Reviews

Let me first start off by saying I felt that the animation, sound and music were on par for the era; those hold up with time. I also need to add that this was not the first Gundam series I watched (that honor belongs to 0083). But the bottom line is I did not enjoy this series despite how much I enjoy Gundam and mecha in general. Most of the reason stem from the fact that I'm from the future, but we’ll get into that later. The first thing I wish to mention is my disdain for the the designs of these Gundams. It’s almost as if they’re designed to look cool and sell toys, rather than practical combat applications. Heavyarms makes sense for long range attacks, as does Deathscythe for CQC. The Wing Gundam can fly but boasts a cannon that cares nothing for collateral damage. Sandrock is inferior to Deathscythe and Heavyarms. And the Shenlong makes no sense. Then there’s the cardboard cutouts that pilot these toys.
Heero is nothing but the mission, Duo is the voice of reason, Quatre just wants to sacrifice himself and Wufei wants nothing but to fight. Relina, peace at all costs. Treize, Milliardo & Dorothy, there must be war! Noin, Rashid & Une, blind devotion to their man. No one grows, changes or learns anything. The show is also very vague about the logistical aspect of its own story. Mobile suits run on fuel, who provides it for five Gundam meister's? Who provides the ammunition? All their backers and resources are in space, no?
I liked the character of Trowa as he was the only character had any depth and growth to him. I liked Zechs for his transformation, but Milliardo Peacecraft is one dimensional. I liked Sally Po, she was a refreshing character amidst all this brooding. The action was entertaining to watch, when it wasn’t rehashed shots of Wing obliteration targets. And there wasn’t a SEED amount of crying.
Now for why I couldn’t enjoy this series. As I said, I’m from the future and what I mean is I completed Endless Waltz before completing Wing. And the one thing I learned from Endless Waltz is that every single character except for Treize survives the series. So it's kind of hard for there to be any sort of life or death drama if I know the characters are going to survive. Another is the fact that a future series, 00, does this very same plot and story better. In fact most Gundam series that follow this are better. That’s the problem with being from the future. I had the same problem when I watched Gundam SEED Destiny. I'd suggest watching any Gundam series that's newer than this.