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Summary: A Definite Ending...and WHAT an Ending!
Review: I bought this DVD the day it came out and loved it instantly. But I didn't really have anything to say about it until watching the ending of another great anime series, Neon Genesis Evangelion. Both the TV and movie versions of that series angered me to no end, but they made me realize how great "Endless Waltz" is.The ending of the "Gundam Wing" television series wasn't really that at all. Sure, the 'bad guys' were defeated, but anyone who thinks that's all that matters isn't a fan of good storytelling. "Endless Waltz" answers pretty much every question you might have about the fates of the characters, and I don't mean just the Gundam pilots, either. Every important character of the series is brought into play, and even some not-so important ones. As icing on the cake, this DVD also answers many(though not all) questions about the characters from before the start of the series. The animation, characterization, and excellent soundtrack ("White Reflexion!") all make up for the fact that the plot is slightly silly and a little cliched. More of a bad guys versus good guys thing as opposed to the complexity of the series. But hey, it's a movie, how deep do you want them to get, here? Two more reccomendations. Watch the movie version, as opposed to the OVA version. You'll be glad you did. It contains extended and all-new footage that really makes the story flow better, plus there's some great music in certain scenes that were silent in the OVA vesion. Secondly, and this is something I never ever say about anime, watch it dubbed. No, I'm not insane. It's actually better, I swear to God. I've seen it in both languages, and simple lines (such as many of Heero's) just sounded better delivered in English.
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Summary: Gundam Wing- Endless Waltz is the best... on DVD!
Review: I am so glad that I bought this DVD. I bought the tape and it was a waste of money. The tape only shows you the OAV version: Three episodes with different music from the movie version, with only text endings. They also cut out scenes for the movie and switches things around a bit, like where they put flashbacks into the past. The DVD shows you not only the OAV version in English like the so called "uncut" tape, but also in Japanese and you can chooses whether or nor to have subtitles. You also get the Movie version: One big movie with more scenes and different music. It gives you a scene with Quatre and Duo discussing their plans to save the Gundams, Sally Po rescuing Catherine and the circus people, Dorothy rallying the people to stand up for peace, and a different and funnier ending showing how all the pilots live after the gundams are destroyed. The ending to the OAV series is ok, but the ending to the movie is much sadder because of poor Heero! L I will try not to spoil it, but to me it was so sad to what happens to Heero. The animation is better on DVD, and so is the sound. You get clearer pictures. The extra is a small MS Encyclopedia of the Mobile Suits shown on the Movie and OAV. Another extra you get are the two OAV endings without the text. The Movie Endings don't have any text and all the credits occur after the ending of the entire movie so I guess they didn't feel that there was a need to exclude that and put in the extra work. I don't like the voices they have for the characters in the Japanese version. I like the actor's voices in the English version better because I think it makes their character better and contributes to their personality. I don't like how they gave Quatre a woman's high-pitch voice. I think Brad Swaile did an excellent job of being the voice for Quatre. I really like Duo's voice, voice actor Scott McNeil, and Trowa's voice, voice actor Kirby Morrow. The voices of Heero and Zechs in the English version are mature and mysterious which sounds better than the Japanese version. The English version is much better than the Japanese version. Even though if you don't speak their language, you can tell a lot from the tone in a person's voice how they really feel. The English version did a much better job at the tones. I don't know if it is because I am used to watching it on Cartoon Network, but I think that it looks better in English than it does in Japanese. When I watch other shows like Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon, I like watching subtitles and I like their Japanese voices better. I think Gundam Wing just looks better in English because they travel all around the world and English in more of a universal language than Japanese. I mean, English is a second language of Japan! And plus, I think it helps out with the story line. Duo is American and Heero who is Japanese. Same with Relena and Trowa who is Northern European and it looks funny seeing them speak Japanese. I think English just looks better because most cultures learn their own language and English as foreign or secondary language. But in any case, this DVD is a must buy! For about $30 or less, you get 4 movies in 1: The English Dub of the Movie, The Japanese Version of the Movie, The English Dub of the OAV, and the Japanese Version of the OAV. You also get the extras of the MS Encyclopedia, A small Picture Gallery of some great group shots, and OAV textless endings. You also have the Trailers that to some great series.
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Summary: Endless Waltz, the best DVD out there!
Review: Endless Waltz is richly animated with awesome graphics that aren't in the original series. I recommend it to people who would like to venture a little bit farther after the ending of the original series of Gundam Wing. This movie introduces the "custom" design of the gundams as well as some new characters (side characters) that are very important to the story. I love anime and have been watching it ever since I was...well...I can't remember but I was very little, and the older I get the more interested in it I become. This movie has plenty of action, romance, and "mature" themes that really deal with how important life is. By "mature" I don't mean like "R" rated stuff, just more themes that deal with some material that you begin to understand more when you get older. I loved this movie and I know all other die-hard Gundam fans will. :)
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Summary: Five Shiny Stars For This One...
Review: Gundam Wing was always my favorite Gundam series, I liked it due to the plot, characters, and design of the mobile suits. The animation in this series was superb. About this DVD: POSITIVES: 1.) This DVD offers the OAV (or OVA), meaning Original Video Animation in the three separate parts, as shown on Cartoon Network, only with a few uncut scenes added. 2.) You can choose the Japanese voices with english subtitles or English voices with English subtitles (the wording won't be exact in the english language/subtitles, because the Subtitles allow you to see the dialog they said in Japan) Both languages had a good set of voices, but I love Japanese voices Ü... 3.) You can see the "Movie" version of Endless Waltz (MUCH Better in my eyes)which is longer, and shocked me with tons of scenes that were omitted from the OAV/OVA (the dub too) (This is the BEST part of the DVD) 4.)You can acess trailers, mobile suit data, and other things from the main menu.... Get this DVD...The price is steeper, but it's really worth the buy...
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Summary: The best among all of the Gundam movies !
Review: All 49 episodes of Gundam Wing aired on Cartoon Network's popular action cartoon station, Toonami. Now the series are finished, leaving a chance for the movie Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz to air as a conclusion to the Gundam Wing series. Months later, the movie released on home video on DVD and VHS. The Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz DVD has both versions of the movie, the OAV version and the full movie version with never before seen footage (Watch the movie version ! It has the complete details !), complete with tons of extras, including the trailers to other anime series like Crest of the Stars, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, and Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (the latest among the U.C. Gundam series) On the year After Colony 195, there was a war between the Earth and the Space Colonies. The war ended when five young Gundam pilots destroyed the battleship Libra and the inhabitants who were in there. A man named Treize Kushrenada, the sovern of the Earth's Sphere Alliance, entered the same war against Libra, and died in battle by the hands of Chang Wufei and his Altron Gundam. But still, his ideals were remembered by other people... "to bring peace on Earth and Space". Thus this gives a birth of a new generation and the birth to the Earth's Sphere Unified Nation. Now the year is After Colony 196, people are living in peace and so far, no wars have occured...that is until Treize's lost daughter, Mariemaia and Dekim, Treize's father in-law and Mariemaia's Grandfather, declared war against the Unified Nation. Now the Gundam pilots Heero, Duo, Trowa, and Quatre (Wufei has joined Mariemaia's army to fight against Heero) find themselves back to the battlefields with their newly customized Gundam Mobile Suits. With the Gundam pilots and the Preventers retaliating against Mariemaia and Dekim, will they ever put an end to this meaningless battle ? Now let me explain about how the movie is like. The storyline is almost perfect. Sure it completely follows the lines of the Gundam Wing series, but one problem...when one of the Gundam pilots reflect back on their memory, their Gundams were already customized. They didn't have their early Gundam suits. The Gundam that Wufei first launched with, was his Shenlong Gundam, not his Nataku. Quatre's Sandrock wasn't even customized yet when he first went to Earth, and the same goes with Trowa and his Gundam Heavyarms. It didn't make any sense, but at least the story goes along with the Gundam Wing series. The animation looks even better than that of the early Gundam Wing series. Not only do the characters and the scenery look cool, but it seems that the detail of the animation was concentrating on the newly customized Gundams and the other Mobile Suits. Once you see how this movie looks, you will never believe your eyes. The voice acting is perfect, although you might hear some familiar voices that keep on appearing. Like for example, the voice of Quinze might be heard when a soldier is speaking. But that's not important. The point is, that the voice still remains the same, and that's a good thing. They haven't changed the voices of the five Gundam pilots (I thought they were gonna change, but thank goodness they didn't). And don't worry, Brian Drummond is still playing as Zechs. He did not abandon the role of Zechs like he did to the character Vegeta in Dragonball Z. The music is topnotch. The BGM sounds even better than the ones from the original Wing series. So does the music from Two-Mix, the same group that sang "Just Communication" and "Rythym Emotion" on Gundam Wing. The sound effects still remain solid. The sound of brutally scratched metal, gunshots, and deep explosions are still here in this movie. All in all, an Anime movie worth owning. Although it suffers a pinch of flaws on the storyline, Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz is still a must have for any die-hard Gundam fan or anyone who is nuts about giant robots. If you happen to run into a copy of the movie, get it now !
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Summary: A great end to a great series
Review: INTRODUCTION:
Ever since the late seventies, the Gundam series has been one of the most successful and widely-loved anime series in the world. It has become a favorite of many over the years. There have been several different sub-series over the years, and one of the most popular ones of which is the Wing series, released in the mid-nineties. Following the conclusion of the television series, a three-part movie was released. Read on for my review of Endless Waltz. BASIC PLOT:
The Gundam Wing pilots have finally won the war against their enemies, and have shipped their Gundams straight to the sun to be destroyed, since they will never have to use them again. But, Relena is kidnapped, and a new conflict begins, forcing the pilots to retrieve their Gundams and re-enter the fray. SERIES OPINIONS:
To put it simply, this is an excellent movie. The storyline is great, the animation is great, the characters are great - everything about this film is great. We even get to learn about the past of many of the characters! My only complaint is that the film could never actually have taken place - it tells the story as if the "custom versions" were the Gundams that the pilots had all along, and this is sure to create confusion for novices to the series. It's good to see it get a long overdue DVD release in America. DVD:
These DVDs is good because it has both the Movie and OVA/OAV version of the movie, as well as a dubbed version. As another reviewer stated, this is a rare example of an anime movie where the dub is actually very good! Check it out - you'll be pleasantly surprised. OVERALL:
Overall this is an excellent conclusion to a great series. If you liked the series and you can overlook the storyline inaccuracies I mentioned above, you'll love this - no questions asked.
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Summary: I'm not one to praise any Gundam series....
Review: ....but holy crap, this was just awesome. Each character was in their respective personality, the animation was awesome, and the sotry moved along fantastically. The mechas were drawn nicely, especially the new suits, the characters didn't have any accidental deformities, and the background animation was pretty detailed. Movements were made just right, and weren't like crappy scenes you'd expect from anime like DragonballZ. Perhaps the best part is seeing more of the characters' personalities and pasts- there are frequently flashbacks. Trowa, we find isn't exactly the real Trowa, for instance. Heero's most meaningful flashback shows that he's not the cold hearted, ruthless warrior we all knew (yes, he's human). Aside from flashbacks, we still discover the characters' defined personalities through their actions- Wufei and Trowa aren't exactly the most loyal warriors, Heero is still almost as quiet as Trowa and still ruthless until the near end, Duo is still arrogant and kinda in his own world, and the pacifist Gundam pilot still shows his pacifist views on battle. This isn't exactly the most popular of animes, or anime feature films, but it's one of the best. If you like good characters, a story that moves along and allows characters to develope, and awesome animation (not quite up there with FLCL or the underrated Spirited Away), this might be for you.
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Summary: great mecha action
Review: This maybe the only AND I DO MEAN only thing that is as close to mechwarriors as there will ever be. most gundam movies always have mecha flying around shooting at each other not that it is not cool or anything but I get tried of watching that over and over. I like this gundam because it stands alone. it does take place some time after the episodes i don't know how much time but it does follow the tv show some and the mecha battle are nicely done no flying around and blasting each other but battleing each on the ground. This gundam movie and gundam chars counter attack (another gundam movie) and g-saviour the live action gundam movie are the only gundam movies I will watch and recommand to any fan of anime or mechwarriors or the average battletech fan
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Summary: great movie
Review: this was a great movie i thought the series ended pretty well and everything was resolved
ohhh how wrong i was
this takes place a year after the events of the show if you haven't seen the show don't watch the movie cause it won't make sense however if you don't listen to story and like flashy animation then go right ahead. i enjoyed the story for the movie of course they left out where treizes daughter came from and where his wife was this whole time. anyway it was pretty flawless other than that the animation was bad ass and i loved the fight scenes in this movie they were awsome. if you liked the series buy the movie it'd be stupid not to. anyway if you saw the series or own it buy this thing you need it complete the set man.
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Summary: pure gold
Review: anime is great and this is a great movie to a great anime series, Gundam Wing. lots of action as the Gundam's battle it out for peace from a daughter of a man who they killed, a girl who is manipulated into doing so. the end is spectactlar as Herro with his Wing Zero blows down the bunker. great story with some great anime music. a good old time
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