Rate this anime day 100: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

[Neuromancer]

Solid 7.

 

[Godless Socialist CEO]

For me it’s a ten. One of my favorite gundams, had real stakes and they weren’t afraid to kill any and everyone

 

[feelosofer]

7/10. I think this is of the Gundams where the story was so strong it could have a been a compelling show without the robots. As such the fights are almost an afterthought but this and 0080 might be some of the best at capturing the consequences and horror of war on a micro scale.

 

[Monsanto]

Props to posting up 100 animes to vote on.

Never seen this so I won't be voting.

 

[It is a mystery]

Where's my gundam IBO haters at

 

[Solo ✧✦✧]

I haven't watched this in years but I remember it being average and boring at times.

6/10

 

[Afro]

It's my favorite Gundam series, right in front of Gundam 00.

IBO is loosely inspired by a child militia killed in the Pacific War. Flips a fukked up history chapter into a story of kids creating their own future entirely by choice. A lot of them die. a lot of those deaths are tough to watch. But I appreciated IBO's willingness to let kids be overwhelmed by force and face the consequences of their decisions as they took on more and more responsibility. No one really feels that untouchable for better or for worse.

The combat in IBO is relatively primitive for a Gundam. Not a lot of laser beam spam or giant robots doing backflips at warp speed in space. Lots of hacking and slashing, brutal style fighting. Imo this is a positive because it makes the fights easy to follow compared to other Gundams where there's too much shyt happening on screen to really process it all in a single take. Simple is best sometimes.

Mikazuki is a total sociopath. No conscious. Doesn't hesitate to kill. Lives for battle and really nothing else. I remember one scene where some enemy was making a long winded speech about honor or something lame like that. He interrupted it midway to slice the bytch in half and continued on with his business. Sometimes he's criticized for having no personality. But that would be the point of him being detached from all emotion. one of the better Gundam pilots as far as raw combat goes.

My least favorite aspect was the focus on politics and strategy. Just kinda tuned out during a lot of those segments. Maybe it was most of the major characters being teenagers made it not all that convincing to listen to. Mikazuki succeeded with brute strength more so than instruction to win every fight so I didn't really care too much about pre fight gameplans. Some hate the ending because the "villains" get away with stuff. but I'm not really sure Mikazuki and Orga aren't villains themselves. None of them are entitled to a happy ending or anything like that.

I'll give IBO an 8. Fun ride throughout. Doesn't pull punches. Fights are great. Mikazuki is great. Doesn't compare to something like MS 08th, but still really good in its own right.

You get it, I think the ambiguity was the whole point.

We cheered the kids on because we saw how their world dealt them a terrible hand. They carved out a slice for themselves, but they always took the most dangerous paths to get there.

Folks on other forums love to blame Orga, but it was Mika who kept pushing him on the same bloody path.

Orga didn't trust himself enough to take it slow, he wanted them to get to the "end" as fast as possible so less people would (supposedly) die. Something Biscuit kept warning him about.

I liked the politics (it is a Gundam show after all), Kudelia was a great character who grew as the series did. The people wanted to take advantage of these children and her for their own bidding. Alot of them won and alot of them didn't.

McGillis being the Anti-Char was a great ride too. He was done in by his hubris and ironically, a "villain" of his own creation.

Tekkadan lives through the sacrifices they made though

Wish I didn't miss this thread, easily a ten

 

[Alvin]

it's on hulu, never cared to watch it tbh

 

[TheDarkskinnedDrake]

Watching this now

 

[Freedman]

Mfs sleeping