It's true that I've watched the previous series, so the general situation was probably clearer to me to begin with. But I felt as if this gave a slightly clearer introduction than
Frontier. It took rewatching the whole series for me to really get it there.
The stowaway is the debut role for
Suzuki Minori, who is 19 and from Aichi (where Nagoya is). She says she started watching late-night anime in the upper grades of elementary school (!) and decided that she wanted to become a seiyuu. She did a tiny bit of formal training when she was in school. But it was only when it was announced that this show would be made that she decided to go for it. And she was chosen from among 8000 entrants for this role. Since childhood, she has had the cute nickname of "Minoringo." In Japanese,
ringo means "apple."
I thought she did a nice job of the ingenue role.
I really enjoyed the whole episode, from the space fighting to the mecha dancing to the singing and the hero's character.