It’s not a complete overhaul, but having seen the side-by-side comparisons, the changes are noticeable: to put things in perspective, it’s the difference between 2007’s Halo 3 and Halo 3 from The Master Chief Collection. The HD remaster brought new life into a series, bringing the visuals upwards to improve the experience.Having Dewbond for this collaboration thus represents a fantastic opportunity to talk about the sorts of things that I might otherwise miss while conversing with more familiar faces, and this in turn will confer, as my best friend puts it, a “most” experience. Gundam is, after all, a franchise whose largest successes come from a balance of character growth and development, exploration of a plethora of themes as varied as current events to bioethics, and thrilling, well-animated combat sequences. Such topics form the bulk of discussions I am most familiar with, but this approach comes at the expense of things like characterisation and other topics. I welcome back Dewbond for this discussion with my best friend, Gundam discussions never stray far from mobile suit mechanics, their analogues in real life and video games, and how politics in Gundam always seem to predict or speak to current events with a chilling accuracy. With the whole of Gundam SEED now in the books, I am finally in a position to say I’m ready for a collaborative talk about Gundam SEED. The road from the first episode to finish took ten months altogether I actually started back in September of last year, but only really accelerated my experience in the past six months. What followed was a fantastic journey going in, the only knowledge I had was that internet opinions of the show were not entirely trustworthy, and so, I entered with an open mind. Recently, at my best friend, and Dewbond of Shallow Dives in Anime‘s recommendation, I would finally begin Gundam SEED. However, back then, it would’ve been very tricky to get ahold of Gundam SEED, and for the next sixteen years, what sort of series Gundam SEED was would remained unanswered. With her singing voice, I was captivated. I subsequently longed to hear more of the soundtrack, and stumbled across Rie Tanaka’s Token of Water. One of my best friends had taken an immense liking to the series and picked up all four volumes of the soundtrack some time later, sharing two iconic songs, Strike Shutsugeki and Seigi to Jiyuu, with me over MSN messenger. Back then, the local television station ran English-dubbed episodes on Friday evenings, and I caught a glimpse of the series late in the game. Gundam SEED first crossed my path when I was a student. “If you don’t do something because you think you can’t do it, you’ll never be able to do anything in the future.” –Kira Yamato
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