Looking back 3/4 of Yamato 2202 I quite liked a lot. A space adventure of epic proportions where the Yamato is placed in outlandish situations that it somehow manages to escape from every time. A few twists and turns here and there and I enjoyed it up until the end.
The art is beautiful and the character designs are pleasing. The CGI is iffy at times, but I think the show looks great.
A somewhat negative is the enemy is faceless. It’s sad an unfathomably large race out to destroy all of humanity is represented by 3 characters at best.
Even at this point I didn’t see where the negative reviews were coming from, until I watched the last two episodes. The show hints at its mystical, beyond life and death, god … whatever you want to call it themes but my goodness it is laid on THICK at the end.
Yamato 2202 had no business pulling what reminded me of the original Mobile Suit Gundam merging of consciousness deal at the last possible moment. It doesn’t earn the right to do it. I mean the show is practically done and it’s busy preaching about human bonds and grasping for the best possible future … I mean … what am I even watching? is what I was asking myself. It’s like what’s the point of all of this? It all ends normally anyway.
Even still, I recommend watching Yamato 2202 if you’ve seen the original. Its more of the same anyway of what you’ve enjoyed before, until the ending that is, and even then, it’s not that bad.
