Megalosaro
Banned
There was a lot I liked about this show.
The cast was pretty solid.
Mikazuki was a pretty good protagonist. He definitely fit into the stoic "Heero Yuy / Setsuna" archetype of Gundam protagonist, but they did so in a way that he didn't suck like those two did. He was a pretty interesting dude, even if he wasn't quite right in the head.
Atra: I expected to hate her. I usually don't care for her type of character. But she ended up being pretty cool. Actually, I think she may have been my favorite character.
Orga: Probably the most boring character to be honest, especially in season 2. Never really understood why Tekkadan followed him so passionately. He never really did anything. He was certainly no Bright.
McGillis: I thought he was going to be the main villain around episode 3 AND HE WAS!!!. I thought he was going to betray Tekkadan, but that never happened. The twist is that the main characters allied with him. Dope. As a character himself, he was interesting. A man who was deluded by believing in fairy tales. Great stuff. I don't think I've seen anything quite like how they pulled it off in this series. Some good stuff. Loved it.
Gaelio: Thought he was boring AF in season 1. Thought he was awesome AF in season 2. The true hero of the story.
Iok: lol.
The story: Crime doesn't pay. The show's execution was kind of all over the place, but over all pretty decent. Definitely subverted my expectations. It was a Gundam that utitilized Gundam tropes but did so in a way that wasn't derivative and actually brought something new to the table. I also think it did a pretty good job of being anti-war without being hypocritical and showing how awesome it's mecha are. Namely it did this by going out of its way to show every main character death be pretty unglamorous. Nearly every character did in some unspectacular way (including Mikazuki, who was basically sniped from space). Very neat. The show also had the balls to go several episodes without mecha battles, which got a lot of complaints from people who were missing the point. Nice touch and I appreciated it though. The show wasn't perfect for sure (the Dorn arc was weak) but yeah. Season 2 was better. I do think that it could have benefited from 1 more episode. Show Tekkadan get into outer space. It needed just a little bit more.
This was a show that was told from the villain's perspective. Are Tekkadan themselves bad? No, though they were certainly living the "wrong" lifestyle. Their story is a tragedy in a lot of ways. Sometimes you're on the wrong side of history. But that doesn't make you evil. Just dead.
The mecha: Eh... not my favorite in the franchise. Never really got on board with them. But that's fine, because the show's characters and story more than made up for it.
Overall: I'm usually not a big fan of AUs, but I rather liked this show quite a bit. Probably one of my favorites.
8/10
The cast was pretty solid.
Mikazuki was a pretty good protagonist. He definitely fit into the stoic "Heero Yuy / Setsuna" archetype of Gundam protagonist, but they did so in a way that he didn't suck like those two did. He was a pretty interesting dude, even if he wasn't quite right in the head.
Atra: I expected to hate her. I usually don't care for her type of character. But she ended up being pretty cool. Actually, I think she may have been my favorite character.
Orga: Probably the most boring character to be honest, especially in season 2. Never really understood why Tekkadan followed him so passionately. He never really did anything. He was certainly no Bright.
McGillis: I thought he was going to be the main villain around episode 3 AND HE WAS!!!. I thought he was going to betray Tekkadan, but that never happened. The twist is that the main characters allied with him. Dope. As a character himself, he was interesting. A man who was deluded by believing in fairy tales. Great stuff. I don't think I've seen anything quite like how they pulled it off in this series. Some good stuff. Loved it.
Gaelio: Thought he was boring AF in season 1. Thought he was awesome AF in season 2. The true hero of the story.
Iok: lol.
The story: Crime doesn't pay. The show's execution was kind of all over the place, but over all pretty decent. Definitely subverted my expectations. It was a Gundam that utitilized Gundam tropes but did so in a way that wasn't derivative and actually brought something new to the table. I also think it did a pretty good job of being anti-war without being hypocritical and showing how awesome it's mecha are. Namely it did this by going out of its way to show every main character death be pretty unglamorous. Nearly every character did in some unspectacular way (including Mikazuki, who was basically sniped from space). Very neat. The show also had the balls to go several episodes without mecha battles, which got a lot of complaints from people who were missing the point. Nice touch and I appreciated it though. The show wasn't perfect for sure (the Dorn arc was weak) but yeah. Season 2 was better. I do think that it could have benefited from 1 more episode. Show Tekkadan get into outer space. It needed just a little bit more.
This was a show that was told from the villain's perspective. Are Tekkadan themselves bad? No, though they were certainly living the "wrong" lifestyle. Their story is a tragedy in a lot of ways. Sometimes you're on the wrong side of history. But that doesn't make you evil. Just dead.
The mecha: Eh... not my favorite in the franchise. Never really got on board with them. But that's fine, because the show's characters and story more than made up for it.
Overall: I'm usually not a big fan of AUs, but I rather liked this show quite a bit. Probably one of my favorites.
8/10