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Possible spoiler, but I wanted to be safe.In the time that I have owned this series I believe that it is w/out a doubt Yoshiyuki Tomino's second best Gundam (after Zeta Gundam)for a variety of reasons. This series of Gundam may very well contain some of the most beautiful background music ever as every piece is done by orchestra. The animation is not bad at all considering that it is 13 years old. The series starts out in UC (Universal Century) 0153 and stars Uso Evin the youngest (13 years old)of all the Gundam pilots ever and in this series he is dragged to the forefront of a conflict raging between the very much weakened Earth Federation and the ruthless Zanscare empire who have brought the guillotine in to cut down dissidents and anyone else against them. On top of all that Uso doesn't know what has become of his parents so he has hands full fighting to keep the Earth Federation alive and to seek out his parents. The story although confusing sometimes, is very well paced even if you have the not very accurate "Hong Kong" subtitles like what is on my copy. The characters are wonderful and losses on both sides are heavy and cringe-worthy when they die *POSSIBLE SPOILER* especially amongst the Shrike Team (it makes me cringe when they are introduced which happens just after the 10th ep. I believe), leading to the obvious conclusion that this is not kiddie Gundam (see ZZ Gundam the previous entry in the series). IMHO this is the darkest Gundam due to the way that people die and the amount of people that die. In one scene for example there are human beings (not in mobile suits, but enemy foot soldiers)that are vaporized by a beam saber something not seen in any other Gundam series as far as I know. The characters are very good in this series they are very likable and for the most part will have your attention when seeing them in action. In conclusion this is a wonderful series that fell through the cracks into obscurity due to it not being popular in Japan the only place where it was officially released which is a shame . I read that Yoshiyuki Tomino was very depressed during this time which led to this very dark series. Now that that time is over I would gladly ask Tominosan (if I could)to look back at this wonderful series and pat himself on the back even though he was going through a tough time.
score 10/10
Vargas_83 4 January 2007
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