How can I skip this? It's the twin and nemesis of Stellvia, Vandread. J.P. says:

Vandread is basically what Dragonaut could have been like, assuming that they wanted to make the show silly rather than it being unintentionally funny. In fact Vandread makes jokes about things like gattais that provided the frame of reference that makes aspects of Dragonaut unintentionally hilarious. The sad part? Gonzo did both shows. You’d think that they’d have kept what they did right with this show when doing that one. But hey, it’s Gonzo.

Ouch!

Oh, and despite the fact that this show is almost 10 years old, the CG in it looks about as good as it does in their newer shows like Dragonaut. Has Gonzo not actually improved at all here?

Double ouch!

Funnily, J.P. didn't say a single word about:

• Excellent initial pacing of the series. With so many of them taking way too long to show their true colors (even Manabi slips on it; and as for Twelve Kingdoms, I only groan), doesn't this deserve a mention?
• Plot which actually makes sense (well, maybe not the entirery of the world creation, but still, they even made a good excuse for the the Sorting Algorithm of Evil [Opponents]).
• Characters (e.g. reboot of Bart, Barnette, etc. etc. Heck even Jura is a bigger woman than merely her chest).

I probably could add more and expand on these, but the picture is clear and it's not like I'm a fan of Vandread. It looks like J.P. wanted to select a couple of key issues due to lack of time and so Gonzo and gattai were it.

P.S. Did he see just the 1st half of the whole of it?

P.P.S. I've seen the comments right now, he's seen the 1st half only. I hasten to add that the ending was unsatisfactory, if "magnificent".