The Hind End of Space

Day 6 - Least favorite OVA / movie

yeah… I’ve gotta say 0083. It’s just… the Phantom Menace of Gundam. It’s supposed to be this cool Zeta Gundam prequel but the only Zeta stuff we actually get to see are brief appearances of Bask and Jamitov in the last episode, a five-second Haman cameo, and the Titans for about five seconds. The show is filled with flat characters and glaring inconsistencies (how did Nina date Gato and have NO IDEA who he was in the first episode?). It’s got some great imagery and animation, for sure (like the episode with the Afrika Corps), but overall, it just feels like a waste of time. 

Also, 0080 did a pretty good job at making all of its mobile suits no more than redesigns, not specific units (though that was obviously retconned)… then 0083 had to screw everything up by putting the original Gelgoog, GM, and Ball in the same series as the 0080 Rick Dom and the new designs for the Zaku, GM, Dom, and Gelgoog! But whatever, at least it means more kits…

For the record, 08th MS Team is a close second for least favorite OVA, but that’s another story.

Day 5 - Favorite OVA / movie

If you don’t love 0080 well… you have no soul.

THIS is how Gundam OVAs should be done: tell a story that wouldn’t work as a traditional series. Give us a perspective you can’t really do with Gundam. That’s why 0080 succeeds; you’re given the neutral perspective of a young kid, who gets to see the Federation and Zeon soldiers for what they truly are: human beings.

Day 4 - Least favorite Gundam series 

yeah I hate to sound cliche but well

weeeeelll

Destiny was a mess. Early on, it had some pretty good potential, with the first enlisted main character, a female captain who actually FIT THE CAPTAIN ROLE, SEED characters returning in smaller/different roles (Yzak and Dearka are still two of my all-time favorite characters), etc. But everything slowly started declining when Kira and Lacus rejoined the picture. That’s when it stopped being the NEW Gundam SEED series, and became the OLD Gundam SEED series, just the second part. I’d rather watch G-Saviour than see the character assassination in that last arc. Bleugh. Shin would’ve been a great main character if he actually got to develop, and, you know…

BE THE MAIN CHARACTER.