First chance i've had in a good while to just sit down and watch stuff, so i did. So far i've watched;
Planetes 18 -21 - I've been attempting to watch the final two discs of Planetes for ooo, 2-3 months now to no real avail, so finally getting to dig into them is fantastic. It didn't take me long to catch on to what had been going on and what was to happen either thankfully, and it's charm is still there. I like the direction it's taken towards the tail end of the series too, some of the things to happen felt a little obvious the further i went into it, but it never detracted from it.
The thing is, unlike other series where you think it's going to go out with this big bang of epic proportions, i never expect that with Planetes, and i prefer that. It's not trying to go over the top, it's not trying to do anything too farfetched. In fact, for a series which focuses a lot on space, it has a lot of down to earth issues thrown into it which make sense and are fairly believeable as well, if the situations in it where to happen ever. The characters are love-able, the story is nice and it never feels like it's going to fast or slow, and that's kind of why i love it.
Space Brothers 1 - Funny how i start this just after watching some Planetes, i must have a spacey mood today. Regardless, it was a very nice start to the series. As Prof Irony said, planetes comparisons are inevitable, and i did get a feel of similarity here and there with it too, but it's definitely it's own series. A lot more humour in it as well, i went in thinking there would be a bit more of a serious tone throughout it, but was given a bit more comedy moments than i originally expected. Not complaining at all though, since it certainly works for the premise of it. Also, having Sanji/Kotetsus voice actor thrown in as Mutta certainly helps.
Gundam Age 21(-25) - At the time of writing this, i have only watched ep 21, but i'm going to catch up to where it's at now. I still very much enjoy this series of Gundam. Sure, it doesn't have that same feel to it as others, but it still feels like a gundam series. It still has to be said, Sunrise have been fairly adamant in getting those Gundam Seed/MSG references/vibes thrown into this as well. Heck, the Gundam Age-2 even looks like the 00-Raiser from gundam 00. It's a nice touch, but i feel it does take away any uniqueness this series could potentially have to some degree. Though, it does make up for itself considering it's based over 100 years, so yeah.
