Megalosaro
Banned
I rather like Victory, but I think I'm in the minority there.
Anyway, I think the key reason they are so "different" is that you're seeing Tomino at the height of his depression vs Tomino not depressed. Tomino was going through a tough time while he was working on Victory, aggravated by the fact that he was not happy with the Bandai - Sunrise merger that had recently taken place. Furthermore, it seems like there was a decent amount of executive meddling during the Victory production. This can most be seen by the fact that Episode 1 was supposed to be after Episode 5. Bandai insisted on showing a Gundam in the first episode though
Anyway, I think the key reason they are so "different" is that you're seeing Tomino at the height of his depression vs Tomino not depressed. Tomino was going through a tough time while he was working on Victory, aggravated by the fact that he was not happy with the Bandai - Sunrise merger that had recently taken place. Furthermore, it seems like there was a decent amount of executive meddling during the Victory production. This can most be seen by the fact that Episode 1 was supposed to be after Episode 5. Bandai insisted on showing a Gundam in the first episode though