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Synopsis The year is 2314 AD, two years after Celestial Being's last great battle and the world faces a new crisis. A derelict Jupiter exploration ship, abandoned 130 years ago, has left its orbit and is approaching Earth. The ESF has also begun to exploit the power of Innovators through Descartes Shaman. The world's exposure to GN Particles has resulted in many people awakening as True Innovators. Realizing the military benefits of such individuals, the Earth Sphere Federation has begun to research Innovation and exploit the emerging Innovators' abilities. As Celestial Being and its Gundam Meisters begin their final mission to save humanity from an unimaginable threat, the Extraterrestrial Living-metal Shape-shifters (ELS), Gundam Meister Setsuna F.
Seiei is about to discover the true purpose of his evolution as an Innovator and the nature of the 'dialogues' for which Aeolia Schenberg's plan had prepared the human race. (Source: Wikipedia). Overall 8 Story 8 Animation 8 Sound 5 Character 6 Enjoyment 9 First original Gundam theatrical feature in almost two decades.
The directorial talent behind Fullmetal Alchemist. The musical scoring of Kenji Kawai. The inclusion of aliens for the first time in the franchise's thirty year history.
The namesake of a cultural phenomenon. To the cynical mind, Awakening of the Trailblazer could have almost instantly been dismissed as a failure due to the surrounding hype, the general attitude of indifference many fans have adopted thanks to Sunrise's shaky track record, and just the general air of disapproval by the die-hard Universal Century fans arguing that Gundam has just 'lost' its way. And maybe some of it is true, maybe Gundam has 'lost' its way, maybe it doesn't focus extensively on the hardships of war anymore, maybe the whole 'kill-em-all' nonsense stopped with Victory Gundam, and as an innocent new Gundam fan asks: 'What's so great about Zeta Gundam anyways? I like Gundam 00 better.' , the reactionary legion of Tomino cock-suckers instantly start screeching like little girls, and immediately start ranting about how Gundam has 'lost' its luster, passed its peak, ruined, and why Gundam today 'sucks balls because it's not what Tomino wanted.' But never do they ever commit the blasphemous act of thinking that, perhaps, this self-pleasuring canonization of old-school Gundam has outdone some of its magic? And just maybe the whole idea of 'kill-em-all' and the idea of the traditional trope-ridden Gundam has gotten quaint?
After viewing this movie, I can safely say that if Gundam 'losing' its way means actually progressing the franchise onto new boundaries, then I hope Gundam continues to 'lose' its way. Which actually brings up an interesting quirk about Gundam 00. Overall 5 Story 5 Animation 8 Sound 8 Character 5 Enjoyment 7 When Gundam 00 finished its broadcast, I was quite excited to hear that there was going to be a film sequel to resolve the last part of Aeolia's plan mentioned in the TV series and that it would be the first Gundam iteration in the 30 years of its existence that would actually have aliens included in the story. A Wakening of the Trailblazer takes place 2 years after the end of season 2 where peace is slowly starting to come true with the A-Laws disbanded, but with the arrival of a bizarre alien life form called the ELS from a space ship sent to Jupiter over a hundred years ago, all hell breaks loose and Celestial Being must step in again to save humanity. Even with this basic plot, I was very excited to actually be able to see this film because I am a rather big fan of Gundam, but upon viewing it, I was both satisfied and disappointed at the same time.
First the good. The animation looks very similar to the TV series(which isn't a bad thing) but it is of significantly higher quality and shows it off especially during the action sequences. Speaking of action, the movie is full of it. Almost the entire film consists of insane, fast paced mecha battles that made us watch 00 in the first place, you won't be disappointed.
The opening scene of the film is hilarious and parodies the series along with making a tribute to the ever popular Gurren Lagann and somewhat referencing the battle of A Baoa Qu from the original Gundam. Also the mecha designs are still as unique as ever, I couldn't tell you how many times I geeked out whenever they started to show off the new Flag mobile suits(ie Braves). Now for the bad(and sadly there is a lot of it) The story is VERY generic and any actual plot movement is nonexistent. The only thing that really moves the film's plot is the arrival of the ELS and the constant jibber jabber that minor characters make about stopping them before they reach Earth. If there wasn't any of the fast paced fight scenes, I highly doubt anyone would have wanted to watch this film, there is no point to the story really. The ELS are fairly underwhelming as alien antagonists. Other mecha series such as Macross were able to successfully utilize aliens into the story by making them unique and interesting with a good backstory.
Come on, how are 40 ft aliens who are afraid of affection and culture not interesting? Liquid metal aliens that are fleeing from their destroyed home planet simply doesn't cut it and their assimilation into vehicles on Earth are not frightening nor interesting, they're actually quite hilarious. The next major problem with the film was its handling of its characters. Several new characters are introduced to the film( ie Descartes Shaman and Meena Carmine) but add nothing to the story, it wouldn't make a difference if they didn't even appear at all.
Shaman's character managed to disappoint me the most, as previews made him out to be a major character, instead he gets very little screen time and is there only to be cannonfodder. The returning characters also get very little screen time and most of their appearances are rather pointless, rendering them very one dimensional personalities.
Saji and Louise were used in the TV series to show how ordinary people could get involved in conflicts that they don't think would affect them, but they don't serve any purpose in the film they're just there, much like Marina whose appearance seems even more pointless. I don't even know what their purpose was in being shown, despite the fact that they were there. These characters don't even progress any further in film or are the given any sort of epilogue at the end like in season 2, with the exception of a few characters in the last bonus scene. Besides all of my ramblings about how flawed Trailblazer is, the film is still very entertaining to watch because of its fast paced action sequences and high quality animation.
You won't get much depth out of its non existent story and one dimensional characters, but if you want to watch giant robots blow the crap out of each other in fast paced battles, look no further. However, if you are somewhat of a perfectionist and wants to get the ultimate satisfaction out of watching the 00 series, ignore the film completely and just pretend the whole series concludes with season 2. Overall 7 Story 0 Animation 0 Sound 0 Character 0 Enjoyment 0 Like alot of other people who saw and enjoyed the TV Series, I was hyped up for this film. Although I did keep a few lingering doubts in my mind to make sure that the hype didn't ruin the film for me.
Obviously being a movie, certain elements have to be condensed in order to function, so the question is: does Awakening of the Trailblazer serve as a fitting conclusion to Gundam 00? Well.Yes and no.
Let's go over the main aspects of the story. This is the first entry in the franchise to introduce aliens, which is of course one of the film's biggest selling points. The ELS do make for interesting obstacles, as merely touching them can mean a slow painful death. Combined with the fact that they're literally everywhere on the battlefield adds a feeling of horror and suspense that (let's be honest here) is rarely seen in Gundam. For the most part the film does a good job at building up the ELS as a legit threat. However Gundam's strong point has always been about the characters being more interesting than the mechs they pilot, so sadly we don't get any bouts between main characters since all of humanity has banded together to go up against this alien menace.
Not to mention, if you never saw the TV Series, then the presence of aliens in a Gundam-related work can be very jarring, since it's only hinted at in Season 2. However my biggest gripe overall is the way the film handles it's characters. There's virtually little character development. Again, watching the TV Series is essential since it's there that all the characters reach the peak of their development. Feldt is the only one who gets any sort of relevant change and she's not even a main character. Because there's little development, I couldn't help but question the presence of two of the new characters: Mena who looks and sounds like Nena Trinity (something which is never explained) mostly serves as Billy's new love interest and does provide us some info on the ELS, but not much else.
And then there's Descartes Shaman. The trailers seemed to hype him up as the potential new rival to Celestial Being, and honestly he was the character I was most looking forward to since I always felt that 00's villains were lacking compared to antagonists of the past. Sadly Descartes is merely a throwaway character.
Although I will give props to the film for redeeming Graham Aker. Thank God he dropped that whole Mr.
Bushido nonsense. However for a sequel to be good it needs to properly re-establish the returning cast (assuming they do return), and the story needs to stand out without needing to rely on past sources.
Don't believe me? Watch Terminator 2. In the end much of my enjoyment for the film's characters and story was mainly due to the fact that I liked the TV series and I wanted to see how it all ended. But if you never saw the series, you won't understand why there are aliens, and you won't understand the relationships of the characters or their motivations.
From a visual standpoint, Trailblazer looks pretty good, but when you go back and watch the TV Series, it doesn't seem like that much of an improvement. Don't get me wrong, the animation is smoother and the art is fairly detailed, but it's not like in Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa where the already good visuals that the TV series boasted where upped two times over. Still the visuals don't disappoint, though I am still annoyed by the male characters looking effeminate. The mech designs is one area that will be hit or miss with some people.
I do find the designs of the new Gundams fairly unique. They take some of the elements from their Season 1 predecessors (such as the vent-less mouths) while still retaining the bulkier look of their Season 2 predecessors. Though I do admit that the Zabanya (Lockon's new Gundam) does look goofy with those picket fences hanging on it's hips. The ELS on the other hand remind of the T-1000 from Terminator 2.
No wonder they're intimidating. However as far as battles go, they're fast paced, explosive, and damn entertaining, but I was disappointed by the lack of screen time that two of the main Gundam's have in the film (not gonna say which ones. If you saw the movie, you know which ones I'm talking about). The 00 Raiser does appear again although I was disappointed by the way it's final moments were depicted. Much like the series, the music is pleasing to the ears.
The opening song 'Closed World' by the Back Horn does have some of that heavy dark mood that L'arc En Ciel's 'Daybreak's Bell' opening had, but without any of the hopefulness, and comes off as more impending. The ending theme 'Qualia' is performed by Uverworld, who sang Season 2's first opening song.
Personally I wish they got L'arc back for the movie, but I guess beggars can't be choosers. Much of the background music is from the TV series, which is okay by me since they suit the scenes just right, and fit in with the tone of the film.
In the end Gundam 00 Awakening of the Trailblazer does succeed in being an entertaining action film but it stumbles in doing so. From a thematic standpoint I was able to understand what Director Mizushima was trying to get across with the show's themes about ending war and understanding one another.
These are themes that date back to the original Gundam series, and for the most part it deals with it in it's own way, but it didn't work for me until I sat down and thought about it. Because of that, I feel that the movie does get better with time, but then again that could just be me thinking too much about it.
I liked the movie. It was fun, it was entertaining, but there were things about it that disappointed me. I'd say the film is on par with Gundam F91, but not as good as Char's Counterattack. Still if you liked the series, I say watch the film and decide for yourself. Overall 5 Story 3 Animation 8 Sound 8 Character 5 Enjoyment 7 To be very serious in reviewing this movie, I would say this is not at all a gundam series and that falls into several big problems that this series has. Art; 8 points Firstly, the art it is self is great, it is what you would be expecting out of a movie at this time from the Gundam anime industry. It represent a lot about how much the art has developed through time in the Gundam history.
However, it is not the best art and graphic you can find from Gundam. Unicorn on the other hand is an OVA series yet, its attention to small details and effects are amazing and flawless. Therefore, in compare to an OVA airs about the same time that has better qualtiy overall, a movie has this level of art cannot receive its full marks.
Sound: 8 points The sound effect is solid. It fits the movie really well.
Characters: 5 points Even more new characters are being introduced and follow second season's fashion, they are underdeveloped. Some very great characters are presented heroicly but was given less attention; while other, included even some core characters, are being overexagereated in a very unrealistic way and could not resolves much about them granted extensive time spent on these characters overall. Story: 3 points The worst aspect of this movie is the story. There is no clash between ideals, the story is very cartoonish and lacks the freshness value that a movie should have had.
The untolerable point of this movie is that it has more elements of a super robot movie than a Gundam. Many striking similarities to Fafner can be recognized.
The movie has a increasing amount of meta-science elements that leads its collapse at the end due to its conflict with the logical based concept that has always been the core behind any great Gundam series. Enjoyment: 7 points The battles are great as akways but that all it has.again, there are 'supermans flying around destroying everything' to a point, it becomes very typical. Anyone that dislike beam spamming should be dissappointed watching this movie since this has 10 times more beam spamming than Seed or Destiny ever had and for 90% of the time the Gundams would flying around spaming fangs, bits and beams.again. The story is the crucial part to a Gundam movie or to any anime series overall since the art quality has been steadily improving in recent time while the level of depth to a story has been long given far less attention than it should really have. In addition, 'Awakening of the Trailblazer's failure to distinct itself as a Gundam series from the super robot series is perhaps its greatest weakness.
Thus, overall, even the beautifully done animtion cannot covers for its easily recognizable weaknesses, so the overall score I can give ti tis 5, average. To sum up, the series has done very well in the first season but starts to decrease in quality over time while could not able to meet expectations from experienced old Gundam fans. If you are a new comer to Gundam and you prefer action rather story then 00 may not be a bad place to start with; however, it should be note that even if you watch 00, you can't obtain a throughout understanding of what a Gundam series should be as well as the greatness in the stories of many great old Gundam series. I would highly reccomend any UC series over 00.
Like the title says, the DVD is out in Japan, and there's a sub available. Anyone seen it yet? I just started it but when I saw the 'movie adaptation' of the events during the series.
There's references to SEED, CCA, and even Gurren Lagann. And then of course you find out what the world thinks the Gundam pilots actually look like. The whole thing was pretty hilarious. Well I'll have to say that the story is kind of iffy but the action is pretty crazy and over the top. I was worried that the animation would be the same as the series, since the TV series was in HD and all, but the final battle is sure a sight to behold.
Its like if all the mobile suits were Freedoms (with the Federation having the originals, and Celestial Being having Strike Freedoms) and there are still too many enemies for them to beam spam through. Its inclusion of aliens is kind of cliche, with the whole 'it was just a misunderstanding' deal. I know he gets a lot of flack now for his stances on gay marriage but the same thing happens with the aliens in Ender's Game (which I'm sure most everyone has read).
The quality of the film, just from skimming, unfortunately isn't anything above and beyond the regular series, its just more of it. With a lack of more substantial threat than just some kind of alien swarm, the battles are all just laser spams (though that'll be fine, since so many people seem to like the Strike Freedom). For comparison, the Haruhi movie was also made available recently and that just was everything a movie based on a show should be, everything was an improvement, including the animation, storytelling, and even the music. The 00 movie was just a really long episode of the show. That said, it's enjoyable on a basic level as a kind of guilty pleasure.
Click to expand.Actually I thought Unicorn gets a simultaneous release in both Japan and the US, with the US version including an English dub. They also have Misty from Pokemon as Micott. And also instead of the 8 months between the first and second episodes, the third Unicorn will come out pretty soon (by comparison) in March. So back to 00 Graham's Brave Squadron was pretty cool with their coordination and everything, I highly enjoyed all of their scenes, though its weapons seem pretty crazy, as a fast hit and run type unit, with the ability to shoot behind it, and also giant laser.
In fact, pretty much every Gundam now also has a big laser blast type weapon and the ability to perform 360 degrees attacks. Also that scene when Setsuna initiates contact with the ELS was pretty spectacular after rewatching it. Its the only section of the entire movie that's higher quality than the show, visually anyway. Why does it take so long for each Unicorn episode? The animation is amazing but it still seems to be a long time.
How many episodes of Unicorn are there going to be? The mobile suits look awesome in Unicorn but I thought the biggest improvement was in the people.
00 had nice looking gundam animation but the people looked not nearly as well done in comparison to the gundams. I thought the characters from seed looked better although they had the stereotypical anime look. Unicorn how ever actually has some pretty realistic features to their characters. I only watched a little but it had bad sound quality.
Any good links where I can watch it? What your seeing there is not unique to Unicorn but the Universal Century as a whole. For more information please see The Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy, 08th MS Team, 0080, 0083, Zeta Gundam, ZZ Gundam (just um. Ignore the first half), Char Counter Attack, F91 (Then immediately read Crossbone Gundam), and Victory Gundam. Though Victory may require anti-depressants at some parts and I can't honestly say I recommend 0083 but that's my opinion. Most AU try to match what UC is but usually far short if not out right fail. G Gundam is its own species and is fun but a far cry from Gundam.
Not bad, just not really Gundam. Wing is ok and just gets a bad rap because GW fan who arn't fans of any other Gundam series have a really bad habit of annoying the hell out of UC guys. X is good but has a rushed ending do to an unwarranted cancellation. Turn A Gundam is.ing art! It set an unreachable bar for AU Gundam and should be greeted with our awe and respect. Bow to Turn A Gundam!
SEED is sub-par but ok in that it at least tried and we got the Astray Manga as a result an I like the first two of those. Destiny is ABSOLUTE CRAP! It is an insult to Gundam, it is an insult to Anime, hell its an insult to writing! As for 00, 00 tries really really hard to respect UC while still keeping some of the trends from W, X, and SEED that make them marketable. It falls just a bit short though. It has some character moment, mainly with both Lockon's and there relationships. The end of the first season also had some heart a little wrenching with the bridge crew but that it.
The main character falls short of drawing sympathy is interest. The side character draw is in a bit but its not enough.
Plus they forgot one important factor, its not the Mobile Suits its the pilots. Sorry if you are an UC fan and I just ranted for nothing, but being as the only activity here recently has been from that Destiny Warrior game I assume everyone I don't recognize is a Wing/SEED/00 only guy. Oh as for why it take so long, its an OVA those are usually released seasonally. Though the second episode did take twice as long as most and I don't know exactly why.
My guess is either the movie quality animation is taking them longer to do, or they're not use to the logistics of the international release. As for the episode count, wiki say 6 but I don't know where their getting that from. I personally feel that the 00 movie was more of an insult to Gundam than Destiny was. I admit that Destiny was a bit repetitious but at least it was still Gundam flavored. Even G Gundam was more Gundam flavored than the 00 movie. I would consider myself a well rounded Gundam fan and have a hard time saying I didn't like something in the Gundam universe.
In my opinion War in the Pocket was pretty boring and the same goes for Victory and Turn A, and these two weren't even very coherent in my opinion. I still prefer them to the 00 movie though, it just really didn't belong.
G Gundam was just a different method for controlling suits, very enhanced people, and some pretty amazing technology, but this was all in the realm of possibility in the Gundam Universe as a whole. In the 00 movie though, aliens and warping and going into deep space, it's more of a stretch in my opinion. Ok I finally got around to watching it, unfortunately the translation I had was horrible. The grammar wasn't corrected properly, the timing was off, some parts were obviously mistranslated, and they even forgot to capitalize properly.
Also the post credits epilogue was cut off. Yeah so never watch anything by Hadena. For what I could gather though, it was Macross but with Newtypes instead of Pop Idols. Which isn't bad I guess but odd for Gundam. Gundam is always about mankinds endless cycle of war.
Any for of evolution of ideal that seems will end it, ever does. 00 on the other hand seems to want to go for a more optimistic view. We knew this from the second season though so it should be a surprise that it came to fruition in the movie. Still I'll have to reserve me greater judgment until it gets it US release to see a proper translation.