It's been quite an amount of years that the movie were expected to release in the Japanese theaters... maybe 15 or even more ! Finally, it reaches the Western Theaters on limited release.
As a long-term fan of the Gundam Seed anime, it was a no brainer that i got hyped and went to the theater once reached and the result's pretty good. A good amount of action and drama in a 2 hours long movie.
First mission were accomplished : It wasn't boring at all, it was quite an abridged version of a season 3 of the anime which makes it powerful and gives some breath when it requires with all the key criterias that made Seed so popular : A good balance between drama & romance, the charadesign and, of course, the stellar fights.
Now onto some part of the movie that contains spoilers about the plot.
Romances :
Onto a few critics :
Overall a pleasant movie and follow-up of Destiny. There has been some nice appearances thourough the way and, fortunelately, not too many flashbacks.
As a long-term fan of the Gundam Seed anime, it was a no brainer that i got hyped and went to the theater once reached and the result's pretty good. A good amount of action and drama in a 2 hours long movie.
First mission were accomplished : It wasn't boring at all, it was quite an abridged version of a season 3 of the anime which makes it powerful and gives some breath when it requires with all the key criterias that made Seed so popular : A good balance between drama & romance, the charadesign and, of course, the stellar fights.
Now onto some part of the movie that contains spoilers about the plot.
Romances :
- The romance part has been mainly focused on Kira x Lacus (obviously) with some challenges on the way. The writters definitely have heard the numerous critics about God Yamato and put him a bit back on earth as a response. We were close to a true NTR moment (for the ones who knows the term)
- However, which was a surprise, the Shinn x Lunamaria relationship has been more developped than in the anime series which is nice to see about the secondary characters
- Unfortunelately, for the Athrun x Cagalli fans, their airing time got even worse than on Destiny i found... They are clearly been relegated to the 3rd row
Onto a few critics :
- I don't know what they have been smoked on with the antagonists designs but with the "Mother" who definitely looks underaged and offset with the rest of the cast.
- In regards of the end part of the movie, we've got more than questionnable fanservicing of Lacus... Almost as horrible than were for Meer in Destiny which is a waste, also, the design offset with the others and... some budgets assignments are definitely focused on some "body movements". The last scene is also pretty hillarious for the ships. Enough to fill some doujins shelves imho for the upcoming Comikets.
Overall a pleasant movie and follow-up of Destiny. There has been some nice appearances thourough the way and, fortunelately, not too many flashbacks.