ENDLESS WALTZ The first time I watched Endless Waltz I hadn’t seen WING yet. And while I enjoyed it, something was missing. Now that I have endured WING and rewatched Endless Waltz I know why I felt that way. Endless Waltz provides the history and motivations of the characters, providing the substance WING lacked. It allows me to empathize with the characters, providing an emotional connection to them. It’s very pretty to look at and the animation is crisp and fluid after all these years. My issues with this OVA start with the Gundams designed to sell toys, again. Cool as they look (and they arecool) they’re hardly practical. Then there’s the plot/story. It feels hastily written just to get the toys fighting again. Wu Fei’s “All I know is how to fight, so I’m joining the villains!” seems cheap because everyone else in the series found a role, why not him? If he joined the preventers he could still fight and not have to switch sides. The villains are bland unimposing. What’s missing is any real motive for anyone to follow the old man and little girl who wanna rule the world; given the events of the series that preceded it. Nothing memorable or of significance happens. But it’s shorter than WING and provides backstory to the pilots. The action is fun to watch, so it’s about average.