To be honest I never really cared about Gundam or Gundam anime that much, even though I will pretty much watch anything. But most people here in the reviews are going on about how the original is better, and yes I will have to agree too, but you know what? I still enjoyed this. Reading the reviews of this anime made me realize that I'm still quite like an anime newb watcher (not really though) Because I enjoyed the anime thoroughly and only noticed the flaws afterwords reading the other reviews, yes this series does make me feel like a kid again, even though I still am.
Anyway,
The story is almost the same as Gundam Build Fighters, except on a smaller scale, and to be honest I liked it better that it was on a lesser scale, it really gives off the feeling how the next generation is carrying on the hopes and dreams of the previous generation through their love of Gundam. Just like the original GBF it has a more light hearted approach on Gundam.
Since this is the more recent installment of the GBF series, it obviously has better art and animation, I personally think it's fine, the Gunpla look nice and move well, the art with the characters may look plain but they look fine too. But hey, I think GBFT would be completely fine to show to kids, and if you compare this to whatever American "action" toons are, they will find it freakin amazing.
One of my favorite parts is the music, which I think is better than the original (except for the EDs the GBF EDs were so catchy!) I always think an OP is supposed to get you excited/ready to start the show and enjoy it and that's exactly what it did.
Now, here is where I, and everyone else starts talking about the meh points of this anime.
The…CHARACTERS!
Everyone here is right when they say the characters are really nothing special. I do think they started out well (some of them at least) but in the end just..nothing new, they were just..done before. The only thing I really enjoyed about the anime was appearances of characters from the original, (But I like Shia tho)
And one more thing about the characters, it couldn't have been only me that thought this, and It does kinda seem dumb, but 2 of the main characters look pretty similar in some sense to the previous GBF MCs. Sekai looks like Reiji, and Yuuma looks like Sei.
But I still enjoyed it for the most part. Which is pretty interesting this series has caught my eye since it kinda takes genres and my sub-genres I don't really care much for (Tournaments, and Gundams)
But probably the things that make me enjoy this anime is just it makes me feel like a kid again.
And, that I really like seeing people passionate about things they love, (unless it's really cringey)
So overall, it's a nice watch casually, but the first season is still way more superior.
Story (6)
Art (8)
Sound (8)
Character (5)
Enjoyment (7)
OVERALL: 7
Thank you for reading!
