Review of Mobile Suit Gundam 00
As a first-time Gundam watcher, i must say this show really is something. Story: - 9.3/10 (A) The story is about Gundam Meisters who work for Celestial Being (catchy name lol), a group who's main goal is to permanetly stop wars while fighting. Stopping war with more war? Well, it's odd but somehow interesting. We have Setsuna F. Seiei, the newest Meister and well, a cheery fellow. (His name means pain, ain't that perfect for him?) Next we have Hallelujah (Hallelujah!!! lol i had to do that), a Meister with an odd past. He has another side to him called Allelujah (Take out the H), a moreevil and sinister person. Interesting.. . Next we have Tieria Erde, a really depressing guy (guy right?) who follows the rules to where we want to call him a geek. And then we have Lockon, a really funny guy with a cool little sidekick with wise cracks. So in other words we have: Two depressing people, one cheery, and one who's half and half. Now that's a bringer.Then we have Saji and Louise, the characters that show a regular person's view of the whole Celestial Being deal. Really interesting there, i like that concept. I'm a sucker for political/mecha/shounen anime, so this really won't disappoint.
Animation: - 9.5/10 (A)
It seems every scene of Gundam is beautifully animated. The fights do not disappoint. Sometimes it can be way too animated to where it looks ridiculous and sometimes it's really well animated on a scene where it doesn't have to.
Sound: - 7.9/10 (C+)
The music isn't so memorable, however. The pieces are amazing, but you forget them the next episode. The first OP, "Daybreak's Bell" is a instant favorite. I don't listen to the ED's, however i can just as speculate they are good as well. Next is "Ash Like Snow", a good "before an ultra mega fight" song, but after listening to it 100 times on my iPod i suddenly got tired of hearing it.
Characters: - 9/10 (A-)
Well, like many popular animes, Gundam is no stranger to the hype that is known as "Having many characters makes you look awesome". But unlike most shows, Gundam manages to give each character a reasonably good amount of airtime. From the Union to the A.E.U to the Human Reform League, we got a ton of characters. Sure i can't name them all, but i can remember their faces pretty well.
Enjoyment: - 9.1/10 (A) / Overall (Averaged): 8.96/10 (B+)
Gundam 00 is definetly a show worth watching. I know, i know: "I've had it with mecha anime!". We've all seen Macross, Geass, and Gurren Lagann but they all fail in comparison to Gundam (mainly because Gundam has been around since 1979). I'm definetly buying the DVD's, even donating to Sunrise for their hard work on this great show.