Audience reviews
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zohmusic5
Whilst IBO has had fantastic animation, the mech designs and plot are horrendous.
With too many overarching political subterfuge going on and with no answers being given for all of them. It's even worse with appalling characters and rushed sequences that make the plot fall apart.
It had a strong start, but the writer relies on too many of the same plot devices. Repeatedly saying "suffering = good" doesn't make for a good story.
The entire story lacks cohesion and without any logical nuance, I just can't support this anime.
The story is not unique, we've seen it before and we're seeing it again. If you're into a lot of chaos and little plot relevance, I guess this is the anime for you.
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I have seen Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny and 00 S1 and S2, all twice.
I just finished season 1 of Iron Blooded Orphans and I can safely say that if this didn't have the Gundam branding on it, it wouldn't have a season 2, and would likely be rated somewhere on MAL within the 5-6 range.
This is a terrible mecha show, and it's quite clear how this was an original anime with no manga, light novel, game or even previous anime to base this off - it never would have been published. To say that the story is, uhhhh, confusing, is putting it mildly.
SPOILERS AHEAD
I won't be using the characters' names unless I can remember them. This is my first review on MAL, and I'm writing this because, well, this show sucks. Star Driver is better, and hoo boy, that show ain't great. This makes Code Geas…
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Quick Thought:
It's a fairly enjoyable action anime.
Story:
The story is mainly about Tekkadan and their escort mission. There's some political subplots as well, but they weren't developed enough to be interesting. It's a pretty simple story overall, which is fine considering the action is the main draw. Pacing is steady from start to finish, not much filler slowing it down. There are other minor issues though, one being it's liberal use of death flags which made an already basic story more predictable. Romance was an awkward point as well, but these moments are minimal thankfully. The ending was fine; it concluded the main plot well enough.
Art:
I think the art was decent overall. Character designs were a bit inconsistent; there's a weird mix of realistic looking characters and more sty…
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[This is my 7th edit because all I say is still not enough to keep praising this series] As a big-time Gundam fan and Gunpla builder, I gotta say that Iron-Blooded Orphans (IBO) is my all-time favorite Gundam, and my all-time favorite anime (I've watched it 3 times already). Please, do yourself a favor, and even if you never watched Gundam or are not a fan of the mecha genre, watch IBO, you must, just must. I`ll tell you why!
Story: Let me start by saying this is the most adult Gundam of all series. This show is meant to make you think about war, poverty, despair, violence, and human rights. This is a show to make you see how disgraced people found a way to survive. IBO, by far, is the most emotional Gundam in the franchise. It is surreal how the writers could be so good in this series.…
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Gundam has always been a franchise that focused on the horrors of war. It is the nightmare of existence, the human race being in a state of perpetual conflict. Throughout the franchise's history, the effects of war have been tackled from a variety of different angles. From those with autism (kamille) to brown skinned traps (Loran) but there has never been a Gundam entry that focused specifically on child warfare. The real world is rife with conflict, and in lesser developed countries, children are on the frontline. There is a saying that in war the truth dies first. This is true but there is another important piece missing from that saying, innocence is also the first to die. Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans is the first in the franchise that focuses on a child army and the effects…
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Not only is this the worst Gundam anime, it's one of the worst anime of all time. In this review I'll be talking about both seasons. There will be some spoilers. Im going to have to include some of them to truly prove how terrible this anime is.
So the very first reason why this anime is terrible, the characters. The only character I actually enjoyed was McGillis Fareed. I will say that he was an enjoyable character to watch since he was so mysterious. Other than that, all of the other charactets are bad. Since the moment I started this I knew the characters would be terrible. This anime has such a large cast of characters, and that is a problem. Since there are so many characters, barely any of them had character development at all. Almost every single character is one dimensional, and t…
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Welcome to my first Shitty Review
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This anime has me a bit disappointed, I was in for something amazing given how massive the "Mobile Suit Gundam" industry is. (Maybe shouldn't have started with this one, that one's on me).
Honestly I found this anime's plot be to very weak , it doesn't draw you in at all or keep you grasping for more. It can be very predictable and cliche at times especially when it comes to the theme on 'family'.
The aesthetic is alright but the music during fight scenes lacks punch. I feel like this story has alot of potential. All in all the anime is " O K" I guess but its not the re-watching type for sure.
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Iron-Blooded Orphans (IBO) is the most recent installment in the Mobile Suit Gundam Universe, but avoids the tired and stale aspects of the more recent predecessors. IBO paints the disturbing reality that child soldiers face in a war torn era - it is a provocative yet grief-stricken series that highlights everything wrong with placing a gun in a child's hands. While the story itself is a highlight of the series, IBO's most glaring problem is in character development where it is hard to support the convictions on many of the characters due to incomplete background knowledge of their circumstances.
{Story} - IBO's story is most certainly its strongest point. There is never a dull episode and the pacing is consistent and engaging throughout the 25 episode series. The heart-wrenching stories…
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Before I get into the review this is the first Gundam series I have watched. I have watched a few mech series in the past none of them being Gundam. In all honesty I watched the series because I liked the opening by Man With A Mission "Raise Your Flag". In the end its probably my most liked series featuring Mechs.
Story 10/10
The story is about a group of child soldiers wanting to make the company they create become big. To make their company big they take a very hard first job that will either destroy their company or make it. Their job is to guide a politician to earth who is being targeted by a corrupt military group with a lot of power. The story except the beginning and end follows this pattern, main characters plan their next move and interact with each other for one episode, go…
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Hence forth referred to as IBO) is another addition to the Gundam universe. It has many of the themes and plots that surround Gundam. It has politics, mechas, explosions, and questions about humans and differing beliefs. IBO is a nice addition to the franchise, just that. While the topic it chooses to explore involve exploitation of children, workers rights, and the unification of different factions, it falls short of actually fully exploring everything in detail.
IBO asks a lot of questions to the viewer, but it doesn't actually make the viewer think too much about the reasons of a character's action, aside from the "this is the morally correct decision to make" or "for my comrades." While these are commendable reasons, they don't create a very g…
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SPOILER WARNING!!!!
This is will be my first sh*tty review, so If you don't like it, don't READ IT. Thank You.
Watched All episodes of Gundam IBO, and... I'm disappointed of this. That ending... Isn't even an ending @-@
The only good parts of this anime is their mechs and their fights, and Badass Mikazuki "Killer Machine" Augus. The plot of first part was better than the second one, honestly. McGillis and Gaelio relationship are only the best point out there.
The bad parts is the charas design that really weird and more akin to AGE rejected designs than 00, too much "QUALITY" animations and terrible pacing (3-4 episodes only sleeper talking without actions). I think Okada isn't the writer that anyone hopes to be and she ruined everything on second half. Characterization error can be se…
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They misspell tomato on the wall of the cafeteria in episode 18. There, I saved you from watching the series.... kidding.
This series seems to annoy hardcore Gundam fans, so if you are one of those people... don't watch Iron-Blooded Orphans. But if you just enjoy the mech genre in general, this series could be right up your alley. Spoiler-free below.
Story - 7
With less politics and more focus on the conditions of people (namely people oppressed by Gjallarhorn, people from different planets, people without a planet) Iron-Blooded Orphans is pretty tame compared to other Gundam shows, but still has good fight sequences and a decent story line. They convey some darker themes, bloody action, and sadly some slice of life (filler is filler regardless of the show) but not enough to turn me away…
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Mobile suit gundam iron blooded orphans takes place in another alternate universe of gundam. Where kids are mercenary's and shit and the story is they have toget this princess girl to earth. See the problem with this series is that it just isn't intriguing and that it literalsly shouts at you throughout the whole eries. When characters and children die WAR IS BAD CHILDREN SOLIDERS SEE HOW HORRIBLE IS THAT where l really did not care most of the characters feel like they came out of a michael bay film.
The art and sound are alright the show looks decent and the music isn't really amazing except for the opening and ending. The show can be pretty enjoyable if you want to lose brain cells its not the worst au gundam in the world but it certainly isn't a good gundam series.
P.s shitty revie…
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IF THIS ANIME IS NOT THAT GREAT IT WOULDN'T HAVE A 2ND SEASON...THIS IS THE ONLY ANIME I ENCOUNTERED TO END IN THE SAME YEAR AND START THE 2ND SEASON AT THE SAME YEAR...
well if your a realist dont watch anime...especially if your not into gundams...
to the person who says that the characters are uneducated kid, you are stupid...u didnt read what yukino ojisan said...some kids know how to read some are not thats why they are in combat like the main character mikazuki...he also explain why an uneducated kid like mikazuki can control barbatos is because of alayana system that he has.... the characters who can read are the human debris thats why they are in control of the ships and akihiro can control a graze before he gets his second gundam.... they get their fighting experience because th…
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans is an original series not based on any other work like manga, novel or a game. It's quite a rare to see original anime these days and most of them are poorly made. But this one may surprise you.
An easy-to-follow story with flow and focus, exciting space combats, strong both male and female characters, some well-placed plot twists and a little bit of romance and comedy just to spice things up. But above all this story present the human side of characters while not neglecting the plot. We can see strong friendships, trust, how they all deal with tragic deaths of their families, friends and comrades, how they try to find their place in this messed up world and not losing hope. Not very original but interesting to watch. Animation is also very smooth…
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Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans/機動戦士ガンダム 鉄血のオルフェンズ Review
Story (7/10) Good
More Specifically (7.75/10) Good+
The story for Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans like majority of the gundam plots attempts to juggle two main plots at the same time. One being about the characters and their goals they want to achieve and the second being the political side of things and they intertwine with each other. One would say if you want to follow the Gundam story plot formula both of these story plots need to be present and as synced with each other as you can possibly get. Like majority of Gundam alternate universes this universe does indeed have a just a little bit more focused on the character side of things (which there's nothing wrong with that). The political side of things (kind…
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First, i'm going to be honest that i have never watched Gundam before. i have played the game with my cousin or friends a few time in the past but i don't really know much about Gundam. So after i saw this adaptation, i wasn't really interested in it, but because of the popularity, i got curious and i tried to watch it and! i was expecting something like Aldnoah Zero but WOW! it was beyond my expectation. Well, personally, i prefer Aldnoah Zero, but this anime is great too in my opinion. The brotherhood is real!!!
I don't really know much about the story but it started with a bunch of kids who was being slaved in some company. They got attacked but an organitation or a goverment in the first episode, and that's how everything begins. and i think it's pretty similiar to Aldnoah Zero, the s…
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Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans is another Gundam series set in an alternate timeline, this one being the Post Disaster timeline. Set in a future where hostilities between human settlers on Mars and the Earth Sphere are escalating due to Earth's influence on Martian affairs through the private military organization Gjallarhorn, the series is prominently focused on a private Martian military group called Tekkadan who are given the job of protecting Kudelia Aina Bernstein, the young daughter of a Martian political family who seeks to travel to Earth to persuade the Earth Sphere government to grant independence to Martian settlers and inform them of Gjallarhorn's corruption. As Tekkadan make their journey to Earth while protecting Kudelia, they are continuously hunted down by Gjallarhorn forces…
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First off, I have to say that i dropped this series after the first couple of episodes. I didn't like Mika, I thought he'd be a stereotypical stoic character, but he's MUCH more of an interesting character than I had previously believed.
Story: 9- The story is fairly simple, but how it is handled is done masterfully. Very few shows have me hooked and can keep my attention for the majority of the series.
Characters: 10- First off, Mika isn't the only main character, because, at least in my opinion, Orga is also the main character. EVERY character is interesting, besides maybe Ein, and not one of them is disposable, and not one death goes unnoticed. Mika seemed like an annoying stoic character at first, but whats so interesting about his is that you don't really know him. He isn't a person…
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The Gundam franchise is a massive universe. As another installment, there can be a lot of optimism for Iron-Blooded Orphans. I have to admit, getting into this show at first made me nervous. Some of the recent Gundam related series such as Gundam AGE and Gundam: G no Reconguista received very mixed reception. Furthermore, Iron-Blooded Orphans is spearheaded by Mari Okada, a director who is well-known for adding in melodrama into the story. But for this show, I can safely say that it’s definitely something worth investing time into whether you’re a fan of Gundam or not.
For timeline purposes, the show takes place after the Calamity War, a war between Earth and Outer colonies. Actually, make that 300+ years. A major conflict involves Mars and its city Chryse. The people there seek independe…
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