Counter to everyone here, I love Gundam, and all the new work has been incredible. MSG has never been in a better place than now. Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe with it's deeply human...
Counter to everyone here, I love Gundam, and all the new work has been incredible. MSG has never been in a better place than now.
Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe with it's deeply human and cathartic storylines to Witch From Mercury, being a rather outright love story of two women set among the backdrop of royalty and mechas in space.
Everything has just been so varied and different in vibe and scope, and they keep pushing the franchise in new and interesting directions.
Ever since Gundam Unicorn they have just been hitting it out the park (the greatest mecha serries of all time, just beautiful).
The animation on this, the designs, the possibly alien (I don't think they are...), all of it just looks incredible.
And if you're on tumblr, gen-z and gen-a are huge into mechas (... and uh, mecha pilots...), there is more universal appreciation for mecha anime than I have ever seen, used to be a joke, now it's seen as quality work.
I've never watched any, but always wanted, there's just so much it's intimidating. Where would you recommend I start? Gundam Unicorn and anything that came after that? Edit: maybe Witch from...
I've never watched any, but always wanted, there's just so much it's intimidating. Where would you recommend I start? Gundam Unicorn and anything that came after that?
Edit: maybe Witch from Mercury that @NonoAdomo recommended below
WFM is a great one, but it is very, very, different in tone. I would suggest Gundam Unicorn, it's a great starting place and from there you can really go in any direction, but it's practically the...
WFM is a great one, but it is very, very, different in tone.
I would suggest Gundam Unicorn, it's a great starting place and from there you can really go in any direction, but it's practically the best in visuals and story to really understand Gundam.
They've released a few variations of Unicorn, so I would highly recommend Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096. That will help introduce you to a lot of the core ideas and concepts of the entire franchise, to me this is all of Gundam boiled down into a single season and takes place in the 'main' timeline of the series (called UC, Universal Century).
I hope the cape big enough for a giant gundam robot is never explained. The same way I keep hoping there's a scene where they'll be fighting, and the hero gets pinned to the ground without his...
I hope the cape big enough for a giant gundam robot is never explained. The same way I keep hoping there's a scene where they'll be fighting, and the hero gets pinned to the ground without his laser sword/giant gun, he reaches around in desperation, finally finds something just before he's choked to death, and smashes the enemy robot's head with a to-scale giant glass bottle. Like a humongous five-foot high glass bottle. Please, never bring it up again, not even in the prequels.
The anime you're looking for is called Brave Bang Bravern , my good friend. Please. If unexplained giant cape and bottle that is never again acknowledged is your thing you have to watch this one....
The anime you're looking for is called Brave Bang Bravern , my good friend. Please. If unexplained giant cape and bottle that is never again acknowledged is your thing you have to watch this one. There are giant mecha shows that are stupid, there are ones that are sincere, and this is as stupidly sincere as they come.
Thanks for the rec. Don't take this the wrong way, but that trailer looks too reasonable for me. The internet is pretty great sometimes. I was all ready to be told off, that the cape has a in...
Thanks for the rec. Don't take this the wrong way, but that trailer looks too reasonable for me.
The internet is pretty great sometimes. I was all ready to be told off, that the cape has a in depth, in-show reason, that there's some canonical reason that this particular giant made-of-steel robot needs to wear a fluttery made-of-textile cape like he rides a giant robot horse and it gets cold at night in outer space, but then stuff like this happens. Thanks.
The thing about the opening sequence for Bravern is that it buries the lede quite a bit. Think as if Top Gun, Transformers and Independence Day were shoved into a blender and the most absurd...
The thing about the opening sequence for Bravern is that it buries the lede quite a bit. Think as if Top Gun, Transformers and Independence Day were shoved into a blender and the most absurd possible combination popped out. A mecha show powered by vibes and incredible homoerotic energy. Geoff from Mother's Basement describes it better but it was one of the most entertaining shows my wife and I have watched in recent memory because of this absurdity. Definitely a top recommendation from me as well.
Well, why didn't you say so in the first place? I would totally watch an anime that was directed by Michael Mann, had dialog from a Christopher Nolan movie and looked like a UFC promotional poster.
A mecha show powered by vibes and incredible homoerotic energy
Well, why didn't you say so in the first place? I would totally watch an anime that was directed by Michael Mann, had dialog from a Christopher Nolan movie and looked like a UFC promotional poster.
NonoAdono is right, I didn't want to spoil it but I'm glad they were able to do a better job convincing you. While every pilot wants to be inside a giant mecha, our hero desperately wants that...
NonoAdono is right, I didn't want to spoil it but I'm glad they were able to do a better job convincing you. While every pilot wants to be inside a giant mecha, our hero desperately wants that very much more.
I hope there is a scene where it dramatically whips off its cape during its entrance and tosses it into the wind where it floats in the air for a second or two before careening into a nearby small...
I hope there is a scene where it dramatically whips off its cape during its entrance and tosses it into the wind where it floats in the air for a second or two before careening into a nearby small village while the Wilhelm scream plays.
New Gundam TV series airs 2027. Set in the same universe as the Gundam Rogue Orbit game Directed by Kamiyama Kenji (GITS SAC, Eden of the East) Animation will be by Sola (GITS SAC 2045) The...
Directed by Kamiyama Kenji (GITS SAC, Eden of the East)
Animation will be by Sola (GITS SAC 2045)
The concept of Gundam vs aliens sounds like it might be good, but this trailer honestly feels a little bland. Also not doing themselves any favours with that name...
Grew up on Gundam (wing through seed stuff mostly) but it is hard after a point to care too much. It’s a decent story but they seem to like hitting the same beats
Grew up on Gundam (wing through seed stuff mostly) but it is hard after a point to care too much. It’s a decent story but they seem to like hitting the same beats
It's a bit of a dilemma since it's the old timers who are dropping money on the model kits and other merch (i.e. where Bamco is actually making the money), so you can't piss them off too much by...
It's a bit of a dilemma since it's the old timers who are dropping money on the model kits and other merch (i.e. where Bamco is actually making the money), so you can't piss them off too much by making it radically different from what they like to see.
At the same time, Bamco has to also build new audiences for the franchise. I can't imagine any kids these days caring about Gundam at all (in Japan or elsewhere), which is going to be an increasingly serious problem for them going forwards.
Jokes on them, I switched to 30mm models! And to be fair I've heard mostly good things about recent series, just not sure I can get back into it. Started Iron Blooded Orphans and just...didn't...
Jokes on them, I switched to 30mm models!
And to be fair I've heard mostly good things about recent series, just not sure I can get back into it. Started Iron Blooded Orphans and just...didn't grab me.
Whenever I see a new Gundam series announced it makes me think it's finally time to dive in to the franchise, but then I remember how big it is and end up watching something more self-contained. I...
Whenever I see a new Gundam series announced it makes me think it's finally time to dive in to the franchise, but then I remember how big it is and end up watching something more self-contained. I know you don't have to watch everything, but for series like this I usually like to start with the originals and watch through things in release order.
I still need to finally get around to finish Armored Trooper VOTOMS before I think about picking up another one, but I'm glad to see the series keep growing for when I one day start watching.
Honestly? Jump in anywhere. Witch from Mercury is a great place to do so because it is self contained and a solid show. Most gundam stories these days are, as they try to break the mold of the...
Honestly? Jump in anywhere. Witch from Mercury is a great place to do so because it is self contained and a solid show. Most gundam stories these days are, as they try to break the mold of the mainline Universal Century stories.
I do appreciate the recommendation, for big franchises like this, I do usually like starting early on to see how things progress and evolve. I had started the original Mobile Suit Gundam awhile...
I do appreciate the recommendation, for big franchises like this, I do usually like starting early on to see how things progress and evolve. I had started the original Mobile Suit Gundam awhile ago, but my first kid came around and I never looped back to finish it.
I may take your advice to dip my toes in. I have a couple of friends who are very into Gundam and they always figured I'd have picked it up by now
OG gundam (0079) is great and I think that it is also well worth a watch. It holds up incredibly well for being as old as it is. Definitely a 10/10 show for me
OG gundam (0079) is great and I think that it is also well worth a watch. It holds up incredibly well for being as old as it is. Definitely a 10/10 show for me
I haven't been a life long fan either, and my very shallow advice is to look at the units and see which one grips your heart and start with that series. As a very casual fan, I usually decide if I...
I haven't been a life long fan either, and my very shallow advice is to look at the units and see which one grips your heart and start with that series. As a very casual fan, I usually decide if I want to watch a new Gundam or not by how much the new flagship unit resembles the RX-93 ...
Picking things based on something arbitrary like that has become something I do a lot more of lately, and it's something I appreciate more as I get older. "I thought it looked cool" is just as...
Picking things based on something arbitrary like that has become something I do a lot more of lately, and it's something I appreciate more as I get older. "I thought it looked cool" is just as good a reason to watch something as anything else
There is a video on bamco’s youtube with a native English annnouncer and they pronounce it “Alex”. アレックス Is exactly how I would spell “Alex” in Japanese so I'm choosing to roll with this one. No...
There is a video on bamco’s youtube with a native English annnouncer and they pronounce it “Alex”.
アレックス Is exactly how I would spell “Alex” in Japanese so I'm choosing to roll with this one. No idea why the first X is silent but to its credit the logo has that letter hollowed out.
It’s insane how Gundam is still going. The last one I watched was Seed Destiny and by that point it was starting to feel redundant to me. Have they done anything different since then? I fondly...
It’s insane how Gundam is still going. The last one I watched was Seed Destiny and by that point it was starting to feel redundant to me. Have they done anything different since then? I fondly remember G Gundam and at least appreciated what they were trying to do with SD Gundam.
They have. There's been a mix of UC and UC-like traditional Gundam (some of which has been really good!) and more G Gundam-like experimental series. Some of the ones I've enjoyed: Gundam Build...
They have. There's been a mix of UC and UC-like traditional Gundam (some of which has been really good!) and more G Gundam-like experimental series.
Some of the ones I've enjoyed:
Gundam Build Fighters / Divers - About kids in the 'real world' who build Gundam models and use them to fight in VR competitively. Tons of references to the various different series.
Gundam Thunderbolt - Gritty alternative history UC series with mech battles over jazz.
Gundam: The Origin - Prequel to the original UC series about Char. Does a great job of filling in the stuff which you kind of have to infer when watching the original series.
Iron-blood Orphans - Gritty drama about a band of Martian gangsters, done by Okada Mari and Nagai Tatsuyuki who made Ano Hana.
Witch from Mercury - Utena in space with mobile suits.
I'm not sold on this specific trailer, but I don't want to give the impression that Gundam in the last couple of decades hasn't been worth watching. There's a ton of great stuff!
Seed really seemed like the low point in the franchise. W wasn’t that great IMHO even though it was my entry point into the franchise and even it seemed dramatically better in just about every...
Seed really seemed like the low point in the franchise. W wasn’t that great IMHO even though it was my entry point into the franchise and even it seemed dramatically better in just about every way.
One of the most interesting entries is the last one they made, animated by Studio Trigger and set in an alternate history where Zeon won.
Counter to everyone here, I love Gundam, and all the new work has been incredible. MSG has never been in a better place than now.
Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe with it's deeply human and cathartic storylines to Witch From Mercury, being a rather outright love story of two women set among the backdrop of royalty and mechas in space.
Everything has just been so varied and different in vibe and scope, and they keep pushing the franchise in new and interesting directions.
Ever since Gundam Unicorn they have just been hitting it out the park (the greatest mecha serries of all time, just beautiful).
The animation on this, the designs, the possibly alien (I don't think they are...), all of it just looks incredible.
And if you're on tumblr, gen-z and gen-a are huge into mechas (... and uh, mecha pilots...), there is more universal appreciation for mecha anime than I have ever seen, used to be a joke, now it's seen as quality work.
I've never watched any, but always wanted, there's just so much it's intimidating. Where would you recommend I start? Gundam Unicorn and anything that came after that?
Edit: maybe Witch from Mercury that @NonoAdomo recommended below
WFM is a great one, but it is very, very, different in tone.
I would suggest Gundam Unicorn, it's a great starting place and from there you can really go in any direction, but it's practically the best in visuals and story to really understand Gundam.
They've released a few variations of Unicorn, so I would highly recommend Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096. That will help introduce you to a lot of the core ideas and concepts of the entire franchise, to me this is all of Gundam boiled down into a single season and takes place in the 'main' timeline of the series (called UC, Universal Century).
That's great, thanks a lot!!
I hope the cape big enough for a giant gundam robot is never explained. The same way I keep hoping there's a scene where they'll be fighting, and the hero gets pinned to the ground without his laser sword/giant gun, he reaches around in desperation, finally finds something just before he's choked to death, and smashes the enemy robot's head with a to-scale giant glass bottle. Like a humongous five-foot high glass bottle. Please, never bring it up again, not even in the prequels.
The anime you're looking for is called Brave Bang Bravern , my good friend. Please. If unexplained giant cape and bottle that is never again acknowledged is your thing you have to watch this one. There are giant mecha shows that are stupid, there are ones that are sincere, and this is as stupidly sincere as they come.
Thanks for the rec. Don't take this the wrong way, but that trailer looks too reasonable for me.
The internet is pretty great sometimes. I was all ready to be told off, that the cape has a in depth, in-show reason, that there's some canonical reason that this particular giant made-of-steel robot needs to wear a fluttery made-of-textile cape like he rides a giant robot horse and it gets cold at night in outer space, but then stuff like this happens. Thanks.
The thing about the opening sequence for Bravern is that it buries the lede quite a bit. Think as if Top Gun, Transformers and Independence Day were shoved into a blender and the most absurd possible combination popped out. A mecha show powered by vibes and incredible homoerotic energy. Geoff from Mother's Basement describes it better but it was one of the most entertaining shows my wife and I have watched in recent memory because of this absurdity. Definitely a top recommendation from me as well.
Well, why didn't you say so in the first place? I would totally watch an anime that was directed by Michael Mann, had dialog from a Christopher Nolan movie and looked like a UFC promotional poster.
:D thanks for trying the trailer
Sometimes things just have to be cool to the one guy making it :) perfectly valid
I've seen the error of my ways, and do not want to miss out on any more robo homo fomo. Will look into your rec some more.
NonoAdono is right, I didn't want to spoil it but I'm glad they were able to do a better job convincing you. While every pilot wants to be inside a giant mecha, our hero desperately wants that very much more.
Give it three episodes, c'mon~~~~~
I hope there is a scene where it dramatically whips off its cape during its entrance and tosses it into the wind where it floats in the air for a second or two before careening into a nearby small village while the Wilhelm scream plays.
Oh my god a giant bottle would be hilarious.
New Gundam TV series airs 2027.
The concept of Gundam vs aliens sounds like it might be good, but this trailer honestly feels a little bland. Also not doing themselves any favours with that name...
Grew up on Gundam (wing through seed stuff mostly) but it is hard after a point to care too much. It’s a decent story but they seem to like hitting the same beats
It's a bit of a dilemma since it's the old timers who are dropping money on the model kits and other merch (i.e. where Bamco is actually making the money), so you can't piss them off too much by making it radically different from what they like to see.
At the same time, Bamco has to also build new audiences for the franchise. I can't imagine any kids these days caring about Gundam at all (in Japan or elsewhere), which is going to be an increasingly serious problem for them going forwards.
Jokes on them, I switched to 30mm models!
And to be fair I've heard mostly good things about recent series, just not sure I can get back into it. Started Iron Blooded Orphans and just...didn't grab me.
Whenever I see a new Gundam series announced it makes me think it's finally time to dive in to the franchise, but then I remember how big it is and end up watching something more self-contained. I know you don't have to watch everything, but for series like this I usually like to start with the originals and watch through things in release order.
I still need to finally get around to finish Armored Trooper VOTOMS before I think about picking up another one, but I'm glad to see the series keep growing for when I one day start watching.
Honestly? Jump in anywhere. Witch from Mercury is a great place to do so because it is self contained and a solid show. Most gundam stories these days are, as they try to break the mold of the mainline Universal Century stories.
I do appreciate the recommendation, for big franchises like this, I do usually like starting early on to see how things progress and evolve. I had started the original Mobile Suit Gundam awhile ago, but my first kid came around and I never looped back to finish it.
I may take your advice to dip my toes in. I have a couple of friends who are very into Gundam and they always figured I'd have picked it up by now
OG gundam (0079) is great and I think that it is also well worth a watch. It holds up incredibly well for being as old as it is. Definitely a 10/10 show for me
I haven't been a life long fan either, and my very shallow advice is to look at the units and see which one grips your heart and start with that series. As a very casual fan, I usually decide if I want to watch a new Gundam or not by how much the new flagship unit resembles the RX-93 ...
This look looks quite promising
Picking things based on something arbitrary like that has become something I do a lot more of lately, and it's something I appreciate more as I get older. "I thought it looked cool" is just as good a reason to watch something as anything else
How is XARX Zero pronounced? The video descriptions say アレックスゼロ .... So ..... Silent X, Ar, X, like aR X-Zero?
Yeah, that's it. Maybe it'll make more sense once it airs.
There is a video on bamco’s youtube with a native English annnouncer and they pronounce it “Alex”.
アレックス Is exactly how I would spell “Alex” in Japanese so I'm choosing to roll with this one. No idea why the first X is silent but to its credit the logo has that letter hollowed out.
Alex it is then, thanks. Despite the silent X, it's still 66% fewer X's than their last one, GQuuuuuuX
It’s insane how Gundam is still going. The last one I watched was Seed Destiny and by that point it was starting to feel redundant to me. Have they done anything different since then? I fondly remember G Gundam and at least appreciated what they were trying to do with SD Gundam.
They have. There's been a mix of UC and UC-like traditional Gundam (some of which has been really good!) and more G Gundam-like experimental series.
Some of the ones I've enjoyed:
Gundam Build Fighters / Divers - About kids in the 'real world' who build Gundam models and use them to fight in VR competitively. Tons of references to the various different series.
Gundam Thunderbolt - Gritty alternative history UC series with mech battles over jazz.
Gundam: The Origin - Prequel to the original UC series about Char. Does a great job of filling in the stuff which you kind of have to infer when watching the original series.
Iron-blood Orphans - Gritty drama about a band of Martian gangsters, done by Okada Mari and Nagai Tatsuyuki who made Ano Hana.
Witch from Mercury - Utena in space with mobile suits.
I'm not sold on this specific trailer, but I don't want to give the impression that Gundam in the last couple of decades hasn't been worth watching. There's a ton of great stuff!
Some of these sound crazy. I’m going to look up trailers right now!
Seed really seemed like the low point in the franchise. W wasn’t that great IMHO even though it was my entry point into the franchise and even it seemed dramatically better in just about every way.
One of the most interesting entries is the last one they made, animated by Studio Trigger and set in an alternate history where Zeon won.
Took me a moment to find this one, but it seems it was done by Studio Khara and Sunrise.
You are right! I’m sorry for the error.
In my defense, it is very trigger-like.