Cross Ange vs Gundam SEED/Destiny opening comparison

[maple_rose]

So I came across a new series this season, "Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons", and I got interested because I read some of its staff worked on Gundam SEED/Destiny. In particular, the mech designer, and Fukuda, SEED's director, are on the staff

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Wow, that's quite a few similarities to SEED in that intro... and those girls need to eat something!

[mirinee]

That's an interesting compilation of comparison screenshots you've made. I don't know if I'm appalled or nostalgic. The SEED+Density intros were not bad at all, so, if it ain't broke, don't fix it? I remember when I joined a general Gundam forum back in '06, most of the people there hated SEED only because it took so much of what was good about previous series and mixed it into a new story, but we didn't care about that at all because it was the first Gundam we watched. That was a wonderful experience. But now, whether we like it or not, all future Gundams we will be judging against what we've watched before, consciously or unconsciously. I just hope the improvements in the new series outweight the rip-off-ness and that there's enough fresh ideas to keep it interesting to watch.

Cute Haro cursor!!