MS: Igloo 2 Gravity Front

"I know you..."

I have to admit I was disappointed going into this one when they laid heavy on mythology and religion, specifically, from Japanese culture. Of which, my best knowledge comes from a similarly disenfranchised cultural subgroup. It's not unlike saying I know everything I need to know about the Japanese from watching "Revenge of the Nerds". I'm very cognizant that my take and others in similar cliques of society tend to have an altered somewhat dissonant view of the world.

So aside that, my understanding is incomplete and colored with the odd exchanges of media or just scowling glances from the corporate overlords. The later is always fun.

MS Igloo 2 manages to be good all the same even with that huge leap in religious beliefs and heart wrenching all the same toward the end. Where it seems to fall apart in the beginning with the introduction of the Shimigami (a kind of angel/spirit of death), it pulls it together at the end beautifully.

It's not as good as the first Igloo, but it is still worth a shot if you can manage to get a copy and want to see, much like the predecessor, the stories of the every day ground pounders being thrown into the meat grinder of what is still quintessentially a giant super robot show. It's gritty. It's awesome. And the religious elements add some flair without drowning out the show.