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Zone of the Enders, Dolores-I  Japanese (English)

In the future, the beginning of the terrforming and colonization of Mars has begun. After years of increasing population on the Red planet, the citizens of Mars have begun agitating for more independence from Earth and tensions are high. None of this particularly matters to ex-Army vet and space trucker, James Links. He is more interested in reuniting with his estranged wife and children. However, when he discovers a giant combat Orbital Frame made with the powerful Martian Metatron alloy aboard his ship, he is going to be dragged into interplanetary intrigue. If that wasn't complicated enough, the Orbital Frame, Dolores, has been equipped with a child like AI and seems to think of James as some sort of uncle.
Review
This is one of the most entertaining mecha shows I have viewed in a while. While on first glance I was worried that it would just be another Gundam clone (colonial wars, mecha made out of mysterious alloys, civilians roped into conflict), it ends up being a totally different type of story and surprisingly entertaining and unpretentious considering it was adapted from a video game. After all, anime adapted from video games tend to, on average, to be less than stellar.
First and foremost, it is the characters that primarily make this show such an enjoyable romp. James, and later on his children (they are both in their twenties), aren't laconic action heroes or angst-filled mecha pilots bitter about colonial oppression. They are just a somewhat normal, albeit dysfunctional, family that has gotten inadvertently dragged into a situation well beyond on their control. James in particular is both endearing and amusing as his primary motivation seems to be a desperate desire to turn his current disappointing family situation into a more traditional loving environment. He even acquires a self-help book about fatherhood which he studies religiously during the show and often attempts to apply its advice with less than successful results.


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