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Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator is an anime that flew under the radar from most "to-watch" anime lists which initially scared me away from watching this. In a sense; I was afraid it was going to be as bad as 'Toaru Majutsu No Index' was. However, after you start watching this anime, you'll be strangely attached to it.

Note: Toaru Majutsu no Index henceforth referred to as 'Index Series'

The story is built on the foundation of the Index Series which means that stuff such as abilities, levels of those abilities and characters are already well established. Same goes for the main character 'Accelerator'. He is one ... of the strongest in the Index Series, or rather one of the strongest in 'Academy City'. In the main-line series, he's the antagonist who was tasked to become the first level 6 ESPer. However in this series, the perspective has changed into his; and he is now the protagonist. Due to the fact that the anime has just started; the plot isn't established very well as of now, so changes might occur.

The art; now holy crap, this is the part that has surprised me the most. The Index Series are somewhat notorious for being awfully drawn, animated and built. This series turns it all the way around; the art is extremely good. The fighting scenes are amazing and everything looks lively, colorful and most importantly: animated. The city looks and feels urban enough to be passed as a real city, and the characters are also drawn extremely well, facial expressions, hair colors, character design are all amazingly done. And this is in general, because the main-character and co. are also done extremely well, the way the eyes, the hair and the body language of the main-character are animated goes way beyond what J.C. Staff has ever done.

All characters are somewhat enjoyable, but the best character in this series is the main-character by far. Due to the fact he's already well established in other animes by J.C. Staff means they couldn't do a lot wrong, and they haven't. Like noted before: the main-character is extremely lively and extremely interesting.

Overall I would give this anime a solid 8/10 and if the plot develops more (and better) this anime could turn out to be a 9/10. Kudos to J.C. Staff and A.C.G.T.