The Alex is also such a clean suit as well, the fact that piloting it was SO sensitive that only someone crazy like Amuro could bring out its full potential is such a fun story moment. It also has so much "bitch you thought" energy with its reactive armor and arm vulcans

Looks wise, it's SO clean with its colors and striking with its asymmetrical design, it screams "Ace Pilot" without somehow being too loud about it

Storytelling wise, it has Amuro's personality all over it: the ability to use decoys, the way the funnels can act as a shield, the ability to toss a spare beam saber and use it as an improvised grenade, even the bazooka being able to fire from an awkward angle to surprise people, it's def my fav

I still need to read up on AOZ, the designs look wild and AGREED on the Jesta but I actually change my mind and say that the Nu Gundam is my fave because it has Amuro's skillset and lessons learned packed into a single mobile suit

I'm a Gundam fiend, I'm pretty sure if anyone asked what my favorite mobile suit is, I'd either reply with some obscure non-mainline mobile suit like the Jesta or something

When we change the point of view to a main character who is very much still a kid, an outsider, and someone who gets roped in to the madness that happens as ZZ goes on

English also feels more universal than Japanese and it's a universal show with irl locations like Australia and Dublin

Especially ESPECIALLY when they feel very "Saturday morning cartoon" until it very much doesn't. ZZ is the only one I didn't watch dubbed bc it doesn't exist, but it made the jarring transition from Zeta so much better imo

Zeta gets super dark and it doesn't make sense to carry that same weight