This week on Anime Sunday I’m covering the sequel to Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam! It’s Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, pronouced as “Double Zeta”!

Plot Synopsis: As the continuation of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, this series once again follows the story of the Anti Earth Union Group (AEUG) battleship Argama after Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ’​s final episode. To fight off the Axis Zeon, now called the Neo Zeon, Captain Bright Noa recruits a group of teenage junk collectors led by the loudmouthed, but powerful Newtype Judau Ashta to pilot the Argama ’​s mobile suits.

Plot: The plot for the first third of the series is markedly lighter than Zeta, which is both a good and bad thing. Good because by the end of Zeta things were very, very grim. Bad because it’s quite jarring, if you are marathoning the Universal Century series like I was. I didn’t enjoy the first third, because it glossed over serious matters I’d come to enjoy quite a bit in Zeta. However after that first third of the series things do get quite a bit more serious.

Characters: The returning characters from Zeta and the new ones in ZZ are very different, but I do like the difference in attitude between them. Roux in particular is somewhat annoying at the beginning, but over the course of the series I came to find her as my favorite new character even over Judau.

Art: The art is very similar to Zeta, and that’s probably because the series started airing right after Zeta.

Music: The music was alright, but the comedic portions were just as jarring as the plot that was happening while it was playing.

Overall: I wouldn’t blame you for reading the sparknotes about this series, as it is a hit or miss depending on how you view the first third.

For those who like: Mobile Suit Gundam, A bit of Comedy in their Space Operas, Serious plot after the first third.

Not for those who don’t like: Any of the above, or the very much toned down attitude of the first third.