[Dr Kain]

So we just finished G Gundam and I've got some mixed feelings on things and enjoyed others.

Positives:

Domon and Rain's relationship
George, Sai Saici, Chibody, and Argo
Gundam designs
Unique concept that was a nice break from the norm
Decent soundtrack
Great ending

Negatives:

Very repetitive
Final Round rules make no sense
Lackluster true villain
Animation can be quite lacking in areas
No backstory on the Shuffle Alliance whatsoever. Who are they? What do they do? When were they created? Why do they exist? What is the role of each member? Like what differentiates the categories? Is Joker better than an Ace? Why is the Queen a male character? Why couldn't they spend 2 episodes less in the Final Round to develop this?
Very little in the way of plot

Overall, I enjoyed the series, but this is a show that seems to better be left doing in chunks instead of watching hours upon hours of episodes in one sitting. It just gets too repetitious at times and none of the rules make a lick of sense. Nevertheless, like I said above, it was a unique concept and I'm glad that Sunrise tried to do something new even if it failed in some areas. There were some good matches here and the main characters were quite likable. I actually didn't see the truth with Rain's father happening, so that was a nice little twist. It isn't going to be anywhere near my favorite Gundam series, but it is a good one.

BTW, I do want to say that while the dub was good despite the annoying name changes (and some of them do not make any sense like why Lumber Gundam was changed to Grizzly Gundam, especially when they didn't change the subtitles to them), I do wish they had given the characters accents to match their countries. Like the British dude. Speaking of which, I'm confused on one thing. When he appeared in the Final Round they were talking as if he had died, but he didn't die unless it happened off screen. Was it meant to be metaphorically speaking?