Reviews

By far the best Gundam media I've seen in terms of direction. Tomino and the other directors are great, of course, but Takeyuki Kanda and Umanosuke Iida, I feel, truly used the soldiers fighting in mechs in a jungle to its fullest potential. I loved how threatening a single zaku was against Shiro in a ball; not showing the zaku pilot until the very end. I loved the jungle guerilla atmosphere. I loved how much importance was given to the non-mobile suit artillery. I loved Shiro being trapped in darkness leaving him and us as the audience to wonder why Norris won't kill him yet. My favourite scene by far was the conclusion Shiro vs Norris fight; just how desperately the entire squad tried to kill him as he was mowing down tanks in his wake, and when they finally succeeded... it's miliseconds before realizing how fucked they are.

I loved conclusion to the Romeo-and-Juliet-esque romance at the end too. UC Gundam series seem to really love these types of romances and this was the one that was executed in the best way so far.