Most peoples beliefs prior to the start of Gundam AGE are that it would be one of the worst gundam series to date... that the fact they were aiming to a much younger audience than past gundam series would be a very bad route to go. Personally I felt the same way in the beginning, but after sitting on the idea, and seeing the new lead gundam of the series as well as some of the grunts of both sides my opinion has changed... slightly. I am still not a big fan of the genoaces, besides the commander type anyway, but I do like the designs of the Gafrans.... and this stays strong after seeing episode 1. The first 54 seconds of the series alone make me feel like this is something Tomino himself made... then we get to the opening sequence... oh god. The opening theme is something that will either take some time to get use to... or you'll probably want to skip every episode (I'd recommend the later.). Once the episode picks back up though the flow works pretty much, it give me the feel of the original Mobile Suit Gundam and of Gundam SEED. Going into the midpoint and onto the introduction of the gundam I do feel things were rushed a bit, this includes the midpoint that introduces Furito's classmates, teacher and his male friend. The introduction of the gundam was rather nice, and did feel similar to the introduction of the RX-78. Also we get a slight nod to the RX-78 in the form of a picture on Furito's wall in a flashback scene when he was a child. The ending theme of the series also feels a lot like it was made for a gundam series. Now i'm going to end this here, if you want to see the series click the provided streamer bellow. I'll be posting more of these opinions as well as the series itself as it progresses.
- GundamLegacyExtreme.
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