I just watched episode 3 of this (it seems to be pretty much coming out with one episode per quarter at about 45 minutes a piece) and damn... this is how a anime involving mecha should be. This is no gundam - there's impact to each hit and you can almost feel it when a mech gets smashed to pieces.
Oh and the OP is by Kokia, which is also amazing (as her songs so often are).
Info from the wiki:
Broken Blade (ブレイク ブレイド, Bureiku Bureido ?, a.k.a. "Break Blade") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yunosuke Yoshinaga. Flex Comix published the first tankōbon volume of the manga on April 10, 2007.[1] The manga is licensed in North America by CMX,[2] which released the first tankōbon volume of the manga on July 7, 2009 despite previously announcing the release date of the manga as June 23, 2009.[3] The manga is licensed in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing.[4] The manga is to be adapted into six 50 minute animated movies. (3 of these are out now)
Plot:
The series is centered around Rygart Arrow, an "un-sorcerer" born into a world of people who can use magic. These people can make quartz do many things in machinery including riding giant mechas called Golems, but Rygart is one of the few exceptions; he cannot use quartz, making many aspects of life difficult for him. Yet despite this, at the Assam military school, he manages to become best friends with Hodr and Sigyn, the future King and Queen of the Krisna Kingdom and Zess, the younger brother of the Secretary of War of the Athens Commonwealth.
Years later, Rygart is reunited with Hodr and Sigyn at the Capital city of Krisna where he learns the Athens Commonwealth has just declared war on Krisna and Zess is leading a strike force to the capital. But it is at the capital that Rygart learns that his un-sorcerer ability allows him to pilot an ancient, effective, Golem that cannot be piloted by magic users. Ryagrt soon gets involved in the war between Krisna and Athens.
Opening song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqYvjaa2Uvo
Oh and the OP is by Kokia, which is also amazing (as her songs so often are).
Info from the wiki:
Broken Blade (ブレイク ブレイド, Bureiku Bureido ?, a.k.a. "Break Blade") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yunosuke Yoshinaga. Flex Comix published the first tankōbon volume of the manga on April 10, 2007.[1] The manga is licensed in North America by CMX,[2] which released the first tankōbon volume of the manga on July 7, 2009 despite previously announcing the release date of the manga as June 23, 2009.[3] The manga is licensed in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing.[4] The manga is to be adapted into six 50 minute animated movies. (3 of these are out now)
Plot:
The series is centered around Rygart Arrow, an "un-sorcerer" born into a world of people who can use magic. These people can make quartz do many things in machinery including riding giant mechas called Golems, but Rygart is one of the few exceptions; he cannot use quartz, making many aspects of life difficult for him. Yet despite this, at the Assam military school, he manages to become best friends with Hodr and Sigyn, the future King and Queen of the Krisna Kingdom and Zess, the younger brother of the Secretary of War of the Athens Commonwealth.
Years later, Rygart is reunited with Hodr and Sigyn at the Capital city of Krisna where he learns the Athens Commonwealth has just declared war on Krisna and Zess is leading a strike force to the capital. But it is at the capital that Rygart learns that his un-sorcerer ability allows him to pilot an ancient, effective, Golem that cannot be piloted by magic users. Ryagrt soon gets involved in the war between Krisna and Athens.
Opening song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqYvjaa2Uvo
