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This anime turns many people away with it's very old art style and animation. But if you look past that, you can find where the gold lies.

The characters are what make this anime so enjoyable. As a romance anime fan who's seen a good amount of shoujos , I have to say it's hard to find a main character as strong and independent as this one. She doesn't care for what others think about her, and stands up for what she believes. What makes this even better in my personal opinion is the voice actors, to tell you the truth, honestly I loved the ... English voice actor for the main character. She sounds like a normal girl, and fits the character perfectly. The other main characters were given a good amount of depth, were likable, but nothing too special that I enjoyed or have to say.

The story for this anime felt iffy especially the ending. I'm not saying it was bad, but the ending! It was so out of the blue it reminded me of the ending in dusk maiden of amnesia. The pacing was good, and I'm happy that this show is 50 episodes long. But I really wish this story could have had a different ending.

For the sound I have to say It was pretty memorable. I did go back to find the ost for this anime listen to the tracks, but I do that with most. I really enjoyed the violin in the background when the anime cut to some sad scenes. It was nice, and I really liked it.

You know I really enjoyed this anime. If it were to be a bit longer and had a good ending I would have given it a 9. It has elements that I think makes up a good anime, ost, characters, and good voice acting. I a had nice and memorable experience watching this anime, I would give it an 8.

*EDIT THIS IS A REREVIEW
After watching the series over again my opinions have definitely changed, so I would like to rewrite this review.

There are few anime out there that can express passion, as well as this one. A story about a girl who enjoys stem and wants to follow her dream is definitely something you don't see in many animes. Its an original fresh of air that you might want to watch casually. Its slice of life for the most part and scifi for the rest. As a hobbyist of electronic engineering this anime gets my internels tingling, the passion of someday achieving the impossible, ... is goal I also strive for. I feel that the feelings are so well conveyed by the characters. *I highly recommend watching the dub for this anime. I personally hate most funimation dubs as they are the worst low quality shit, but this is one of my exceptions as it (in my opinion) is far superior to the sub.

Okay now let's start with the story, the story is something that's very confusing and ends very abruptly. That's all have to really say, since it doesn't feel very well put together, when there's like jumble of 4 events that take place during the same time period. The ending also leaves you with alot of questions that'll probably never be answered unless you play the game. The most notable one being the disappearance of Kona's mother.

I have to say that the art for this anime is very good. It uses cgi well enough to the point where its not very noticeable, especially when they animated the tanagashi machine. The character designs are also well made and don't feel like the modern generic anime style. I didn't expect much less from a well known studio as production IG.

The sound is probably one of the best things about it. It has very motivating, and calm pieces that fit into the scifi and slice of life parts all to well.

The best thing about this show and probably my reason for giving this anime an 8 would be the characters. The characters are so alive, quirky and lovable. Ranging from the perverted and lonely Kona to the Energetic and always optimistic Akiho Synomia. With the exceptions of the main character, which most people aren't very fond of as he is bland and "isn't very enjoyable to watch". I feel that it makes up for it as he is very close with Ahki and cares for her as a child hood friend. You always see him stepping out of his way to help her, which just helps you have some feeling towards him as a character.

To tell you the truth if it wasn't for the very good voicing acting I would have given this a 6 or 7 and my enjoyment would be a 7, but that isn't the case so I would give this show an 8 for having excellent voice acting and very good characters that have some of the most realistic feeling character interactions(akhi and kai).

Here's the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO4lbqhP8og
It's one of my favorite anime trailers, always a motivation when I'm feeling down... "I have to because ... Gunvarrel is waiting!" XD