in which i gush over Char's Counterattack this is not going to be articulate. my brains like half dead rn I watched cca today for the second time in something like 5 years. The first time I watched it I hated it. Having watched it a second time, I think it's the best Gundam thing out there. This is something I've been experiencing a lot lately. I'll go back to things I watched long ago and find so many things that I didn't pick up on before. I guess this is to be expected, but it really is amazing how dramatically different your opinions can be when your primary interest is story and character and stuff, compared to your younger self who didn't even know what that was. The big thing about the film that's hard to get over is Quess Paraya. She and Hathaway were the main reason I didn't like it the first time I watched it. Quess is such a good character. She's without a doubt the most unlikable character I've ever seen, but that's the point. I still don't like Amuro very much. He's basically there to spout the typical Japanese anime idealistic platitudes that don't mean anything and detract from the actually interesting ideas coming from people like Char (who is now one of my favorite characters). the animation is gorgeous. so so gorgeous. even if you don't care about Gundam, watch it for the animation is nothing else.
