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Having just watched this series I think some people have given the show a rather bad score. Personal taste differ, and the CG scene were pretty fail but I rather enjoyed the show as a whole. As in any Anime there are always spots where it's not so everyones liking, but to be rates as low as it is on some post is rather harsh.

I've noted some people feel there was a lack in character development, and to some small extent there were area's of improvment especially around the romance interest on the two main characters ToA and Jin. they had a thing from the ... start and unlike many series they didn't dodge it w/ the shy looks and not being open about it, but even after much time together and "I love you's" I found it a little anoying to be blushing at a kiss in public in the later part of the story lol.

Outside of that it's difficult to write much w/o giving away to much. I find with character development the best part is drawing your own conclusions and often thats based on who each person is. Give it a shot and see what you think, it's not going to be some weak protagonist who wets himself and becomes some godlike person at the end, but they are definatly there, and in a what that really fits I think with the story.

The story itself spans several years and the majority of the episodes start w/ a brief flashback up to 15 years before the main story before the opening credits to fill in on some of the history. The arc of the series is on a decent pace, and there are a few twist that I didn't expect to see, but again no spoilers.

Sound for the most part was on par with what I expected, but again the CG was pretty bad. It almost looks like they were running some outdated software even though the series is 2007. Luckily there isn't much CG outside the dragon battles which there are plenty of, but it's not enough to make you want to go emo rage.

All in all I liked the series and it's worth taking a look at.

If your going to watch Blue Gender the movie I recommend taking the time to watch the series instead. The movie is little more than the 26 or so episodes compressed into 90 min. Watching the series first there were some changes to the storyline to make it all fit, but you miss out so much on the story that your left scrathing your head.

One of the biggest issues I had with it was the lack of development between the two main characters, not going to throw in any spoilers but with the level of development and the lever of dedication I guess you can ... say in the end is lacking. They also changed the ending of the series in the movie which I prefered over the movie much more.

In summary watch the series :)