This has aged poorly or is it just me? New To G00 but not G series

BiobulletM said:
Ok, I started this series because I've loved most of the Gundam I've seen. Wing was my first and favorite, Orphans is the one I feel ended being the most enjoyable, Seed was cool even if I took a while to grow on me. Hathaway took my breath away.

Then I loathed Unicorn (seen 1 hour) and the original Gundam was meh (seen 6 episodes), but I acknowledge its historical value.

But then there is 00. I've seen 4 episodes so far, but I've planned to watch at least 6, but so far, it has been an snooze fest.

I see many people praise it, the series has a 8.0+. its a long series, so they might be taking their time to get it going. I want to give it an honest try, but also some insight from those who like it.

So, here is what I think is very bland so far and I'd like to know if it will get better... of if something I haven't mentioned will become the main dish on the story.

1. Bland animation.
I know, for it's time it was very kick ass, I can see that. But for today standard its pretty uninspiring, the choreography is bland (and I don't think that's was good for its age considering Eureka Seven had more dynamism 3 years before).

2. No character development
I know this might be an issue because I'm early on the series; but take G Wing for example, we get a clear idea of the main protagonist personalities early on, even with the original MSG. I've read a post pointing out that the pilots don't get developed... but anyone else? is it even worth it?

3. Too many characters
I don't mind they introduce too many characters at once, but they should remain on the background until they get properly introduced. Instead they get some dull lines every once in a while during each episode. Those lines don't develop any character and take focus out of the progress of the story. Will this pay off on the long run?

4. The goal from the start is a little out of focus
OK, big goal: stop wars wherever there is war. Early on, the viewer barely understands Celestial Being, even less their villains, because the main villain is an idea, and because we don't know much of the world aside from the factions created, is hard to care, it's hard to focus the attention. Will it get amore laser focused goal? Or will this abstract goal pay off?

NewestPersonHere said:
By the way, Hathaway is the son of Bright Noa, the captain of the White Base from the original Gundam.

SzaraWydra said:
You are not alone in this.
I made to 15 ep and i am thinking about dropping it.

Politics and military should be main theme of this series and imo Sunrise didn't deliver. Only Ardistan issue was quite decent but that's all what i got from this series.
There is no consequence in decisions that were made by certain politcians e.g. destroying civilian infrastructure, and so on.

And military stuff?! AA defence system doesn't exist in this world as well as BVR missiles and high range radars. Strategist are dumbass who are fighting in meelee range when their mechs have missiles and laser beams (and i am talking about both sides in conflicts). Seriously, humans made large solar energy structures with space elevators and there was still need to deploy low range comm thingies aka space debris just to capture radar interferences generated by Gundams.
It's 23/24 century and they are still fighting in quasi WWI/WWII doctrine.
I would be fine with it if it was somehow explained why they do that in certain way, but they didn't do that neither.

The final straw was ep 15 Whole immersion just fade out at this point.

As its turns out, the main plot of this series was about capturing gundams. I am just dissappointed.

The EDS and OPs were quite decent, though.

TRC_Randy said:
Fyi i thought Wing was the shitty one and ngl, i lowkey thought the "your opinion's invalid" the moment i see you said "bland animation" coz it's the exact opposite even by today's standards. Also you might wanna broaden your perspective by not having a list of must-criterias such as "character development" and whatnot. Just let them do what they do. That way you'll enjoy all kinds of anime.