Not mind-blowingly incredible like Sekirei (which I currently consider at this point to be the epitome of a good ecchi/harem anime) or "blegh" like Rosario+Vampire, just "good".
The premise of Pandora, which are sci-fied superpowered girls with varying abilities, and Limiters, their male counterparts who can "freeze" an area and render all in that area immobile, is somewhat original in that both are paired up by their own choice and not assigned to one another like a lot of other anime which turn into Japanese buddy-cop comedies. This anime does NOT devolve into a buddy-cop comedy in the midst of our hero and heroine's training to fight the ambiguous aliens that come from some other dimension.
The characters are "good", as I said before, each one having a history that helps explain how and why they act the way they do. Our male lead is one Mr. Kazuya Aoi, a guy whose sister was a Pandora (no, I'm not spoiling anything for you, they reveal that tidbit in the very first episode and the top of the Wiki page) and has come to Japanese Hogwart's School of Pandora-craft and Limiter-ry to follow in her footsteps. Here he quickly gets himself into trouble when he mistakes Ms. Satellizer el Bridget for his sister and hugs her in a somewhat inappropriate manner, not realizing that she has a severe case of haphephobia (look it up). This leads to some tension between the two as Kazuya constantly tries to get in good terms with "The Untouchable Queen" and she has trouble letting ANYONE get close to her, literally or proverbially.
Here's my main gripe with this anime: it has a lot of dark and downright unpleasant parts in it that make it hard for me to enjoy it as much as I did things like Sekirei. Satellizer's backstory is the apex of this, still leaving a somewhat uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach when I think on it. Even the ending doesn't redeem it, with Satellizer and Kazuya's relationship failing to reach a point that satisfied me (it might satisfy YOU, though).
So don't expect this to be an over-the-top comedic ecchi show, because it's not. It is dead serious about everything it brings to the table, and while that might be a nice change of pace for some people, I prefer my ecchi to be fun and upbeat. Oh, and there's a second season that I haven't watched because it hasn't been dubbed yet. When it gets a dub, I'll come back and give you my thoughts. Until then, enjoy the first season.
And what kind of parent names their daughter "Satellizer", anyway?
The premise of Pandora, which are sci-fied superpowered girls with varying abilities, and Limiters, their male counterparts who can "freeze" an area and render all in that area immobile, is somewhat original in that both are paired up by their own choice and not assigned to one another like a lot of other anime which turn into Japanese buddy-cop comedies. This anime does NOT devolve into a buddy-cop comedy in the midst of our hero and heroine's training to fight the ambiguous aliens that come from some other dimension.
The characters are "good", as I said before, each one having a history that helps explain how and why they act the way they do. Our male lead is one Mr. Kazuya Aoi, a guy whose sister was a Pandora (no, I'm not spoiling anything for you, they reveal that tidbit in the very first episode and the top of the Wiki page) and has come to Japanese Hogwart's School of Pandora-craft and Limiter-ry to follow in her footsteps. Here he quickly gets himself into trouble when he mistakes Ms. Satellizer el Bridget for his sister and hugs her in a somewhat inappropriate manner, not realizing that she has a severe case of haphephobia (look it up). This leads to some tension between the two as Kazuya constantly tries to get in good terms with "The Untouchable Queen" and she has trouble letting ANYONE get close to her, literally or proverbially.
Here's my main gripe with this anime: it has a lot of dark and downright unpleasant parts in it that make it hard for me to enjoy it as much as I did things like Sekirei. Satellizer's backstory is the apex of this, still leaving a somewhat uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach when I think on it. Even the ending doesn't redeem it, with Satellizer and Kazuya's relationship failing to reach a point that satisfied me (it might satisfy YOU, though).
So don't expect this to be an over-the-top comedic ecchi show, because it's not. It is dead serious about everything it brings to the table, and while that might be a nice change of pace for some people, I prefer my ecchi to be fun and upbeat. Oh, and there's a second season that I haven't watched because it hasn't been dubbed yet. When it gets a dub, I'll come back and give you my thoughts. Until then, enjoy the first season.
And what kind of parent names their daughter "Satellizer", anyway?