Gundam X

[SolarAdept]

Title: Gundam X



Genre: Mecha/Romance



Episode List:

Alternative Arc

* 01 - Is There A Moon?
* 02 - Power, For You
* 03 - My Mount is Fierce!
* 04 - Time Critical Operation
* 05 - You Pull the Trigger

Saint Angelo Arc

* 06 - I Don't Like It...
* 07 - I'm Going to Sell the Gundam!
* 08 - I Won't Forgive Him!
* 09 - Like the Rain on the Street

Fort Severn Arc

* 10 - I Am A Newtype
* 11 - Just Run Without Thinking!
* 12 - It's My Best Work
* 13 - I'm A Fool; Shoot Me
* 14 - Can You Hear My Voice!

At Hometown Arc

* 15 - I Wonder if There's A Heaven?

The Lorelei Arc

* 16 - Because I'm A Person Too
* 17 - Please Determine that for Yourself
* 18 - The Sea of Lorelei
* 19 - I Feel Like I'm Dreaming

Saint's Island Arc

* 20 - ...So We Meet Again

Zonda Epta Arc

* 21 - My Dead Wife's Favorite Saying
* 22 - The Nightmare from 15 Years Ago
* 23 - My Dream is Real
* 24 - Double X, Activate!

Estard Arc

* 25 - You Are Our Star of Hope
* 26 - Don't Say Anything
* 27 - It is Time for Goodbye
* 28 - Must I Shoot?

Newtype Lab Arc

* 29 - Look At Me
* 30 - I Feel Like I May Never See You Again

Cloud 9 Arc

* 31 - Fly, Garrod!
* 32 - That's the G-Falcon!
* 33 - How do You Know Me?
* 34 - I Can See the Moon!

D.O.M.E. Arc

* 35 - I Will Not Let the Light of Hope Go Out
* 36 - The Next War is the War We Wanted
* 37 - Freeden, Launch!
* 38 - I Am D.O.M.E. People Once Called Me A Newtype
* 39 - The Moon Will Always be There



Openings and closings:

Openings:

* "Dreams" by ROmantic Mode (ep. 1-25)
* "Resolution" by ROmantic Mode (ep. 26-39)

Endings:

* "Human Touch" by Warren Wiebe (ep. 1-13, 39)
* "Human Touch" (Japanese Version) by Re-Kiss (ep. 14-26)
* "Gin-Iro Horizon [Silver Horizon]" by Satomi Nakase (ep. 27-38)



Cast and crew:

Japanese Cast

* Carris Nautilus - Yuko Mizutani
* Ennil El - Chieko Honda
* Fixx Bloodman - Shin Aomori
* Garrod Ran - Wataru Takagi
* Jamil Neate - Kenyuu Horiuchi
* Lancerow Dawell - Hiroshi Takemura
* Olba Frost - Nozomu Sasaki
* Roybea Loy - Takumi Yamazaki
* Shagia Frost - Toshiyuki Morikawa
* Tiffa Adill - Mika Kanai
* Toniya Malme - Kotono Mitsuishi
* Witz Sou - Kazuya Nakai
* Zaider Rasso - Kazuhiko Kishino

Staff

* Director - Shinji Takamatsu
* Story & Script - Hiroyuki Kawasaki
* Character Design - Nobuyoshi Nishimura
* Art Director - Masaru Sato
* Mecha Designer - Kunio Okawara & Junya Ishigaki
* Music - Yasuo Higuchi



Plot:

The series begins in AW 0015 15 years after the colonies crashed into Earth as a result of the SRA`s final push towards the ultimate victory, thus destroying the surface of the planet. The story resolves around Garrod Ran, a 15 years old hot headed boy, who is famous for being able to pull off dificult tasks. He is asked to rescue a girl held captive by vultures, and eventually he ends up in the cockpit of the GX-9900 Gundam X, and later in the crew of the Freeden-a Vulture ship whos captain wants to find and preserve newtypes from being used by people.


Characters:

Garrod Ran:

The main hero of the series. He is a hot-headed youth, with great talent for piloting mobile suits and very good in adapting to different situations. He is thought to be the best pilot in the series because he has beaten the largest number of newtype pilots in the series.

Tiffa Adill:

A newtype girl born with the newtype powers. she was kidnapped from the research facility by the Freeden in order to protect her and later helps Garrod to find the GX. After being kidnapped by the SRA she helps Dawell Lancelow to understand that he can still change the future.

Jamil Neate:

An ex-newtype who lost his powers after firing the satellite cannon and causing the colonies to crash on earth. While fighting with Dawell Lancelow he sees a future which he tries to make as the captain of the Freeden.

Dawell Lancelow:
An ace pilot of the SRA, he was the arch rival of Jamil without seeing his face even once. the first time he met him was during the before final episode on D.O.M.E. . After talking to Tiffa and hs friend`s Nichola`s death he goes and switches sides to Garrod and the other`s team.

Own opinion:
Although this anime is pretty old, it still can beat some of the newer animes, in all aspects and as a mecha anime it`s one of the best I`ve seen. It isn`t one of those animes, where the main hero singlehandedly an beat all the enemies in a jiffy, an aspect I hated in Gundam Wing, Gundam X Garrod no matter how good he is isn`t a killing machine that can own the whole universe and be back by lunch time he has his weaknesses and loses sometimes as well.



Judgement:
A great anime, recommend it to every one who doesn`t feel bad about fact it`s old and doesn`t have Gundam SEED`s graphics, or the slaughter of Gundam Wing.

Scores:

Audio: 8,2

Drama: 6,5

Humour: 8,5

Originality: 9,0

Visual: 8,9


Overall: 8,2

[Feniks]

I'm missing some things about why you give those grades, but aside that, it's a nice review.

[SolarAdept]

That`s my opinion as an experienced otaku.

[OliviaSS]

Fab review. I just dl'd some epis too. *Opens Winamp with all haste* Most helpful ^_^