Gundam Thread 5: That's no Anime, boy! No Anime!

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Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

The voice actress had problems no? that seems like such an excuse.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2015 05:25

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 12:50

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Elle is top tier for surviving ZZ in the Mk. II. Not even e-machine could do it (though it wasn't really her fault)

# ¿ Oct 13, 2015 05:31

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

What was the main reason Gundam was not popular on it's original run? I've reread Gundam Sousei but it just mentions "factors". Was there an oversaturation of robot shows for kids during that time?

# ¿ Nov 12, 2015 06:27

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Only true men can appreciate the Bigro.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2015 07:24

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

I've been rewatching plenty of AGE. On paper it must have been the nerdiest, greatest thing: starship troopers meets ender's game meets a jrpg. I wish someone would just rewrite the whole story. The grunt kits are some of the best in HG form.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 03:43

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Raxivace posted:

How would you guys improve AGE, while at least loosely staying true to the core ideas of the show? I know a lot of people think Flit just straight up being the final boss would have been a lot better, though having Kio or Asemu fight him would probably feel forced.

Don't have a raging misogynist write the story would be a good start.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2015 10:10

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Mr. Burning, meet captain Synapse. Together you'll launch in pursuit of Gato.

e: THAT DARN GATO

# ¿ Dec 8, 2015 19:56

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

I would buy all of the Zakus if they rereleased the crazier stuff, like the NT type Zaku or the Zaku tank.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2015 19:19

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

ImpAtom posted:

Naze Turbine is honestly kind of a lovely character. He's basically dude Lacus Clyne.

They haven't shown him or talked about him enough to arrive to this conclusion. I think a lot of people are overreacting.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2016 11:00

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

# ¿ Jan 9, 2016 06:23

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Judau knew what was up.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2016 19:25

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Just watch 0080 first, the happiest and most heart-warming story in the UC.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2016 10:23

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

T.G. Xarbala posted:

I'm pretty sure I'm the one who tends to describe some of the simpler suits as "elegant" in the Gundam threads. Usually because I'm talking about either the Unicorn ...

Wait, the Unicorn? Simple??

# ¿ Jan 24, 2016 05:17

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Didn't a japanese builder win by putting together a kit in an extremely polished and refined way. Most of the overloaded greebly monstrosities seem to come from the phillipines bracket.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2016 15:01

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

The first thing I'm gonna do when my Rodi arrives is change that dull green coating.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2016 19:35

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Don't let these guys scare you, Destiny is not nearly as bad as they make it out to be.

You should watch Turn-A gundam. It is the best show

# ¿ Feb 9, 2016 23:33

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

A lot of strong stuff going on in Thunderbolts. Also, I caught a glimse of THUNDERBALL.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2016 02:15

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

If only I knew how to make gifs easily

# ¿ Feb 17, 2016 08:35

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

RIP Chiaki Morosawa. Aortic dissection, the same thing that killed John Ritter, drat.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2016 01:08

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

To be honest if I were to spend an eternity trapped in some machine, I'd rather experience continuous pleasure, over and over.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2016 20:07

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

I liked that they tried something different with the Vegans but yes, the oven mitts and fishbowl helmets weren't that great to behold. Neither were the lizard-insect inspired suits sadly.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 00:34

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Hayao Miyazaki was a mistake - anime

# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 03:41

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

I thought the ZAFT helmets contained all the head tracking sensors like modern chopper pilots use

I have no explanation for the miniskirts, other than

# ¿ Mar 1, 2016 17:34

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

boom boom boom posted:

maybe a RG Blue Destiny Unit 1?

RG is turning out to be more depressing than PG at this point. It's a gallery of superstar gundams with the merciful inclusion of the Z'Gok.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2016 17:57

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

I rewatch Zeta gundam at least once every month.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2016 12:17

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Technically both the Turn A and gundam X are grunts.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2016 05:15

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

WrightOfWay posted:

Gundam X is but there was only ever one Turn A. I guess Turn X could have been mass produced since no one knows anything about whoever built it.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2016 12:11

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

tsob posted:

Those Turn-B's are completely pointless on the part of the manga artist and make me full sure a lot of people paid no attention to the show. Not that I got any of that for years myself. I just find it funny that people go on about how idiots don't "get" G-Reco when I'm full sure many don't really "get" Turn-A yet, despite being made 15 years beforehand. Most probably don't even get many of his UC works - myself included.

No need to kick me on the dick about it, jeez.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2016 19:22

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

I wonder if bandai executives truly believe the world would forget gunpla if they greenlit a female main character in a show.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 07:21

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Kuvo posted:

starting watching victory and Marbet Fingerhat is the dumbest name since, well, Seabook Arno

Wait what about Katejina the sandy vagina.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2016 05:40

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

To hell with frozen teardrop. Adapt Gundam Developers.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2016 06:15

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

TheManSeries posted:

It doesnt help that the Neo Zeong high grade exists and is a joke about having too much money on your hands.

And space. I wouldn't know where to put that thing if I had it. The bathroom maybe.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2016 21:45

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

AradoBalanga posted:

The artist behind the gag comic pages from IBO is moving onto RE-0096.

Here is the webpage in case you didn't make it your homepage or something http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/comic/20099

# ¿ Apr 7, 2016 03:57

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

G Gundam was so bad.

I had such high expectations because everyone loves it so much. Conversely SEED did not give me prostate cancer like most were saying, possibly because I was expecting nothing out of it. You could say I curbed my enthusiasm.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2016 00:21

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Didn't care much for giant robo either. I'm just not into super robot shows in general, with exceptions.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2016 05:14

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

T.G. Xarbala posted:

I'm with dogsicle, I don't necessarily think this is about super robots per se. I think your tastes probably lean more towards the serious and nobody can fault you for that, though I'm guessing that because G Gundam and Giant Robo are explicitly not serious that you've given them short shrift. Not liking them is perfectly fine, but it's a shame to call either one of them "bad." And I know I'm not going to change your opinion of these shows, but I would like to at least give a defense of them and explain why a number of people do like them. To paraphrase Roger Ebert, you should judge a work based on how well it accomplishes what it sets out to do, and G Gundam knows what it wants to say and for the most part says it in style. Incredibly silly, hot-blooded, super robot style. And Giant Robo is considered Yasuhiro Imagawa's magnum opus for a reason, it's basically all the stuff that people like about G Gundam distilled into a more concentrated form. In both series, Imagawa eschews politics and realism for stylish campiness surrounding weaker plots that mostly serve to provide context and impetus for character development. At their heart, both G Gundam and Giant Robo are very much stories about their characters with a lot to say and the fun energy is there to get you on board to listen. Unsurprisingly, they're also both coming-of-age stories.

I've talked about Giant Robo with Bad Seafood before, and he made a very good point in that it's really about the importance of having good role models in your life. Which is why Daisaku seems less interesting than all of the grown-up characters who all have fleshed out relationships and backstories for the audience to latch onto. And it's also why those grown-ups repeatedly give him advice, or explicitly try to be good examples of the man he ought to be when he grows up--and, by extension, when the presumed audience grows up too. It's also a campy save-the-world story with a remote-controlled robot the size of a skyscraper and a bunch of guys dressed up like they stepped out of Romance of the Three Kingdoms going toe-to-toe with a variety of sharp-dressed supervillains wearing bespoke suits. That ends on a notorious cliffhanger.

G Gundam is also a campy save-the-world ecoterror story with comically racist punch-robots whose initial premise is literally a tournament arc, but with Gundams. G Gundam is also a story about emotional connections and communication as adults centered around a man suffering from arrested development, who is forced to grow up through both tragedy and the relationships he builds along the way. The most important of which is his relationship with Rain, one that's repeatedly singled out for being a surprisingly realistic and mature relationship for the Gundam franchise. And one deliberately written as a rejection of weird Newtype bullshit.

And both lean heavily on the cinematic and romanticized wuxia toolbox in what can be described as a loving genre homage. I would not be surprised if there were an overlap between fans of kungfu movies and wuxia novels and fans of these two works, as they ooze the same pulpy, larger-than-life sensibilities.

though I've also run into people who hate kungfu movies because they're unrealistic yet like the Fast and Furious franchise because they're unrealistic and all I can do is smdh

I must say I wasn't even aware Wuxia was even a thing, so I checked it out. This should tell you that my opinons are equal to that of an uncultured swine, and you should not take them too seriously. I'm open minded and thus I still await for the super robot show to sway me over.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2016 05:53

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

You also have to watch IGLOO.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2016 11:07

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

SEED was okay by me. I only got into gundam in 2014 because of Build Fighters and my viewing order was:

Build Fighters
Build Fighters TRY
Turn A Gundam
Gundam X
0080
Gundam Wing
Gundam Wing Endless Schmaltz
0079 OG series + those 3 compilation movies
Zeta
0083 Stardust Memory
ZZ
Char's Counterattack
IGLOO
08th MS Team
00 + the movie
Victory Gundam
F91
AGE
SEED + Destiny + Stargazer
G Gundam
Reconguista in G

Of course I've gone back time and again to rewatch plenty of things. Mostly Turn A because it's so good.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2016 17:22

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

Revitalized posted:

Was Gundam Build Fighters well received?

I just started watching it and I really like it. It makes me very self conscious about how big of a nerd I am.

It got me into gundam.

I successfully ignored gundam for 32 years of my life. Now I'm an addict.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2016 17:54

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 12:50

Ka0: Sep 16, 2002; AS A PROUD GAMERGATER THE ONLY THING I HATE MORE THAN WOMEN ARE GAYS AND TRANS PEOPLE

I think Thunderbolt might be my favorite gundam series now. After watching episode 4. And it's so conflicting; I liked Turn A because it took place in such a distant faraway future, it left to the imagination to wonder what kind of unspeakable horrors had to have happened for humanity to loop back towards 19th century tech; I still love BF because it got me into building model kits again. But thunderbolt, it does a better job than 08th MS Team at the whole "this is what war does. this is what you can expect" vibe.

# ¿ May 5, 2016 15:38

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