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Edmund Chiu (edf91@worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 8 Nov 2000 09:34:36 -0800
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Fields" <johnny_raiden@hotmail.com>
To: <gundam@aeug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: [gundam] What is Evangelion?
> Well Heavy Metal L-Gaim is an animation created by Tomino and
> Mamoro Nagano who worked together on Zeta Gundam. L-Gaim
> is also the name of the primary robot of the series, an ALL-WHITE
> robot that is superior to almost all other suits (Heavy Metals) of the
> series. Halfway through the series its repalced by the L-Gaim Mk II.
Actually, it got outdate by almost 1/4 of the way. L-Gaim was built
mostly from Daba Mylord's, the main character, family knowledge on building
HM (their term for the robot). L-Gaim Mk-II was based on L-Gaim, but it
wasn't build by Daba. However, it is the most unique HM in the whole series
because it's the only HM that has a fatima onboard (yes, the same fatima
from Five Star Stories, but the fatima never made an appearance or even
mentioned, yet you can see it during the second opening song).
>
> You'll find most of the characters remind you of someone from Zeta
> Gundam, and look almost exactly like someone from the Five Star
> Stories work Nagano did later. I'm only up to episode 36 in L-Gaim
> rewatching it from the beginning, but I've seen the end before and it
> is an ok watch, but not deeply compelling like some other series that
> I've seen.
The story itself isn't bad, but the fight scenes aren't as well done as
the Gundam series. Probably below average among the "realistic science
fiction"...
>
> Nagano keeps a lot of the same scenes and themes alive in Five Star
> that were used in L-Gaim, and some of the scenes and themes from
> Zeta. If any one of these series intetrests you, its kind of neat to watch
> them all, but with 50+ L-Gaim episodes, and 50+ Zeta episodes, and
> all of the Five Star Manga to read (Volume 9 coming soon in English,
> but its really only book one of Volume 4 from the Japanese) it may be
> a bit daunting for the casual enthusiast.
L-Gaim is really an acquired taste. Unlike Five Star Stories, which had
much better robots (meaning they look nicer), but the story is a nightmare
to follow.
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