Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

[Gypsy]

Thanks go to Sync for this excellent review. It *almost* made me want to be a Gundam fan.

http://christiananime.net/reviews.php?display=132

[Rogie]

This is a good review, and I totally agree that Bandai did a pretty bad subtitling job, as it is often inaccurate enough to induce frustration (especially if you can understand basic conversational Japanese and know that the subtitles don't always match the spoken words). The show is still good, but the often poor translation decreases the North American release's quality.

Anyway, I just finished Zeta Gundam, and I've got a few comments to add in addition to this review.

Actually, the nudity is shown more often than what is described in this review. In addition to the "comical" shower scene, another shower scene is featured near the beginning with detailed female nudity, and one episode has a female character nude for about 3 or 4 minutes nonstop, with details. The scene shows how childlike this adult female has become mentally, as she is not ashamed to run around naked like a very young little girl, but it is nudity that will likely make Christian viewers uncomfortable.

Otherwise, I would just mention that the Newtype theme is even stronger in this series than in the original series and their film-version cousins. In fact, the afterlife is discussed from a Newtype perspective, which obviously is not in line with Christian beliefs.

Not trying to be picky, but I felt that these issues needed to be mentioned in addition to this review.

[Gypsy]

I agree, this the the type of thing that needs to be mentioned if it's not found in the review. Thanks, rogie, I'll fix it now.

Edit: I hope you don't mind, rogie_san, but I just pasted in your comments about the additional nudity. I hope Sync doesn't mind, either. I did just about the same for the Newtype bit, as well as inserting a vague bit about what the Newtypes are. Let me know if it's *too* vague.

[Sync]

Oops, must have tuned out the Rosammy parts in eps.39-41 since she was one character I just didnt care for.

[Rogie]

I agree, this the the type of thing that needs to be mentioned if it's not found in the review. Thanks, rogie, I'll fix it now.

Edit: I hope you don't mind, rogie_san, but I just pasted in your comments about the additional nudity. I hope Sync doesn't mind, either. I did just about the same for the Newtype bit, as well as inserting a vague bit about what the Newtypes are. Let me know if it's *too* vague.

I'm fine with that, Gypsy, and your description of the Newtypes is a great way to explain who they are to non-Gundam fans.

Oops, must have tuned out the Rosammy parts in eps.39-41 since she was one character I just didnt care for.

I can see how you could tune out Rosammy (the childish adult who I mentioned was nude), since they just sort of dropped her into the series as it was winding down. You don't really have any time to develop any sort of attachment to her, since she comes into the series so late. Tomino is far too fond of introducting characters late like this, and it's my biggest pet peeve with his works.

Anyway... again, it's a good review, Sync!

[Torokun]

Z-Gundam! ooh... The 80's romance...

[Fireproof]

It has extended scenes with detailed nudity, and its nudity rating is still a '1?'

[Gypsy]

Because I wasn't paying attention to the numbers, or I may have accidentally clicked it down or something. Anyway, it's fixed now. Sorry about that.

[Fireproof]

*Nods* Just reading through the review and thought I could help.