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- From: bn981@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ryan Mathews)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
- Subject: Re: GUNDAM: CHAR'S COUNTERATTACK: So, what's the big deal?
- Date: 4 Jan 1993 04:38:42 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (E. Kontei) says:
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- >So, what's the big deal about this, supposedly one of the best pieces of
- >Gundam fiction out there?
-
- Well, I'll add my article to the slew that will undoubtedly follow.
-
- CCA isn't my favorite piece of Gundam anime, that would be 0080. But CCA
- is definitely way up there on my list. It was actually the first Gundam
- I ever saw, which may have something to do with it, but I can also give
- specific reasons.
-
- -- The animation is probably the best of any Gundam feature yet produced.
- The battle scenes are "kick-ass", for lack of a better phrase. I especially
- like the tricks the Nu Gundam is able to do with the "funnels" it launches
- from its back.
-
- -- I like the soundtrack. Can't really get to specific as too why; I just
- thought it was well-done.
-
- -- As for the story: I have to give the writer credit for having the guts
- to create a completely unsympathetic character. Quess is a spoiled,
- annoying, little shit and she's supposed to be that way. In a very real
- sense, she's more the villain that Char is, even moreso since the viewer
- seems to be the only one who can tell what she really is. Char uses the
- girl like a tool, all while she believes she's using him.
- I also like CCA because it explores the characters of Char and Amuro
- and brings their struggle to a dramatic conclusion. The story ended the
- only way it could end, in mutual death. (Sorry, Sea Wasp. :-) )
-
- CCA does have its flaws. Tomino's socio-babble gets a little pompous from
- time to time. Amuro and Char arguing sociology and politics as they fight
- to the death seemed a little odd the first time I watched it. Since the
- mobile suits seem to be of all shapes, sizes, and colors, it's hard to tell
- which side is which in some of the battle scenes. When Char's rival for
- Quess' affections is blown up, the event happens so suddenly that I often
- miss it and have to rewind the tape.
-
- Still, like I said, this movie is definitely one of my favorites.
-
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