Man, I've watched a lot of things and I've never even heard of that show Neon. So no need to feel embarrassed I guess.
I just finished up the last episode of Maze: The Megaburst Space, and I have to say that it's a very good show to watch, and I heartily recommend it.
Offtrack: (My god, I just realized that I still have my 'heartily recommend' mannerism from playing Puzzle Pirates! RANDOM NOSTALGIA!)
Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, it's about a woman (named Maze) that is mysteriously transported to a fantasy realm, she has amnesia, can shoot laser-beams from her hands, pilots magic mecha, and turns into a man with a completely different personality every night. The show also awkwardly shoehorns comedy into the mix every once in a while by having nearly every character being romantically or lustfully infatuated with either his/her male or female form. Like, really, every single main character, but it still works, trust me on this one.
The show, for being so seemingly generic at first glance, actually does things that are really interesting and unexpected quite often, which in-turn hooks your attention and makes you want more. A deep story is slowly unraveled as the protagonists bumble from one mini-story to the next, and the series finishes off with a great finale as the protagonist is forced to choose between one of two personal lose-lose scenarios. The only problem is that that's where the story ends, and we don't get to see his/her consequences play out. It's a fairly old series, so there's probably no second season in the mix either.
Also, there's an awesomely classic advertisement for Bruce Willis' 'The Fifth Element' about two-thirds of the way through the series. It's really unexpected to see the live action poster-board for it standing out in the anime background.
I suppose it does have it's unusual points though...
it's pretty much explicitly stated that the whole story of the series is started because the main protagonist and her brother have incestuous feelings for eachother, which SOMEHOW SOMEWAY caused the two to be transported through time and space, and then physically joined into one. Our protagonist though, has amnesia and doesn't recall any of this, but later on they separate, and then deliberately rejoin. This is supposed to be symbolic of them consummating their love for eachother or something.
The show plays this up to be the best thing ever, which is kind've weird if you ask me.
Also, at the very end, after killing the big bad, Maze decides that she wants to fight fate and stay in the fantasy realm, even though she's not allowed to. Long-story-short this causes fate to backlash against him/her and promises to create another Maze in order to kill the original and restore the balance of nature. The story ends right there though, so we never get to see what happens.
Kind've a bummer, really, I was really enjoying myself.
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