Anime: Kidou Senshi Gundam: Thunderbolt 14426f

This is a short series of episodes much in the vein of the Gundam 0080 and the likes, where a small story is projected against the background of the One year war, but the events that take place in the show do not actually alter its course, nor can.
This series does not revolutionize the genre, but it is extremely pleasant to watch.

The animation, character design and global artwork is really excellent. There is sometime less qualitative sequences, but the overall quality is high.

The sound is as usual is of pretty fine quality. The music on another hand departs from the usual warlike music to jazz genre. That is clearly intentional to outline the chaos of battle differently, and not badly done (it is just I'm not a big fan of jazz).

The cast is really what drives the show, and both the story and the protagonists are worth of a good Gundam series.
In 4 episodes not much character development can happen, but the cast is appealing, and the viewer cannot do anything but sympathize to the plight of the combatants.
Here you find one of the common theme of the Gundam series, protagonists engulfed and transformed by a flow of events they cannot control. At the fact that at the end of the fight, there is no winner. This is not original, but here this is well done.
As usual, the show is pretty depressing when reaching the end. Gundams despite being about war from the beginning to the end, have obviously a pacifist tone.

In a word, a must-see.