Sakugan

 Some mecha anime in my backlog that I finished out of obligation and as expected with many of the similar genre that are released in this period, this one fails to deliver yet again. Back in 2021, Sakugan caught my attention due to the interesting mecha design that reminds me of Tron Bonne series and It was not until I played Super Mecha Champions which had Sakugan Collab around May that I decided to give this series a go.

Sakugan is an adventure story with Subterranean setting where the main protagonist of a young prodigy girl with a big dream sets out on journey to reach the place from her dream, dragging along her deadbeat father who was once an explorer himself. Sakugan could work what its premise but as expected from a  Satelight series which are known for good mecha design yet lackluster storyline. Throughout the span of 12 Episodes, Sakugan fails to make good use of their time leaving the impression of a half finished product. 

To be honest it is understandable that some series are not able to do much within 12 Episodes. However considering the unforgiving environment of Japanese anime Industry, Sakugan won't be even given another cour to finish the story it try to convey unless there are some generous sponsor which doubtful if it is coming from Japan.