amishpriest99
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The thing for me is that it is just dreadfully mediocre at best. Where there are glimpes of potential, it ultimately gets squandered. The art style and mech designs aren't helping either.
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The Official Gundam Thread of Gunpla, Origins, and 35 Years of GUNDAMUUUU!
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The thing for me is that it is just dreadfully mediocre at best. Where there are glimpes of potential, it ultimately gets squandered. The art style and mech designs aren't helping either.
Ehhh. I think it's time we came up with our own list.
The Top ten in Gundam ACE for both Suits and Pilots change all the time though.
Amuro, Char, Kira are typically a lock for top 3 but the overall ten changes to whats hot at the moment.
Like when Glory and Frozen were first starting and had alot of hype Heero was in 4th Place for several months and Wing Gundam Zero EW placed high as well, hell even Wing Gundam EW made it up into the top 10 for an entry or two.
None of the lists really do much other then show us what is basicall obvious if we take more then a few seconds to look around. 0079, Zeta, Wing, G, SEED, OO. and Unicorn all did well to amazing and everything else not so much.
That and AGE/X performed like shit.
Not really. You must remember that there are multiple series that ended before 50 Eps and some of them did very well (ZZ and Wing) so a less then 50 run, unless it's a cancel early like X or 0079 (original run) doesn't say all that much.
donkey show
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Prepare to be bored out of your mind.
Take Donkey's advice on this. Plus as fun as it can be to bash AGE, AGE is far more boring then anyting else so even if people go a bit far in there hate it tends to be more interesting to read then AGE is to watch sadly.
Razgriz-Specter
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If the art style doesn't get you first.
I got to say Flit's hair may be the most offensive thing in Gundam to me. I know people hate one Wing/SEED/OO for being Generic anime or whatever but I will take generic over whatever the fuck that designer was thinking when making Flit's god damn hair.
Razgriz-Specter
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Lol, yeah.
Turn A Gundam episode 33
new interesting character shows up, dies within 1 episode...
Got a few of my old kits out of storage, started painting my HG Wing Zero Custom.
Man it looks so much better but im glad I didn't attempt it back then.
Edit: Finished Turn A, really liked it. liked the ending alot but wish it wasn't so
ambiguous.
probably going to watch original and Z next on crunchyroll.
donkey show
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I hope they make Gunpla Builders a series one day. As silly as the one-off was (Gunpla Meister going to arcade tourneys on a horse, etc.), I really enjoyed it.
Yeah the OVA was pretty good. I enjoyed that waaaaaay more than AGE.
SonicX_Zero
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Perfect Strike actually making a cameo and not just an eyecatch. 
amishpriest99
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AGE has the worst art style of any Gundam that I can think of. Though the normal suits especially in the 1st gen are so goofy looking that it's kind of hilarious.
eh? Nearly all Gundam shows are 49/50 episodes.
Probably not for another year or so.
distantmantra
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Sounds like G-Reko will be an animated series, but Tomino is shying away from calling it a Gundam show...
http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2012/08/tomino-yoshiyukis-new-project-g-reko.html
http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2012/08/tomino-yoshiyukis-new-project-g-reko.html
Gravity stuff is cool.
I liked that story element in Gravion/Zwei, hopefully Tomino can take it and really make something cool out of it instead of fumbling it like Gravion did.
The only gravity-related elements in Gravion were the boobs, really.
Thus why I hope that Tomino makes it work instead of it being a cool idea that gets used but then tossed out and left to die in favor of masks that chage voices and hide big boobs.
amishpriest99
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I'm thinking that might be for the best, and to just have it loosely related to UC Gundam if at all. Either way I'm certainly very interested.
Well went ahead and pre ordered the Zate RG from HLJ last night. Not exactly my favorite suit ever, and this is easily the worst they Bandai has presented a RG thus far, but still RG's boxes are so sexy I just need to have it.
Now I just need to wait for ZZ and Wing EW to get my two favorites, and Zate introducing Transforming Gundam's bring's them one step closer.
Now I just need to wait for ZZ and Wing EW to get my two favorites, and Zate introducing Transforming Gundam's bring's them one step closer.
seipherzero
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So happy that the next RG was Zeta. I still have my RG Char's Zaku 2 to build ;x. I'm taking a break after my 2 year long Sinanju build though >_>.
Two most recent builds...
amishpriest99
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Wow, that is super impressive. I'm just trying to get into HG's without screwing it up
.Razgriz-Specter
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Started original Gundam
good first episode.
good first episode.
Saw the tease for the RD Freedom.
I'm not the biggest SEED Fan, and while I like Freedom enough (got the RG last year) I'm so tired of SEED and Kira's suits at this point that I couldn't really generate anything more then a meh at the pictures.
I only hope and pray that people now begging for a Strike 2.0 and a Destiny Remaster have to wait a really long time because I'm kinda at my breaking point when it comes to SEED.
I'm not the biggest SEED Fan, and while I like Freedom enough (got the RG last year) I'm so tired of SEED and Kira's suits at this point that I couldn't really generate anything more then a meh at the pictures.
I only hope and pray that people now begging for a Strike 2.0 and a Destiny Remaster have to wait a really long time because I'm kinda at my breaking point when it comes to SEED.
Etrian Oddity
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God, the Sinanju is one of the best mobile suits ever created.
I am ok with this list. Well, except for 00, which I'm just going to pretend really means OO S1 and does not include the rest.
SonicX_Zero
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Gundam AGE 45
The fight with Sid was cool and all but Zeheart just takes the cake especially with how well he turned out in eps. 44 and 45. <_<
The fight with Sid was cool and all but Zeheart just takes the cake especially with how well he turned out in eps. 44 and 45. <_<
It really is perfection imo.
pants
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donkey show
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Holy shit, man. Dude needs a bright slap.
Several of them.
Dedication Through Light
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Gundam Age 45
Impressive episode, essentially delivering everything on what I wanted from Asemu and Zehearto. Enjoyed every moment.
Ending moment:
Impressive episode, essentially delivering everything on what I wanted from Asemu and Zehearto. Enjoyed every moment.
Ending moment:
When the SID came back to life and EXA-DB were still sitting there, wonder if it will have importance later on
From the interview translation:
lol AGE stealth diss, from the Master himself, no less.
...what? I know 00 was bad, but it's been over three years, dude, get over it.
Chances are someone either remotely hijacked his iPad or one of his "friends" sent that message from it on the sly as a sick joke.
Oh yeah, before I forget: Gundam AGE 45
My god, it was actually somewhat good for once. A lot of that was, of course, due to Smexy Gundam having the starring role, but DarkHound's appearance (and the flashback to White AGE-2's battle with SID) certainly didn't hurt any. Hell, I'm of the opinion that Gundam AGE should have been about Zeheart and Asemu's rivalry over the three generations of war, fuck everything else.
Indeed, it's a shame about everything else, which will surely drag the show back down to mediocrity starting with next episode, which I expect to be extremely average.
Oh yeah, Kio only gets one scene - again. Does he not have an agent?
Completed my MG ReZEL. Got to say after sticking mainly in 90's AU and generally Wing in General going into the larger UC era is really crazy for me.
The sheer size of Unicorn/ReZEL/Sinanju/Delta Plus are so big compared to even the largest of the Wing designs that I can hardly believe it sometimes. ReZEL's leg is pratically bigger then Wing EW entire body.
Overall though I enjoyed ReZEL and he was my first grunt suit. Decided to stay on my Unicorn kick and went straight into Delta Plus, he is probably the most annoying build so far out of all 11 or so MG's I've built. Thankfully though I love design of Delta so I'm willing to put up with it.
Actually ouside of Sinanju I think Delta Plus is probably overall my second favorite design from Unicorn and probably in my top 5 overall designs in all of Gundam.
The sheer size of Unicorn/ReZEL/Sinanju/Delta Plus are so big compared to even the largest of the Wing designs that I can hardly believe it sometimes. ReZEL's leg is pratically bigger then Wing EW entire body.
Overall though I enjoyed ReZEL and he was my first grunt suit. Decided to stay on my Unicorn kick and went straight into Delta Plus, he is probably the most annoying build so far out of all 11 or so MG's I've built. Thankfully though I love design of Delta so I'm willing to put up with it.
Actually ouside of Sinanju I think Delta Plus is probably overall my second favorite design from Unicorn and probably in my top 5 overall designs in all of Gundam.
Razgriz-Specter
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Finished Mobile Suit Gundam
I was pretty meh on it, better than G but that was about it for me.
Probably going to try SEED next.
I was pretty meh on it, better than G but that was about it for me.
Probably going to try SEED next.
Got to say, given your reaction to 0079 I'm actually very interested in how you will take SEED.
Razgriz-Specter
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Think my problem was expecting too much from it.
Was expecting Char to be some ultimate BA, I was disappointed though I hear some of that is because I watched dubbed.
AGE 44 and 45
Wow, thanks for destroying the only sympathetic Vegan left, AGE. Zeheat's decision to go along with Ezelcant's crazy plan means there's no decent, sympathetic Vegans left. This show continues to make a piss poor case to root against Flit. The Sid fight in episode 45 was nicely animated, though.
Wow, thanks for destroying the only sympathetic Vegan left, AGE. Zeheat's decision to go along with Ezelcant's crazy plan means there's no decent, sympathetic Vegans left. This show continues to make a piss poor case to root against Flit. The Sid fight in episode 45 was nicely animated, though.
Dedication Through Light
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Everyone teaming up would actually be pretty awesome. Though I wonder how they'd convince Flit to go along with that.
donkey show
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He'll learn the errors of his ways because X-Rounder ghost Yurin will appear to him before he makes a huge mistake.
Flit will be all like, "I loved you and they took you away from me!!!"
She'll say something like, "forgive them for they know not what they do. I'm at peace, and you should be helping everyone find understanding."
Flit will cry, Kio will cry, Zehart will cry, Asemu will be confused at wtf just happened, but their Gundams will end up holding hands in a Red Rover type line and clothesline whatever new baddie will show up.
AGE builder makes a celebratory cake for them at the end for winning.
I think there was some of that with Flit and Yurin.
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