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Oh wow. Mobile Suit Gundam 0079. The very first series in a franchise that has seen dozens of fantastic stories about people piloting giant robots and fighting on them. This series is the beginning of it all, telling the story of the White Base in the One-Year War between the Earth Federation and the Zeon Principality.

The White Base is a Federation warship that escapes with an unexperienced crew from the space colony Side 7 after it's attacked by the Zeon. A boy named Amuro Ray manages to steal a Mobile Suit called the Gundam and through the story, he learns to control it to ... become a formidable fighter and Newtype (some sort of psychic humans) at the end.

The art, sound and story are excellent but several parts in the middle feel longer than the should be. The very first episodes are fantastic and the last ones will keep you at the edge of your seat. If you watch the series nowdays, you won't help but admire how they came up with all this way back in 1979. I honestly admire Sunrise for this.

I'm sure most people will probably ditch MSG79 for looking too oldschool but trust me, hidden among these 43 old episodes lies quite possibly one of the most important anime series ever created. I totally recommend it.

A very emotional anime many friends and my girlfriend have been recommending to me. I gotta admit that the first three episodes were so-so and I was starting to wonder if the series was worth completing but I kept going and thank god I did.

Anohana is a very beautiful series about a group of childhood friends trying to move on after one of the members of the group, a little girl called Menma, dies in an accident. Several years after her death, Menma starts to appear before the protagonist, a guy named Jintan who tries to fulfill a wish Menma had so she can go ... to heaven.

The art is excellent, just like the voice-acting and especially the soundtrack. If you take out the first three episodes, the narrative is quite good and will manage to keep you interested during the entire story. Without going to any spoilers, I have to mention that the ending is extremely emotional to the point where I, a 28-year-old male, cried quite a bit. So even if you somehow don't feel very attached to the story or characters, give the series an opportunity.

Zeta is my second Gundam series after having completed 00 like a year ago, I must say that overall, the series is very good. One of the things that interested me the most was to compare the 1980s version of the "Gundam future" with the one we see in 00 and I have to say I'm very pleased. I was expecting something very old-school like the old Star Trek series but was met by excellent mecha and spaceships design, as well as the overall universe the story takes place in.

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam is a sequel to the first series from 1979 and tells us ... the story of Kamille Bidan, a Newtype soldier fighting for the AEUG against the corrupt and evil Titans. Among the important characters are allies Emma, Captain Bright, Fa, Four Murasame and of course, Quattro AKA Char Aznable. Antagonists Bask, Jerid, Yazan, Paptimus Scirocco and many others also make appearances during the entire series and make for intense and awesome fights all around the 50 episodes.

I'm not an expert when it comes to animation and sound but I honestly liked the style in Zeta Gundam. As I mentioned, I was expecting something similar to the old Star Trek TV shows but was surprised by the designs of some of the mobile suits which look much better than mechas from modern shows. I loved the Zeta Gundam, Palace Athene, The O, Baund Doc, etc. Don't underestimate this series for having been created in the 80s, it's as good as anything from 2000+.

But while mostly good, I have to say that many parts in the middle are slow-paced and a bit boring. Some of them even feel like filler. A lot of episodes feature what seems to be random, pointless fights between the AEUG and Titans and sometimes, it's tricky to keep track of what's going on because the storytelling isn't the best. But the beginning is very intense and interesting, just like the ending (my God, that ending). And don't get me wrong, the middle is extremely important and has a lot of excellent parts too.

With that said, I come to the conclusion that this is in fact an awesome anime and I'm very happy that I watched it, now in 2013-14. Together with 00, Zeta Gundam makes me an even more hardcore Gundam fan and I'll keep watching the rest of the series. The animation, design, soundtrack, fights and story are very good. 100% recommended.

This is my very first Gundam series and I can say I'm completely hooked to the entire franchise now. 00 was simply fantastic in every possible way. The story, characters, music, events and art are of the best I've ever seen in any anime in my life.

The story starts four years after the battle with Alejandro Corner and once again follows the military group Celestial Being in their fight against a corrupt Earth government and its A-Laws to stop all wars and help humanity reach peace and understanding.

All the characters are interesting, do important things and evolve quite nicely. The fights are intense, cool ... and very flashy and I'm sure anyone will be satisfied with the ending. (Which continues in the movie).

While I don't truly consider myself a complete expert in anime, I've been watching them for about two decades now and I'm sure of myself when I give Gundam 00 a 10/10.