Review of Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX

I genuinely enjoyed GQuuuuuuX, but it's got some issues. Most of which could be solved with more episodes, I think. We've got fantastic animation with a very distinct visual aesthetic that I really enjoyed. We've got a couple of very engaging characters dueling for the title of "protagonist". We've got a whole bunch of fantastic Easter Eggs and callbacks to the main UC storyline. And we don't have nearly enough episodes to accommodate all of this. GQuuuuuuX really could have benefited from more room to breathe. The relationships between Machu, Nyaan, and Shuji would've been a lot more believable if we'd hadsome slice-of-life episodes to watch those relationships grow. The animosity between Ghiren and Kycilia would've been far more understandable if we'd seen it actually growing before our eyes.

Instead, we just kind of have to trust that the emotions we're seeing displayed so very dramatically are somehow warranted.

It's a enjoyable show if you can make that leap. And it's even more enjoyable if you're familiar-enough with the main UC storyline to recognize all the cameos before they're abruptly killed. But, yes, the criticisms are absolutely warranted. There's just entirely too much crammed into these few episodes.