Infinite Ryvius | Mugen no Ryvius

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Wanted to watch this anime for a long time, and finally the time has come!
First of all, the animation. Well, it certainly not the best and seems outdated even in 1999. In Evangelion, for example, the animation quality was much better even though it was released 4 years earlier, in 1995. So yeah it’s a quite budget anime, you can realize that after watching the ending which consists of just one song and poorly drawn static pictures throughout all episodes.
Characters. It's hard to say who I liked the most. At first I liked Aiba Yuuki, then Airs Blue, and in the end Aiba Kouji. But I can say for sure that the characters are very interesting and unique, and unexpected. For example, Blue’s act was a surpise for me. And Oze Ikumi changed at the end in pretty unexpected way. So yeah, I can say that the characters are the best thing in Ryvius, although many of them have not been fully revealed in the series. For example, after watching all the episodes, Airs Blue still remained a mystery to me. The relationship between two brothers, which is one of the central themes of this anime, was also not fully revealed in my opinion.
Now, a few words about the plot. In the beginning, this anime was rather tedious and even difficult to watch, but towards the end, when the passions began to heat up, it became much more interesting. Well, I can say that the plot is very good and even DEEP, but to be honest it’s not that good. And the ending… The ending is a complete disappointment, at least for my taste. Especially the final 26th episode, which should be never released to be honest because it spoils the aftertaste.
Before I started to watch this anime I thought it will be a psychological thriller about how a spaceship that has lost control travels through an immense universe with no end in sight. But my expectations about the plot were only half true. And this stupid happy ending… It seems like the screenwriter was so happy that the production of anime was finally coming to an end so he decided to make such a stupid happy ending. What a disappointment.
Sound. Well, it’s not that good and rich since anime is quite budget. But I quite liked the ending song called "Yume wo Sugitemo" by Mika Arisaka (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s4fB0rs9fc).
Overall, it’s pretty good, especially for such old and unpopular anime. If we don’t take into account the final episode, this anime deserves 8/10. But I can be biased because I like unpopular anime from the 90s with bad animation but an interesting plot.
It is a little sad that this anime has not gained any popularity, having remained on the graveyards of anime history, along with other excellent old animes like Fantastic Children.
By the way, the original creator of this anime, Gorou Taniguchi created Code Geass, one of the most iconic anime in history.

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