Out of curiosity, I checked out Infinite Stratos.
I thought it wasn't that great, to be honest. I knew what I was getting into before watching it, but there wasn't enough action, and the plot was mostly backstory on the various characters, and not a developing story. Overall, it felt very dull and uninteresting.
However, the IS battles had pretty good CG, and the IS designs were neat. There were some funny moment, too. And while some characters felt uninteresting (Cecilia, I'm looking at you), and some disappointing (Laura, sadly

), I actually have a favorite IS girl; Charlotte.


GAH, WRONG CHARLOTTE!

Much better.
Delicious reverse-trap Charles is also acceptable. :] And I'm sure someone must have made a Char Aznable pun somewhere...
Since S2 is coming, I may check it out... but hopefully it will improve; lots of room for that.