SPOILER FREE REVIEW: Personally I quite enjoyed it, though it was very up and down. Some episodes were completely boring, while others would be spectacular. It threw around far too much technobabble in my opinion, as it had to devote sooo much time to just talking and explaining it multiple times, which took away from the experience. When they let the characters just interact as themselves, it could be quite fun, and some arcs and episodes were really really good. I felt that the show was dropped by a lot of people, because despite having a strong first episode, after that it goes downhill, and Ifeel the only good episode that comes after that was episode 9.

The Bug Bear arc was spectacular, but kind of wasted. They try to set up this deep background for the villains, and then instantly turn them into copy-paste villain A when they get turned due to lack of focus on them. Particularly during the first maybe 15 episodes this really irked me because I found the villains to be a lot more interesting than the main characters, who really didn't get any development until later on.

Hana stays the damsel in distress for far too long, Teppei stays the "oh I'm so conflicted and I can't be happy" guy for far too long, and Daichi was lacking in much-needed motivation besides "it's the right thing" for quite a while. Akari, in my opinion, was the one character I enjoyed throughout consistently, though her running gag got a little annoying. That said, these problems were fixed to some extent later on, but by then it was a little to late.

On the animation spectrum, it's beautiful. One of the best-looking show's I've seen in a while. In a area mostly dominated by terrible looking CG mechs, Captain Earth brings these brilliant 2D (or at least 2D-looking) mechs. The animation occasionally suffered from consistency issues, but for the most part was really amazing. I did have a minor complaint with the character designs, and that is that pretty much *every girl but Akari* has breasts the size of a dump truck. It was kind of ridiculous.

On the sound spectrum, it's okay. The first OP is amazing and one of my favorites, and was incredibly fitting to the tone and mood of the show, but the second OP wasn't near as good though it was still nice. Both of the EDs are pleasantly calming as well. The OST is pretty up/down. Sometimes it fits well, but other times it gets far too over-the-top and stands out too much, pulling your attention away from the show (which an OST should NEVER do). Other times it sounds great. Even when it's off, the songs themselves generally aren't bad, just a little too predominant or unfitting. That said, an OST's one job is to simply contribute to the experience, but not to take away from it, which this didn't fully succeed in accomplishing.

But the number one thing I'd say I liked the most in this show was the clear-cut romance. I've gotten sick of these ridiculously-sized love triangles and pentagons, the idiotic harems and will-she-will-she-not. This show doesn't have any of that stupidity. The characters have good chemistry, and are not afraid to admit they like each other. They get together in a good way (though I feel one pairing was on the late side, and didn't get enough time together to properly develop their romance), and it was just satisfying. That's what I liked about this show. For all it's many errors, it was satisfying. It left a good taste in my mouth, and for all it's mediocre moments, those sprinkled moments of brilliance made up for it.

While it may not be the show for everyone, the wonderful art let me hold onto it in it's duller moments, and those moments of brilliance made it worth it in my opinion. I don't regret picking it up.