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Kidô senshi Gandamu (1979)
Sheer Excellence.
Absolutely unbelievable. I cannot begin to even fathom the epic nature of this show, sure you can harp on animation,voice acting and the overall campy nature of the show...But in the end this is a tale of Human nature.
The author and creator has developed a passion for telling the tale of humans nature of war and conflict. Whether or not is personal conflict,love and the progression of age they have every single aspect of humans true nature built into the fibers of this show.
Amuro is a protagonist who losses everything including himself and does not just chose to fight for his freedom but is chosen to do so by the web of fate.
Char the antagonist is a being in himself who represents the same feelings as all of us,he desires pleasure for the ones he loves and the development of humanity over the feelings of himself.
The White base and Amuro are constantly put in a position in which they will fail and all hope will be lost although Amuro and his weapon the Gundam are designed to be the last light of humanity and represents the hope and power of the human spirit...I'm biased when I say Gundam is the greatest Anime ever created. One piece has its content, Eva its desire to make you contemplate life,Death note its sheer awesome nature,Inuyasha and its love story.
Gundam is the connection of Humans and its struggle with themselves and the technology that evolves and creates and hinders are ability to love and destroy one another.
You cannot, Cannot watch Gundam and leave. You have to watch Zeta then ZZ...Then Wing, Seed,Destiny,Unicorn, 00 and then all the minor shows then all the mangas and short stories in between. You cry when the characters you love all die and you cringe when the villains show dominance over the populace.
Gundam is Gundam...its not just light shows and love stores it represents every single viewer and makes them think of what it is to be human and what the future may hold...Although I think I might pass on a future where we all pilot mobile suits as the life expectancy is rather short...In the end I'm in love with every single Gundam. They are the perfect representation of humanity and its desires. A MUST WATCH X1000
Pacific Rim (2013)
Excellent.
First off I want to start by saying that anyone who refuses to accept or challenges the concepts of mind melding and giant robots is purposely disregarding whatever story world the movie is set in.
The technology used in this movies world is fan fiction for the lovers of Mecha Anime. Gundams, Evangelions, Laganns all relied on the pilots mind as well as skill which is fully represented in Pacific Rim.
I can agree with people questioning the methods used to fight giant aliens and most people would assume large caliber weapons from distance rather than close combat but remember this is a world that invested trillions into a robot fighting force lets all pretend its a great idea...also remember it worked wonders for humanity until larger monsters started to break through.
Character progression was rather dull the pilots generally don't all agree with one another. In a Hollywood film you're stuck on rails anyways so the love interest, father figure, jerk, and clueless scientist are all present and overall done well considering they are designed to be those characters not reinventing the wheel.
The combat, Devastation and unique art style all gave this film an incredible environment. In full 1080 on a big screen surround sound you can start to think this is what a Gundam movie might look like if Americans embraced it.
Sadly most people who watch this film will be turned off by the worlds technical settings and obvious attempts to recreate Japanese anime. Fact is North Americans are not exposed to that media and are not familiar personally I found this movie to be excellent. Forget about how a robot could stay submerged with hull breaches, forget the fact that the machine can get tossed around and the nuclear core doesn't blow, hell forget about the fact that the aliens didn't just open more rifts and send the whole army.
Its an excellent experience if you want giant robots fighting giant aliens with huge explosions and flashing lights.