Honneamise is listed as the publisher at TRSI. This might explain why older Blu Ray volumes of Gundam Unicorn have gone out-of-print entirely, since they're essentially imports with English covers because the discs themselves are identical to the Japanese release.
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The Official Gundam Thread of Gunpla, Origins, and 35 Years of GUNDAMUUUU!
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BattleMonkey
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Yea, the original announcements for the blu ray release that I find online note that Bandai Ent is distributing for Bandai Visual so I dunno.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Gundam Wing is kind of weird when it comes to pace though...a lot of plots are resolved quickly in the episode they first pop up in, which is quite a change after coming off of Turn A where things are allowed quite awhile to develop and many plot points stretch out through a few episodes...
I don't get the complaint about not understanding who the bad guys are, though. At least by episode 15,
I do like the Gundams though, they have pretty cool designs. Love the Zodiac theme the bad guys have going on as well.
I haven't watched Seed or 00 ("I AM GUNDAM!"), so I can't compare them to Wing though.
I think I might check out 00 after I watch the Original and Zeta after finishing Wing because it's on Crunchyroll.
Wing's pretty much the stupid Will Game subplot every episode, basically, in terms of how fast it goes through plot points
I don't get the complaint about not understanding who the bad guys are, though. At least by episode 15,
It's the OZ after they use Heero to kill the peace guy of the Earth Alliance and start a coup d'etat
I do like the Gundams though, they have pretty cool designs. Love the Zodiac theme the bad guys have going on as well.
I haven't watched Seed or 00 ("I AM GUNDAM!"), so I can't compare them to Wing though.
I think I might check out 00 after I watch the Original and Zeta after finishing Wing because it's on Crunchyroll.
Except perhaps in Turn A
Since Harry, the resident Char clone (although apparently Corin Nander is supposed to be one as well, in a tongue-and-cheek sense, is a good guy the whole way through and never in the "questionable" way outside of simply being on the wrong side of the Earthrace
00 season 2 was pure, utter shit. You are probably one of less than a dozen GAFers that enjoyed that show.
Anything ballsy they did in season 1 wound up being all for naught. Like Lockon dying to take out Ali. Oh snap, Ali is still alive. Oh snap, Lockon has a twin brother that he's never mentioned before who looks, talks and acts like him and he's going to keep the same codename as well.
Aren't most of the iterations rehashes of 0079, tough? Or at least borrow a lot of elements from it.
distantmantra
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Very few stores even carried the Gundam UC blu-rays (Amazon marketplace, Right Stuf, Bandai Store). I really hope we get the final two volumes here somehow.
Hey, Funimation, you know what to do.
Urban Scholar
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But, but our wallets will be victim to the horrible exchange rate.
distantmantra
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Anyone thinking that Gundam Extreme Vs had a shot of coming here should be silenced now.
Welcome to Gundam fandom.
Welcome to Gundam fandom.
StickyFingers
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Some one didn't pay attention watching 00.
distantmantra
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Now it's just gonna be the hardcores who were already importing Gundam merchandise and pirates.
sixteen-bit
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I could walk into a Toys R Us and pick up gunpla. Shit was crazy.
BattleMonkey
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Yea, was like a whole 6 months
distantmantra
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I bought a Master Grade Ground Gundam there. Good times.
Femmeworth
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Noooo, then you are doing exactly what they want you to do. :\
distantmantra
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I've been doing that for 12 years now. No reason to stop.
distantmantra
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Yep.
Femmeworth
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In Gundam Wing, every side is the bad guys, because every organization contains both good and bad people (and some people are both good and bad). The Gundam pilots are the closest thing to good guys, because they're supposed to be innocent youth, and because as the situations change they drop their initial bad guy mission of terrorism and try to do the right thing, assuming they can ever figure out what the right thing to do is, and assuming the situation doesn't change again first.
Treize is the ultimate bad guy, despite his occasional position as a good guy, because he
apparently orchestrated everything in order to trigger a war to end all wars, although he did it for the sake of peace
Gundam Seed >> Gundam Wing >>>>> Gundam Seed Destiny
sixteen-bit
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Wing was bad? Granted I was an innocent youth myself when I saw it.
What kind of magic? Vile, black necromantic witchcraft spawned from Hades' left bollock?
Oh, it's you again. Didn't you get enough lulz trolling /m/ with this "argument" while the show was running?
Yeah, I bet you both liked the movie, too. Wretched piece of shit.
BattleMonkey
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It's not really any worse than other Gundam series, which generally range from average to bad. Enjoyed it much more than 00 S2 and Destiny.
And probably add AGE to that with how meh it's been in every aspect so far.
This made me think, how many here started watching Gundam with Wing? I know I did.
sixteen-bit
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Same here.
the first gundam-related series i ever watched was the first movie trilogy.
i had them on VHS, they were the first US Bandai Ent. releases. they came in these really nice hard-plastic clamshells. they were pretty pricey (for a 15 year old, at least).
*raises hand*
Same.
I can't remember whether it was Wing or the 0079 movies - they both happened at roughly the same time. I used to hate mecha shows. Gundam changed that, and now I find contemporary anime lacking in comparison (even the newer Gundam shows - the cliff 00 jumped off was tragic).
So, now that Turn A is canceled, is there a way I can view it fansubbed somewhere? I've never really done the fansub thing before, but now that I've accepted that it will never be released in the US, there's not really any other alternative.
Femmeworth
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Yep mine too. I used to rep a Gundam Wing shirt back in 5th grade.
I got called a fag by an asshole, though. *wink*
HammerOfThor
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me! Thats probably why no matter how shitty it is I'll always love it.
My favorite is 0083 and 8th MS tho, I just adore those shows.
donkey show
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same here... Toonami Gundam Wing Intro was cool. Does anyone remember IGN covered Gundam and had the second intro to Gundam 0083: Men of Destiny in quicktime. I downloaded and enjoyed it so much. Good memories and time.
sixteen-bit
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I loved those promos back in the day.
Me, too. I'm sure the majority of the thread will say so.
It being most Westerners' First Gundam means that we'll never quite be able to be objective about it. I mean, it is (objectively) pretty bad, but I still have a soft spot for it, deep down.
Compare that with AGE, which is (objectively, and only so far) better than Wing, but nothing about it stands out from the norm. Even 00 had the Exia, for cryin' out loud.
And I think we can all agree that the music in Wing was epic and awesome. Unlike AGE or 00.
Femmeworth
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I haven't watched AGE, but I find that very hard to believe.
That's why I said "so far". Remember when 00 jumped the shark? Yes, I'm bitter.
One thing it does right in my opinion is the Gundam design. Probably the best among all team based series.
distantmantra
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Anyone watch AGE episode 12 yet? Red Shoulders did an article debunking the rumors about the "X-Rounders" show from the 1970s.
http://red-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/truth-about-x-rounders.html#more
Also, sounds like Gundam UC 5 and 6 will be import only based on the interview with Iyadoni.
http://red-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/truth-about-x-rounders.html#more
Also, sounds like Gundam UC 5 and 6 will be import only based on the interview with Iyadoni.
Lostconfused
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What the hell? The shoulder is painted red on the wrong side of the Scopedog.
Edit: Also that post/article is more of a lets bitch about people bitching about how bad AGE is.
Hint: Gundam AGE is still a bad show no matter how you look at it.
Edit: Also that post/article is more of a lets bitch about people bitching about how bad AGE is.
Hint: Gundam AGE is still a bad show no matter how you look at it.
sixteen-bit
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distantmantra
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Sucks, but at least there is a way to still watch them without modding a DVD player like we had to back in the day.
amishpriest99
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Dammit...at least they're still obtainable. Really sucks too that Turn A isn't going to make it. Bandai sounded pretty positive at their last Otakon panel but obviously a lot has changed since.
On a side note, I couldn't resist picking up the greatest insult to Zakus of all time since it was dirt cheap (wonder why lol):
The HCM Meer Campbell Zaku Warrior from Destiny
Toonami was even more epic with the voice of Optimus Prime doing the narration for those clips.
Like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK_HTdn3NPE
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Whoa, I just remember something that made Turn A's ending sadder...
Also, I totally skipped out on Wing when it aired on Toonami...I was introduced by G Gundam, but only just recently (after seeing the Renho Gintama Arc, oddly enough) did I start seriously watching the series and becoming a fan.
Is 00 that bad though? I like the characters from it in 00, Setsuna seems cool, and I was looking forward to checking it out after I watched the UC series.
Dianna, in one of the later episodes, mentions to Kihel that due to the fact she's been alive for hundreds of years, she's apparently rapidly accelerating and mentions wanting to live peacefully on earth to see her death...I guess Loran's taking care of her at the end because she's beginning to die then, as opposed to a romantic relationship (albeit a bit of a celibate one) like I first thought...
Also, I totally skipped out on Wing when it aired on Toonami...I was introduced by G Gundam, but only just recently (after seeing the Renho Gintama Arc, oddly enough) did I start seriously watching the series and becoming a fan.
Is 00 that bad though? I like the characters from it in 00, Setsuna seems cool, and I was looking forward to checking it out after I watched the UC series.
distantmantra
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The first season of 00 is really good. The second one is not nearly as good and befalls many tropes and cliches, but it's not horrendous or anything.
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