Gundam 0083

I have been a fan of Gundam for almost 20 years and have seen it through it's various incarnations. While I am no authority on anime, I definitely know what I like. I used to think Zeta Gundam was a pinnacle in mecha design and plot twists, but this one brings it all home.

The character design, story telling and music are all A+ #1

It's one thing to just think of them as giant robots, or big tanks, but this series brought out how hard it was to be a pilot of one of these devices, both physically as well as psychologically.

If you can, I advise getting it!

Stardust Memory is by far one of the best and most enjoyable of the whole Gundam collection. As its rating shows, most others agree that this series offers the best of mecha in recent times. It has everything that one could want in a series: great battles, cool characters, likable villains, and of course it continues with the Gundam tradition of showing both sides of war. It even has some comedy and romance(although somewhat annoying). Kou Uraki whines just a little bit less than Amuro, so u won't have to wear earplugs while watching. The best aspect of the series has to be the battles. Throughout of the series, we see the use of 3 incredible gundams. Each of them has their own niche that sets them apart. The GP01 is the classic Gundam for all purposes. The GP02 has first strike capabilities that basically starts Operation Stardust. The GP03 is just an incredible mobile armor/suit. Besides these, the battles are very even unlike MSG's battles. The Zeon have equality in the way of mobile suits. But anyways, this series is a must see for any Gundam fan and it has the coolest villain ever. Long live Anavel Gato, The Nightmare of Solomon.

Gundam 0083 is one incredible ride, with top animation (Both the character movement and mecha animation is very fluid, and the detail is astounding)music, and mecha design, done both by Hajime Katoki(One of the top designers for Gundam) and Shoji Kawamori(Creator/mecha designer of such anime classics as Macross and Escaflowne). The characters are well-designed and very realistic, avoiding the "big eye" stereotype. The story takes place between the original Gundam and Zeta Gundam. Following events in the original, new Gundams are being developed by the Earth Federation. However, a remnant Zeon force steals one of the Gundams-one armed with a nuke, no less-and it's up to ensign Kou Uraki to take one of the other units and join in a desperate search across Earth and space-before it's too late. As panic grips the Federation, small conspiracies begin to form on both sides, which ultimately culminate in the events of Zeta. The only problems with 0083 are a few plot holes and the general ineffectiveness of the main character.Gundam main characters have a tendency to be losers, but poor Kou goes way over the top.. There's also a romance that feels rather tacked-on. But apart from that, a good show.

This has got to be 1 of the best of the Gundam series there is. Sure there may be to much romance in it for some people, but deep down you can't help but cheer for the socially awkward but very capable rookie pilot hero Kou Uraki.

Here is one of the two best OVA's for the real gundam universe (universal century). Only tied with 08th MS team in story and follow through, this is a unique telling of the events transpiring in the year 0083. Whats unique is that it is told from the prospective of a test pilot not trained for combat, Kou Uraki. There is very good character development for not only Kou, but of all of the main characters. Tied in mechanical beauty with 08th, but it is older and falters only a little in this area.

A great series to see, surpasses WING and ENDLESS WALTZ by tenfold. A tribute to anime, so go see it!