Aquarion [Sousei No Aquarion]
 

It is a great anime to just sit back and casually watch. The anime will draw you in, and when you think you know exactly what's going to happen, sometimes a large twist pops out of nowhere. Definitely worth the watch and I felt a sense of satisfaction after every episode, not only from the anime itself, but the ending song Omna Magni by Yui Makino.

I watched it when it was being subbed by mahou Home! which they did a WONDERFUL job! I would say to download the anime right now, but since it's licensed by FUNimation, go buy the DVDs or watch it online on Amazon video:
Amazon.com: Aquarion: Season 1, Episode 1 "Memories of Heavenly Wings": Video On Demand

Genre: Sci-Fi with a mix of Romance/Drama/Comedy.
# of episodes: 26
Official Site: http://www.aquarion.info/index.html
Sequel: Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Betrayal
Movie: Gekijouban Aquarion


Info Sources:
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl...30&showallag=1
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...me.php?id=4796



The Plot:
Holy Genesis Era. Year 0011. Mankind has lost 2/3 of its population. The Great Catastrophe, which ruined the planet 11 years ago, caused the ice of Antarctica to melt.

In the Lost Atlantis, which was believed to be destroyed 12000 years ago, the winged race of Fallen Angels resurrected. They sent their bio-mechanical 'mythical beasts' to harvest the life energy
'Prana' of humans in the few remaining cities.

Humanity tries to hold off the onslaught when the 'Godspeed Magician' Fudo Gen excavated in the sea near Crete the so-called vector machines, legendary machines which gave new hope. With these 3 new
weapons, Mars, Luna and Sol, piloted by gifted pilots who posess the 'element' to activate them, the legendary 'Mechanical Angel Aquarion' can be united from the 3 'vectors'...

The 'elements' who needed to have pure souls and sharp senses, finally start off the fight and the time of uniting humanity's hopes into the legendary Aquarion has come.