SD Gundam Gaiden

SD Gundam Gaiden, is a fun 4 Episode Fantasy Anime at it's core, with a Chibi/Super Deformed Gundam paint of coat, you don't have to watch Gundam to follow the story or even need to get the references to enjoy it. If you simply enjoy medieval fantasy settings, sword wielding knights, magic casting wizards, monsters/demon like enemies, you are almost certainly going to enjoy it, that said while this an enjoyable watch, it doesn't do anything super mind blowing, but it is good fun and quality in all aspects, and I think perhaps a bit too short, had it had an extra episode or two to flesh out it's own world a bit more, i'd be able to give it a 7 (and as much as my bias for SD Gundams, Fantasy Anime, Etc want me too), i think it falls a tad short, so a 6 it is.

This 4 episode OVA series covers an original chibi, fantasy story of Gundam. For anyone that has seen Universal Century entries up until Char's Counterattack, you will see a lot of familiar faces and mobile suits. The story itself is a very basic fantasy one; group of heroes go on a quest to defeat the big evil. It is also very kid friendly so don't expect any usual darker Gundam themes from this one. As a side note, it's probably the only other Gundam entry besides G Gundam where they actually use what is basically magic powers. Art and animation are actually surprisingly good. Yeah it looks dated but still not awful and the animation itself is very fluid. Although there's a lot of rapid flashing lights in many scenes so those prone to seizures beware. And on the sound department it's nothing crazy but sets the mood fine for the setting. I do like that they have all the original VAs reprising their respective parallel roles. Honestly if this wasn't a Gundam entry with parallels to the other shows I would never recommend it. It's quite bland with no real substance. But if you are a completionist of the franchise like I am, I would say you could spend 2 hours in much worse ways still.