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- Fafner was animated by Production I.G.(known for quality animation like Innocence: Ghost in the Shell, and the animation sequence in Kill Bill)
- The Character Designer for Fafner was Hisashi Hirai (who also did Gundam SEED).
- Norse Mythos.
The visuals are top-notch, but it's easy to see Hisashi Hirai recyling some of his character designs from Gundam SEED. The main character of Kazuki is pretty much a visual copy of Athrun from Gundam SEED, and many of the classmates resemble their Gundam SEED counterparts.
The story revolves around giant robots called "Fafners" and the children who pilot them which are Humanity's last hope against hostile alien invaders. Substitute Fafner with Gundams or EVAs, and replace the psuedo-christianity of EVA with a Norse mythos, and you have a fairly good idea of where this story is going.
The musical score (particularly the bombastic orchestra music) feels ripped from EVA.
Characters aren't developed, and thoughout the series, one can always tell who is about to die, as the storywriters hurry to develop the character to give some signifigance to the forthcoming death.
Overall, the high production values aren't enough to save this from being just another mediocre robot anime series.
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