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Summary: Dull, cliched, and horrible.
Review: Anime is a genre filled with cliches. If you see one thing in one series, you're bound to see it a thousand times in other series. But there will always be a few titles that take those cliches and put fresh spins on them, creating something unique and fresh that keeps the genre alive. "Pilot Candidate", unfortunately, is hardly one of those titles, borrowing cliche after cliche and yet coming up with absolutely nothing worthwhile."Pilot Candidate" tells the story of Zero and how he dreams of one day become a pilot for one of the five Goddesses. He's arrogant, self-centered, and full of himself, but he doesn't care. For now he is a Candidate For Goddess and he's determined to one day fulfill his dream so he can stop the evil alien invasion of Victim and protect Zion, the last remaining human star. As said before, "Pilot Candidate" is filled with cliches, including but not limited to: the self-absorbed hero, his geeky yet well-meant friend, his quiet yet just-as-determined rival, and the set of giant robots that are humanity's only hope and that can only be piloted by children. So does "Pilot Candidate" offer any refreshing spin on these cliches? No. There is absolutely nothing innovative in this series; you've seen everything here before, and everything done better. "Pilot Candidate" makes absoultely no attempt to distinguish itself from other anime series, as if it were trying to capitalize on a current trend. What's worse is that the series doesn't even try to do a good job of it! The story is trite and boring. Virtually all other series even resembling this poor excuse of a plot are better in every way. Characters aren't even two-dimensional; they're one-dimensional! Not once do any characters grow and develop in this series. They start one way and end the exact same way, which insults the audience when we're actually expected to care for these characters. In fact, these characters are so forgettable that I dare anyone to remember any of their names after watching the entire series, let alone one episode. "Pilot Candidate" falls flat visually as well. The animation looks like a coloring book that was pasted onto the screen. And the included CGI is, for lack of a better word, pathetic. The Goddess robots are meant to be the big stars of the fighting sequences, but how can they be when they hardly even move? They're as rigid as a Barbie doll and appear completely lifeless. Series like "Cowboy Bebop" know how to combine animation and CGI effectively; "Pilot Candidate" threw everything into the pot all at once and ended up with an ugly mess. Even the audio isn't safe. The music isn't terrible, but it does nothing to enhance the series at all. It's just...there. And the dub for "Pilot Candidate" is horrible. I cannot recall a single dub that was worse than this one. If you want to listen to this series at all, listen to the Japanese audio track; at least the Japanese voice actors attempted to give the series some life (although they failed miserably). Overall, "Pilot Candidate" is a very poor choice for anime fans, and Bandai knows it. Why else did they decide to release the "Pilot Candidate" DVDs with dubtitles and not subtitles? The only reason this series is well known is because of its appearance on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. But here me out: "Pilot Candidate" was originally meant to be put on Toonami but was put on Adult Swim so Cartoon Network could secure that time slot for future, far better shows like "Inu-Yasha" and "Ghost in the Shell TV". "Pilot Candidate" certainly isn't an adult show, and it's hardly an enjoyable one. Unless you've seen this show and like it, don't bother. This show does not deserve the attention it got and certainly doesn't deserve your time and money.
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Summary: IT SUCKS! DON'T BUY IT!
Review: Can you say Evangelion ripoff? Cuz that's exactly what this [poor] excuse for Japanese Anime is. I cannot believe what I have read from the other reviews! They are not true Otakus like myself. They only watch DBZ and think that they know everything. Only like two other reviewers are correct.
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Summary: Well, I think you people need to be more open minded.
Review: I saw two episodes of this on Cartoon Network and I loved it! It may not be the best, but it was good, and it deserves a chance.
Rating: 
Summary: One of the worst anime I've ever seen.
Review: I watched this for FREE on Cartoon Network and felt ripped off. Don't waste your money and actually buy this horrible series. It's derivative, shallow, and pretentious. The characters are generic, and the dubbing is so, so, so bad. I can't believe how bad it is. The only good thing about the series is the vivid coloration, but so what? It's not like it's worth the pain of actually watching the stupid show. No American distributor should have bought the rights to this because they totally wasted their money. This cartoon is a complete mess and a waste of time.
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Summary: Watched it years ago on TV and still can't forget it.
Review: I'm buying all four DVDs because I saw the series on Cartoon Network and simply cannot forget about it. Those who say there is no character development are quite obviously blind, because the entire series is about Zero's CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. You say it isn't about the action, so what is it about? Well, it's about the life of the characters and how at a young age they are thrown into a war against an enemy they can barely defeat! The music is excellent, and anyone who says otherwise just doesn't like orchestrated music. This is an anime fans dream soundtrack. The art is amazing, it's quite hard to find an anime with characters that look this good. I'm shocked and surprised at some people's insulting reviews about the series..but trust me: This DVD set is sooo worth it. Even if it does end suddenly, it's just great. I think it ended due to low budgets..but I'm not sure. We can only hope they will schedule more episodes in the future.
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Summary: This anime is great!!! I wish everyone would love it!!!!!
Review: In the future, mankind lost 4 planets due to a terrible mistake. They reteated to space and built colonies,huge domes with glass protecting it. There is only one planet left, Zion. The alien form known as VICTIM is out to destoy it. So..... Mankind built huge mechas called Ingrids or Goddesses. The candidates must first train to become one of the 5 Goddess pilots. They go to the Goddess Opperating Accademy or GOA. And when they become pilots they go to GIS. And.....
To be a candidate you have to have the abiltity of EX. Having a reaction to such a power turns your hair teal. It may be telepathy or the power to move fast without being seen. OK..... The story follows 5 candidates. The main character is Zero Enna. He is a hyper boy and can't stop talking about his dream to pilot the White Ingrid that saved him when he was younger. He has a rival named Hiead and friends Yamagi, Roose, Clay, and another senior named Erts whose brother is a pilot.
Zero and his classmates train and live on GOA. And the story also go into the lives of the pilots. Now... I love the anime and I'm getting the DVDs. It came on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network but was cancelled for some strange reason.
Get it because it's in space and space is COOL!!!!
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Summary: For the Love of GOD! Don't Buy This!!!
Review: Ok, we all know that that animation looks good. You can see that from the cover of the box. Theres also the good CG work on the mechs and goddesses. But thats it. The characters are so underdevelped that you have no idea why they act, talk and think the way they do. The main character, zero, (real original name for a hero) gets to an academy for training kids to fight in a battle to save the last planet. Is it just me or is that sooo like Neon Genesis Evangelion? But wait, it doesn't stop there. Zero meets up with one of the head battling mecha's, something called a goddess. And lo and behold it sucks him in and starts to mind meld with him or something. Just like Shinji and his synch ratio. It is one hell of a knockoff. The actors behind the dubbing did a horredious job. The emotion displayed by the characters is so off. One minute there all seriouse, when they shouldn't be, the next, well, they don't really go anywhere. Every now and then one says something funny that would normaly elicite a funny face or a laugh. But nobody reacts the way people would. In short, it lacks, major. If you enjoy a good anime, go watch something else. This one is just not to be owned. Watch it on Adult Swim if your curiouse, but trust me. Youll thank me for not buying it.
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Summary: Pilot Candidate
Review: Pilot Candidate is set in a future where humaity is living in space and only one Planet is left. Attacked by enigmatic aliems called Victim. society is protected by 5 enormous Robots called Goddeses or Ingrids. There is one catch only People born with a special blood type and certain age can fly them for a certain period of time. (Fans of Evangelion will notice Blatant Simalarities) Volume One intoduces us to 3 main characters. Zero being the main hero with mysterious power and past. Clay Fortran set in the usual Smart sidekick role and Hiead as the equal mysterious rival. along with the current pilots and their instructor. Zero having the lack of focus and drive\ego the usual hero types have (think Tai from Digimon season 1--They even look alike and may have same english voice) finds himself in many incidents including: 1 displaying the mysterious power 2 seeing his past(he was saved by a goddess) 3 being accepted by a goddess and seeing a mysterious gril while inside) and 4 sets up the rivalry between Hiead and Zero. all in all a good video that will take time to build up as the follow the pattern.
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Summary: The second best (DBZ) Anime ever created
Review: Pilot Candidate runs every Saturday night at 12 am, 11 pm central. Pilot Candidate offered me a kind of show like Final Fantasy VIII meets Gundam Wing and Outlaw Star. Pilot Candidate is like the 2nd best Anime to reach Earth. The reason being is for the amazing chareter development and the cool 3D computer simulatoed space and robot sequences. It's easy to understand, and it's worth a 60 somethin cha-chings to get all 3 DVDs that are so far released. Of course you could watch it on Adult Swim every week, but BUY IT ANYWAY! PIlot Candidate is soooooo cooool, see this anime, it's addictive! VERY ADDICTIVE! It's not one of those stupid Animes that are released every few weeks. The dubbing [is bad], but everything else is top-notch........
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Summary: WE WANT THE REST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Some one needs to make a web site that will raise money for this show because it totally rocks. It is a must have animation!!! The only bad thing is taht it isn't finished, but thats i'm typing this. I want someone to make a site that rasies money for this show. I think i can speak for every one when i say we would like to see the rest of the series.
When i first saw this i thought it was the best animation ever i still do.I'm not 18 so i can't make a web site that will raise money for this show. If any of you have seen farscape you will know what I'm talking about.Farscape was taken off the air but since everybody liked it they raised money for ot to be put back on the air. Well this is nearly the same. We just want the animation to be finished.
Now who's with me, who wants to see the rest of this animation?If you do then act now and make a web site to raise money.
Oh and if you don't make the site be sure to stop by one and give a little money to our cause.PLZ I'M BEGGING YOU HELP US!!!!!!
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