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Just watching the first few episodes, you would feel that ZZ had a younger intended audience. You would enjoy this show if you try to watch this show with a mind of a kid. ZZ actually helps to do it by including various comical scenes in the first few episodes. After it reaches around 10 episode or so, the mood gets bit by bit more serious. It started to talk about the "war is bad" moral just like other Gundam series, and it's on a more micro perspective, which means ZZ talked about how wars affect the lives of individuals. This perspective is more friendly ... to younger audience since it does not require as much political knowledge to be known to understand the author's stance. Everyone who watches ZZ would get something out of it.

OK, this anime is OVERRATED. I would prefer Gundam Seed over this. The storyline is rushing, and it has a lot of reused elements.

22 episodes just can't contain all of the greatness of Gundam. The interactions between the characters are sometimes weird. Characterization was extremely limited. Banagher is always too emotional to strangers. He is almost as crybaby as Shinji Ikari from EVA. Daguza Mackle, who shot Sinanju with a bazooka, Gilboa Sant, who was killed protecting Full Frontal from Banagher's attack, and Loni Garvey, the pilot of the big red mobile armor, are all under-characterized. Banagher's empathy with them would be more understandable ... if they were given more screen time interacting with Banagher.

Its reused element is everywhere. Falling down to earth with the Gundam was used in 0079, Gundam Seed, and Zeta Gundam. Walking through the desert was used in 0079 as well. Going into a small restaurant in the middle of the desert and getting captured back was used in 0079 as well. Preventing a disaster from happening with psycho-frame was used in Char's Counterattack. Finally, a killed newtype becoming a ghost in the space was used in 0079, and Char's Counterattack. The list goes on. Please don't argue that it's a tribute to the original series because reused plot elements are just boring and non-innovative. It almost contains as much reused plot elements as Gundam Seed Destiny, which has a pathetic storyline.


Overall, I do not recommend this for Gundam fans. To any regular anime-watcher, this series is not too bad for you.