In the year A.C. (After Colony) 195 five freedom fighters
use Mobile Suits called “Gundams” to strike back against the oppressive secret
society called OZ. The Pilots are:
Gundam Pilot 01 Herro Yuy. “The Perfect Soldier”
Gundam: Wing, later Wing Zero
Gundam Pilot 02 Duo Maxwell “Shinigami”
Gundam: Deathscythe, later Deathscythe Hell
Gundam Pilot: 03 Trowa Barton
Gundam: Heavyarms
Gundam Pilot 04 Quatre Reberbe Winner
Gundam: Sandrock
Gundam Pilot 05 Chang Wufei
Gundam: Shen-Long Nataku, later Alto-Long Nataku
Positives:
+ Gundam Wing shows people that no matter what your age you
can achieve your goal as long as you fight for it. Never give up and always
look towards the future. And when your back is against the wall, your friends
will be there to help you.
+It teaches people that no matter what race you are or where
you come from, you can still become the strongest of friends.
+ The design on the anime is very detailed and encourages
viewers to pay attention so they don’t miss anything.
+ The action, adventure and storyline all surround the 5
Pilots. It tells their stories, goals and purpose for being where they are and
doing what they do.
Negatives:
- Some of the background information is never mentioned and
viewers have to go to the website in hopes of learning what they are looking
for.
- Being Freedom Fighters, the Pilots only answer to the
‘Doctors’ that created the suit they use. This being said several times in the
series they are on opposite sides of the war and the others don’t know if it’s
for good or if it’s undercover.
- Unless teamed together or staying together, the Pilots
often didn’t know where each other were, their status or which side they were
on. To begin with they didn’t know who each other were either.
- In the end, to show good faith the Gundams are destroyed. But
the mobile suits they fought against remained.
Thoughts
~ Some bits are left to the viewers’ imagination, such as
what happened to Triton, Catherine from the Circus’s brother? This should be
explained.
~ The pilots should have destroyed decoy suits instead of
the real ones. There is always the chance of another uprising or war on the
horizon and they would not be prepared.
~ Certain interactions between Pilots leave the viewers and
yaoi lovers, with hints of possible relationships. This wasn’t built upon in
the series.
~ Thinking about my post I realize I’m basing it off the
Americanized version of the anime. Content, certain relationships and certain
amounts of violence are edited out when brought to American TV.
Would Like:
* Un edited anime. There are more violent shows out there,
gay relationships are real and people should get over it and it’s a war anime
so there should be violence and possible torture.
* The background to be filled out more. This would give the
viewers a better understanding of the characters and the situation they are in.
* The Pilots should have been better informed of their
fellow Pilots. Yes ignorance leaves no witness but then again it also leaves
one defenseless.
* Development of the relationships that are hinted at. It
would add to the story and bring in a wider audience.
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