Sousei no Aquarion 1

Lots of stuff happening and being explained this time and I don't believe I caught it all, but what I did catch... Humanity's not doing too well in Genesis Year 10, with 2/3 of the population gone, thanks to a takeover by these "Fallen Angels". But there is hope, as a group of humans have put together those who have the power of the "element" and trained them to pilot "Vector Machines" to 合体 come together to form the legendary "Robotic Angel" Aquarion. And apparently they also need someone who is a reincarnation of someone who has the "Wings of the Sun"... so after the psychic(?) of the group senses it, Silvia and Pierre, two of those who have the element and were training to pilot Aquarion, are sent to check things out. And it turns out that the person who might be said reincarnation is a dirty street rat named Apollo (fitting name...). He has the signs of carrying the power of the element, but no marks of wings... Silvia is adamant that her older brother, Sirius, is the one (so she's that kind of girl... I see), but he's somehow sealed his memories of what happened before (a previous life?)..

While they check out Apollo.. more like fight him for a bit... a robot attack begins and the Vector Machines are dispatched, and the first union to become Aquarion is attempted, and succeeds.. but not for too long, as its broken... all the humans in the city are being used as biological lasers or something, somehow, and Apollo's been captured. So Silvia jumps in one of the machines and flies towards him.. he's screaming out "Aquarion! Aquarion!", so there's definitely something about him... he manages to escape and lands in one of the Vector Machines, where he pilots it like a pro. And it's time for what all of y'all have been waiting for ;)

創聖合体GO!アクエリオン！
Sousei gattai GO! Aquarion!

And the three Vector Machines begin to come together...

Sirius/Apollo/Silvia: "aah, Aaaahhh..."
Sirius: "What amazing power..."

シルヴィア：「うそ…きもちいいぃぃ！」
Silvia: "No way... it feels so goooood!"

感じてるか？！
She's 'feeling' it!?

So it did turn out as bad as I thought it would, lol ;) Anyways... After remembering something (from a previous life?) Silvia finally realizes that it is that guy, it seems. And Sousei Aquarion proceeds to kick serious robot butt.

So is this going to be Fantastic Children all over again with all the previous life stuff? Interesting... But the show as a whole seems to be a pretty cliched big robot show.. the animation was good quality, though, and I've only seen one episode. I'm normally not one for big robot stuff, but I'll watch a bit more, I guess :)