I'm about 7 episodes into this anime series and what's odd about it is that it seems to be the equivalent of traditional Gundam meets Macross and Gundam Wing in terms of space opera and style. The production quality is enough to make me think that most US tv-animation studios should simply close up shop in the face of what Sunrise is able to release for a 52 episode televison show. Honestly, name a recent domestic cartoon series which features animation that doesn't immedietly remind you of remedial geometry and construction paper?