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Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 / Summary Movies

8/10

My entry point to Gundam entirely, and even though I was almost convinced I’d have to “power through” this one, that was not at all the case. Strong main cast of characters, I think everyone has their moments. What really captivated me was their antagonists, and NO not just Char Aznable, but he definitely was one of them.

I think what really sold me was the way that even though we have very clear cut protagonists and antagonists, they really want to humanize the people on the opposing side, as well as show the own corruption of the protagonist’s side. It's a story about war that makes it clear there are no “good guys” in this war, just a lesser of two evils, and even then that lesser is still pretty damn evil.

The series sets the tone incredibly well for future installations as both a show about war and politics, but more importantly the relationships held by characters and how war shapes and effects them. The ending especially is genuinely one of the best things I’ve ever seen, I’m never not thinking about the last part of this series. The biggest problem is probably the pacing (an unfortunate trend for a lot of Gundam media) but I don't care because the good more than makes up for the bad.

Amazing series, I will not accept any 0079 hate under my roof.

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

9/10

Char's Counterattack

10/10

Hathaway

7/10

I honestly just love how little of the movie is dedicated to action and fighting. As someone who was not crazy invested in Hathaway's part in CCA, I LOVED seeing Hathaway here. Genuinely seeing him in this one movie made me way more invested in his character than I ever thought I would be. This movie also contains one of my favorite type of scenes where we follow how it feels to be characters on the ground during a mobile suit fight.

Weirdly I would say my biggest issue is the lighting? A lot of the night scenes are so damn hard to see at points, which makes me sad because of how good this movie looks when it isn’t nighttime. The ending fight (which is one of the few action sequences in this movie btw) is so hard to follow and make out at points, which sucks because I really love the parts I can.

Overall though, amazing movie with great character work and an interesting continuation of UC politics, I NEED THE SECOND MOVIE NOW!!

The Witch From Mercury

8/10

Cucuruz Doan's Island

5/10

GET THOSE SCARY ASS BLUE EYES OFF OF AMURO RAY!!!

Why do people complain about this movie not being beginner-friendly, half the Gundam movies are not beginner-friendly. Explain what any of Hathaway or CCA means without context. But anyways, I liked it fine, though admittedly it was a strange choice to make an entire movie out of one episode. Like, even if it was a really good episode, that’s 20 minutes that needs to get turned into 110 minutes which doesn't really work.

It's alright.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin

6/10

My friend and I have a joke that this is the Gundam series where Char portrays himself as the Chad and everyone else as the wojack in a Neo-Zeon propaganda film. I enjoy this interpretation of Origin over anything else, it is not canon to me. Something about the way Char acts is so corny and edgy sometimes, and some of the shit like “Oh Char Aznable was actually a boy I knew who looked exactly like me but had brown eyes instead of blue so I stole his identity and wore sunglasses for years” was so insane that I kind of love it.

Hold my hand when I say this, but weirdly the characters that Origin benefits the most is like, every other character BUT Char. I love every gay as hell scene with Garma, Sayla gets some good moments, and Ramba Ral and Crowley are my favorites forever. Though this series does help contribute to the truth that Char is a horsegirl.

ALSO STOP DRAWING AMURO WITH THOSE SCARY BLUE EYES!!!

0083 Stardust Memory

4/10

I wanted to like 0083 so bad, the animation and character/mech design and music were all so good but it really just failed to deliver on the writing. I’ve seen some people say people don't like 0083 because the characters are unlikable and do stupid things, and I can't really agree because having characters like that doesn't immediately make them bad, it's just the fact these characters are not interesting. I do not care at all about either the protagonists or the antagonists. I like Cima, but the most interesting parts of Cima’s deal aren't even mentioned within the anime. The main character was kind of bland, most relationship development happens completely off screen, and it never really feels like any of these characters go through any arc or change.

Also, I really hate the way this show tries to give the origin of the Titans, it’s legitimately so unnecessary and not even that interesting. Overall it's just kind of a collection of things that would be cool to see in a better executed way.

Gundam vs Hello Kitty

10/10

I don’t like handing out perfect scores. For me, a piece of media truly has to captivate me like no other media can to earn that score for it to feel justified. Gundam vs Hello Kitty is that media. It is such a bizarre mini-series that it’s honestly kind of perfect. There is nothing to be done to make this any better, it is already perfect media.

No exaggeration, I tell everyone I meet about this. I think it’s a beautiful work of art that must be shared with all of the world.

Turn A Gundam

8/10

G Gundam

TBD/10

Actually legitimately made me sit up on multiple occasions. There were more than one scenes where my mouth was agape. I started this expecting something goofy but G Gundam is actually insane. Insanely good.