Bet you didn’t see this one coming! I don’t think I need to say much here, Mobile Suit Gundam was the first series to use the “Real Robot” formula, which basically means that the mecha here are military equipment and not robotic superheroes. The series would go to be more or less remade years later in Gundam Seed, which I’m sure you’re all familiar with for better or worse.
In the aftermath of last episode, Amuro has decided to pull a Kira and go all emo, running away with the Gundam. Needless to say the rest of the crew aren’t particularly imporessed. While on his travels, he discovers a secret Zeon mine which is mining a particularly valuable resource. Noting there aren’t any Zakus around, Amuro takes it upon himself to end this little operation. Needless to say things don’t go so well , with the previously unarmed base turning out to be quite well armed indeed, with an experimental Zeon battleship being thrown into the mix.
Spiffy:
- Continues the series’ usual high quality of… everything, really.
- Jeeps that turn into hovercrafts are cool.
- The Gundam manages to be a stupidly powerful robot, without needing Sure-Kill super attacks or a billion beam weapons. YES I’M LOOKING AT YOU GUNDAM SEED.
- AW YEAH BEAM TRIDENT.
- The conflict is again not black and white. There’s a war going on, this is a series the heroic pilot gods or evil “Conquer the world” aliens here.
Iffy:
- The makers of Gundam Seed must have loved this episode so much that they decided to use it to base Kira Yamato’s entire character off.
- Children characters still annoying.
So yes, good stuff. The “Amuro being emo” phase lasts all of 2 episodes, while in Gundam Seed it lasts like… the whole series. I’ve seen SEED all the way through, I prefer this series in every possible way. I’m seeing now why old series don’t get remakes as much as they get re-imaginings and reboots.
They came from... behind.
By "experimental" I guess Zeon meant "Things inspired by watching sci-fi"
More Super robots need Tridents, as well.
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