Monday, June 18, 2007

Endless Waltz-Gundam Wing: The Movie



*Reviewed by Dagger Lee

This OVA and movie takes place one year after the end of the Gundam Wing television series. It contains the same main characters from the series and a brand new enemy. The mobile suits, however, are quite different from the ones in the series.

After Colony 196, the Earth and the space colonies have settled down in peace. Having no use of their Gundams, the Gundam pilots send their Gudams to the Sun to be destroyed. Wufei disagrees and disappears without a trace.

Meanwhile, Relena Darlian has become Prime Minister of the Earth and visits the colony X1899. There, she discusses with the members of the colony on who should be leader. Relena drinks her coffee and falls unconscious. Soldiers arrive to take her away.

Heero learns about this and leaves for X1899 with Duo. Then, Relena wakes up in a bedroom and finds a little girl sitting in a chair. To her surprise, the girl introduces herself as the leader of X1899 and the daughter of Treize. Her name is Maremaia and she plans to start a war beween Earth and the colonies again.

Quatre decides to follow the Gundams and Trowa decides to investigate the colony by going there as a soldier. Wufei appears at the colony as one of Maremaia's soldiers and fights for her beliefs.

So what'll happen? Find out for yourself!

Thoughts:
I was really glad to see a sequel of my favorite anime of all time, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. I was surprised to see that the mobile suits look different from the ones in the series but this didn't stop me from watching it. I actually thought the designs looked better than before. When I was watching it, I couldn't take my eyes off the television.

What I really didn't like was the plot. It was the same from the series. Couldn't the producers come up with a new plot with the same characters? I really hate it when something good is not done better in later adaptations. I didn't mind this but I still didn't like it. I hope that a sequel to a Gundam series will have a new plot.

The characters were the same as usual. My favorite character, Zechs Merquise, appeared with Tallgeese III and wasn't really dead. I was happy to see this but I was also confused. Didn't he die in the ending of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing? How could he still be alive?! The new characters were okay but I felt that they weren't as interesting as the old ones.

Conclusion:
I recommend this to fans of Gundam Wing. You will be lost if you don't watch the series before this movie, so watch the series!
sourcce:www.spcnet.tv

No comments: