Believe in the sign of Zeta...tired.

First thoughts of Z Gundam were in this entry.

Zeta Gundam (tv series) is finally over. Took me too long, maybe five months or more.

I'm kind of afraid to express my feelings now because I'm concerned about how I perceive things, such as details. One way or another, I'm reminded that I can't seem to pay attention or remember important things too well. For the latter, details seem to pass out of my mind, even when I'm told something a minute ago.

Is what I'm going to say even reliable or true?

Because it kind of upsets me that Zeta Gundam is given a ton of praise, like a masterpiece. Like on anime.biglobe.ne.jp/ (Japanese), MAHQ (english), and sakuindb.com. MAHQ calls Zeta the "best gundam series ever produced". In various other places, Zeta is considered a favorite among many fans.

Either I dislike anime (or starting to), or I just don't see it. Is the quality of the rest of the gundam shows quite low then?

Out of the gundam series that I have seen so far, I definitely give Zeta points for being dark. I don't want to call it "gritty" because I think that word describes Quentin Tarentino movies better, not gundam. If you want blood and gore, watch Gundam 0080, Gundam 00, or Gundam Seed series. They are especially gritty; Zeta Gundam is cruel, but not as much to give me tons of shock value. I only saw the first episode of Gundam SEED Destiny, and the scene where Shinn loses his family was particular gross and amazing. It would screw him up through the whole series.

Let's talk about the cruelty of Z gundam. Good stuff. Through the series, the TITANS' reputation do not lead towards a good light. They are seen as radicals and monopolize the jurisdiction of the Earth Federation. A similar force is the A-LAWS of Gundam 00 series. What the TITANS do and how they effect people surrounds the show. Including the main character Kamille, a spacenoid. Since he is one, his newtype senses develop early, at least to us watchers. For Amuro, it was much later back in 0079 (MSG).

Kamille's parents are killed. They worked for the TITANS, who realized that Kamille joined the AEUG. So the TITANS used Kamille's mom as a hostage, and Jerid ends up killing her by accident. A good scene if you ask me. Because of this, Emma disliked the methods and joined AEUG.

I think I complained about this in the first link above, but Zeta seemed to have problems with consistencies, with the delivery of both how characters react with situations and with others, and how they speak. For the latter, the subtitles might've not been that good. How the characters are drawn play a role as well; when it comes to facial expressions, I don't want to blame the 80s art. Not fair at all. All of this I said started becoming a problem for me in the early episodes.

For the art, when Kamille saw his father die, his crying face looked hideous. The death of his father was just plain dumb. The mother death scene was good though; Kamille saw both of them die. On to emotions,

Kamille's father stole a red Rick Dias (I think) from the AEUG and tried to take it back to the TITANS. Kamille chased him with the MK-II, but he stalled to kill him. The whole time he expressed how much he hated his father, but showed hesitation to kill his father. One might wonder if he's afraid to kill because he's a boy, or is it because it's Kamille's father. There was no evidence; Kamille, from the start, is shown to have a hair-trigger temper, and he likes payback.

Newtypes are a complex problem. When you're in the vacuum of space, it's like there is no boundaries when it comes to the sixth sense. Newtypes can effect even humans, and they can feel the hearts and minds of others in combat.

I guess to enjoy sci-fi, I have to be quite presumptuous and a thought provoker. Maybe I am not.

...What am I talking about?