I loved your review very much but mecha anime today doesnt have good plots or likable characters like in the original 79 gundam series like the one year war. Seed tried to do that but failed to remake the feeling of the original 79 or the other UC gundam series
back to the subject of 15 year old pilots. i just recently learned in japan, for some time until I think around 2005, the minimum age to enlist in the japan self defense force was 15 years ago. but i doubt it was very common anyway
great review. if people don't want to put up with the old animation, then play the games such as giren's greed (i say the best gundam game ever) or the ps2 games like journey to jaburo. as for teenage pilots, the original series was a motif on WW2 and at the time, 15 year olds were fighting in the war on all sides. interesting you don't note the trilogy which is the official canon. as for the series dub, i thought brad swaile was perfect was amuro and i liked richard cox as kai
@ONVPodcast well, watch cca. remember char's flashback of when lalah died? look at what sayla was piloting in the flashback and look at what she was piloting in the tv series. plus, in zeta gundam, it features one of the numbered guncannons and the numbered guncannons were only in the movie trilogy.
One thing that Gundam inspired in Evangelion was the plot point about using teenaged pilots: most Mecha shows don't explain that, Gundam had a simple logical answer: the war has long since reached the point of exhaustion, each side is scraping the bottom of the barrel for manpower, and they're sending the young teenagers out to fight.....instead of, you know, *stopping the war when literally 50% of their populations have already been killed*
@ReVolutionOfEva the point is, that the leaders of both sides really don't care that they're sacrificing their children, *literally sacrificing their futures*, embodied by the children. The leaders of the war are so short-sighted they don't care.
Which is sort of social commentary on "Japan doesn't care about the world we're leaving for our children now" -- which with "the Graying of Japan" has become a serious problem.
Eva, also, put child pilots in life-threatening situations
@ReVolutionOfEva (ugh, think I had a double-post).....so a plot point in Eva, like Gundam, is that they're putting child pilots in life-threatening situations because they ultimately don't care about the future anymore. Mortgaging their childrens' futures? They're getting them killed. Its all about "The Me Generation", not the future generation.
Evangelion's creators said they took inspiration from Gundam (though Tomino hates Eva)....not much, but one specific theme: "why do we have teenaged pilots?"
Lighthearted Giant Mecha shows before this didn't have a reason, it was like Power Rangers.
Gundam, however, came up with a simple and logical reason: both Earth and Zeon have long since fought to the point of exhaustion, they're running out of men, so they're scraping the bottom of the barrel and sending in the young teenagers.
@ReVolutionOfEva You're right! OTOH, it's not quite that extreme in Gundam. :-) The (roughly) 15-year-old pilots in Gundam are special cases, thrown aboard White Base at the beginning of the show. The military forces are still drafting 18-year-olds. But the point stands.
In general, in earlier mecha series, the young pilots either stumbled on their mecha, or had some mystical connection so they were the only ones capable of piloting them. So like you say, there was at best a hand-wavy excuse.
Personally the anime is ok now the novel mobile suit Gundam awakening escalation and confrontation however fully defines the original Gundam series but for those who are new the anime does it's job magnificently with story Seig Zeon!!!
@kingmetal Yeah, I love the novel. OTOH, the novel is just Tomino's vision, and I think the collaboration amongst the folks at Sunrise created a much more sustainable and interesting story. (Can't post more because of spoilers.)
Mobile Suit Gundam doesn’t revolutionize animation but certainly does revolutionize story-telling for animation since this was made in 19 freaking 79 my head would explode if I watch this series all the way through in that time period.
It all depends on how open-minded you are. If you're able to look past how dated the visuals are and more at the story and mechanics of the show-itself, then maybe.
@KiDjOe247 Well one thing you've got to know that most of the series are different unless you read the description carefully. It's a franchise but it's kinda like Final Fantasy. Now series like Zeta, ZZ Gundam, 08th MS Team. Those take place in the same universe and or sequel series, but shows like Gundam Wing, G Gundam, Turn A Gundam, and the recent ones in the past 10 years, Seed and 00 are not even related to each other
Great review again! If only they could redo the animation. I'm sure it will get many viewers. I love the Zaku and I was happy to see the new Zaku version in Gundam Unicorn :).
I loved your review very much but mecha anime today doesnt have good plots or likable characters like in the original 79 gundam series like the one year war. Seed tried to do that but failed to remake the feeling of the original 79 or the other UC gundam series
ApeCape92 1 year ago
back to the subject of 15 year old pilots. i just recently learned in japan, for some time until I think around 2005, the minimum age to enlist in the japan self defense force was 15 years ago. but i doubt it was very common anyway
HajimeNoJMo 1 year ago
@HajimeNoJMo Fascinating! Yeah, I bet 15-year-old enlistees were extremely rare, but that's a very interesting fact.
ONVPodcast 1 year ago
great review. if people don't want to put up with the old animation, then play the games such as giren's greed (i say the best gundam game ever) or the ps2 games like journey to jaburo. as for teenage pilots, the original series was a motif on WW2 and at the time, 15 year olds were fighting in the war on all sides. interesting you don't note the trilogy which is the official canon. as for the series dub, i thought brad swaile was perfect was amuro and i liked richard cox as kai
HajimeNoJMo 1 year ago
@HajimeNoJMo Interesting! I hadn't heard that the movie trilogy is considered the official canon. Where'd the creators say that, out of curiosity?
ONVPodcast 1 year ago
@ONVPodcast well, watch cca. remember char's flashback of when lalah died? look at what sayla was piloting in the flashback and look at what she was piloting in the tv series. plus, in zeta gundam, it features one of the numbered guncannons and the numbered guncannons were only in the movie trilogy.
HajimeNoJMo 1 year ago
One thing that Gundam inspired in Evangelion was the plot point about using teenaged pilots: most Mecha shows don't explain that, Gundam had a simple logical answer: the war has long since reached the point of exhaustion, each side is scraping the bottom of the barrel for manpower, and they're sending the young teenagers out to fight.....instead of, you know, *stopping the war when literally 50% of their populations have already been killed*
ReVolutionOfEva 1 year ago
@ReVolutionOfEva the point is, that the leaders of both sides really don't care that they're sacrificing their children, *literally sacrificing their futures*, embodied by the children. The leaders of the war are so short-sighted they don't care.
Which is sort of social commentary on "Japan doesn't care about the world we're leaving for our children now" -- which with "the Graying of Japan" has become a serious problem.
Eva, also, put child pilots in life-threatening situations
ReVolutionOfEva 1 year ago
@ReVolutionOfEva (ugh, think I had a double-post).....so a plot point in Eva, like Gundam, is that they're putting child pilots in life-threatening situations because they ultimately don't care about the future anymore. Mortgaging their childrens' futures? They're getting them killed. Its all about "The Me Generation", not the future generation.
ReVolutionOfEva 1 year ago
Evangelion's creators said they took inspiration from Gundam (though Tomino hates Eva)....not much, but one specific theme: "why do we have teenaged pilots?"
Lighthearted Giant Mecha shows before this didn't have a reason, it was like Power Rangers.
Gundam, however, came up with a simple and logical reason: both Earth and Zeon have long since fought to the point of exhaustion, they're running out of men, so they're scraping the bottom of the barrel and sending in the young teenagers.
ReVolutionOfEva 1 year ago
@ReVolutionOfEva You're right! OTOH, it's not quite that extreme in Gundam. :-) The (roughly) 15-year-old pilots in Gundam are special cases, thrown aboard White Base at the beginning of the show. The military forces are still drafting 18-year-olds. But the point stands.
In general, in earlier mecha series, the young pilots either stumbled on their mecha, or had some mystical connection so they were the only ones capable of piloting them. So like you say, there was at best a hand-wavy excuse.
ONVPodcast 1 year ago
Its eureka, thx for putting this up,
You made this sound amazing and worthwile watching
bikinibabee1 1 year ago
I 100% agree with everything in this review.
No joke its like you read my mind about what I feel about this show.
Do you like 00 or SEEDS? (it seems that people who like this anime tend to hate those 2)
BTW do you plan on reviewing the 00 movie?
ThenewcaptainZ 1 year ago
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ThenewcaptainZ 1 year ago
It is the year 2519 AD, if you follow Unicorn Gundam
CaptainMidnight1943 1 year ago
Personally the anime is ok now the novel mobile suit Gundam awakening escalation and confrontation however fully defines the original Gundam series but for those who are new the anime does it's job magnificently with story Seig Zeon!!!
kingmetal 1 year ago
@kingmetal Yeah, I love the novel. OTOH, the novel is just Tomino's vision, and I think the collaboration amongst the folks at Sunrise created a much more sustainable and interesting story. (Can't post more because of spoilers.)
ONVPodcast 1 year ago
@ONVPodcast so true
kingmetal 1 year ago
Can you Review the anime "Zoids" please :)
if you have the time. Or Review "Sayanara Zetsubou Sensei"
1Bullet2Ki11s 1 year ago
lol, you didnt say Amuro Ray once in this review
osteetheman 1 year ago
I have just watch all episodes of Metal Overman King Gainer this last weekend.
MrArtist24 1 year ago
Mobile Suit Gundam doesn’t revolutionize animation but certainly does revolutionize story-telling for animation since this was made in 19 freaking 79 my head would explode if I watch this series all the way through in that time period.
TheMantaBluRay 1 year ago
Hi Brent . Have you seen the anime series called Metal Overman King Gainer ?
MrArtist24 1 year ago
@MrArtist24 Yes! I loved King Gainer, mostly.
ONVPodcast 1 year ago
To be honest i've never seen any gundam series before, would you recommend someone that has not seen any of the series to watch the frist one??
KiDjOe247 1 year ago
@KiDjOe247
It all depends on how open-minded you are. If you're able to look past how dated the visuals are and more at the story and mechanics of the show-itself, then maybe.
darkspawn1270 1 year ago
@KiDjOe247 Well one thing you've got to know that most of the series are different unless you read the description carefully. It's a franchise but it's kinda like Final Fantasy. Now series like Zeta, ZZ Gundam, 08th MS Team. Those take place in the same universe and or sequel series, but shows like Gundam Wing, G Gundam, Turn A Gundam, and the recent ones in the past 10 years, Seed and 00 are not even related to each other
Excalibur01 1 year ago
@KiDjOe247 Agreed with others; if you can get past the cheap animation, and if you like more serious stories, you'll be fine.
Otherwise, I'd start with Gundam Seed or Gundam 00.
ONVPodcast 1 year ago
Great review again! If only they could redo the animation. I'm sure it will get many viewers. I love the Zaku and I was happy to see the new Zaku version in Gundam Unicorn :).
Carefishy 1 year ago