Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons
2014
8.5
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Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons
2014
8.5
121.9K
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Humanity has advanced to great heights since it obtained the information technology known as "Mana." With that nearly magical power, problems like war, food shortages, and pollution have been eliminated. In this age of peace and freedom, First Princess Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi of the Misurugi Empire is a privileged girl with no disabilities. She learns, however, that she is a "Norma," a kind of human who cannot use Mana and are outcasts of society. Having lost everything, she is sent to an isolated island. There she meets other Normas who ride in humanoid weapons called Para-mails, protecting the world from dragon invaders from another dimension.
Countries:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Runtime:
24min
Status:
Ended
First air date:
2014-10-05
[9/10] If you want a great sci-fi story about human nature, social engineering, racism, and discrimination with complex character relationships this might be right for you. If you can't overlook some sexual content then you might want to pass.
What's Good: The characters are really good (not one dimensional), the story is well done and paced. I'm not a mecha fan but the fights are not the focus nor drawn out. There is a large cast of strong recurring female characters that are done well. There are only three recurring male characters but this is not a harem and works with the plot.
What's Bad: Explicit lesbian sexual content: This is primary isolated to the first few episodes (three scenes, PUSH THROUGH IT, it's worth it) when the character is first sent to a all female "prison" (this is reminiscent of the show "Orange is the New Black" and unfortunately probably more realistic than sexist). Other than the fact that there are clear lesbian couple it's mostly dropped after that. I would assume this is what "acidfreecookies" is calling sexist (unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favor of the other) but I would disagree. The most sexist thing about it is that basically all males are the "bad guys" except one who is often a bumbling klutz.