Anime: Galaxy Angel 4th 5t446x

Well it is sadly over; this is the fourth and final season of the great anime series that we know and love, Galaxy Angel. With the fourth season, the series got even more replay value, this is definitely a series that won't collect dust in my basement. [br]With that said, the fourth season is arguably the best season of Galaxy Angel. The third season was not so good, animation was worse if not the same and comedy was basically same old same old. In the fourth season, Broccoli introduces the newest addition to the Transvaal forces, Karasuma Chitose. Chitose is a terminally ill patient who s up with the Transvaal army in order to get revenge on the Galaxy Angel unit for refusing to be her friend right off the bat. As dumb as it may sound, they pull it off pretty well. Chitose is a better addition to the series than Kokomo or Maribu. She serves for many more comedic scenes and definitely is more likeable. Well now to the breakdown of this review:[br][br]Since the first season of Galaxy Angel the animation quality has improved greatly. Already at the time, Galaxy Angel's animation quality was substantially on par or better than current animation standards. Galaxy Angel X presents suberb animation quality that sures that of the previous seasons and as a result is on par with the animational quality of the time. Too bad it couldn't be better than that although, Galaxy Angel was never about the animation, it was more on comedy.[br][br]Without a doubt I loved the OPs and EDs for this season. Already I was already infatuated with everysingle OP and ED that the Angel-Tai did and these two were no different. BGM remained the same as the other seasons, i was not at all affected by this. Some people may call it mundane and lower the score for sound but I would argue that this type of repition works very well for this anime with basically no plot development. [br][br]Galaxy Angel is basically a comedy with no plot. Although it has no plot, Galaxy Angel instead has a mini, er micro plot behind each episode. None, though, relate to a bigger plot but are still enjoyable to watch.[br][br]The Characters stayed the same and are still very loveable. I personally did not like Kokomo or Maribu that much but that's just my opinion. Throughout the series, viewers were able to see specific episodes that related to the main characters which heightened bonds between the viewer and the characters. I only remeber several episodes that actually focused on Maribu and Kokomo as opposed to Chitose who basically had the majority of the episodes focused on her. [br][br]Galaxy Angel X is great to rewatch, I don't know what it'd be like without it. Each episode gives the viewer a hearty laugh even if you've watched it more than once. The ending is actually pretty interesting, unlike other anime endings, it is actually rewatchable since it is so silly. It is probably one of the most random and unfinished endings but the ending video, Final Flight, makes up for it. [br][br]As you can probably imagine, I really like this anime. So of course I would give it a 10, especially if I constantly rewatch it. Some people say that after rewatching it, say, 4 times, it will become boring to rewatch. It all depends on the viewer, I've seen alot of people rewatch the series a number of times without being bored. Although, there are some episodes you won't feel like rewatching but will feel like watching later. All in all Galaxy Angel was enjoyable and still is to this day. [br]

Well... this is it. It's the last season of Galaxy Angel, and sadly they're making it final that there won't be any more of this awesome and hilarious franchise that DESERVES to be milked for cash. In any case, with a total of ~126 episodes (x12 minute each), now I can rewatch and reflect back on the most awesome sci-fi/fantasy comedy I've ever watched and hopefully not get bored by it.

In the case where sequels get progressively worse (see seasons 2 and 3), the final season does the job right of wrapping up the franchise with the reemergence of originality and freshness. Enter Chitose Karasuma, the ill-fated new member of the Angel Brigade... who was demoted to the Twin Star Brigade from the start and thus her motives of revenge brings the spark back into the show. This is especially the case when the writers this time around are more confident about including the peripheral characters more often into the stories. Chitose makes relatively more appearances than Malibu, Cocomo, and Major Mealy from season 3, and the writers never fail to exploit her personality in all the major stories that are about her as well as random appearances of the ones that aren't. The Twin Star Brigade also makes a few more appearances this time around, proving they are not just backlog characters any more.

The scripts this time around are 95% made of win. Almost every episode felt fresh like they were from the first season, never letting up on the laughs, tragedies, and the warmth they bring to hearts. Even when rehashing old personality quirks, they still manage to be very funny as if they were shown for the first time. Some stories are also done very well, like the proverbs coming true and the rise of their rock band. The first and last episodes are also Galaxy Angel styled way to introduce and end the final season, crazy and random just like the show.

While the OP sounds the same from the last two seasons, the ED is like a return of the first season's ED: a poppy, catchy, but seemingly lonely tune, as it is only performed by Milfeulle's and Chitose's voice actors, a fitting duet that also grants Chitose more spotlight. The same BGM is used from the other seasons, so even if you're tone-death, you might recognize some of the songs, and they are good ones at that.

(I also did not know Normad and Vanilla were voiced one and the same...... I was wondering how the voice actor for Vanilla could make a living by uttering few to no lines per episode... how silly I am!)



All good things must come to an end, though I wished Galaxy Angel wouldn't end. The final season is a great closure to the franchise, and even if they jumped back on the shark, I wouldn't mind.

Great franchise end. Second best to the first season. Too bad there weren't any extra episodes or a final 22-minute episode. That was made up for the other good tragedies sprinkled in the series.

They have learned their lessons from season 2 alright.

This brings the original character line of GA to a very satisfying conclusion. While some of it is a little predictable, everything else shines as bright as its predecessors.

Character designs are almost considered addictive, like malt. They aren't overdrawn yet have plenty of detail, and are a major point scorer, as occasionally I found myself watching the animation simply to see the characters.

Background and limited digital animation is good but not greatly spectacular. But then their would be no point, as if you're looking at the BG you're not looking at the chars which is what this series is all about.

Sound is a bit of a let down. The opening is alright, but not much else. Character voices are the same as always, which you probably know is a good thing. BGM is limited and recycled from all the previous ones, possibly two exceptions in their that were not good enough for me to distinguish, but that could be just me.

There is no story. Yet, they managed to carry some drama along when and where it is needed. As for the individual episode scripts, there is a single episode for each character and effective story variation (parody, drama, pure comedy etc). 1 for each character is a bit of a let down though, as Chitose(newest addition) needs a lot more work to bring out a character that is obviously there, but has bits missing.

Characters make this offering shine. With nearly 40 hours of "development" behind them all, much good work is accomplished when they get their turn to shine.

I do so enjoy GA, and while it is rather sad to watch this one to its end, knowing no more is coming, its well worth rewatching to the power of umpteen. and of course the lack of continuation allows you to pick any episode up, watch it, forget it and repeat.

Galaxy angel is an all purpose wellness generator. And it can be watched for any and every reason. Unless you have one of those social dysfunctions that has you on Livejournal complaining about everything, this will always improve your mood.

sole downside is you may eventually watch it so much, it wont be refreshing any more.

although this is incomplete i'd like to tell everyone that galaxy angel IV season is much better than older seasons. They got it fresh again with new ideas.
and there is new generic character "sick girl"
ideas are absolute wacky again like giant alien fighting volcot, galaxy angel school drama, galaxy angel history special, murder mystery, a weird love story and of course the traditional galaxy angels with mis-using of the lost technology
i think the animation has gotten a lot better,

allso they have new suits in allmost every episode especially forte-san's new outfits kick ass
now there's kinda weird "plot" in galaxy angels meaning the first half of the episode (2 episodes in one episode) is traditional galaxy angels and the second part is better new galaxy angels .. allso the stupid pillow talk between the episodes has been replaced by secret moves of jan-ken-po (rock-paper-scissors) .. any way the new GA kicks ass i can't even count many times i laughed outloud



(written by one who was bored to season 3)