To start with my problems, the animation is not very good. It relies way too much on reused animation for battles, this makes most of the battles hard to differentiate from eachother and is my main problem with the show. I also would like to mention that there are two back-to-back recap episodes which are kind of lame, but the animation quality seems to increase for a few episodes after those. Some of the sound effects also feel overused, much of the time you hear the same rapid fire gunshot sound effect for different weapons and it gets distracting. I also think that the main character in particular has a weak introduction, trying to focus on how cool he is which fell a little short for me, and I didn't like him very much until much later in the series. Some character backstories are straight up not here and you have to watch Endless Waltz or read the Gundam Wing: Glory of the Losers manga to see those. There is also an important plot point that should've been acknowledged more than one time near the end, it's properly developed in Endless Waltz, but that should've been more well developed at the beginning of the entire story like it is in the previously mentioned manga. This means you never understand why some characters are the way they are and hurts the story.
I really like the characters in this story, aside from the previously mentioned bad start for the main character. Treize in particular is great whenever he's on screen, but I do like all the main characters. They are the best part of the series in my opinion and make the series for me. The story is pretty good for the most part, aside from a few contrived moments, I think its very interesting in the way it shows wars with how it affects the world and the people in it. I also like the music, the openings are great and the music in the show complements whatever is happening while retaining a consistent style that feels unique to Gundam Wing. However, there's one song that plays towards the end that felt suspiciously similar to the theme from the Mortal Kombat live-action film which was a little questionable.
Overall, it's hard to recommend Gundam Wing, even though I like it. I find what it's going for to be great, but the execution is very sloppy.
