"Mobile Suit Gundam HATHAWAY: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe" Review & Analysis
Weekly Suit Gundam #65
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The second installment of the Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway film trilogy is finally here, and it was absolutely worth the five-year wait. The Sorcery of Nymph Circe, based on the second novel of Tomino Yoshiyuki’s Hathaway’s Flash light novel series, is a more complicated, dense, and challenging film than its predecessor, but also one that dives deeper into its characters fractured psyches. And along the way, it presents some of the boldest and most immersive 3D mecha animation we’ve ever seen, building to a climax that is absolutely staggering in both aesthetic and emotional impact. We also discuss several pieces of recent Gundam news, including new projects announced for the worlds of Gundam Wing and Gundam SEED.
Enjoy, and if you haven’t already been listening to Japanimation Station this season, be sure to check-in for our Tomino-thon, where we’re surveying all the works in the career of original Gundam creator Tomino Yoshiyuki!
Time Chart:
Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:00:59
Intro & Initial Reactions: 0:00:59 – 0:09:20
Gundam News: 0:09:20 – 0:35:21
Film Background Info: 0:35:21 – 1:20:22
Eyecatch Break: 1:20:22 – 1:21:10
Circe Review: 1:21:10 – 2:48:15
End Theme: 2:48:15 – 2:49:17
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