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(Review in progress - I might end up being wrong about this show once it's done!) The best way that I can describe Takt Op. Destiny thus far is with the phrase "a simple story told well". Nothing as far as the plot or character movements here will surprise you, necessarily, but I don't think they need to. You get a pretty good bead on the ... plot early on in the show, where character's arcs might go, so on and so forth. I don't mind this familiarity when the presentation is this drop-dead-gorgeous. I'm somebody who tries going into any given piece of art with an open mind, willing and hoping to be made a believer or be proven wrong if I have any prior reservations going into said work. I'm very eager to like whatever is put in front of me. That being said, I love a lot about this anime. I don't think the writing is revolutionary, but I think the dialogue is enough for the characters, and I think that the writers clearly respect the characters in this story. I feel like they took a "less is more" approach to characterization, and in my opinion, this works wonderfully. Now, on to the presentation. Many of the shots in this show could be taken as pieces of art on their own. It's just gorgeous. Characters eat up the beautifully drawn backgrounds they're a part of, character designs are all very stand out as you would hope excluding, perhaps ironically, the main protagonist Takt himself. This show pushes animation forward in a way reminiscent to me of 1984's "Macross: Do You Remember Love?" by just putting so many beautiful visuals and colors in front of you that it's /almost/ an overload. It's THAT good. Nothing in this show may surprise you, but if you're the right audience I believe it will delight you. This is a show I await new episodes with many bated breaths.

I got almost NOTHING out of watching this. It's got some nice music, some of the character designs are quite nice, and I think that Ishtar is an endearing character in and of herself, but none of that can save a production that I just felt apathetic towards. The characters are paper thin, the plot is paper thin, this isn't long enough to justify itself. I wondered why this was declared non-canon until I watched it (as I like giving most things the benefit of the doubt) but if this were my first venture into Macross I probably wouldn't have become a fan of the ... series. It's by and large harmless, but I can't say I enjoyed a lot about this production. It'll probably end up having aesthetic screenshots taken by nostalgic teenagers for their blog, but that's about the only staying power this production has outside of its admittedly banging opening theme.