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What a mess. Although I don't hate it and it has enjoyable moments, there is a lot wrong with this anime, even if we ignore the terrible filler episodes that any other review can inform you of. Nadia is extremely unlikable: constantly yelling at Jean for no reason, a vegetarian who won't let others eat what they want, and inconsistent character-wise.

The best part of this show was Jean's kindness and intelligence, the Nautilus crew and lore, and some of the (albeit underdeveloped) Atlantis lore. The Atlantis technology and buildings are very interesting but there's so much time wasted on filler instead of properly painting ... us a picture of the Atlanteans and connecting the various ideas. It's very interesting seeing the parallels between this and Evangelion: the music, the characters/their personalities, the technology, the battle scenes, etc.

The end is heartfelt and I did cry but Electra being pregnant was random. If the time skip is 12 years and Marie was 4 during the events of the series, Sanson is a literal pervert. By the time they're married, she's only 16 and he's 34. He married a child. So weird and unnecessary.

Lots of sexist commentaries throughout the show and enforcement of gender roles (it's a woman's job to clean and cook, women are crazy/whiners/complainers and cannot be understood, consent is thrown out the window, etc.).

I've lost respect for Anno over the years but this definitely made me lose even more respect for him.