Amber Bransongundam 00, the long and short of it
i promised that once GUNDAM 00 ended, i'd write about it. and it has and everyone waits with bated breath for season 2.
honestly, this series rocked more than WING and SEED combined. fanservicing aside, the plot was actually quite solid (despite many a controversy) and had sentiments that rung pretty close to home; even despite the fact that this supposedly happens many years after our fossil fuels run out and the denizens of earth decide to do something with that mighty ball of fire called the sun. euphimisms and pretty words aside, GUNDAM 00 spoke of war (didn't all the rest?) and of the sometimes fooliosh decisions we make in trying to quell it.
yes there's that cliche that we fight fire with fire. but hasn't anyone come to realize that if you literally fought fire with fire, you get burnt and everything else gets reduced to cinders? the same somewhat goes for GUNDAM 00. four meisters with their gundams under the name of an anti-terrorist faction called CELESTIAL BEING intervenes with any armed conflict found on earth. some parties find it admirable and logical. after all, these gundams were far more superior in terms of technology and firepower. and if it fought both sides then neither would win (just CELESTIAL BEING) and people would eventually stop fighting.
that's where they're wrong. the fighting continues, escalates even to a point where countries are exploiting CELESTIAL BEING and the events that transpire to work in their favour. when you take it at face value, it's just a boy's anime - battle, gun fights, dog fights, explosions, blood. but when you strip off that layer of action, you find a deeper sociological meaning to it.
while it's sad that they didn't really manage to explore the characters deeply (i mean c'mon they had about 20 odd 'main' characters on top of the four 'main' heros, you can't squeeze them all into 25 episodes without skimming the sides a little), they did try their best to make things appear as wholesome as they could. unfortunately, there were too many loose ends and far more questions than answers which somewhat works in their favour - retained and possibly and increment in viewership as they dangle carrots in suspense?
be prepared to do some crying, because i did. they made it really dramatic, befitting for main players (oops, that was a spoiler) as they make their un/timely demise. i don't know. i felt that it was too soon to kill someone off and besides eventually it seems everyone gets finished in one way or another.
the heros are the bad guys, the bad guys are likeable. even though you want them dead, somewhere along the way they seem to grow on you like moss and when they get written out, you feel as if a part of you's been ripped of too. yes yes, don't get attached to things/creatures/people that don't exist but Sunrise made all the characters personable and very identifiable.
i bet someone somewhere out there would identify to ali's almost-desperate thirst for war, brutality and violence.
that said, it's a gundam series that you shouldn't miss. at least it doesn't drag on and whilst the plot is almost predictable, the twists catch you off-guard nonetheless. i'll be waiting for season 2. until then, more re-plays of certain epic moments because i can't get enough of drama.
i'm sick that way.
honestly, this series rocked more than WING and SEED combined. fanservicing aside, the plot was actually quite solid (despite many a controversy) and had sentiments that rung pretty close to home; even despite the fact that this supposedly happens many years after our fossil fuels run out and the denizens of earth decide to do something with that mighty ball of fire called the sun. euphimisms and pretty words aside, GUNDAM 00 spoke of war (didn't all the rest?) and of the sometimes fooliosh decisions we make in trying to quell it.
yes there's that cliche that we fight fire with fire. but hasn't anyone come to realize that if you literally fought fire with fire, you get burnt and everything else gets reduced to cinders? the same somewhat goes for GUNDAM 00. four meisters with their gundams under the name of an anti-terrorist faction called CELESTIAL BEING intervenes with any armed conflict found on earth. some parties find it admirable and logical. after all, these gundams were far more superior in terms of technology and firepower. and if it fought both sides then neither would win (just CELESTIAL BEING) and people would eventually stop fighting.
that's where they're wrong. the fighting continues, escalates even to a point where countries are exploiting CELESTIAL BEING and the events that transpire to work in their favour. when you take it at face value, it's just a boy's anime - battle, gun fights, dog fights, explosions, blood. but when you strip off that layer of action, you find a deeper sociological meaning to it.
while it's sad that they didn't really manage to explore the characters deeply (i mean c'mon they had about 20 odd 'main' characters on top of the four 'main' heros, you can't squeeze them all into 25 episodes without skimming the sides a little), they did try their best to make things appear as wholesome as they could. unfortunately, there were too many loose ends and far more questions than answers which somewhat works in their favour - retained and possibly and increment in viewership as they dangle carrots in suspense?
be prepared to do some crying, because i did. they made it really dramatic, befitting for main players (oops, that was a spoiler) as they make their un/timely demise. i don't know. i felt that it was too soon to kill someone off and besides eventually it seems everyone gets finished in one way or another.
the heros are the bad guys, the bad guys are likeable. even though you want them dead, somewhere along the way they seem to grow on you like moss and when they get written out, you feel as if a part of you's been ripped of too. yes yes, don't get attached to things/creatures/people that don't exist but Sunrise made all the characters personable and very identifiable.
i bet someone somewhere out there would identify to ali's almost-desperate thirst for war, brutality and violence.
that said, it's a gundam series that you shouldn't miss. at least it doesn't drag on and whilst the plot is almost predictable, the twists catch you off-guard nonetheless. i'll be waiting for season 2. until then, more re-plays of certain epic moments because i can't get enough of drama.
i'm sick that way.
