STORY 8/10
The story is set in the years 2307-2308 AD of the Gregorian calendar. The series opens with an exhibition of the military showing off their newest model to prospective buyers. Their display is interrupted by the arrival of a Gundam who completely destroys the model and in the process, makes the world aware of their organisation known as Celestial Being. This opening sequence gripped me from inception so I was hooked. The action sequences and the dramatic elements were combined efficiently to make the series a successful one.
ART 8/10
The gundams were quite detailed and reflected the meister’s personality. The general scenery was reminiscent of a futuristic setting which illustrated how advanced the times were and how even further advanced Celestial Being was.
SOUND 8/10
The music in this series was awesome, the opening songs were absolutely fantastic, both of them. I did not pay much attention to the ending songs but they were pretty good too from what I did listen. Even the music in the anime was tasteful.
CHARACTER 9/10
One of the main protagonists, Setsuna F. Seiei, is the youngest of the Meisters in Celestial Being. His entire existence is devoted to his Gundam and to making a difference in the world with his Gundam. The other Meisters are Lockon Stratos, who is the sensitive guy, Allelujah Haptism who had some personal issues which he was trying to deal with, and Tieria Erde, who appeared to be devoid of any type of human emotion.Then there was princess of Kazakhistan, Marina Ismael did not serve much of a purpose in the series. She was really just a nuisance, not doing anything proactive to progress her country. Then there was Saji and Louise who had their own side story plus all the other characters that made the series quite a success.
ENJOYMENT 9/10
This series was action from episode one (1) and continued on as it progressed. Each episode added on to the story and each of the characters developed with each episode. The action sequences were fantastic and you can identify with each of the characters and what they had to deal with.
OVERALL 9/10
This first season of Gundamm 00 was excellent, great story, vibrant characters, superb blend of drama and action sequences. I highly recommend this series.
