Rena and Yui's (Yuinshiel's nickname which LA will stick to for the rest of this review) development has strands from both world building of the Regalia as well as their own incest-not incestuous yuri relationship, but even then it wasn't enough for LA to get invested into both of these characters and mind you their the central focus main PROTAGONISTS of this anime. Character development wise besides the main characters of Rena voiced by Ayane Sakura and Yuinshiel Asteria voiced by Kaede Hondo and their relationship together, along with maybe Ingrid and Kei Tiesto voiced by Asami Seto and Nao Touyama respectively, the character development is extremely flimsy and your just expected that something is making them develop. Relational and world building, it's either "not much explained or put into immediate context because of it" or "fragile". If LA would frame Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars' development across the board, from character development, Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars right off the bat, LA might as well get to what was wrong with Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars in the first place. LA had ALOT of questions after finishing off Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars, like "What are the Regalia's really?, are they humans manufactured to transform into mechs? (or vice-versa)", "Why is Rena and Yuinshiel so special?", "Why is Yuinshiel the only person defending her own country?" and "What WAS Sara and Tia's deal in all this?", some are explained.most not so much.
The story so far kinda got me mad so I feel like telling the creator that if Yui and the other government people want to actually preserve the peace - they all need to start acting like they're in a state of war.Ĥ episodes in, I can't really see how the story and character development can improve from here, so I can't really recommend the show, as also they stopped airing until september. Perhaps, story-wise, the characters in Regalia make sense since there was a 12 year period of peace which made the citizens lax and not used to wars, but when a group of sorts attacks directly inside your own country and tries to steal the country's "last line of defense" while they have already managed to produce more mechs of superior quality without a clear motive, it just drops the likability of the main heroine whose supposed to somehow deal with the mess.
Personally, I think that Yui need to declare war on the responsible country and start acting like a leader and utilize the extent of her military power instead of taking the role of a single protector, and repeating the line "I want to protect the citizens." However, the fight scenes and drama represented can't distract me from the fact that Yui, the queen and "leader" of her country can't detect a terrorist assault even after 3 incidents and still walks around the town area without guards or
you can see that there are actually some decent fight scenes. If you manage to look past the little girls talking about emotions and who they want to protect. Regalia, is, for the most part a story about the teenage queen of a country that is assaulted by the queen of another country and her team that can utilize advanced technology in the form of mechas.