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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I thought Gundam 00 was really good, plays with a more contemporary context than most of them go for.

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I remember really liking Gundam 00, but then season 2 went all with space magic, which kinda distracted me from politics and character driven drama from previous episodes.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Gundam 00 is pretty good, even with the space magic intruding in the second season (spoilers: this is something a lot of Gundam series do)

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  • akajaybayakajaybay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Yeah I definitely found the first season of IBO much stronger then the 2nd, but I'm fond of the show overall. It's not too uncommon for Gundam shows to have stronger opening premises than their later stages.
    Although I usually like when they go hard on the newtypes.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    G Gundam is the most anime of all Gundam shows.

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  • CycloneCyclone Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'll second War in the Pocket as a good starting point. It's short, includes all of the Gundam themes and tropes, you don't need any knowledge of the UC timeline to understand it, and if you enjoy it you can go directly into the MSG compilation movies with a little background on the conflict.

    Gundam 00 is another good jumping on series, but it moves fast and it's easy to forget who's who. But the animation is excellent and Bring Stabity is still the best character name in anime.

    Gundam Wing almost turned me off of the entire franchise back in 2000 so I don't recommend it to anyone.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk wrote: »
    So Attack on Titan and the above Toonami bumps got me thinking

    I think I'd probably love Gundam, what's a good one to start where there are real stakes (people die/it's about war/etc.). There's so many now I don't really know

    The original Mobile Suit Gundam is available to watch for free on Crunchyroll.

    It still holds up despite the animation often showing its small budget, and is incredibly bingable.

    If you want something shorter though, War in the Pocket is six 30 minute episodes. It takes place at the tail-end of the events of Mobile Suit Gundam but it doesn't really have any spoilers for the main show other than, y'know, the war ending.

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  • KayuraKayura Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Mysst wrote: »
    G Gundam has a horse tho

    And Windmill Gundam. And Nobel Gundam, which is basically Sailor Moon Gundam.

    God, I love G Gundam.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    If you want to get real depressed and see a lot of people die horribly and pointlessly, watch Victory Gundam.

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  • DrascinDrascin Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Reynolds wrote: »
    If you want to get real depressed and see a lot of people die horribly and pointlessly, watch Victory Gundam.

    Why would you tell him to watch Victory. Has this man wronged you in some way.

    (Really, there's plenty of depressing animes that are also, you know, good, no reason to watch V!)

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I love the weird unshaded visuals in Victory, plus the mech designs are crazy and unique. There's also multiple all-girl groups.
    RIP every single girl in those groups though

    The OP is great too.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADX_6RYqUBI

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I would in no way recommend Victory Gundam to be someone's first Gundam.

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  • notyanotya Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Gundam thunderbolt!

    https://youtu.be/Lm9o8fSIm6E

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    I would in no way recommend Victory Gundam to be someone's first Gundam.

    Oh no, of course not.
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Trust me

    I watched G Gundam for sure

    See? We're good.

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    @Oghulk If you want GUndam without too high a stakes and also a ton of meta jokes that will fly right past you and be incredibly funny when you come back and rewatch, Gundam Build Fighters is real good. Slightly weak section in the middle, but it ends super strong. Build Fighters Try and Build Divers are both pretty weak, but Build Divers Re:Rise despite it's silly name is REALLY good - slow burn as hell, but does a lot of great stuff and character work that makes it a ton of fun. Highly recommended.

    Beyond that... 00s is solid. The first season is the real winner, and s2 is a bit of a drop, but still good (Mostly because S1 has a really good dynamic with multiple power blocks trying to figure out wtf to do about a terrorist organization that's way, way, way out muscling them, while S2 drops that for more plucky heros vs opressive regime). It's movie set after the second season is genuinely great though and one of the only times gundam has done anything involving actual, real aliens - and it successfully did seriously alien aliens, so massive props there.

    IBO is well, brutally depressing in the long run. Given it's explicitly bout child soldiers trying to find a place they belong/carve out a life for themselves, + it escews all the normal gundam beam weaponry for stuff like axes, wrenches, fuck off rail-gun crossbows and other such physical stuff... this is probably not surprising. It's some what bleak yet hopeful in it's end. A good watch overall, but not one without warnings.

    Gundam Unicorn is a 7 episode OVA set in the UC universe. While it's nominally a continence of the broad UC metaplot, you can totally watch it and enjoy it a lot without having seen any of the proceeding UC shows. (orginal gundam, Z, ZZ, Char's Counterattack being the big things). You'll probably get more out of it with those, or at least with occasional wikidives. Plus being an OVA it's animation is stellar and it has BANGING music. and Banahger is just a cool protagnist once he gets rolling and decides fuck it, keep striving no matter what. Also also, the Unicorn itself is jus a stellar design for a Gundam.

    Seed is a bit of an older show at this point, and it's VERY DRAMATIC, almost to soap opera levels at points. It's actually pretty solid if you get can get past the serious High Drama it's going on. The same cannot be said for Seed Destiny, though there's a bunch of factors (like the main writer's health failing badly) that went into why Seed Destiny is kinda bad. It's also basically an attempt to re-tell the original gundam series updated for modern (at the time) audiences, much like how 00s takes some of Wing's basic premise and reworks. Does have the advantage of TM Revolution being involved, so some great music.

    Later this year there's also The Witch From Mercury. We know basically shit all about this other than it's awesome title, and it's the first tv gundam series since IBO, so it's been a while. It's presumably going to be a whole new universe, and while i'm not holding my breath, i'm hoping it's name means we finally get a gundam series with a female lead. (I doubt this so hard tho')

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk If you want GUndam without too high a stakes and also a ton of meta jokes that will fly right past you and be incredibly funny when you come back and rewatch, Gundam Build Fighters is real good. Slightly weak section in the middle, but it ends super strong. Build Fighters Try and Build Divers are both pretty weak, but Build Divers Re:Rise despite it's silly name is REALLY good - slow burn as hell, but does a lot of great stuff and character work that makes it a ton of fun. Highly recommended.

    Beyond that... 00s is solid. The first season is the real winner, and s2 is a bit of a drop, but still good (Mostly because S1 has a really good dynamic with multiple power blocks trying to figure out wtf to do about a terrorist organization that's way, way, way out muscling them, while S2 drops that for more plucky heros vs opressive regime). It's movie set after the second season is genuinely great though and one of the only times gundam has done anything involving actual, real aliens - and it successfully did seriously alien aliens, so massive props there.

    IBO is well, brutally depressing in the long run. Given it's explicitly bout child soldiers trying to find a place they belong/carve out a life for themselves, + it escews all the normal gundam beam weaponry for stuff like axes, wrenches, fuck off rail-gun crossbows and other such physical stuff... this is probably not surprising. It's some what bleak yet hopeful in it's end. A good watch overall, but not one without warnings.

    Gundam Unicorn is a 7 episode OVA set in the UC universe. While it's nominally a continence of the broad UC metaplot, you can totally watch it and enjoy it a lot without having seen any of the proceeding UC shows. (orginal gundam, Z, ZZ, Char's Counterattack being the big things). You'll probably get more out of it with those, or at least with occasional wikidives. Plus being an OVA it's animation is stellar and it has BANGING music. and Banahger is just a cool protagnist once he gets rolling and decides fuck it, keep striving no matter what. Also also, the Unicorn itself is jus a stellar design for a Gundam.

    Seed is a bit of an older show at this point, and it's VERY DRAMATIC, almost to soap opera levels at points. It's actually pretty solid if you get can get past the serious High Drama it's going on. The same cannot be said for Seed Destiny, though there's a bunch of factors (like the main writer's health failing badly) that went into why Seed Destiny is kinda bad. It's also basically an attempt to re-tell the original gundam series updated for modern (at the time) audiences, much like how 00s takes some of Wing's basic premise and reworks. Does have the advantage of TM Revolution being involved, so some great music.

    Later this year there's also The Witch From Mercury. We know basically shit all about this other than it's awesome title, and it's the first tv gundam series since IBO, so it's been a while. It's presumably going to be a whole new universe, and while i'm not holding my breath, i'm hoping it's name means we finally get a gundam series with a female lead. (I doubt this so hard tho')

    Their ask literally includes the wish for stakes and character death, so why is the top of your list the opposite of that?

    Also, I watched ALL of UC and still don't understand Unicorn. It is a very pretty, completely baffling mess of a script.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The Build series is a weird thing to recommend as it has nothing to do with the Themes of Gundam and everything to do with Wow Cool Robot Model Kits.

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  • notyanotya Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The first bit of unicorn is so so good. Not a great follow through.

    Only the older gundams have good follow through on story. Every single newer gundam (2000 and later) has flubbed the middle and end game of their plots.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk wrote: »
    What are thoughts on the Gundam Origin OVAs?

    Absolutely do not watch them as your first Gundam thing.

    Not only are they a prequel adaptation of a manga that contradicts the events of the anime in respects both macro-scale and micro-character level, but they aren't going to make sense without the existing context and understanding of the characters already.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk wrote: »
    What are thoughts on the Gundam Origin OVAs?

    they're okay but they're mostly why "char's so cool, you guys" and its a slightly alternative revision of the events leading up to the original gundam series. they're very pretty though

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
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    Oghulk wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Oghulk wrote: »
    What are thoughts on the Gundam Origin OVAs?

    Absolutely do not watch them as your first Gundam thing.

    Not only are they a prequel adaptation of a manga that contradicts the events of the anime in respects both macro-scale and micro-character level, but they aren't going to make sense without the existing context and understanding of the characters already.

    Gotcha, okay. Do I need to watch the original Gundam to understand the 08th team?

    nah, they explain enough

    earth and the colonies are fighting each other, war sucks and is dumb. but cool robots though

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    you do not, 08th MS team is basically a sidestory in another theater of the war while the main show is happening

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'd say start with SD Gundam Force, then move onto Gundam Vs Hello Kitty, and finally finish with just the 45 seconds the Gundam is on screen in ready player one

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    please put "but cool robots though" on my tombstone, thank you

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'd say the only knock against 08th MS Team is they didn't play Fortunate Son at some point

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Oghulk wrote: »
    What are thoughts on the Gundam Origin OVAs?

    Absolutely do not watch them as your first Gundam thing.

    Not only are they a prequel adaptation of a manga that contradicts the events of the anime in respects both macro-scale and micro-character level, but they aren't going to make sense without the existing context and understanding of the characters already.

    Gotcha, okay. Do I need to watch the original Gundam to understand the 08th team?

    No it's a side-story. You just need to understand that the Earth Federation is fighting the colony-based Principality of Zeon. In general, it's a lot less nuanced than the original Mobile Suit Gundam, but then again it's a 12-episode OVA series instead of a 42 episode television series, so there's less room for it to breathe.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    same with War in the Pocket, they are similar in the way they are isolated side stories

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  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
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    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    The Build series is a weird thing to recommend as it has nothing to do with the Themes of Gundam and everything to do with Wow Cool Robot Model Kits.

    Upselling model kits is the only consistent theme of the entire Gundam franchise.

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk If you want GUndam without too high a stakes and also a ton of meta jokes that will fly right past you and be incredibly funny when you come back and rewatch, Gundam Build Fighters is real good. Slightly weak section in the middle, but it ends super strong. Build Fighters Try and Build Divers are both pretty weak, but Build Divers Re:Rise despite it's silly name is REALLY good - slow burn as hell, but does a lot of great stuff and character work that makes it a ton of fun. Highly recommended.

    Beyond that... 00s is solid. The first season is the real winner, and s2 is a bit of a drop, but still good (Mostly because S1 has a really good dynamic with multiple power blocks trying to figure out wtf to do about a terrorist organization that's way, way, way out muscling them, while S2 drops that for more plucky heros vs opressive regime). It's movie set after the second season is genuinely great though and one of the only times gundam has done anything involving actual, real aliens - and it successfully did seriously alien aliens, so massive props there.

    IBO is well, brutally depressing in the long run. Given it's explicitly bout child soldiers trying to find a place they belong/carve out a life for themselves, + it escews all the normal gundam beam weaponry for stuff like axes, wrenches, fuck off rail-gun crossbows and other such physical stuff... this is probably not surprising. It's some what bleak yet hopeful in it's end. A good watch overall, but not one without warnings.

    Gundam Unicorn is a 7 episode OVA set in the UC universe. While it's nominally a continence of the broad UC metaplot, you can totally watch it and enjoy it a lot without having seen any of the proceeding UC shows. (orginal gundam, Z, ZZ, Char's Counterattack being the big things). You'll probably get more out of it with those, or at least with occasional wikidives. Plus being an OVA it's animation is stellar and it has BANGING music. and Banahger is just a cool protagnist once he gets rolling and decides fuck it, keep striving no matter what. Also also, the Unicorn itself is jus a stellar design for a Gundam.

    Seed is a bit of an older show at this point, and it's VERY DRAMATIC, almost to soap opera levels at points. It's actually pretty solid if you get can get past the serious High Drama it's going on. The same cannot be said for Seed Destiny, though there's a bunch of factors (like the main writer's health failing badly) that went into why Seed Destiny is kinda bad. It's also basically an attempt to re-tell the original gundam series updated for modern (at the time) audiences, much like how 00s takes some of Wing's basic premise and reworks. Does have the advantage of TM Revolution being involved, so some great music.

    Later this year there's also The Witch From Mercury. We know basically shit all about this other than it's awesome title, and it's the first tv gundam series since IBO, so it's been a while. It's presumably going to be a whole new universe, and while i'm not holding my breath, i'm hoping it's name means we finally get a gundam series with a female lead. (I doubt this so hard tho')

    Their ask literally includes the wish for stakes and character death, so why is the top of your list the opposite of that?

    Also, I watched ALL of UC and still don't understand Unicorn. It is a very pretty, completely baffling mess of a script.

    Probably because i missed that part and saw the gundam bit, not the themes bit, and my list wasn't ordered, and was just shooting things off that were gundam related and worth a watch. My bad!

    Also Build Divers Re:Rise absolutely has stakes, death, and is a damn fine gundam show that just cunningly disguises itself intially about being "Wow cool robot model kits" before shit gets real.

    Hard disagree on Unicorn being a mess of a script, but also i dont really want to try and argue that back and forth so: Fair enough, i dont agree, let's move on.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk If you want GUndam without too high a stakes and also a ton of meta jokes that will fly right past you and be incredibly funny when you come back and rewatch, Gundam Build Fighters is real good. Slightly weak section in the middle, but it ends super strong. Build Fighters Try and Build Divers are both pretty weak, but Build Divers Re:Rise despite it's silly name is REALLY good - slow burn as hell, but does a lot of great stuff and character work that makes it a ton of fun. Highly recommended.

    Beyond that... 00s is solid. The first season is the real winner, and s2 is a bit of a drop, but still good (Mostly because S1 has a really good dynamic with multiple power blocks trying to figure out wtf to do about a terrorist organization that's way, way, way out muscling them, while S2 drops that for more plucky heros vs opressive regime). It's movie set after the second season is genuinely great though and one of the only times gundam has done anything involving actual, real aliens - and it successfully did seriously alien aliens, so massive props there.

    IBO is well, brutally depressing in the long run. Given it's explicitly bout child soldiers trying to find a place they belong/carve out a life for themselves, + it escews all the normal gundam beam weaponry for stuff like axes, wrenches, fuck off rail-gun crossbows and other such physical stuff... this is probably not surprising. It's some what bleak yet hopeful in it's end. A good watch overall, but not one without warnings.

    Gundam Unicorn is a 7 episode OVA set in the UC universe. While it's nominally a continence of the broad UC metaplot, you can totally watch it and enjoy it a lot without having seen any of the proceeding UC shows. (orginal gundam, Z, ZZ, Char's Counterattack being the big things). You'll probably get more out of it with those, or at least with occasional wikidives. Plus being an OVA it's animation is stellar and it has BANGING music. and Banahger is just a cool protagnist once he gets rolling and decides fuck it, keep striving no matter what. Also also, the Unicorn itself is jus a stellar design for a Gundam.

    Seed is a bit of an older show at this point, and it's VERY DRAMATIC, almost to soap opera levels at points. It's actually pretty solid if you get can get past the serious High Drama it's going on. The same cannot be said for Seed Destiny, though there's a bunch of factors (like the main writer's health failing badly) that went into why Seed Destiny is kinda bad. It's also basically an attempt to re-tell the original gundam series updated for modern (at the time) audiences, much like how 00s takes some of Wing's basic premise and reworks. Does have the advantage of TM Revolution being involved, so some great music.

    Later this year there's also The Witch From Mercury. We know basically shit all about this other than it's awesome title, and it's the first tv gundam series since IBO, so it's been a while. It's presumably going to be a whole new universe, and while i'm not holding my breath, i'm hoping it's name means we finally get a gundam series with a female lead. (I doubt this so hard tho')

    Their ask literally includes the wish for stakes and character death, so why is the top of your list the opposite of that?

    Also, I watched ALL of UC and still don't understand Unicorn. It is a very pretty, completely baffling mess of a script.

    Probably because i missed that part and saw the gundam bit, not the themes bit, and my list wasn't ordered, and was just shooting things off that were gundam related and worth a watch. My bad!

    Also Build Divers Re:Rise absolutely has stakes, death, and is a damn fine gundam show that just cunningly disguises itself intially about being "Wow cool robot model kits" before shit gets real.

    Hard disagree on Unicorn being a mess of a script, but also i dont really want to try and argue that back and forth so: Fair enough, i dont agree, let's move on.

    I'd actually much prefer to understand Unicorn, I just found the moment to moment progression of the plot frequently impenetrable. Who belonged to what faction and what actions that caused them to take was top confusion.

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk If you want GUndam without too high a stakes and also a ton of meta jokes that will fly right past you and be incredibly funny when you come back and rewatch, Gundam Build Fighters is real good. Slightly weak section in the middle, but it ends super strong. Build Fighters Try and Build Divers are both pretty weak, but Build Divers Re:Rise despite it's silly name is REALLY good - slow burn as hell, but does a lot of great stuff and character work that makes it a ton of fun. Highly recommended.

    Beyond that... 00s is solid. The first season is the real winner, and s2 is a bit of a drop, but still good (Mostly because S1 has a really good dynamic with multiple power blocks trying to figure out wtf to do about a terrorist organization that's way, way, way out muscling them, while S2 drops that for more plucky heros vs opressive regime). It's movie set after the second season is genuinely great though and one of the only times gundam has done anything involving actual, real aliens - and it successfully did seriously alien aliens, so massive props there.

    IBO is well, brutally depressing in the long run. Given it's explicitly bout child soldiers trying to find a place they belong/carve out a life for themselves, + it escews all the normal gundam beam weaponry for stuff like axes, wrenches, fuck off rail-gun crossbows and other such physical stuff... this is probably not surprising. It's some what bleak yet hopeful in it's end. A good watch overall, but not one without warnings.

    Gundam Unicorn is a 7 episode OVA set in the UC universe. While it's nominally a continence of the broad UC metaplot, you can totally watch it and enjoy it a lot without having seen any of the proceeding UC shows. (orginal gundam, Z, ZZ, Char's Counterattack being the big things). You'll probably get more out of it with those, or at least with occasional wikidives. Plus being an OVA it's animation is stellar and it has BANGING music. and Banahger is just a cool protagnist once he gets rolling and decides fuck it, keep striving no matter what. Also also, the Unicorn itself is jus a stellar design for a Gundam.

    Seed is a bit of an older show at this point, and it's VERY DRAMATIC, almost to soap opera levels at points. It's actually pretty solid if you get can get past the serious High Drama it's going on. The same cannot be said for Seed Destiny, though there's a bunch of factors (like the main writer's health failing badly) that went into why Seed Destiny is kinda bad. It's also basically an attempt to re-tell the original gundam series updated for modern (at the time) audiences, much like how 00s takes some of Wing's basic premise and reworks. Does have the advantage of TM Revolution being involved, so some great music.

    Later this year there's also The Witch From Mercury. We know basically shit all about this other than it's awesome title, and it's the first tv gundam series since IBO, so it's been a while. It's presumably going to be a whole new universe, and while i'm not holding my breath, i'm hoping it's name means we finally get a gundam series with a female lead. (I doubt this so hard tho')

    Their ask literally includes the wish for stakes and character death, so why is the top of your list the opposite of that?

    Also, I watched ALL of UC and still don't understand Unicorn. It is a very pretty, completely baffling mess of a script.

    Probably because i missed that part and saw the gundam bit, not the themes bit, and my list wasn't ordered, and was just shooting things off that were gundam related and worth a watch. My bad!

    Also Build Divers Re:Rise absolutely has stakes, death, and is a damn fine gundam show that just cunningly disguises itself intially about being "Wow cool robot model kits" before shit gets real.

    Hard disagree on Unicorn being a mess of a script, but also i dont really want to try and argue that back and forth so: Fair enough, i dont agree, let's move on.

    I'd actually much prefer to understand Unicorn, I just found the moment to moment progression of the plot frequently impenetrable. Who belonged to what faction and what actions that caused them to take was top confusion.

    If you want, i can try and lay out all the characters and what was going on. Wether or not that'll be useful/make sense, i dunno!

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Oghulk wrote: »
    I decided on just watching the original Gundam

    Animation: old. Themes and events: yeah okay this is good.

    Amuro: oh boy another dipshit anime main character here we go again

    amuro is one of the Ur-dipshits!

    (he gets better)

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