Short Summary: In the years 2071 to 2074 big cyber aliens called WORMS come to earth and start to wipe out mankind. The humans have no other choice than using weapons of mass destruction. The continents got split, the Antarctic is gone and 90% of the male population aged 20 to thirty got killed; but at least the WORMS are gone. Still the military is doing test with new flying weapons, piloted by...I guess the three girls we got introduced to this episode. First one is Otoha-chan. She's living on an island, were energy is rare. One day when she goes fishing for seashells an military airplane arrives at the island and people wonder what the officers might want. Otoha returns to her families house and goes off for training, as her grandfather is master of a dojo and teaches her to fight, but so far Otoha has always been beaten. After training Otoha dashes of to a certain place to watch the sunset. She rembers herself sitting ther with her younger brother Yuki, making plans to both become pilots one day. The same time two military officers arrive at her families house and Otoha is offered a job as a test pilot, though she's only sixteen. The scene changes and we get to know Eika, a femal pilot, who just lost to one of the new flying robots - a Sonic Diver. A bunch of young men run after her and try to convince her she's the best, but she only wants to be alone. Last but not least there's Sonomiya Karen, a highly gifted girl, who's not good at conversation with any boy besides her brother whom she's writing letters to. She's more than suprised, when the same to military officers that came to recruit Otoha, turn up and ask her to join the military. The sentence impressing her the most is when the 15 year old female officer tells her she can help others with that job. Meanwhile Otoha has decided to take the job, but her grandfather is against it. He gives her one chance, if she can hit him with her sword, she'S allowed to go. Actually he lets her win, but Otoha does not understand that till she's on the ship bringing her away from teh island, she's never left before and waving goodbye to her friends and family. My opinion: Did I ever post 16 screenshots for any other show's episode before? I think not... After watching the first two minutes or so and the opening I thought of turning "Sky Girls" off. A lots of cute girls flying big airplanes and robots...bo thanks. But wait, what awaited me was a lovely and solid introduction to the three main characters. The animation is just wonderful ( I loved the sunset-scene on the cliff) and the character designs more than cute. I'm sure those cute girls will be flying big airplanes and robots, but from what I've seen so far I so much hope there will be the mainf ocus on characetr development and realtionships between the protagonists, so I'm on board with Otoha and co, for at least a second look and hopefully 25 episodes more.
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