Anime Earth Girl Juna

[Ayokano]

I don't think I've gotten the title right, someone can tell me if I've messed up the title of the anime.

Well, at my school's anime club we saw three episodes of this anime. They were only subbed, but I still enjoyed whatching them.

Earth Girl Juna(it may be Akujuna or something like that) is about a girl chosen protect the Earth form a part of itself called Raaja. It's from the same people who put out Cowboy Bebop, and is beautiful, mixing computer graphics with artwork. I thought the voices(though in Japanese) matched all the characters well, and the music is wonderful.

First off, to the story. Though it might be part of the sub's fault, I thought it was a little confusing, though, I still have only seen a few episodes. Though, I still think it will come clearer as I see more. It really is about keeping the Earth and everything on it safe, but isn't in your face about it, like "If you don't use the 3 R's, your going to burn." sort of thing. It really gets you thinking about how you yourself treat Earth and the things living on it. It's also funny at times, lighting up the serious atmosphere.

I liked the character designs, though a little bland, they are downed to Earth. Though, the CG shines alot in this anime. Sometimes I can't tell ifa part of it is drawn or CG. Though, it can also be really bad. Like at the begining of the first episode when we get a bird's eye view of a CG'ed version of Juna's(I think) town. Or when [spoiler]her guardian, Asura, was fighting Raaja at the nuclear power plant[/spoiler].

The voices were also good, like I said before, matching all of the character's. The musical score was also great, alot of orchestral songs, I think a few guitar ones in the mix too.

Overall, I liked this anime alot, and I hope I see more of it. So now, I would want to hear what everone else thought of it.