It sells you a goofy cafeteria comedy about five washouts, then drops you into vacuum combat where the maneuvering actually obeys physics and somebody could die. Team Rabbits earned the nickname Fail Five honestly: Izuru scribbling superhero manga in his notebook, Tamaki angling for a rich husband, Kei thinking about lunch, Suruga being Suruga, and Asagi carrying an inferiority complex the size of Jupiter while calling every shot. Orange's CG on the AHSMB units, Red Five, Blue One, Gold Four, Purple Two, Black Six, was years ahead of what 2013 mecha TV had any right to look like, and the hand-drawn crew work on top of it never clashes. The Wulgaru aren't faceless swarm either, which is why Jiart's rivalry with Izuru lands as something closer to recognition than hatred. Watch it for the fight choreography. Stay because five engineered kids just want to be normal students who complain about the food.

By the late 21st century humanity has moved out into space in search of resources, and genetic engineering now produces evolved children known as Princes. They are raised to pilot armed robots called AHSMBs against hostile aliens. Izuru Hitachi is one of these teenage Princes. He studies at the academy city of Grandzehle, where students train to fly mecha and defend humanity from a mysterious invading lifeform called the Urugaru. Under the MJP Project, Izuru is handed the unenviable job of leading Team Rabbits, a squad saddled with the nickname Zannen 5. The series is science fiction mecha action built around this young pilot and his team.