Heroic Age

Science fiction anime come in different shapes and sizes. Some will make you think about the future, might make you aware of your surroundings and may effect the choices you make, change the way you see things. Many sci-fi anime contain battles of some type of giants and destruction throughout the series. Not often we get to see two of those things combined in a way that you can say, very well done for pulling this off.

Heroic Age was produced by Xebec, directed by Toshimasa Suzuki. Xebec is known for anime like Love Hina. These guys are a part of Production I.G., they are professionals at their work. So is Toshimasa Suzuki, produced excellent professional work that is worth a lot of praises.

The story begins with a tale about five tribes. The Golden Tribe, who have the ability to create stars and see into the future, ruled over all other tribes. Silver tribe who have obtained four out of five Nodos, which are a group of chosen characters who can transform into one of the Heroic Tribe's beings. The fifth Nodos has been placed into a teen boy named Age. He was raised by the Golden Tribe themselves and joins the youngest race, human race, known as the Iron Tribe to complete the 12 labors and get to where Golden Tribe is. There is also the Bronze Tribe these are monster looking creatures controlled by the Silver Tribe, they mindlessly obey them and attack the Iron Tribe throughout the series.

The story somewhat relates to Greek mythology, the Age of Heroes. The five Nodos also relate to characters in Greek mythology and act similar roles. The anime is quite unique, adapted from mangas of the same name, worth a check.

The characters are well designed, there are plenty of different character personalities, everyone will find something relating. What mass scenes of bulk characters are you talking about? The monsters blowing up or the people on the Argounaut, a ship that carries Iron Tribe, with the princess Diadhniea and Nodos Age. It's Production I.G., they won't disappoint you with low quality mass scenes or poor character design.

The whole series are connected to fighting and destruction. In most episodes you will see Age transforming into Heroic Tribe's Belcross and fighting the masses of Bronze Tribe or another Nodos. The scenes are well done, you probably won't get bored of watching these transformations, battles and really cool environment settings. Heroic Age is good, if you won't watch it for it's unique story and characters, the soundtrack that has become loved by many, then you should watch it for its high quality animation.

You may not like the orchestra or the opening song in the beginning, but you will get used to it and you may start to like it after a while. Of course, you may love the soundtrack of Heroic Age first time you will hear it. The unique soundtrack and the choice of songs fits this anime really well, makes it feel really big. But it did make us wonder what would happen if the music in Heroic Age was similar to Gits:SAC...

Overall Heroic Age is a great anime to own, it may not hit the top for older audiences, but it is worth every penny. Great work by professionals that most of us are familiar with. With a unique story, massive space battles and different soundtrack. With cool and unique characters related to Greek mythology. We recommend Heroic Age to everyone, we hope will enjoy it as much as we did.