I love the aesthetics of this particular era of the Universal Century. Definitely the prettiest entry into the Gundam franchise I’ve seen yet. That, and the incredible opening sequence full of classic Tomino tragic civilian carnage instantly drew me into this film.
Unfortunately, from that point on, that fact that this was initially a 50 episode series that was forcibly crammed into a 2 hour runtime became increasingly apparent. Story moves at 100 miles a minute leaving you little to no time to grow attached to characters or even remember their names. Honestly I was only able to glean a very vague idea of what the conflict was or why it was happening. And had I not had prior knowledge of Gundam and the UC I would’ve been lost completely. There were quite a few technically well executed emotional beats that surely would have actually resonated had those plot points been given the proper time to play out.
Great OST and some really awesome action sequences. Really liked how this one built on the concept of Newtypes and their abilities.
Seabrook Arno is both a ridiculous and awesome name for a protagonist.
I love the aesthetics of this particular era of the Universal Century. Definitely the prettiest entry into the Gundam franchise I’ve seen yet. That, and the incredible opening sequence full of classic Tomino tragic civilian carnage instantly drew me into this film.
Unfortunately, from that point on, that fact that this was initially a 50 episode series that was forcibly crammed into a 2 hour runtime became increasingly apparent. Story moves at 100 miles a minute leaving you little to no time to grow attached to characters or even remember their names. Honestly I was only able to glean a very vague idea of what the conflict was or why it was happening. And had I not had prior knowledge of Gundam and the UC I would’ve been lost completely. There were quite a few technically well executed emotional beats that surely would have actually resonated had those plot points been given the proper time to play out.
Great OST and some really awesome action sequences. Really liked how this one built on the concept of Newtypes and their abilities.
Seabrook Arno is both a ridiculous and awesome name for a protagonist.