The recent Mobile Suit Z Gundam movies changed the ending of the narrative of Z to make it as if Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam never happened. I sense a conspiracy, to make people to skip straight to Char’s Counterattack so people can watch and appreciate Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, currently airing now.

I mean, think of the sales they can make in this kind of economy! Think of the subscriptions to the Bandai channel! After all, people can always watch ZZ later right? So for those who haven’t seen it yet, consider the following reasons before making your commitment. After all, it’s 47 episodes.

10. Jewdough Ashta is the pinnacle of human evolution.

From its beginnings among the complex primates, humans continue to evolve. In the Universal Century a New Type of human beings have begun to develop abilities to deal with the vastness of space. JEWDOUGH is the latest and most awesome incarnation, easily beating opponents that his predecessors (Amuro, Char, Kamille) couldn’t.

9. The characters of Z Gundam get their JUST DESSERTS. Yazan gets his end as befits an ace of the Titans.

Who are you violating now, flyboy? From the best damn fighter among the Titans, Yazan suffers the indignity of being beaten by a kid with even less military experience than Kamille (AND I MEAN SOMEONE WHO’S NEVER PILOTED A GUNDAM BEFORE), and was reduced to a subsistence of being a junk collector whose highlights were catching a pig with his bare hands and fighting a mecha duel with a pork chop in his mouth the whole time.

War sucks.

8. Someone finally remembered Sayla Mass.

After 95 episodes since the end of 0079 Gundam, Sayla Mass shows up and actually has a speaking part. It’s as if she was bumped off the whole narrative to be replaced by Haman Karn, who is superior to her in every way except for her hair which she just copied from Sayla. Haman obviously believed that the younger sister love thing was the way to go to get Char back. FAIL.

7. Quattro Bajeena (is in the 1st OP) HE IS CHAR.

This show can’t help but be special, if Char is in the OP. He is, after all, the most iconic character in Gundam next to Haro (sorry Amuro) He looks very angry about something, maybe because he got shot down at the end of Z and HE ISN’T ACTUALLY IN THIS SHOW, HE’S JUST IN THE OP. Well, JEWDOUGH IS ANGRY TOO.

This is not anime.

6. Incredible voice acting for incredible characters: Beecha Oleg, that other guy, and Chara Soon.

The following characters required energetic performances from their actors! You can hear their voices ringing in your head, following you wherever you go well after you’ve finished watching!

Shingo Hiromori as Beecha Oleg

Kôzô Shioya as Mondo Agake

Hazuki Monma as Chara Soon

Given the demands of such compelling and complex characters, I can only imagine that these actors moved on to have distinguished careers.

5. Haman Karn turns out to be the character she is destined to be.

Haman Karn reveals herself not to be the cool and calm schemer that came on top during the Gryps conflict in Z. She has the soul of a lover, and a lover of young boys (sorry Char, she gave you up — not that you’re into women). Haman’s sensitive and fragile spirit was shattered (along with the rest of her) when she rammed her damaged Qubeley on the side of an asteroid… after all was lost: her cause to revive the Zabi family, and her desire for Jewdough Ashta.

4. Lolicon paradise. Puru is so nice, she had to show up twice! (NAKED!)

ONII-CHAN DAI-SUKIII!

PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU

ONII-CHAN JEWDOUGH! ONII-CHAN JEWDOUGH! ONII-CHAN JEWDOUGH! ONII-CHAN JEWDOUGH!

PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU PURU

ONII-CHAN JEWDOUGH! ONII-CHAN JEWDOUGH! ONII-CHAN JEWDOUGH! ONII-CHAN JEWDOUGH!

If you want to see her naked and in various states of undress (in the bath, etc.) you’ll have to watch the show.

War is hell.

3. There’s no love like the love of/for a younger sister.

Leina is alive! Who doesn’t believe how a teenage boy will FIGHT to END WAR for the sake of his younger sister?

2. Bright Noa lightens up.

Nobody ever followed him except Quattro anyway (maybe Emary), but here in ZZ Bright just stopped caring. No more slaps, no more disciplining. I mean, what’s the fucking use? The kids with Gundams run everything anyway.

1. The war is really up to the Gundam Team and its band of teenage Newtypes. I mean, the Gundam was a sideshow in the One Year War. The Gryps conflict was settled by large battles and a Colony Laser. But the Neo Zeon were vanquished by ONE SHIP, ONE TEAM. GO GUNDAM TEAM.

The entire Neo-Zeon empire was defeated by (internal strife) 4 Gundams (LOL Hyaku Shiki) piloted by a bunch of out-of-school kids. There was no significant organized force sent to fight Neo-Zeon. None.

Why should the powers that be waste or risk unnecessarily significant resources, human life, and military strength to win a war, when non-military personnel can win every single engagement for them?

Besides, who wants to see massive engagements of nameless mooks in their crappy GMs and Nemos and Gaza-Cs? This show gives people what they really want to see: GUNDAMS SWATTING FUNNELS (that can’t hit anything except OTHER FUNNELS) WITH THEIR LIGHTSABERS!

Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam put the Gundams in Gundam shows.

(I didn’t even mention the Aztec Space Ninjas. That’s just a bonus!)

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