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Gundam 00 episodes 1-3

Acquired via crunchyroll.com.

In a future with elevators to orbitals, a rogue paramilitary organization called Celestial Being, run by some bald dude who is apparently a key figure in the development of solar power who supposedly died 200 years ago, is attempting to end war by sending out Gundams to wage war on everyone who's having a war. So far, this has been surprisingly successful.

There are a ton of characters and I have no idea who most of them are or why they're doing anything. At first I thought one of the Gundam pilots was a crazy religious fanatic because he kept exclaiming "Hallelujah!" but that turned out to be another pilot's name.

The pilot who I'm liking at the moment is Setsuna, who endeared himself to me by having a flashback in the middle of a battle, becoming totally non-responsive for several minutes, and then announcing "I am Gundam!" before berserkly killing people. I was also fond of the moment when he looked at a glass of milk, and somehow conveyed a universe of worldweariness and apathetic despair by commenting, "Milk."

This hasn't grabbed me like the first three episodes of Gundam Wing did-- so far the only characters who have demonstrated personality are crazy Setsuna and a squeaky-voiced spherical robot-- but I'll keep watching for at least a bit more. No female pilots, alas, though you wouldn't guess that just by looking at them; the crew of Celestial Being's military ship seems to be mostly female, all trying to outdo the pilots in a contest of "most un-regulation haircut."

Gundam 00 episodes 1-3

Acquired via crunchyroll.com.

In a future with elevators to orbitals, a rogue paramilitary organization called Celestial Being, run by some bald dude who is apparently a key figure in the development of solar power who supposedly died 200 years ago, is attempting to end war by sending out Gundams to wage war on everyone who's having a war. So far, this has been surprisingly successful.

There are a ton of characters and I have no idea who most of them are or why they're doing anything. At first I thought one of the Gundam pilots was a crazy religious fanatic because he kept exclaiming "Hallelujah!" but that turned out to be another pilot's name.

The pilot who I'm liking at the moment is Setsuna, who endeared himself to me by having a flashback in the middle of a battle, becoming totally non-responsive for several minutes, and then announcing "I am Gundam!" before berserkly killing people. I was also fond of the moment when he looked at a glass of milk, and somehow conveyed a universe of worldweariness and apathetic despair by commenting, "Milk."

This hasn't grabbed me like the first three episodes of Gundam Wing did-- so far the only characters who have demonstrated personality are crazy Setsuna and a squeaky-voiced spherical robot-- but I'll keep watching for at least a bit more. No female pilots, alas, though you wouldn't guess that just by looking at them; the crew of Celestial Being's military ship seems to be mostly female, all trying to outdo the pilots in a contest of "most un-regulation haircut."