Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
After a sneak preview of "Gundam 00" on September 1, 2007, Anime News Network remarked on "striking parallels" between the series and an earlier installment of the metaseries, "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing" (1995): "Like Gundam Wing, Gundam 00's main story begins with hyper-powerful Gundam units appearing at various locales to execute slightly-less-than-"Dynasty-Warriors"-level mayhem in synchronized phases of a paramilitary operation." Later on October 21, 2007, Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network remarked that "its political flavour ... is distinctly post-9/11", noting the political and cultural similarities between the series and our modern society. Critics have praised the series for the smooth, detailed visual effects and animation.