Thanks for the response! It's nice to see other people's input on this platform. After reading through your review, I can agree on some points of what you have to say but I feel like the story can't progress as much as the both of us want it to in the 22 minute timeslot that it has to move the plot forward. The first episode seemed to push the rules (which it had a hard time explaining the "why" aspect,) more than the world and story which was a tad bit upsetting.

On the design point you are correct which is something I overlooked a bit when writing, but Masayoshi Tanaka (A-1)is responsible for the character designs, Shigeto Koyama (Trigger) is responsible for the mech designs, and Atsushi Nishigori (Trigger) is responsible for the composition of the art. So there is a little bit of flavor from everyone.

Thanks for commenting! I greatly appreciate it!