Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse.
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