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Char Aznable, but only in the context of his character development from the original Mobile Suit Gundam, through Zeta Gundam seven years later, and finally in Char's Counterattack.
In the original MSG, he's the son of the founder of Zeon, trying to avenge his father by killing the Zabi family (Whom killed Char's father in a ploy for power). By the time MSG ends, every Zabi has been killed but for a single innocent child who is less than a few years old (Hell, she might only be months old, I forget her exact age). His father avenged and his nation of Zeon defeated, he disappears after the final battle.
In Zeta Gundam, set 7 years later, Char plays the role of leader and mentor for the main character Kamille, and helps Kamille overcome some of his difficulties (Though Char shows that he still has a few of his own demons to exorcize). Together the two help lead the war against both the Titans forces and the Neo-Zeon forces that arrive later on. Near the end of the series, his survival in the war is questioned as his mobile suit is recovered but his body is nowhere to be found.
In Char's Counter-Attack, set another couple years down the line (I want to say it happens two years after Zeta, but I forget >.>), Char has become the leader of his own Neo-Zeon faction, though in a speech he differentiates himself from the past Zeon and Neo-Zeon movements, which he claims to be distorted versions of his fathers' true goals for Zeon. He himself leads a war against the Earth, culminating in a plan to destroy all life on it through a new ice age.
What makes him so dynamic is his fall from grace. In the original MSG, Char was an enemy. Char and Amuro, the main character of MSG, hated each other by the end of the series, due to the losses each had caused to the other. By Zeta Gundam, Amuro and Char are shown to have grown past this, working together at several points in the series against a common enemy. By the end of Zeta Gundam, Char has shown himself to have grown up from his MSG counter-part, buuuuut like I said earlier still has some demons to face, namely his disagreements with pretty much every major political figure in not only his own faction, but the enemy Titans and Neo-Zeon factions as well; at one point he nearly damns the entire war effort because he would otherwise have had to sit back and tolerate a woman he absolutely loathes make a mockery of everything his father once stood for. By the time Char's Counter-Attack comes around, he's decided that humanity is no longer worthy of living on Earth, and must flee to space. He's become so twisted by his hatred, he never realizes that he had finally become everything he'd hated for the last decade of his life.
Quite frankly, THAT'S how you do a villain.
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Aww, somebody already beat me to a Gundam quote (And it's even from 0079, too!). "Not yet. Not yeeeeet!" Famous last words of Sleggar Law.
Alternatively, Kamille Bidan's "You monster! People have died today! So many have died already! How dare you enjoy this?! Lives are... Lives are power. Lives are... The force that sustains the universe! To just... Waste them, to throw them away without even a second thought... That... That's a horrible thing! What is it about fighting that gives you such pleasure? You're an animal in human form! You don't deserve to live!"
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Depends really on the genre. Anime can hit so many spectrums, I guess I'll list my favorite sub-genres.
Sci-fi Drama? Zeta Gundam all the way. That show had some REALLY good robot designs, and the last three episodes leave me in tears every time. I just can't help it T.T
General Mecha? Gurren Lagann OR G Gundam, with both having things they did better than the other. Gurren Lagann gave me this thrill watching Simon grow up, and you can contrast Simon at the beginning and end of the series and point out each growth, each change that made him into the man he became. G Gundam on the other hand decided that plot was secondary to awesome fights, and managed to produce a show that even Gurren Lagann couldn't beat in terms of hot-blooded fighting.
Harem? Love Hina for me, though I know not everyone likes it. The characters are funny, the stories are silly with just enough grounding in reality to make them feel plausible, and the last couple episodes really help solidify the relationship of the main couple.
Action/Adventure? Slayers OR Chrono Crusade. Slayers is pretty much a classic "Main characters are people who more or less understand they're the main characters and get in silly antics. Also, they fight demons and various gods along the way to their next major bungling." Chrono Crusade is much more down-to-earth, playing up the relationship of the two main characters, how the villain has basically screwed over everyone in the entire series at some point, and generally being a good show overall; plus, Chrono Crusade has the single most amazing final episode EVER, managing to make you realize how much the characters meant to one another.


Box Sets Or Singles?
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It really depends on the extras as well as the cost of the singles. If the singles have a managable price (Factoring in the extra features) compared to the box set, I'll tend to get the singles if I can. I have a lot of smaller 13-episode series like Elfin Lied bought in Singles.
Some shows (Especially about four-five years ago, UGH) are simply too much individually. I can remember paying $70 for the box set of Chrono Crusade instead of $240 total for the eight single DVDs they released. Sadly, I missed a LOT of extras, but they weren't worth 2.5 times the series itself >.>