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As with most people, my first anime were Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and a faint memory of Digimon. Not having the luxury of cable, I only saw maybe one or two episodes of Dragon Ball and Gundam Wing on Toonami when I was at a friend's house.
By late 2007, the channel AnimeCentral became available in the United Kingdom and I watched first anime I could say I was really into; Full Metal Alchemist (2003), Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Cowboy Bebop and most of all; Planetes. Sadly, Anime Central, a British channel dedicated to anime, is now defunct.
Elsewhere, my entry into the mecha genre was through the Transformers franchise. Although I grew up in the eras of Beast Wars, Car Robots and Unicron Trilogy, I was more interested in G1 via the second-hand G1 toys and VHS tapes from my cousin. So probably, the first mecha anime I watched was Transformers: Micron Legend (aka Transformers Armada). I also had Neon Genesis Evangelion and Bubblegum Crisis on VHS but I don't really remember their plots (until rewatching them) as the tapes only included the first several episodes.
Later, I got hold of the hilariously bad English dubs of Transformers: The Headmasters on VHS, soon I decided to find the original Japanese versions of the Headmasters, and Unicron Trilogy online, from there I researched Takara Brave Series and started watching Brave Police J-Decker, realizing this was animated by a studio famous for mecha, I decided to watch their Magnum Opus; UC Gundam series, although I saw SEED previously on Anime Central, I didn't really care for it since I was much more hooked on Cowboy Bebop and Planetes; my first time watching SEED and comprehending it would be the HD Remaster that was streamed for free on Gundam Info. From Gundam, I got into Macross and the rest of the mecha and space opera genres of anime.
My first Macross series was Plus, I exclaimed in joy the first time I found Macross Plus Ultimate Edition (Manga UK's bundle of the OVA and movie together) at a bargain in CeX.
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- On-Hold83
- Dropped14
- Plan to Watch156
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https://myanimelist.net/anime/40870/SSSSDynazenon
Began rewatch on 2024-09-18
Wait, did I understand correctly? The synopsis from the official website describes the guy as a female lead's love interest? Is this a form of damage control for those who decide that they are trying to do yuri again?
I've never played VR games, but it looks like it's described as a UC spin-off with a faceless protagonist.
At this point he looks like Shinji with balls, but I was impressed by how seriously he took not only the death of his people (a couple of times even because of the consequences of his actions), but even the death of his enemies. I liked the moment where he is glad that the enemies are sitting in mobile suits, because “it’s much easier than shooting at living people.” I don't know who wrote the dialogues, but the man clearly knows his stuff.
Overall, when I watched it for the first time as a teen, the show seemed just like a cool war show about robots. But now a lot of things seem to have more depth, especially compared to G-Witch or modern mecha in general. For example, the show's bluntness about how Amuro would quickly become a corpse without a gundam, rather than portraying him as a sudden genius at piloting. Although the moments with the reference book looked quite cheesy.