Originally Posted by
Caine
MJP always had my attention. It's actually a very interesting take on an old genre.
The setting is a very typical dystopia: alien invasion so overwhelming the humanity abandons some of the basic principles; the protagonists are children soldiers manufactured with no purpose other than fighting and dying, deprived of some of most basic human rights - even their memories are taken away to optimize fighting potential and loyalty and their genes are altered to enhance desirable traits. If you look at the story from that angle it's quite depressing... But at no point does the anime go that way. It takes a very dark world and gives us a bright and happy story set in it, and that's one hell of an interesting take.