Just finished 0083
Wow, this was completely on the opposite spectrum of 0080. That show was a smaller, intimate personal story. This was on the scale of a normal Gundam series. If I have a complaint, it is that I wanted more of some of the side characters. This show had a pretty large cast and not a whole lot of time to develop them. Characters like Monsha disappear pretty much around episode 7. It's a shame because they were pretty neat, from what I did see of them.
The first half was pretty good, but damn was that second half intense. Nuking an entire fleet AND dropping a colony. Pretty busy show.
There was a lot of neat plot elements. So it was Operation Stardust that led to the creation of the Titans huh. Didn't expect to see more douchery from Bask Ohm or Jamitov. Remarkably, this show made me hate them even more! But I'm happy I know they both die like *****es in Zeta. Oh, and btw. Why I am not surprised that Monsha and his friends became Titans at the end? Hopefully Monsha got slaughtered when the AUEG fired the colony laser at the Titans fleet. I didn't like him much.
Kou was a pretty cool antagonist. Not entirely sure of his abilities as a pilot, but he was an interesting enough fellow and I certainly felt for him, especially when Nina turned on him in the final episode. If I had to rank the main characters in terms of piloting skills, it'd be something like
Amuro > > Kamille = Judau (not entirely sure who the better pilot is, though Kamille is definitely the stronger Newtype) > Kou > > > > > > > > > > > Bernie (sorry Bernie >_>). But yeah, Kou was a pretty cool guy. Sucks he kind of got screwed, but all's well that ends well, right?
Gato. What a bad ass. I liked him a lot. The Nightmare of Solomon indeed! Pretty much went around bossing this whole show. His final charge to get to the Axis fleet was incredible and for me, one of the most iconic moments in the franchise so far. Delaz was pretty neat too, and I appreciated the fact that he died pretty much the same way Gihren Zabi, his idol died. Betrayed by one of his closest people and shot in the head. Cima was a ***** and I'm happy she died like one. She single-handledly derailed Operation Stardust.
Another thing I want to comment on was the artwork. It was effing amazing. Never before has a Zaku II or Rick Dom looked so incredible. The character designs themselves were pretty good, but jeez was the mech artwork beautiful.
And finally. The music. Most of the BGM stuff was alright. I...actually don't recall much music to be honest, except for this one military song that plays a few times, and this loud DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUN type song that plays at a cliffhanger. But the theme music was amazing. Men of Destiny and The Winner were fantastic and sure did get me pumped up for each episode. Good work to the people who made those songs.
Overall, it was a pretty interesting show. The first half kind of bogged things down a bit, but that second half was some really intense viewing.
0080 > 0079 > Zeta > 0083 > ZZ > Char's Counterattack > G
Up next: 08th MS Team.
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