After that success that was Gundam Build Fighters Season 1, it would have been 3 years of time until getting an actual squeal to the first season of Gundam Build Fighters. Am not including the Gundam Build Fighters Try Stuff because they were just awful and in my opinion shouldn’t exist. When the squeal for the first Gundam Build Fighters series came out in OVA format I was really excited the characters that I loved again in this finale/epilogue of the first series.
After watching the OVA did it really live up to the hype or did it fell flat in its face?
Let's find out, shall we?
Story.
The day before the ceremony marking the completion of the Yajima Stadium, Nils Nielsen invites Sei Iori, Meijin Kawaguchi, and others to an exhibition battle using the new large-scale battle system he has designed. Now that they are all reunited, Sei attempts to show off the Build Strike Cosmos that he has upgraded for the exhibition, but then he notices something missing. Meanwhile, an origination called the GM Mafia takes control of the stadium’s systems that seals Sei and his friends inside. Now Sei and his friends must defeat the GM mafia in order to stop their evil schemes as well free themselves and get Sei’s Star Build Strike Cosmos back.
Honestly, there is not much story here really. It’s mostly a 30-minute finale/epilogue for the original series. It’s just typical villain organization plot where villains steal stuff as well trapping the heroes in a room where the only way you get out is by beating the villains. Typical kids plot. However, while the story was basic it makes it up with character interactions and Gundam references.
Like the Bikini Babe showoff from Victory Gundam where female characters were that suit to distract the male with the sexy beauty.
Lastly, we have the ending which was a great send-off for the original build fighters cast which honestly made me tear up knowing that we won’t be seeing half of these characters again in Build Fighters Try unless you count Battlelog OVAs.
Characters.
The characters haven’t changed at all since the TV series but lucky they still have that charm in them. Yes, they are a bit taller this time around but personally wise they are the same group of character that we loved from season 1. Am glad they didn’t devolve as characters to a point they became almost as bad from the characters from Build Fighters Try which is a squeal to this show mind you.
As for villains being the Gundam Mafia they were fun decent villains overall.
Overall the characters in Gundam Build Fighters GM Counterattack are still great as ever.
9/10
Visuals.
Visually Gundam Build Fighters GM Counterattack is mostly the same as the series but there were a few things different about it. For starters, the Gunpla battles here are smoother and consistent compared to the series making the fights more appealing to watch.
The show has generally better lighting compare to the TV series which was a plus.
Also, the mecha designs are still as great as ever.
Sound.
The soundtrack is still great that features a lot old and new tracks.
Unlike the first series, this hasn’t got an English Dub but I hope it does get one at some point as being actually one of few people who didn’t mind the English dub of the original Build Fighters series.
Final Thoughts.
Overall this was a great Gundam OVA overall.
The story while being cliched was still good and entertaining to watch, the characters were still charming as used to, the visuals were amazing and the soundtrack is still great as ever.
This was such a great finale/epilogue to an already great show and I highly recommend this ova to any Gundam fan.
Final Score 8/10
