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Victory Gundam was the first gundam series in 6 years after ZZ Gundam came out and it was directed exclusively by Tomino himself. Tomino was going through depression when this was being created because things, at the time, were not going his way. He had to rearrage the first 4 episodes to go in this order that Episode 4 became Episode 1, Episode 1 became Episode 2, Episode 2 became Episode 3, and Episode 3 became Episode 4. All that rearranging so he could introduce the V Gundam first. Tomino didn't want to do that but had to anyway. Even though the first 4 episode order is confusing it was actually done marvelously and makes sense out of the story. I guarantee that if you watched the original way the story would make less sense.
This series becomes as dark as Zeta Gundam and surpasses it at some points but, though this it is dark it becomes really comical toward the middle of the series to the end to let up on the depressing moments. This series has some of the best action I have ever seen in a gundam series far surpassing Wing, and even the newer Seed and Seed Destiny. The maneuvers that characters pull of to fight are simply amazing not to mention there is a lot of team work. People don't win battles by themselves but with the help of others, which is rarely shown in a 50 type gundam series where there are newtypes, but there are still one on one duels abound.
This is the only gundam series where No one, the main characters and the minor characters, are in that "safe" zone from death as many many people die at one point and time I asked myself, "Are they so bold to really kill off the likable people of this show". Every character in this show is likable except one. If you've seen Zeta Gundam and thought that the death count was high then you're dead wrong as Victory surpasses it. That's another aspect that should be noted, The Victory Gundam is not a super powered Gundam that you'd see in Wing or Seed but it's essentially a mass production unit and can even be beaten by conscript mobile suits if the pilot is not careful and the Victory gets destroyed a lot. Another gundam the V2 comes around and it's the "one of a kind" gundam of the series and while it's still easily destructible the V2 becomes cheap as the series goes on, but it's not a stupid, "that's so cheap" but and awe inspiring, "that's so cheap" but they add more parts to the V2 first the assault parts, then the buster parts, then a shield that has a cheap mega particle cannon. Oh, one more the the opposing side does not have a gundam but there own mobile suit that are strong enough to beat the gundams of this show. Newer gundam series should take a hint at that, "Don't make main characters on both sides have a gundam"
The only bad thing about this series is that it starts off so slow. I felt that I really wasn't going anywhere until about Episode 22, but for me that slow beginning made the ending so much better, the last 15 episodes are all 5 star quality. And this series has the most hated character in gundam. Think of the stupidity of Yazan and Reccoa, from Zeta Gundam, mixed in with Char's cunning from Char's Counterattack, and you've got the most hated character of all time.
Find someway, anyway to watch Victory Gundam it's the second best UC gundam show next to Zeta. It stays true to the source material of the UC and adds more to it. You can't go wrong with watching this.
score 10/10
Shanqio 10 May 2007
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