If you loved Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness, try Gundam Wing: The Endless Waltz
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
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What they share
Theyboth carry the foreign gem, uplifting mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Gundam Wing: The Endless Waltz is
Gundam Wing meets a Bond villain. A year after the Earth Sphere War, the Gundam pilots try to retire, and incinerate their mechs. But then Relena Darlian is kidnapped, launching a new conflict. Nostalgia for the late-90s mecha boom carries this one.
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