Ebonyslayer

Thank God I'm finished with the show. Well, what do I think of it? I think there were several problems to the point where Tomino has told Gundam fans not to watch Victory Gundam and for good reason. He was not in a healthy state of mind and was not given the freedom to do what he wanted to do. Its no surprise why he left Sunrise for the next six years. Just look at the problems: forced victimizing, incompetent characters, memory reset ending and a plethora of tension less death.

They tried to be grim but it came across as juvenile. Unlike other Gundam series where deaths and the horrors of war were merely brushed aside while at the same time glorifying the main character Victory was up-front and in-your-face about it. I thought that it backfired because of Uso's continued idiocy, coupled with his uncanny ability to somehow shrug the stress off, the impact of those deaths ended up looking contrived.

Everything had this motif of gender that I found to be extremely weird. Zanscare was fighting for motherly love? Then both Katejina and Lupe were trying to dominate men, there was the all-women shrike team, as well as that hilarious bikini attack-squad. Then there was all this talk about how women give birth and create life, lots of focusing on Marbet's pregnancy, but why? I was getting this weird sexist (matriarchy-phobia?) vibe throughout the show, but Tomino never explained half the shit he threw out there, so I can't really tell.

There is an article that covered an interview between Hideaki Anno and Tomino when Victory Gundam was airing if people are curious about it. https://wavemotioncannon.com/2016/11/08/interview-hideaki-anno-vs-yoshiyuki-tomino-animage-071994/

Katejina randomly changed from good to the most evil character I've yet seen in the entire Gundam franchise for no apparent reason. I did not like her one bit at all, and how the ending wrapped up with her character.

There was some good character design, music, and animation that were some of the better parts of the show. Some of the Mobile suits didn't look good in my opinion.

Overall, the worst Gundam series Tomino made, and probably the worst one period. Overall, 1.5/5. I feel so tempted to reread the Evangelion manga now, anything to get this bad taste out of my mouth. I almost regret trying to watch all the Zero Century Gundam anime now, almost.