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Build Fighters 11.

Considering Fellini (I love how everyone over pronounces his name with an Italian twang, I dunno Japanese Italian is hilarious) is the Italian Champion he...kinda sucks. I get that he was facing overwhelming odds etc but he was saved TWICE in the same sequence. Like come on, your Gundam has a fucking motorbike, live up to that epic.

What I like about this show is every moment it feels like it may keel over into 'FIRST BANDAI...THEN THE WORLD!' territory (thanks to the poster who phrased it like that - hilarious) it manages to pull it back and give it a healthy dose of reality. I'm not really a big fan of the pseudo realism that has permeated through our DC comicbook movies but here the self aware thread of the series really helps it feel relevant and fresh and in many ways a lot less silly even though other shows of such ilk play themselves SO SERIOUSLY.

This tournament is also epic and no nonsense which I really appreciate as these kinds of shows have a tendency to drag things out for all they're worth. I guess so they have more opportunities to sell shit. If I was to have any disappointments, and I know I've said it before, it's how fleeting most Gundam are in this show despite having such wonderful designs.