Great show, but sad it ended so soon

mbh42498

I was able to find this show online, and its a very interesting anime, better than dragon ball z which is just a bunch of fighting, but even that isn't terrible, and yugioh which just is about some crazy people who think cards will bring about the end of the world. Gundam 00 revolves around the twistedness in the world, our world, just a few hundred years in the future of transformers, clones, and zords. Since it is about war, there are many characters deaths, antagonists and protagonists, not mentioning who though.

The main point of the show takes place in the future where the people there have built giant robotic suits capable of making some transformers cower in fear. It is kinda like voltron force. Anyway, the world is twisted and these people called Celestial Being are trying to rid the world of hate and terrorism with their methods. It does seem a little hypocritical, but it is understood later on that their mission is true in a way, that the world is corrupt. It is also mentioned plenty of times that one of the pilots a part of Celestial Being was a child soldier for a terrorism group at one point, so knowing that does add to his character. Each of the main protagonists apart of whole organization do state their reasons for fighting. One is to avenge the death of his family from terrorists, another is to find out who he is. I'm intrigued how the show progresses. It does make me want to dump on a video of star trek and give it the finger by how much better the series is.

Morals of the series include much, much of how you can and can't purify a world from hate, but also love is a visible thing in this show. At times, its clear that some characters do show feelings for each other, and what does make the show more special is the sort of West Side Story drama between two characters, and the death of another lover.

Then there are scenes of scrap metal flying and explosions in just about every episode for those who are interested in that kind of stuff. It is definitely pleasing to the action fans. Boom, Bam, Boom.

As you might know already, the original show is all Japanese, which was translated and voiced over to make this American, much like power rangers. The intro and the ending, as well as some names of places that appear on the bottom of the screen like svu. Since I bring up the intro, most of them are pretty good, since there are only 4 throughout the series. The first is kinda does seem fitting for a show like this, serious, not really crazy rock or too energetic. The second is more energetic and does include more rock. The third is my favorite, but not really the most suitable for the show. Then the last is my least favorite, just sounds weird. the order of themes are Daybreak's Bell, Ash like snow, Hakanaku mo towa no kanashi, and i don't know the last theme.

Overall, the show is something interesting to watch in spare time. It's a good show that makes you ask what you're supposed to watch next.

score 9/10

mbh42498 20 January 2013

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