Description
For the first time on Blu-ray!

Long ago, the advanced Tribe of Gold vanished from the vast universe. In the void left by their departure, the tyrannical Tribe of Silver ascended to rule, forcing mankind – the Iron Tribe – to the brink of extinction.

Now humanity wanders the cosmos in search of a savior. Prophesy has foretold of one who will labor for their freedoms, and on a planet of ruin, a champion is found. A feral boy named Age holds the destiny of their species in his hands and the untold power of the Tribe of Hero within.

Date: 07/22/2010
Summary: Great series, but some reoccurring things kept this from recieving 5 stars
Rating: 4
Overall, this is a wonderful series which combines similar ideas from other anime series' such as Guyver, Gundam, and Evangelion, as well as throwing Greek/Roman Mythology and Sci-Fi elements like those of Star Wars into the mix as well. Character designs are good, and the American voice acting is quite convincing 90% of the time.

My only complaints are that sometimes, the voice acting becomes over the top, and usually annoying. Examples include that of the Princess Dhianeila constantly crying for no reason. I mean, yes, I understood why she was crying half the time, but the rest of the time I swear, she just started crying out of no where. Other annoying voice acting complaints are for that of Dhianeila's brothers. They're convincing a lot of the time, and tend to seem quite evil, but then when things go wrong they becoming whiny and extremely irritating. Aside from some voice acting/character complaints, the only other major complaint that I have is that I counted quite a few animations that were rehashed over and over through out the series, making the animation quality seem somewhat lazy. The 3D animation of ships is nice too in most spots, and successfully makes it look hand drawn. Sometimes though, the 3D animations can seem a bit cheap, and look like something in a cell shaded anime video game (basically it just doesn't seem to mesh well with the rest of the drawn animations). Some character designs are also a bit annoying. At times some of the characters seem disturbingly skinny, as if they were all bone and had no muscle or fat. Another character flaw is that for one of the Silver Tribe leaders and that of Lt. General Nilval. Both seem to go around with with half of their boobs hanging out of their clothes, and in Nilval's case with her cape tacs (I say tacs but they look like spikes) placed awkwardly on her clothes where her nipples should be, as if trying to say "Hey, I have huge boobs, so I'll tease you and show you half of them, and make it look like I have metal spikes for nipples."

Again, overall this series is quite good, but a few reoccurring issues keep this from being as good as it could be.

Date: 07/02/2010
Summary: Hurray for Heroic Age!
Rating: 5
This series has everything:
- Human's with advanced/super powers who are still getting their butts kicked by older races in the galaxy
- Epic fleet battles in space
- Mecha fighting swarms of aliens
- Giant monsters with earth shattering power battling it out

I have not enjoyed a series this much in ages. The heroine, princess Dhianeila is a clairvoyant/telepath who leads a ship called the Argonaut on an epic quest to find the savior of humanity. Prophesied by an ancient race, the hero Age fights with an almost zen like innocence to protect his people.

After watching the first episode I KNEW this was going to be one of the great anime series. The ones you stay up way too late on a work night to watch and think about getting back to all day. Even the ending wasn't the typical Japanese "Oh crap" finish. I left feeling both satisfied and remorse that it was finished.

I just may have to buy this one in blue ray too.

If you like well written science fiction, buy this series. You won't regret it.

G-

Date: 03/30/2010
Summary: REGION A ONLY
Rating: 5
Excellent quality on Bluray,great story,
BUT REGION A ONLY
docent play on European & Australian Players.
Apparently Funimation only have the rights for North America.

Date: 03/24/2010
Summary: Great anime
Rating: 5
This series is fresh and really entertaining. I owned the series on DVD and purchased the bluray release when as well. Good story and character development with awesome action. Highly recommended!

Date: 03/23/2010
Summary: Excellent anime
Rating: 4
I love this series, though I haven't watched many of the modern shows.

Space Opera type series have always been close to me (Robotech, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, etc). This one joins those ranks.

Video and Audio are great on my HDTV. If I had one complaint regarding this blu-ray release it would be that the subtitles are not colored very well, they blend in with the video. They should have used traditional yellow with black borders for the subtitles, instead of near solid white.

Anywhoo, minus that hangup, I definitely recommend watching this series.