The theme of Peterburd's review is "disappointing", which is contrary to just about every other established animeblogger. Having not seen the anime episode yet, I do not have an opinion about it as such, but I see that the shadow of Tatsuo Sato's reputation overhangs this series in the same way Yamakan's hovered over Fractale - only in a positive way. Everyone who watched Shingu, Nadesico, and Stellvia know in their heart that Boudacious Space Pirates will turn out awesome too. Those who did not, well... not necesserily do. Saving this for future reference.

Pixy complains about "theme song". Does anyone remember the OP theme of Sningu? We are talking about an anime most known for is consistent excellence, maybe No Bad Episode award (I need to check if Evirus bestowed it in fact, but just trust me for now). And yet the OP was controversial at best.

By the way, Shingu was not well understood by the contemporaries, who refused to watch it while broadcast on TV. It was even truncated from planned 3 cours to 2 (but remained awesome even in its ending). In part because of that, Mr. Sato wanted his next show to become more lighthearted, as recorded in post-mortem interviews. So, Stellvia came out and Earth barely escaped destruction in it twice -- an increase over Shingu. Also, students murdering classmates for the standing in school rankings. And the lighthearted part? I only remember saving the world while the giant bunny riges shotgun [1], and Shippon's cellphone going off when... anyway. Yeah. I don't know what really to expect from Mouretsu, but I predict a global, overarching crisis.

[1] The only picture of the infamous bunny that I have also reminded about other LOL moments that I forgot. The category has more treasures, like the Antiyuri Manifesto. Those were the times.