Land of the Never-Dawn

Alright, so after watching the second episode, I do have some criticism to give Xam'd: Lost Memories.  Now that I've made the connection between it and Eureka Seven I can't unsee it, and it seems to be following some similar patterns to that show.  My largest objection is the introduction of the three children.  I'm sure they're going to play a huge part in trying to bring a "human" quality to the show.  Personally, I don't think that an anime should have to rely on using toddlers to bring out a tenderness in their characters.  The kids' secondary function will be providing comic relief.  I believe that an anime is nothing without short breaks of comic relief, but the kind of humor I saw in Eureka Seven and what I've seen in this anime involving the children has never struck me as funny in this least, and it seems even a bit juvenile.  In the first episode, the banter between the school kids and the actions of the main character seemed amusing enough, but if they cut out that form of humor in favor of five-year-old kids crotch-kicking annoying male character I will be very disappointed.  Also, I don't care for the crew member that they kicked, or for the officer man.  They remind me too much of Eureka Seven, and I can not say that I liked a single character in that show.  I'm not sure what I think of Xam'd now.  It's like a mix of one of my least favorite anime and Nausicaa, one of my favorites.  But I'll continue watching it and hope that it doesn't fall too much into the patterns that I hated of Eureka Seven.