Another Mecha anime backlog that I finished recently and turns out it is another Sunrise anime. Buddy Complex is one of those Mecha anime that had overall interesting Props and settings but end up getting mediocre education and the vibe kinda reminds me of Aldnoah Zero for some reason.
Buddy Complex is your usual Evil Empire vs Federation mecha trope that use Time Travel and Twin Mechs as the centrepiece of its theme. Basically the main protagonist is a High School kid who somehow ended up thrown into 70 years ahead of his original timeline after a fateful encounter with mysterious girl and found himself piloting a Mecha against evil empire. The protagonist somehow possess unusual affinity with an experimental technology that requires high synchronization between two pilots which unleash high capability of particular prototype mecha,
Overall the animation is top quality as expected by Sunrise but story wise, it is rather mediocre due to strict deadline imposed on the production. It is rather difficult to have a decent mecha series with 13+2 episodes and Buddy Complex apparently didn't have the luxury of choice. Personally I quite like Buddy Complex mecha whether it is the protagonist mech Luxon & Bradyon or the enemy mechs. It is just that the story format of Buddy complex does not allow the series to tap its full potential. I quite like the main villain archetype being a vengeful individual who turned insane and hellbent on quest of vengeance upon the protagonist due to being rejected by the main heroine and a good mecha anime could really make use of this trope. I might get SRW X to see the worth of Buddy Complex and wouldn't mind if the series somehow got merchandise in the future.
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