It’s another edition of “What I Want to See.” Unfortunately, I’ve made it a policy to not put anything here if I’ve seen more than one episode of it, so a series like Moon Phase, which I saw the first volume of at Otakon and really liked doesn’t count.
So I looked through my Netflix queue (which now has something like 40 series and movies in it) to find something that I haven’t seen, but has been on my radar for a while. It didn’t take long for me to spot on particular series: Stellvia.
Like so many anime on my list, I’m not sure when and where I first heard about Stellvia. However, this series has intrigued me for a while. First off, it’s been a while since I’ve seen a good old-fashioned science fiction anime series. However, it kind of looks like a “cute” type anime series, but it’s not my impression that it’s one that relies heavily on fan service (I guess I’ll find out for sure when I watch it). As for the feeling of the series, I’m thinking like Cardcaptor Sakura (minus the magic) meets Infinite Ryvius, though not as dark. I guess I’ll find out whether I’m way off the mark or not.
Stellvia was produced by XEBEC of works I haven’t seen very much of. There is Love Hina, which I despised, but they also did work with series like Noein and The Third which are both also on my to-see list. In any case, there isn’t much of a history based on the production studio that I can really go off of.
In any case, this series is bubbling towards the top of my queue and I’m looking forward to checking it out.
