646f9e108c The US and fictional Middle-Eastern Belgistan are at war. The US takes heavy loses when Belgistan uses their giant robots, but they get help in military aid from Japan including a superb giant robot and its Japanese pilot. I've seen about the first 12 episodes. At first it was bizarre & disconnected, then overly technical. They have looong speeches about how the robots work, with no real purpose. I got the box set for Christmas, so I plan to finish it, but I end up doing Sudoku the entire time. The only remotely interesting parts deal with the various political plots & assassinations, but those are few & far between. The three distinct plot lines have absolutely no relation to each other, and now there appear to be clone things or something that is not even explained or relevant. The voice acting is terrible - it is more suited to a comedy than a drama. Although it can be confusing to begin with, don't judge after the first few episodes it really is worth watching all the way through as more is revealed. The robots are very primitive mecha for anime making it a more realistic weapon to be used in the situations featured in the film which relate alot to the recent goings on in the east. The series is very political and relies alot on political tactics to move the story froward rather than all action. Aswell as this you also have the history of the Gowa family revealing itself and it's hidden agendas within this political war. All in all very different to anything out at the moment and isn't just another mecha story well worth watching. Also the animation is very good considering it is a series for television.
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