I have seen it. In fact, it was the first Gundam series that I saw as it aired.
When it comes to Gundam I'm like Konata's father from Lucky Star. I would even watch Detective Gundam.
I like Gundam AGE enough and I don't share the disdain GundamEra has for it. It does have a long list of faults but there are, for my taste, far worse Gundam series.
Pros:
- The first two openings had great music.
- There are some interesting characters but with the exception of Woolf Enneacle and Asemu they seem to have a lot of wasted potential. I wanted Flit to go full genocide but his character seemed to be sanitized for the intended younger audience. Second part Zeheart is great but he turns into a moronic zealot in third. Arisa Gunhale deserved to be rememberd for more that slapping Asemu's ass.
- There is a fair amount of grunt designs, which is good, but their design is a bit too simplistic.
- I found the idea of the whole story being a family saga quite good.
- Asemu's frustration for not being an X-rounder is interesting but It got annoying at times. Asemu becomes a better character for it.
Cons:
- Mixing normal looking characters with dumb looking characters doesn't work for me (not even if you are Leiji Matsumoto).
- Chasing a younger audience was a step in the wrong direction. Were they chasing the Danball Senki money?
- The idea of some "magical" egg coming up with upgrades is laughable.
- The whole thing about the monsters/aliens being actual humans doesn't seem that original (and I still hadn't seen Martian Successor Nadesico by then)
- Martians seem to have some impressive tech to make the trip from Mars to Earth a trivial matter even for huge ships but for some reason their colony is stranded in Mars orbit. Never explained why.
- Romary is a bland character with an even blander son. No wonder Asemu decided to bail to go pirating.
- Kio is a Gary Stu whose only justification is "grandad put me in a sim when I was a kid". The annoying kind of pacifist, I'd prefer Banagher any day.
- I am convinced, although I have no proof, that AGE killed the momentum of the MegaSize line that didn't recover until the release of the Unicorn to coincide with the new 1:1 statue. They should have released Mk-II and a non transformable Zeta. Not AGE 1 and AGE 2.
- The beast motif for the Vagan suits, I do not find too hot.
- The spoiler of AGE-1 can never be justified design-wise.
Best scene in the series: when Obright piloting a grunt knows he is done for but still impales Fram's MS with a beam saber and has one last thought about finally being reunited with Remi.
Bonus High Grade pic
