• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

The Official Gundam Thread of Gunpla, Origins, and 35 Years of GUNDAMUUUU!

Status
Not open for further replies.
A

Acid08

Banned
If I had to do an Acid's Official Gundam Tier List

Top tier:
G Gundam
Build Fighters
Crossbone

Great tier:
F91
Turn A
Wing

Good tier:
MSG

Meh tier:
Zeta

Doo Doo Butter tier:
Seed

I'm almost halfway through ZZ now and still plan on watching 0080, 0083, 08th MS Team, Char's CA, and Unicorn(sooooooo much UC). Maybe X and 00 S1.

I may as well get really high and watch G-Saviour at some point too.
 
C

CorvoSol

Member
Acid08 said:
First half of Seed straight up sucks. Second half is okay. The only Gundam show I've seen so far that I would actually say I didn't like.
Click to expand...

That's because you haven't seen enough truly bad Gundam shows.

Some day you will find yourself watching AGE. Some day.
 
M

Megalosaro

Banned
My tier list would probably be something like this:

Best tier:
First Gundam
0080: War in the Pocket
Turn A Gundam

Great Tier:
Unicorn
Zeta Gundam

Very Good Tier:
Char's Counterattack
F91
ZZ Gundam
Gundam Builder Fighters

Good Tier:
00
Victory Gundam
0083: Stardust Memory (Final episode asspulling aside)
Stargazer
Gunpla Builders

Not My Cup of Tea Tier:
G Gundam

Mediocre Tier:
Wing
X
A wakening the Trial Blazer

Bad Tier:
Endless Waltz
08th MS Team
AGE

Absolute Garbage Tier
Seed
Seed Destiny
Igloo
Igloo 2
 
P

Phanatic8390

Member
xillyriax said:
hey all, I saw that GundamInfo's Youtube channel has Seed. It is worth watching? Scrolled through the thread and it looks like to stay away from 00, which they also have up.
Click to expand...

Having just finished watching 00 Seasons 1 and 2, SEED, and currently in the middle of SEED Destiny, I say watch them. I was in the same position you were but I think they're all at least worthy of 1 viewing. They each have some cool suits and characters even if overall the show is mediocre. Plus they're free!
 
P

PhiLonius

Member
God Tier
Unicorn
Turn A
Haman Karn

Top Tier
Z
ZZ
08th MS Team
Build Fighters

Good Tier
0079
0080: War in the Pocket

Could have been better... Could have been worse Tier
Wing
SEED
X
00 Season 1
F91
Char's Counterattack

Put Hair On Your Chest/Mass Stereotypes/Allenby Rules Tier
G Gundam

WTF Were They Thinking?/WTF Happened? Tier
00 Season 2
00: Awakening of the Trailblazer
Victory
SEED Destiny
0083: Stardust Memory

Reevaluate Your Priorities Tier
AGE

Not For Us Tier
Gundam Reconguista in G
 
B

Beth Cyra

Member
My tiers look something like this.

Top

Wing Episodes 1-10
ZZ Gundam
Unicorn

Fun
Build Fighters Fight scenes before Build Knuckle
Gundam SEED
Endless Waltz

Meh
F91 (though I love Seabook)
Turn A
X
08th Team
0079
OO
Zeta
CCA
Gunpla Build Fighters
SD Gundam Force
SD Legends Gundam

Awful

G Gundam
Destiny
AGE
Victory
Wing 25-50
 
B

Beth Cyra

Member
CorvoSol said:
ZZ right there in the center. Tears to the eye.
Click to expand...

The placement of the Gundams in that teaser is an interesting one.

Very often it's 78-2, Strike/Freedom, Raise and Unicorn up front. Still have that but now you have Wing and Strike Freedom in the same spot above the Unicorn and three different G Gundam suits that are clearly shown.

I'm just happy that Epyon was already shown.

Edit Sorry for the Double Post
 
E

EvilKatarn

Member
Fine.

Top
Unicorn
Build Fighters
0080
Turn A

Good
0079
Z
08th MS Team
F91

Worth seeing
00
SEED
Stargazer
CCA

Alcohol & sleeping pills
Awakening of the Trailblazer
SEED Destiny
Victory

Completely bored with
ZZ

Haven't seen
G
X
0083

I wonder how many times I've posted a list like this and how different it is each time.


Edit: lol I forgot Turn A
 
C

CorvoSol

Member
EvilKatarn said:
Fine.
I wonder how many times I've posted a list like this and how different it is each time.
Click to expand...

The changes are the only reason I can find to post mine again, haha.

Best
G. GBF, 0080, Crossbone

Very Good
ZZ, MSG, Wing, Turn A, Unicorn

Good
Zeta, F91, SEED, 08th MS Team

Neutral
00 S1, CCA, X(in progress)

Bad
Stardust Memory, SEED Destiny, Victory

Very Bad
00 S2

Worst
A Wakening of the Trailblazer, AGE
 
M

Megalosaro

Banned
It makes me sad when people put victory on the same level as age or seed.

It had 10x more effort thought and care put into it as those shows. And it sounds amazing
 
B

Blader

Member
Megalosaro said:
It makes me sad when people put victory on the same level as age or seed.

It had 10x more effort thought and care put into it as those shows. And it sounds amazing
Click to expand...

Victory is better than either one, but the only real thought and care Tomino put into it was venting out his own issues.
 
C

CorvoSol

Member
Megalosaro said:
It makes me sad when people put victory on the same level as age or seed.

It had 10x more effort thought and care put into it as those shows. And it sounds amazing
Click to expand...

I never put Victory on the same level as SEED.

Because I like SEED way more :p

EDIT: Real talk, though, that's how I feel when people trash talk ZZ. Show was really solid but people judge it based on the first ten episodes and some strange misconceptions about what a sequel to Zeta should be like.
 
P

PhiLonius

Member
I don't consider Victory bad. There's actually a lot to love about it.

There are also a ton of questionable things that drag the show down. Same with Destiny.
 
Y

yami4ct

Member
Series rankings? Oh boy.

God Tier:
Turn A

Fantastic:
Gundam X
08th MS Team

Great:
Zeta
Gundam: The Origin
G Gundam

Good:
00 Season 1
Age (Part 2)
Unicorn
Victory
0079

Decent:
SEED
Build Fighters

Shit Tier:
Wing
Everything else 00
Char's Counterattack
F91
Stardust Memory

Hell Tier:
Rest of Age
SEED Destiny

Need to Watch:
0080
 
Y

yami4ct

Member
NEO0MJ said:
That's strange, most people here loved Build Fighters. Any reason for it being there?
Click to expand...

Great animation, but it got really repetitive for me. Pretty hollow story and characters. Some terrible lore. Still excited for S2 just for more great animation, but as a whole a kind of mediocre show.

To me, it's a generic shonen show with Gundam trappings. Goes to the nostalgia well one too many times and didn't really have much story or character wise to set it apart.
 
M

Megalosaro

Banned
CorvoSol said:
EDIT: Real talk, though, that's how I feel when people trash talk ZZ. Show was really solid but people judge it based on the first ten episodes and some strange misconceptions about what a sequel to Zeta should be like.
Click to expand...

I know what you mean. ZZ is a really good show. I even enjoy the shangrila stuff. Probably because one of my favorite aspects of UC is the world building stuff, so it's always nice to see what life is like on the colonies.

Only section I really don't care for is Tigerbaum.
 
E

Ezalc

Member
Awesome
G
Crossbone
F91
0079

Others
Build Fighters
Unicorn
00S1

Godawful
00S2
Wing

Any other not listed is because I haven't watched them a sufficient amount to make an opinion.
 
P

PhiLonius

Member
RangerBAD said:
The last we ever saw of Kill 'em All Tomino which is a good thing, I admit. Random female deaths, yeah... V still got to me at the end.
Click to expand...

It's kind of funny how he manages to turn it around in Turn A and
have Loran very nearly not kill anyone the whole show, despite having the probably the strongest Gundam in any series.

Meanwhile you could have turned Victory into a drinking game.
 
R

RangerBAD

Member
PhiLonius said:
It's kind of funny how he manages to turn it around in Turn A and
have Loran very nearly not kill anyone the whole show, despite having the probably the strongest Gundam in any series.

Meanwhile you could have turned Victory into a drinking game.
Click to expand...

It was his LSD phase after the Kill 'Em All phase. All the Baston Wells stuff. Now he's just a misunderstood old man.
 
S

ShinRPGamer

Member
Great
G Gundam

Good
Gundam SEED
00 S1

Okay
Char's Counterattack (haven't seen it in years though)
F91

Bad
00 S2

Why the hell did I see this?
SEED Destiny
Awakening of the Trailblazer
AGE (Also might be the worst Mech show i've seen)

I still haven't tackled the UC Gundam shows barring F91 and there's a few AU shows like Wing and X that are on the backburner.
 
M

Megalosaro

Banned
Fair enough. Soundtrack rankings

God Tier:
First Gundam (TV Series)
Victory Gundam
Unicorn
Turn A Gundam

Great Tier:
Zeta Gundam
ZZ Gundam
Char's Counterattack
Gundam Build Fighters
G Gundam
0079 (Movies)

Good Tier:
Gundam Wing
Gunpla Builders
AGE
0083

Meh Tier:
X
Seed
Seed Destiny
00
0080
08th MS Team

Bad Tier:
Igloo
F91 (Excluding Eternal Wind, which is amazing)
 
P

PhiLonius

Member
I love how everyone keeps separating 00 into different tiers.

RangerBAD said:
Let's post based on OSTs and then we'll have a lot of awesome tier.
Click to expand...

Just thinking about this now, it would take a while for me lol. Too much good - great stuff.
Unicorn would probably be number 1/top tier though.

OP/ED would be somewhat easier.
 
S

ShinRPGamer

Member
RangerBAD said:
Let's post based on OSTs and then we'll have a lot of awesome tier.
Click to expand...

How about a list based on OP's will that do?

I need it on my Ipod tier
0083
8th MS Team
Zeta Gundam: A New Translation
Wing
X
SEED Destiny (Except for the last OP)

Great Tier
ZZ Gundam
G Gundam

Good Tier
Zeta Gundam
Victory Gundam
War in the Pocket

Meh Tier
Gundam 00
Turn A
SEED

Bad Tier
Mobile Suit Gundam 0079
Age
Awakening of the Trailblazer

MY EARS!! Tier

SEED Destiny's 4th OP Horrendously unfitting on top of being horrendously bad.
 
M

Man God

Non-Canon Member
CorvoSol said:
The changes are the only reason I can find to post mine again, haha.

Best
G. GBF, 0080, Crossbone

Very Good
ZZ, MSG, Wing, Turn A, Unicorn

Good
Zeta, F91, SEED, 08th MS Team

Neutral
00 S1, CCA, X(in progress)

Bad
Stardust Memory, SEED Destiny, Victory

Very Bad
00 S2

Worst
A Wakening of the Trailblazer, AGE
Click to expand...

This...is a beautiful list.
 
tensuke

tensuke

Member
xillyriax said:
hey all, I saw that GundamInfo's Youtube channel has Seed. It is worth watching? Scrolled through the thread and it looks like to stay away from 00, which they also have up.
Click to expand...

Whoa there, 00 is awesome. It doesn't always make sense, the movie kinda fizzled out, a few things are thrown in and never properly expanded upon, but overall, the animation, music, fights, absolute badassery of the Gundams vs grunts, and Sumeragi's boobs are completely worth the watch.

Seed is a worse show, not AGE bad, but not great, it might be more tolerable in Japanese (which I assume is what GundamInfo has). Some of the characters just really suck, and it's basically 0079 to a degree (of course, 00 is sort of like Wing), but at least the suit designs are (imo) kind of cool.

RangerBAD said:
Let's post based on OSTs and then we'll have a lot of awesome tier.
Click to expand...
Best Tier
Unicorn

Pretty Good
Everything else
 
Y

yami4ct

Member
Enron said:
da fuq



DA FUQ
Click to expand...

Already explained my Build Fighters position, but here's why I like Part 2 of AGE. The designs are actually pretty great (particularly AGE-2 Double Bullet). It does some pretty awesome things with what is a pretty terrible cast from part 1. The changes you see Flit go through from the boring protagonist from part 1 are actually interesting and give more depth to a character than a lot of gundam series have. Asemu has a pretty decent character arc and his relationship with Zeheart is more interesting than what happens with a lot of rivalries (barring the obviously amazing rivalries like Char/Amuro). Old Woolf is also an amazing character. Part 2 does a pretty fantastic job given the time constraints and horrible Part 1 it has to carry on its back. It's ambitious in a way that doesn't entirely works, but I can admire.

The rest of age can burn in the fiery pits of hell, though. Part 2 does nothing to save that show as a whole.
 
A

Acid08

Banned
hmmmm opening's and endings huh

Top:
GBF OP 1
GBF OP 2
G Gundam Ending 2
Zeta Ending
Turn A OP 1
Wing OP 1
ZZ Ending 1

Funny tier:
MSG

The rest are whatever, don't even remember most of 'em. Really though it ALL ABOUT GBF OP2 and G Gundam Ending 2.

And there's an HG Crossbone X1 coming out soon. Kinda wish I had waited for this, have heard some bad things about the Ver Ka.

Untitled-12.jpg

Untitled-14.jpg

Untitled-16.jpg
Click to expand...
 
M

Megalosaro

Banned
Openings?

God Tier
Hoshi No Mizu e Ai o Komete (Zeta Gundam 2)
Turn A Turn (Turn A Gundam)
Fly In the Sky (G Gundam 1)

Great Tier
Silent Voice (ZZ 2)
The Winner (0083 1)
MEN OF DESTINY (0083 2)
Stand Up To the Victory (Victory Gundam 1)
Don't Stop Carry On (Victory Gundam 2)
Rhythm Emotion (Gundam Wing 2)
Dreams (X 1)
Daybreak's Bell (001 Full disclosure L'arc en Ciel is a favorite band of mine)
Real (AGE 3)
wimp (GBF2)

Good Tier
Tobe! Gundam (First Gundam
Anime Ja Nai (ZZ Gundam 1)
Just Communication (Gundam Wing 1)
Ash Like Snow (00 2)
Namida no Mukou (00 4)
Asu E (AGE1)
Sharp# (AGE2)

Meh Tier
Zeta - Toki o Koete
Itsuka sora ni todoite (0080)
Trust You Forever (G Gundam 2)
Resolution (X 2)
Realize (Seed 4)
Wings of Words (Seed Destiny 4)
Nibun no Ichi (GBF 1)

Bad Tier
Century Color (Turn A 2)
Believe (Seed 3)
Bokutachi no Yukue (Seed Destiny 3)
Pride (Seed Destiny 2)
Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi (00 3)
Aurora (AGE 4)

Really Bad Tier
Invoke (Seed 1)
Moment (Seed 2)

I wonder what you could extrapolate about my music tastes from this.
 
P

PaulExcellent

Member
ahahahahahaha
i have a mail box now
ahahhahahahah so many gunpla yes
yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

also hi everyone what did i miss
 
C

CorvoSol

Member
Gundam X 5

Jamil is almost a better post-MSG Amuro than Amuro is. Almost. Meanwhile Tifa is a box of bran flakes. Stale, boring, and cardboard. Are Roybea and Witz brothers, lovers, what?
 
Y

yami4ct

Member
CorvoSol said:
Gundam X 5

Jamil is almost a better post-MSG Amuro than Amuro is. Almost. Meanwhile Tifa is a box of bran flakes. Stale, boring, and cardboard. Are Roybea and Witz brothers, lovers, what?
Click to expand...


Roybea and Witz are just mercs working for the Freeden. Not sure how you hooked onto the other ideas, haha.

You're totally right about Jamil. He's a really good representation of a war hero in a post war world. Probably my favorite character of the show.
 
C

CorvoSol

Member
Wait if they're not related then why did Witz change his mind so completely when Roybea was like "Yo I am not risking my neck to save your little girl." Also they kinda look alike, so I figured they were probably brothers. Guess they're just good buddies, though.
 
R

RangerBAD

Member
CorvoSol said:
Wait if they're not related then why did Witz change his mind so completely when Roybea was like "Yo I am not risking my neck to save your little girl." Also they kinda look alike, so I figured they were probably brothers. Guess they're just good buddies, though.
Click to expand...

Don't even think they were buddies before the start of the series.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

The 12 days of Gafmas |OT| The year in thread popularity!
28
971
jm89 replied
Olympics 2024: Summer Games in Paris Official Thread
19 20 21 22 23
1K
48K
12Goblins replied
  • Locked
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | Review Thread
Analysis Review
2
712
CyberCali replied
35 Years of Gameboy - The greatest handheld
2
52
3K
Sleepwalker replied
  • x2
Call-Of-Duty-Black-Ops-6 |OT| Even the Truth Lies Apparently Phil.
39 40 41 42 43
2K
71K
DiscoDave replied
Top Bottom