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Ok, I've always been a cartoon fan. I've never stopped watching cartoons, but
really, I never watched animes much. I just didn't have the chance because they've never been shown
on my crappy cable system. What I did see were movies, from my cousins video
library, but recently another cable system bought out the old one, did a rebuild, and I
get some decent channels now. One of these I have only recently got was The Cartoon Network, I
enjoyed Toonami (a "block" with action cartoons, mostly Japanese Anime), but I've
seen most of those unedited at my cousin's house, and was kinda disappointed. Earlier this month,
however, a new cartoon premiered, one that really is the 5-6th (I can't remember which)
series in it's title series, Mobile Suit: Gundam Wing...
It's shown twice daily at 5:30 eastern, and an "un-cut" version is shown at 12:00
midnight eastern time. The difference between the cut and uncut versions are usually just a few
words, and small scenes, most noticeable in the bloody scenes. A Gundam is a big mobile suit
(big robot fighting suit) made out of an indestructible alloy called Gundanium. 5 Gundam's are
sent to earth by rebels in the space colonies seeking the downfall of the corrupt
corporation trying to take over the Earth Alliance, OZ. The 5 Gundams, along with their pilots, are all
different, and all bad ass, Heero Yuy, and his Wing Gundam, Trowa Barton, and his Gundam
HeavyArms, Quatre Rababa Winner, and his Gundam Sandrock, Duo Maxwell, and
his Gundam Deathscythe (my favorite character, and Gundam), and finally, Chang
Wufei, and his Shenlong Gundam. These five young men (average age 15) are the space
colonies only hope for freedom. Not only does this series have action in abundance, but
it has kick ass villains, not just Evil ones (although a couple are really evil.) Most are
doing what they are doing because they feel they are right, the villains are believable, and
some are questionably good, or at least will be. The supporting cast is also kick ass, every
Gundam pilot has their own supporting cast.
The story is involved and if you see every episode, it latches on to you. It's
plot is deep, and well thought out, it's got a hell of a lot of twists to it. Also
there are subplots, and tie-ins to the earlier Gundam Series (they're obvious enough that you
can figure out they are referring to things that came before even if you haven't seen the
earlier series) and well, I think it's one of the best shows on right now, in fact, the ratings
are higher then Dragon Ball Z!!! No kidding.
Admittedly, you have to see all the episodes to understand what's going on
and the first episode kind of assumes you know a little about the Gundam Universe, but
STILL, I love this series. I suggest you watch it.
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