it was a pretty good show. i liked that it was serious and tried to tell an epic story while focusing on individuals and their stories. i thought it was great how it took the death of a loved one to get Hyulick to finally stand up and accept his role in all this. i also loved some of the characters, particularly the infallible Jouslain and the ridiculously insane Mother.

i agree, Hyulick might be a genius, because he really did come up with some excellent plans (the Euria battle plan and shooting down the flagship Typhoon with a downed ship (even if that was at least 50% luck...)) But if there's one thing he's bad at, it's ground battles. He was a complete idiot when it came to fighting with guns, staying back, taking cover, escaping, everything. It didn't help that most of the show had Hyulick and his guys scurrying around on the ground when the main character's prowess is based on large scale fleet battles...

But, still, I enjoyed this show, even with some of its incredibly ridiculous moments (I hacked the prison satelite and "They're ROCKS, Zarlish! ROCKS!" stick out in my mind). And, just as MFauli said, once it started revving up to epic levels again, the thing just ends. We have zero closure on all fronts, and characters like Loli Princess and Bart who have done just about nothing for most of the show. We even got a full episode for Idris' backstory.

If there were more than 3 books done, and if the show hadn't been put out by an effort with the number of episodes in their name, I'd be okay. But as it is this entire series is a nice teaser, and a huge "what if?"

Then again... it did take them over 8 years to finish Legends of the Galactic Heroes...