MichaelI'm watching the original 1979 Gundam TV series and it's . . . so much darker than I realized. My perception of Gundam prior to this was literally this meme
Child soldiers, genocide, refugees--how was this a cartoon for children??
On the other hand, there's this goofy and pointless robot that's a lot of fun, so there's that
This most recent episode I watched featured the protagonist's mother saying that she's ashamed of him because of what he's done in war and ends with her on her knees, weeping as he leaves