>>11658984The thing about the original Gundam is that it's incredibly well written from a character perspective. All the characters have full internality, they react to things differently, they keep secrets, they have motivations they aren't consciously aware of. And the character growth is incredibly natural. Amuro famously starts the show as an awful smelly nerd and spends the first 15 episodes basically constantly scared, being bounced from traumatic event to traumatic event, never having any time to rest or try to sort things out. And by the end of the show he's this reliable, professional, amazingly talented soldier. And there is no moment where he's like, "I'm going to be an adult now!", there's no single turning point, his development is gradual and uneven but above all natural and realistic.
And it's not just Amuro, the whole crew has similar arcs, each one different based on who each character is. At the start the whole White Base crew is a gaggle of civilian conscripts with a couple barely out of the academy soldiers trying to keep them alive, all of them in way over their heads. And then by the Battle of Solomon near the end, you see the entire ship running like clockwork, everyone knows their job and does it well, and every inch of that development is earned. That's what's really amazing about the show, you have seen these characters change and grow and earn every ounce of experience the hard way.
Genuinely, the only other show I can think of that spends so much time on the character's internal motivations and development is Breaking Bad.
So if you like that stuff, MSG is great, if you just want cool robot battles, check out 0083
