Sometimes a piece of media comes along that makes you think “Gee, did they make this just for me?” and while the answer is obviously “NO”, for me personally Star Driver feels that way. It released back in 2010 and was created by Studio Bones, known at the time in the west in particular for Fullmetal Alchemist, Soul Eater and Ouran High School Host Club. The anime is a beautifully animated combination of mecha, song pieces and magical boy. Yup. Boy. The titular boy Takuto is the Ginga Bishounen (Galactic Pretty Boy) and at first the series seems to be a “Monster of the Week” style show but by episode eight, well…just watch it. If you recognise that robot (Tauburn) that’s because the designer thought it was so nice, he used it twice for Darling in the Franxx! It’s not the deepest anime and it’s fairly light hearted, which is not to say there are no stakes at play because there are. Sometimes they use stock footage, but it’s good stock footage! There is a shocking amount of lore! And the ending was somewhat controversial but I think only because the conclusion went over ciskinds heads. It’s just a shame that we’ll never get a sequel. There’s so many questions to be answered but even the follow up movie barely touched upon any of it. It was just a clip-show after all. So if you watch it, make sure you get it in Blu-Ray quality because the visuals ARE worth it. Let me know what you think.