I recently finished watching Aquarion EVOL and felt that I had to give a little warning, mostly to the fans of the original series Sousei no Aquarion (Genesis of Aquarion).
(This post is spoiler free but contains my general opinion of the ending)
I won't say what it's about here (please use the ANN link above for a summary) just that it's in some ways a lot like the original series (you will hear the familiar "Aqua~rio~n"-theme every now and then) and in others very different. I'm not a huge fan of Sousei but I thought it was OK. I was more easily swept away by EVOL (sweet romance will do that to me), in the beginning of the show anyway. Sometimes if felt like they were making fun of Sousei... almost like some kind of light parody. As a whole however I did like EVOL it's just that the ending ruined it a bit for me. A bit too unresolved and a bit too silly. And in general I don't approve of conveniently adding story that changes things in the original if it was not planned that way from the beginning. And I doubt that this was.
My warning: If you're a fan of Sousei no Aquarion and don't want the original story tampered with, do NOTwatch EVOL. I did like one of the points they made that connected to Sousei (ah sweet romance) but I can imagine old fans not wanting the relationships and reincarnations of the original fiddled with.
The first opening theme for EVOL though - I absolutely love it!
AKINO did the opening for Sousei as well and I would really like for her to release more music!
