Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
October 5, 2002
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Heliopolis, a so-called neutral space colony was holding a top-secret weapons research facility, producing Gundams for the Earth Alliance. ZAFT, which is composed of Coordinators (genetically modified/upgraded humans), attacks Heliopolis, stealing 4 out of the Alliance's 5 Gundams. In the battlefield, civilian Kira Yamato stumbles upon the Strike, the last remaining Gundam of the alliance, and is forced to pilot it. In the midst of battle he encounters his best friend, Athrun Zala, as one of the hijackers of the 5 Gundams, who sides with ZAFT. Being a Coordinator, he is the only one who can pilot the Gundam. But Kira is not with ZAFT, even though they're his own kind, nor the Alliance. Since the Alliance is the only place he could turn to at the time, he sides with them. He pilots the Gundam to protect his friends, and to fight his best friend, which pains both of them. It's a war between individual beliefs.
Written by MISSALICE on February 22, 2012 at 1:30 AM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
I looked at this anime after hearing about the Gundam series from a friend, and I'm glad I did! This anime was down right amazing. It had the perfect combination of Gundam fight scenes and personal struggles with the pilots, making the characters very realistic and believable. Personally, I find watching it in the original Japanese to be much better than the English dub. The English dub, in my opinion, distorts the characters personalities, making them seem like completely different types of people.
