I've been watching Gundam Unicorn and decided that I should watch some other gundam shows. G Gundam came to mind and I decided to start downing a couple episodes daily.
Back when this was on TV, I would get so pumped up whenever Domon would start talking about his hand and smashing some guy's head with awesome music in the background.
After starting it up again, I was rather pleased that feeling never really changed. It still had the charm it had back then. Giant robots duking it out on earth for their colonies where each Gundam has special abilities and such. Even though most bouts were predictable, (*cough, "This hand of mine is burning red") it was still a blast. I often found myself holding my hand out in front of me in the same manner spouting out whatever Domon was saying, though sometimes the second part of it would change and I would rewind it.(*lol)
The characters were also interesting, but not really all that deep if you ask me. Each character had a development episode and those were okay at best. The only one that actually made me feel bad and kind of brought a tear to my eye was the Argo backstory. The way he tried to save the wife of that Canadian guy and how he is blamed for her death was truly touching. Domon's story is also sad, but I didn't feel it was anywhere as sad as Argo's.
The story itself can be split into four parts. The first part are the Gundam fights on Earth. This is where we meet all the fighters of the Shuffle Alliance. The second part is when they finally form as a team and take on the Dark Gundam. We also run into the main villain of the series (one of them anyways). The third part is when they all go to Hong Kong and fight each other. Last part was the destruction of the Dark Gundam again. For good this time.
The third part was easily my favorite part of the whole series. I couldn't stop watching all the bouts between the colonies. These were well made episodes and I felt the whole series should have been that way. Each episode was different and there were so many interesting Gundams and Gundam fights. We also get to see more of Argo's past haunting him in this part which was pretty awesome. There just wasn't enough of this part though I believe it was the largest part of the four.
My least favorite part was probably the fourth part with the Dark Gundam again. I felt that it could have all ended with the Hong Kong part, but of course there was some loose ends that needed to be taken care of. I wouldn't say that it was terrible, but I just felt it was kinda lame.
Basically, Neo Japan wants control of the Dark Gundam and uses Raine as the life unit for it. Everyone bands together to take it down while Domon rescues Raine.
At first I though Raine was unable to control herself, but it seems that she was on a rampage because of how she believed it was her fault that all these bad things happened to Domon. You would think instead of keeping Domon away, she should sacrifice herself by having Domon kill her instead of basically destroying the Earth. Talk about being selfish.
Apparently, she just needed to be forgiven and hear the words "I love you" in order to break free from the Dark Gundam. I never got that, that seemed too easy. A giant monster that can infect machines and destroy the world can't keep hold of her? After she is freed from the Dark Gundam, both Domon and her do a combined attack that summons the King of Hearts? I was laughing so hard when I saw that bro cut his way through the Dark Gundam and then leaves a heart shaped hole in it which lead to the second destruction of the Dark Gundam.
Lesson learned: Love conquers all!
Throughout the series, there were also parts that I would normally question, but just accept because I never really took this anime seriously. The Gundam fight was what we all wanted to see at the end of the episode anyway. Probably why I loved the Hong Kong part.
I enjoyed this series more that I would have thought before siting down and watching it, but it does have its faults.
7/10 |