As I posted earlier (here), I bought a cool model of an X-wing from Hobby Link Japan. I have been getting their emails ever since. As I’m sure you know, the Japanese are very into their robots and anime. I kept getting updates on new kits for Gundam robots. Now, I had heard about Gundam in a sort of round about way before, but didn’t know much about it other than it was an anime show about robots. I decided to investigate further.
I got a hold of the first season of Mobile Suite: Gundam and committed to watching the first five episodes before deciding whether to proceed or bail. I have since watched said episodes and I think I’ll bail. I’ll be honest that I just don’t get the draw. It definitely has the nostalgia thing going for me. Watching this series took me back to my childhood of watching Robotech, Star Blazers and Voltron. However, the somewhat bizarre story line, weird names, androgynous characters and truly strange dialogue (not the translation’s fault), has not drawn me in.
The series takes place in a future Earth where nations have banded together in three factions for the purpose of harvesting solar power from space via huge space stations connected to the ground with a long umbilical. War is still a problem. Enter in a strange faction called Celestial Being (I know) that is determined to eradicate war by making war on the war makers. The series tries to deal with this paradox, but sort of fails to make hay with it. Celestial Being is armed with mobile suits (robots run by humans) that are far superior to those on Earth. All of the other factions want to destroy Celestial Being and take their tech. That’s sort of where I’m at.
If anyone has watched this show and thinks it is the best thing going, I’d love to hear from you. I have the full first season, so if anyone can give me a reason to watch the rest, I’d love to hear it. As of right now, I’m already a big enough nerd without watching Japanese cartoons in my spare time.
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