Broken Blade · review
This is a review solely for the Break Blade movie series, as the movie veers off in it's own direction to wrap up the story. Overall, it's a great movie series to watch. It's movie length allows you to take in a good amount of information without consuming too much time or dragging out. Unfortunately, the manga series goes on for quite a while, so the movie doesn't cover the entire manga. Which makes for an unexplained ending and shortcuts throughout the movies. Nonetheless, the animation is great, and the voice acting fits the characters well. But like all superhero mecha anime's, the 'soldiers' are always meaninglessin combat, and sometimes act as placeholders to simply push a character through a plot. (I.E. the character "Dan").
There are a lot of important characters in the series, and without trying to spoil anything, it's worth noting that a lot of characters with solid personalities end up suffering the 'consequences of war'. I personally enjoyed the character development, as well as the complexities between their relationships as the movies go on.
If you like the underdog rising up to glory type of anime, you will definitely enjoy break blade.