Just finished watching this series. While I do agree with you on the lack of fanservice (a very refreshing change from, say, Linebarrels of Iron. Ugh.), there still needs improvement that I know Production I.G missed at many moments.



The beginning story felt more like an "Enemy of the week" routine, and coupled with the repeating, unabridged transformation sequences, it got quite tedious by around episode 11.



"Reideen" picked up a lot more value after episode 19, but I already knew well in advance that the ending 6 eps. later was going to squander the potentially-fantastic plotline: lots of unanswered questions (where did the aliens come from, where did the "god great" sword came from, and hey, where did Reideen himself come from?), some messy cop-outs (like wondering what happened to the Vigilance Corps and Junki's "business" friends), and most of all, that it was rushed beyond belief: only 3 minutes, including the ending credits! If the studio spent less time on transformations and repeating events, "Reideen" (2007) could be so much better. Ah well, I enjoyed it while the good parts lasted.



Oh, and I'm fav'ing this. Fade in!