18th March 2010, 8:50 AM
Bluray for episode 1 came out this week. Basically, the visual style, especially the characters, is a move back to the style that was prominent in the 80's. It's much more grounded and realistic than the look of some of the newer Gundam series. The animation is 2D for the most part with some CG here and there for spaceships and things and it looks like they put a lot of money into because it looks spectacular.
The story kind of becomes a bit standard towards the end of the first episode, but it's so well done that no one should be bothered by that. On the other hand, if you don't really know anything about the Gundam universe, it's easy to get lost because the show assumes that you already knew who certain people and organizations are and their motivations. If you want to watch Unicorn without going through all the series, movies, and OVAs then make sure to keep Google open to search for key names.
The music is stellar as well, moving from sweeping and epic to slow and intimate with ease.
Basically this is the anime that people who have been saying that all recent anime is terrible have been waiting for.
The story kind of becomes a bit standard towards the end of the first episode, but it's so well done that no one should be bothered by that. On the other hand, if you don't really know anything about the Gundam universe, it's easy to get lost because the show assumes that you already knew who certain people and organizations are and their motivations. If you want to watch Unicorn without going through all the series, movies, and OVAs then make sure to keep Google open to search for key names.
The music is stellar as well, moving from sweeping and epic to slow and intimate with ease.
Basically this is the anime that people who have been saying that all recent anime is terrible have been waiting for.