I would add one simple change to the anime. Very simple change.

Death.

This is an action anime. Without death, there is no tension. I can only worry so much times about Enterprise jumping into the enemies until the 5th time where I'm like 'PLOT ARMOUR +10'. It's boring to be this predictive.

No death = No tension = No emotions If you know that no one will die, you don't feel for the character. Therefore you are not at the edge of the seat because why would you? They are gonna get saved anyways.

It doesn't have to be death. Just show a major character vulnerability that cripples her decision making skills. Just some sort of obstacle on the track so that we are not doing a 100m sprint to the finishing line.