Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Kidou Senshi Victory Gundam Japanese: 機動戦士Vガンダム
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Type: TV
Episodes: 51
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 2, 1993 to Mar 25, 1994
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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SynopsisIt is Universal Century 0153. On the space colonies located at Side 2, the Zanscare Empire has come to power and it holds onto that power through liberal use of the guillotine. With its forces invading the Earth and its space fleets preparing to subjugate the other Sides, the Zanscare Empire has nothing to fear from the weakening Earth Federation. It is opposed only by the League Militaire, whose state of the art mobile suits and young pilots comprise the only real resistance movement. Now, thirteen-year-old Uso Evin has been dragged into the war by a battle near his home in Eastern Europe. As the Newtype pilot of the Victory Gundam, he fights not only to defeat the Zanscare Empire but also to find out what has become of his parents, who left him behind when they went into space.
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Related AnimePrequel: Mobile Suit Gundam F91
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ninjasan8
38 of 50 people found this review helpful
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51 of 51 episodes seen
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| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
6 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
7 |
Story: Without a doubt, V Gundam is the saddest Gundam story to date. And before anything else is said, I think it's worth a mention to say that a lot of people die, and most of the time for no good reason at all. That aside, I have to say I really loved the storyline. However, some of the story arcs in the middle could have been left out, and the story would still be intact; a lot of the time during said arcs I found myself wondering why the characters were doing what they were doing. There's not a lot of narrative glue to stick the parts together, and to keep one interested during some of the low parts. But, overall it's a nice story, with an emphasis on death, and at least during the last arc, a huge emphasis on the beauty of life.
Art: Very good. V Gundam uses a very simple art style to convey the characters and the Mobile Suits; which is both good and bad. Most of the Suits are very similar to each other, and are very rarely any unique. Characters however, look very nice, and some are just too cool for words, while others are just meh. Battles are everything you would expect from a mecha show, and although somewhat exaggerated at times (or almost all of the time), they're mostly very good. The simple style works here to make the art very nice looking even today.
Sound: Not much to say here. There's an excellent cast of actors working on the voices, and the mecha sounds are great, but nothing really stands out in this category.
Characters: We've got a cast of mostly children and women, with the main villain and one of the main characters being male. The rest of the male cast are either lesser characters or very old men. I can't quite remember why the cast is like it is, but it brings a fresh look on what might be a stale storyline. It also has the effect of removing almost all romantic involvement between the main characters. There's a peace-loving-battle-scarred boy, a princess girl, and a group of what seem to be orphaned children. Interaction between them is what really pushes the story along. Without a doubt, Oliver and Captain Gomez were my favorite characters, both of which received little screen time, but both of whom were very central to the story.
Overall: No where near as good as First Gundam, V Gundam is nonetheless a very nice looking, anime featuring a somewhat lacking storyline that'll get your emotions running if you're not prepared for it. Definitely recommended if you've seen the other UC animes, however, the story is completely separate from the main meta-plot. read more
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MS06FZ
11 of 16 people found this review helpful
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51 of 51 episodes seen
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| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
10 |
| Character |
6 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
Renowned as being the most depressing Gundam show, Victory is an odd sort of a series. At times it evokes the bleakness of Tomino's older works such as The Ideon and Zeta Gundam, while at others it's a humorous space adventure with wacky kids in the vein of Xabungle.
The art is similarly variable, with some episodes looking wonderful and others distinctly less so.
The music is consistently good, however, with a full set of quality OPs and EDs, plus a brilliant, poignant insert song or two.
Essentially, Victory picks up the UC storyline long after even F91 and Unicorn are done and dusted, with the Earth Federation completely ineffective. Elements of the show work with this, such as the cameo appearance from a Salamis or two in some episodes, but it does stand alone in its own right.
The main character is incredibly likeable - Usso gets on with it, does what has to be done and doesn't vacillate, whine or arbitrarily punch people for making fun of his name (too much.) He has a badass action Haro. He has a likeable dog which survives the whole series.
Contrasting him is Shakti, who is useless and annoying for a good part of the series. The villains are similarly unimpressive, with the only really good ones being Katejina and a few of the minor Zanscare leaders. The rest are fairly forgettable rehashes of UC archetypes (Chronicle is one of the weakest Char analogues in the franchise, notable for being as much of a failure as Zeta Gundam's Jerid Messa)
Mech design is all over the place, from the stylish and deadly V2AB to the plain insane Dodgore and Adastrea, which would be better suited to a super robot show. When it hits its stride, the results are spectacular but unfortunately that doesn't happen too often.
In terms of serious military drama, Victory comes across as a slightly tasteless black comedy rather than a bleak space horror ala Ideon or a depiction of a morally bankrupt hellhole as shown in Dougram. The climactic moments when Usso loses someone close to him are rarely hard-hitting but often ridiculous - almost equivalent to a mecha version of the Saw or Final Destination movies in their overly elaborate and telegraphed natures.
So all this criticism laid bare, what redeems Victory?
Firstly that it's different to a lot of Gundam despite deriving from it. It's at times fun, at times kind of bleak and frequently unpredictable.
Secondly, its likeable characters are really pleasant and nice to watch.
Thirdly, while the pacing is a little wacky and sometimes not ideal, the ending arc is very intense and powerful. One moment, where the insert song is used perfectly to accompany a moment of sacrifice, will stick with you.
By all means give Victory a good go before giving up on it. Just be prepared to accept it is very flawed. read more
Recommendations
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MSG Victory and Bokurano both feature children as mecha pilots. They are forced to face the reality of saving the world from invaders with the former being attacked by a spaceborne empire and the latter being parallel Earths. The main difference is only one mecha is available for a particular Earth while MSG Victory of course being part of the Gundam metaseries features many. Also, both shows feature tragedy, sadness, depression, the relationship between relatives, friends and families and some level of comedy. All in all, both shows feature one infamous feature and that is called 'KILL EM ALL' wherein one or more characters are killed after the other. However, the hope is not lost since both shows ended with some kind of a happy ending.
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NTHT and MSG-V are both set in a Crapsack World. Both shows are loaded well with emotional, dramatic, depressing, tragic and tearjerking scenes. Comedy is also present but slighty although the latter tends to be unexpected. Interestingly, there are many similarities between both shows' MC:
-both are innocent children who would later become child soldiers.
-both are in one way or another tend to be punched or abused by their superiors.
-both are confident, strong-willed and ready to save everyone they love.
-both face death around them with people being killed, tortured, dying, etc...
-both have heroines who possess some kind of psychic powers.
-both have tyrants who are obsessed with the heroines' powers.
There are differences though like the former having a realistic depiction of war, exploitation, oppression and chaos while the latter has 'Kill em all' element present in a couple of episodes. Of course, mecha is highly absent in NTHT.
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Opening Theme#1: "Stand Up To The Victory" by Tomohisa Kawasoe (eps 1-31)
#2: "Don't Stop Carry On" by RD (eps 32-51)
Ending Theme#1: "Winners Forever" by INFIX (eps 1-31)
#2: "Moichido Tenderness" by KIX S (eps 32-51)
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