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Mobile Suit Gundam is one of the most well known anime series in the world. Even non-anime watchers are familiar with it or at the very least have heard of it. A combination of amazing anime and products has contributed to its iconic nature. It is so iconic in fact that it is the very first thing that people think of when they talk about mecha in general. However, like any long running franchise, Gundam has its fair share of duds.
Gundam Reconguista in G is a season released in 2014 that is considered to be one of the worst. I am inclined to agree, as I could only make it halfway through before I had to stop. To put it simply, this is a show that could possibly be good if it were the usual 50 episode length, but it suffers a lot due to only having 26 episodes. What makes it worse is the fact that other Gundam seasons have managed to make a 24-26 structure work, meaning that the excuse of Gundam needing to be 50 episodes doesn’t work.
For starters, the story of the show is either incredibly confusing or very boring. As I mentioned before, it feels like a show that should be 50 episodes. Reconguista throws a lot of information at you all at once, making it so that if you aren’t paying attention you will be very lost. And what story you are able to follow isn’t very engaging. I can’t say that I remember any incredible action scenes or amazing character interactions as they are nonexistent.
In regards to characters, I can’t really remember them either. A big mistake that Reconguista makes is introducing a lot of characters. Because of this there is hardly any time to flesh them out. This makes it so when a character does die you feel absolutely nothing. And the characters that do get attention aren’t fleshed out that much either. In the 13 episodes that I watched, not a single character received any form of significant growth. They were exactly the same as when you first met them with the only possible difference being their clothes.
Now this isn’t to say that Reconguista is outright horrible. For one thing, the animation and mechs are beautiful. And the music has me coming back to listen to it whenever I can. Sadly, this isn’t enough to make a good show. Gundam Reconguista in G is a series that had great potential but, in the end, couldn't use it to its fullest. If you are a die-hard Gundam fan then you might enjoy it. However, if you are someone who’s just looking for a new mecha anime to watch, then I recommend you look somewhere else.
Logan Floyd-Mcgee | Writer
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