Ah yes, Char’s Counterattack, a movie full of oddities that nevertheless always impresses me. Perhaps it’s the production values, but I’ve always felt a sense of gravity to the proceedings, like I was watching a colossal, momentous event. Is it legitimately that, though, or is it that only in the sense that it’s forced into it by circumstance? It occurs to me that the feature might be great in spite of itself and it’s little Tomino quirks. Then again, I like some of those quirks, too.
I finished painting these awhile ago but never took proper photos. My Nu Gundam is now officially complete thanks to some finishing touches funnels.
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Yay, another project complete! As usual, a bunch of text on the build here, all the fun photos after. Jump down if you’re wise enough to skip my yammering.
So, aside from some issues here and there, the Nu ver. Ka is an amazing kit. Fantastic design, strong engineering, and a transformation gimmick that doesn’t impact the kit’s general functionality. One of the things that bugs me the most is the new hands. Woe is me that Bandai is going to be rolling them out full force. They’re too fragile and I’ve lost a few finger tips. I miss the hands that came with the Sinanju ver. Ka.
Director(s): Yoshiyuki Tomino Script: Yoshiyuki Tomino Music: Shigeaki Saegusa Yoshiyuki Tomino is not for everyone, and nothing highlights it more than this movie. People tend to either love it or hate it. I can’t really blame some people for disliking it. The movie starts in medias res and many details as to how the conflict started are merely inferred. The movie will not hold your hand. The characters of Quess Paraya and Hathaway Noa are difficult to sympathize with, and their storylines seem to obscure more pressing matters, like the rivalry between Amuro Ray and Char Aznable. But I like the in medias res, myself, and really enjoy this movie for the large-scale final battle that was years in coming. What I like about the Quess and Hathaway portions is that Tomino’s highlighting the problems that the future generation have. The movie is all about wanting humanity itself to grow up, but that means also throwing away self-destructive stubbornness, and I think it does that justice. It also has some pretty good production values which still hold up to this day. Can one man change humanity? You might wish he can.
