Anyways 'Sound of the Sky' takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. The seas have been replaced with deserts and countries are still waring against one another. Konata Sorami (one of the main characters) was rescued by a mysterious woman who played a golden trumpet. Ever since then she's dreamed of joining the army because she heard they would teach her how to play for free. When she finally joins she's assigned to the 1121st platoon stationed in the town of Seize.
Konata is a typical character who's filled with energy. She's also the type of character who's always ready and willing to help anyone else in need. Rio Kazumiya, her master sergeant, is strict, but she's also very kind. Filicia Heideman is the second lieutenant. She's gone through quite a bit in her life, but somehow she's managed to maintain her smile and she's very kind and gentle with the other girls. Kureha Suminoya is a private. She's also the youngest of the girls. She's typically the one trying to talk sense into everyone else, but she does it for their sake and not her own. Finally we have Noel Kannagi. She's the pilot and appointed mechanic. She always acts tired and she hardly speaks. When she does talk a lot it's usually about machines.
(There are other characters I would love to mention, but I don't want to make this review longer then it needs to be.)
What I like about these girls is their differences, but also the tragic events that took place in their lives. While watching the show I never felt like they were simply one-sided characters. They had multiple sides to them. Even the sleepy head Noel had a side to her that took me completely by surprise the first time watching this show.
Even though the story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world it still has beautiful scenery. Lush forests, beautiful horizons and of course there is still wildlife. It's hard to believe the world is in such disrepair while watching this show, but were reminded of this, every once in a while.
Lastly I'll mention the music. If you don't already know 'Amazing Grace' is one of the pieces that's played multiple times during. It's a really beautiful piece and you don't have to be religious in order to appreciate it. The beginning and ending themes for each episode is also great, not to mention the song that plays during episode one and twelve.
Wrapping up the Review:
I'm sure you guys know how this review will end, but I would like to mention a few things before I wrap it up for good.
Nozomi did an excellent job with this show. It comes on four disks. Two episodes on the first disk and four episodes on the other three. Extras are scarce, but they do provide character bios and even episode previews that weren't aired on Crunchyroll. The previews aren't all that special and even take a comedic route (to be honest if they had appeared at the end of each episode I would feel like they would detract from the seriousness of the episode. Even the preview for episode twelve is comedic and that's a really dramatic episode.)
I also have to mention the OVA episodes. Episode 7.5 (Hilarious Episode) and Episode 13. These episodes play in order so you don't have to go back to the menu in order to watch them.
A booklet came with the release. It's filled with notes from the creators of the show. And not to give anything away, but the director mentions wanting to do more episodes in the future. I'm really hoping they will be able to.
The only thing I wish Nozomi had done was dub this show. Like I said before I love subbed anime, but it's a shame how many people will pass it up simply because of that.
Well you can't please everyone. And on that note... I RECOMMEND THIS SHOW!
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