theSentinel

Being someone who watched (and loved) both previous Aquarions, I can safely say that this one was not as good as the previous ones.  I will do this as a round robin approach to compare the old one and Logos. 

Story:
      -Legacy: The story in the legacy Aquarions always had the problem of the day style, but in every episode you get a little bit of the main plot. Not a lot, but enough to create more question, enough to wonder how the main characters will win.

    -Logos: This anime had the problem of the day style, but in many episodes it seemed like there was hardly any main plot.  They didnt throw in enough nuggets for us to latch on too, they did not provide enough mystery to keep us engaged. So it felt like a boring prob of the day anime. Now like the others, it got intense at the end, but it took SOOOOO LONG to get there, and then when it did there WAS NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE UP FOR ALL THE TIME SPENT.

Animation:  
    -Legacy:  The Legacy Aquarions both had great visuals for their year.  I was impressed by the 3d models in the original, and Evol improved on that in addition to using extremely vibrant and nice coloring in the artwork.  

    -Logos:  For its time I thought it was very lacking.  I would expect better of 2016.  However, it was not miserably bad, simply sub-par.  Still, quite lacking compared to the Legacy ones. 

Sound:
    -Legacy:  The Opening and endings of both previous Aquarions was great.  They didnt always use the music in the best way or time, but they had decent soundtracks that added a lot to the immersion of the anime.  They improved again with Evol.

    -Logos:  Logos was about the same compared to the others.  they had nice music for the anime.  They did not always using it well though, and it was therefore not as impactful as it could have been.  The first opening and ending were not great, which matches up with how the first half of the anime went (not great).  This was the slow and boring half, and the opening and ending of the first half reflected that.  The second op and end were much much much better.  This is also reflected in the anime. 

Characters:
    -Legacy:  The older ones had lots of characters to work with, and used many of them quite a bit.  A few characters were not used that maybe should have been, but otherwise there was a plethora of uniqueness and enjoyable characters to get into. The charcter building was solid in both previous Aquarions.  You felt connected to the characters and cared about them.  Though there was less time with these characters than in Logos, you cared for them more, simply because the situations that built these characters and the character growth itself was so much bigger and better.

    -Logos:  I struggled to care about the struggles of the characters in this one.  First of all, there were less characters.  Furthermore, even though the main characters were explored, their growth was difficult to grasp and therefore difficult to be sympethetic to.  I did not like all the characters, but the ones I did like got the shaft.  I could not hate the suppossed bad guy and honestly wanted him to be compensated in the end for all the crap he had to deal with.  In the end I was not extremely satisfied with how all the characters ended up, but it could have been worse. 

Summary:  For the most part the end of Logos was good.  It got intense and started to really shine like the older ones did, but it took too long to get there, and it was not enough goodness to make up for so much wait.  I was . . . . kinda sorta satisfied in the end, though like I said, some characters got the shaft, and to a few of those characters I wish that they had a better outcome than that,

so not a perfect ending

but it DEFINITELY could have been worse.  So no worries

I reccomend watching Aquarion Logos, just dont expect it to be quite as good as the others.