Gundam Wing

 

WARNING:

don't expect a review that goes real in-depth or makes complete sense, I'm doing this one at school 'cause I'm bored

       I know that I probably shouldn't review this anime since I have only seen it on Cartoon Network, but I don't think they changed it all that much to put it on TV.  Besides, I don't think that anything they cut could have changed my opinion anyhow. 

          What we have in this incarnation of the Gundam series is a lot of destruction and a guy named Heero running around like he's some bad ass.  That is something I didn't like about Gundam Wing, they focused less on everyone and more on Heero, even though he is probably the least interesting character.  Because of this, Gundam Wing turns into one of those anime series where you know who will be the final savior of the world (for example - Ronin Warriors or Fatal Fury).  Oh well, another problem was that for some reason, they decided not to spend more than 50 bucks or so on the animation.  In a word, shittyassedanimation.  Seriously, I could've come up with something better using an Etch-A-Sketch and an empty bucket.  All we get for animation is a bunch of still frames that get slowly panned across.  Oh sure, there is a bit movement , but that is usually during the crazy mobile suit fight scenes and they didn't even do a really good job with those, lots of choppy movement or still shots of the Gundams after they just destroyed something, but they did it so fast that you missed it!  Terds on that.  Again, oh well.  At least the artistry was okay, considering it's a TV series.

          The big thing that pulled Gundam Wing out of the shitter was the story.  While you have to pay attention to everything to understand it, if you do stay on track with it, the story turns out to be kinda interesting and it was full of little plot twists.  Another thing that was good was the Deathscythe.  (this is to all of you goons that think either the Wing 0 or Epyon are the best, why the fuck would you like those two?!  Okay, the Epyon looks cool, but you know the damn thing is gonna win, no mater who is in it!  Same with the Wing 0, except the Wing 0 doesn't even look that cool.  Dude, seriously, the Deathscythe is cool lookin', has the best character as it's pilot and has a big fucking laser scythe!  And it has a neat name.)

          All in all, I think it was worth watching the first time, but I can't bring myself to sit and watch it after my first run through.  In my opinion, go and watch one of the earlier Gundam series, I hear from people who might actually know what they're talking about (not the people who think they've found the best anime ever after seeing only one or two different anime movies or series, especially if they saw something like Dragon Ball Z on Cartoon Network after it was all fucked up by Funimation and thought it was, hands down, the definitive anime, no arguments accepted) that the earlier Gundam series were a whole monkey-ass load better than Gundam Wing.  Personally, for how popular the Gundam series is, I don't have any trouble believing that Gundam Wing really sucks the shit lollipop compared to the rest of the series.

 

Genre - action/drama

Animation - The animation was like taking a big pan full of slimy dog shit, swirling it around with a stick for about five minutes and then using that shit to quench your thirst.  (it wasn't very good)

Sub vs. Dub - have no idea, only seen what's on TV

the Good - Deathscythe, story, ummm... it's not a bunch of five year olds making fun of me because I don't know why Pikachu shoots lightning out of his ass

the Bad - my dad running around the room yelling sex whenever he heard somebody say Mr. Helmet-Head's name, Mr. Helmet-Head's helmet, Relena, Heero, the animation, all the other stupid things that I can't think of

Overall - It's something to watch, when I first started watching it, I thought it was the shit, that enthusiasm kinda let go of me after a little bit.  (49 episodes)