Continuing with the anime theme is the other main mecha of the season, Argevollen. Set in a war torn continent, shocker, Argevollen really seems to be a story of a young mecha pilot, Susumu, who gets caught up with an experimental mecha named Argevollen and the young lady, Jamie Hazaford, who we'll say comes with the mecha.
More specifically, Susumu is part of a small squad apparently out in the middle of nowhere as the enemy forces from Ingelmia siege one of the last standing defenses of Susumu's country, Arandas. In retreating, he and his squad come across a civilian trailer under attack by enemy forces. Of course, as a young and hot headed soldier, Susumu defies orders to ignore the trailer and goes in like a dumbass. But hey, if he didn't there wouldn't be an anime to say is full of cliches.
Anyways, he goes to try and save this trailer, which now only has a single survivor, what we find out in the next episode is a young "engineer", Jamie Hazaford. I say "engineer" in quotes because honestly it seems like she has no fucking clue what the hell she's doing and yea I'll leave it at that. She boots up Argevollen and makes Susumu pilot it as well he is a pilot and he dispenses with the remaining enemies with nothing but his fists and feet.
So, now that the plot's out of the way, what did I think about this first episode? Honestly not the best plot, as we saw with Aldnoah Zero though, a promise for more plot can be enough. And there definitely is room for it. First off, who the hell made Argevollen? Apparently it's some mysterious company in Arandas that no one seems to know anything about. The cinematography and overall visuals are pretty nice. The bit of heavy action at the end was nice to have without being a giant, what the hell did I watch I have no idea what's going on type of first episode. Overall, I'd say that this anime shows less potential than Aldnoah Zero for being a riveting mecha, but I've also gotta say, getting that mecha fighting action in the first episode was a big plus. Since I gave Aldnoah Zero a 7/10, I'd give Argevollen's episode a 7.5/10 with the caveat that I feel like Aldnoah Zero has more potential for a good plot. Until next time.
--CsMiREK
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