H2O: Footprints in the Sand

Admittedly, I only watched episode one, but that's because its really boring.

Animation - The animation is very dull and generic. There is no distinctive style other than all the colors being muted. I don't require an anime to have flashy colors to be visually entertaining, but this show (at least in episode one) has nothing interesting to make it stand out visually.

Audio - The only sounds are the voice actors. There are a few sounds that come when characters are walking, but for the most part its dead air. There is a bit of music for very short periods of time, but its bland, forgettable, and barely there.

Theme - The theme song is incredibly bland, both visually and audibly.

Story - A good opening episode draws you in with some kind of hook or premise. It makes you interested for the next episode. Its a bad idea to start off your show with filler. When you start a series, you have to make every second count. All that happens in this episode is that the blind boy goes to school. He wants to be friends with a girl who doesn't for some reason. At least, that's what I assume happened. Episode one is basically a collection of somewhat disjointed scenes, leading to a confusing and boring opener. In a first episode you also want to establish characters. All I know about the main guy is that he's blind - and I don't think that that counts as a character trait. As first episodes go, this one is very weak, and there is nothing that makes me want to keep watching.

I would not recommend this series.