Think he’s referring to the main and supporting characters

@@gilliganxl I mean frau beau's parents,ryu,matilda,sleggar,lalah, quite a few over the 3 movies

They must not be counting the nameless background foot soldiers.

Granted, I’m pretty sure operation British wasn’t shown, or even mentioned in the original series. It was definitely in the movies though

A trick : you can watch series on Flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies lately.

Touhou: hold my bullet hell.

Marathon 3: "hold my teleporters."

Kingdom Hearts: hold my keyblade

Nier: hold my CD dramas, screen plays, video games and other mediums that I spred my lore throughout

tell that to the various side stories untranslated in this predominantly in japan and never having a major foot hold in other countries for decades series

Super Robot King instead

KIDO SENSHI GUNDAMU!!!!!GUNDAMU!

That would get content IDed. Heil KZfaq.

Raise your flag comrade 😢

@@burner1303 My penis right?

He was killed by the worst female anime character according to watch mojo.... and I can believe that.

Season 2 was going so fine, then it all went down hill

@Rusty00 Now now, Comrade, Brother, you'll get antagonized for using either anyway. Let's just enjoy GUNDAM together.

JubeiSenpai And yet everyone fights in a war!😝

That's why my favorite is probably 0080: war in the pocket.

JubeiSenpai Yeah that's pretty much true. Apart from G Gundam.

Aaron Grier well it's hard to not fight when your conscripted or you only realize how terrible war is when it's to late to back out

Not gundam related, but if you like the anti-war story go watch Yamato. If you can stand the old stuff its good. If not the new films Yamato 2099, and Yamato 2202 are both great

Actually I think most anime fans know about it but it doesn't get talked about a lot because of 1.) Sheer number or series/episodes/books. This video tries to outline the best way to approach the series but I tend to disagree with most of what he says. You really just need to get stuck in and see if you like it. 2.) Mecha is already a pretty niche segment. Still Bandai/Gunpla being a huge thing pretty much insures it will always be around and kicking. For being a 40 year old mecha franchise, that is pretty impressive. Howevert I would say here are several lesser know anime scifi stories that exceed anything in Gundam imo (and no, I don't mean NGE lol).

BOOFIRE191 I liked how there seemed to more direct consequences shown as the byproduct of war by the end of the series. Most of the better story arcs show tragety, but not all of them really dwell on it or give a real conclusion to it. Escalation being a common theme throughout, with always something more on the horizon.

Shawn M Or war in the pocket? No one mentions the secondly badass gundam pilot (imo); Christina Mckenzie. 😢😢😢😢 Jokes aside, I like that not only because of NT-1 ALEX but it shows how the war is viewed from outside.

Shawn M 0080 and 0083

It has one of the best urban terrain fights.

Yeah maybe not the best for beginners but dammit if it doesnt hit the spot for a fanboy like me haha

brian anderson Resurgence? The resurgence started with Build Fighters. We have a full blown Gundam club out here in Houston.

brian anderson wish he’d stop dicking around and continue earth in Star Wars thrawn thing

Chng hemeng: You should watch that other video where he said he's not doing Star Wars stuff anymore.

spread the word and sign the petition to have MS Gundam remade. The director of Gundam Origin has been on record saying he would like to do it if people want it.

Gundam has had two cameos in recent Hollywood movies and is getting a Hollywood movie of its own. Gunpla sales are higher in the US now than they've ever been thanks to Build Fighters and more western availability. IBO was a huge success love it or hate it. Loads of new stuff is on the horizon including a sequel to Unicorn. Gundam is already having a resurgence.

This! I just have vague memories of robot action; to see this show has political elements and true depth I think is grabbing me so much more toward seriously revisiting

This is addressed in the story. His name being "feminine" pisses him off and makes him want to prove himself, and that leads to character progression

Helel III It seems you missed the joke

KAMILLE IS A MAN’S NAME!!!!!

LOL either you didn't watch zeta or you fell for the joke.

Helel III more like he kicks the shit out of a guy and starts a 50 episode long rivalry i fucking love how violent and unreasonable Kamille is, especially when his hipocrisy kicks in.

Agreed, mainly because they're also considered canon (meaning they're probably the definitive version in the creator's eyes), introduce newtypes much earlier in the story, and have a better handle on their tone.

I would even argue that it's better... at least as far as politics are concerned

but it's dated. i'm watching the show side by side to it's remake and... it's hard to say which is better. the original has better character and is more realistic (but cheap animations, and information dumping) but the remake is more modern and easier to understand (but with questionable realism, and rushed characters)

In a political and tactical stand point, Legend of the Galactic Heroes is better than most Gundam shows. Actually, they should strap the Star Wars "writers" into chairs and make them watch the battles on that show until they understand tactics.

Sieg Mein Kaiser! I'm already at episode 73 and I have to admit its brilliant, my favorite character so far is Yang slightly beating Reinhard by a tiny bit in my scale.

Ambrósio Giovanni The only thing the star wars writers will actually learn from legend of the galactic heroes will be the following qoute "We'll make a forceful penetration"

Same here lol

Have you made to stardust memory

@@Alex-2-5-1 Yes. Watched that a few months ago. I thought it had some really good animation and it was cool seeing what things were like a couple of years after the One Year War. Sadly I haven't watched much since Stardust Memory. I've had to skip a couple of series due to them not being dubbed (I'm not reading subtitles for 50 episodes).Also some of the series are kinda pricey. I just got done rewatching 08th MS Team. And have also seen the newer series like MSG Unicorn and Hathaway. My only issue is that they keep going back to the One Year War instead of progressing the story further.

And now a Hollywood movie is happening. The mess is going to get so much messier.

Bruh

Slow. Down there cheife

Gundam > Star Wars

Gundam

Joel Taveras but seriously, i was a die hard star wars fan, but since i got into gundam especially UC it’s a lot more complicated and interesting. Most of the best star wars theory/lore were made by fans and they’re not even canon

The Legends continuity is decent

Gigguk fan? Lmao

Wuffball Unicorn is amazing

08TH ms team made me want more grounded warfare simulator type Gundam games. A potential Battlefield Gundam.

Marvin Perez where grunts fights against each other

Sadly Gundam Seed got me into the Gundam series as a whole. I watched Seed on Cartoon Network in 2006 I believe? Not best entry in the series, but still nostalgic to me. I am currently wrist deep into watching through shows in the Universal Century. I am going through Double Zeta, which is story wise absolute trash so far. I am about 30 episodes into Double Zeta. Double Zeta's does have better animation than Zeta.

Marvin Perez That reminds me; back in the late 2000s, there was a Japan-only Xbox 360 game called Operation Troy or something, which was literally Battlefield in the One Year War. It’s a shame it never came to the states and wasn’t really popular, because that game looked cool as shit.

Also if you haven't seen 08MS Team I highly suggest it. It's part of the UC timeline and has a squad of well written characters in a Vietnam type setting

Gundam Wing was essentially the Shoujo version of Gundam that was meant to pull more girls into the franchise. While the series wasn't an utter failure or anything, they didn't really succeed in their aim.

I do agree with you on Wing as I felt it overrated and I remember not liking it as much because I started watching it in the middle but after subsequent viewings I found the show to be enjoyable but I still consider it overrated.

EatWave Yea that was were Seed came in or should I say Jesus Yamato's Beam Spamming Adventure.

Storm Commando Wing is overrated. I watched a few episodes and I just couldn't continue. It was so boring.

The only good thing that came from wing was the first Op song and Gundam Deathscythe and Heavyarms. Everything else, less than meh.

hoiw was Gundam seed bad. I think it did the Zeon Fed story better then the orignal

While I think the 08th MS team is one of the best Gundam series ever, its not something you can just jump into without the back story. Its much better if you have context for the conflict in 8th MS. Its also depressing as hell. Same with 0080 and 0079. IBO is great but its not Universal Century. Thunderbolt would be a good way to HOOK someone new to Gundam because it looks and sounds FANTASTIC. Its a bit dark and heavy though. I honestly think starting with The Origin is probably the best way to go for someone that is wanting to start the Universal Century since it introduces everyone gradually. And gundam has about as many characters as Game of Thrones. You get to understand WHY Zeon is the way they are and WHY Char is doing the things he does and that the war is NOT just good guys vs. bad guys. The ending also gets you SUPER hyped to watch the '78 MS Gundam series, which is pretty hard to do considering it looks like a 40 year old animated tv show.

SEED isn't infamous for being bad except for the cheap and often recycled animation and some Mary Sue characters. SEED Destiny is infamous for being bad.

Liuetenant D4 that's what I did (typo) It made 0079 easier to watch but the origin set my expectations too high. Thus I was really disappointed when certain character encounters happened. Especially with char and his sister. Lucky the manage makes up for it

recently ploughing my way through 08th MS Team, damn it was surely a fresh breath of air even for a Gundam show though SEED and Destiny was pretty fun for what it was, at least once you spoofing over Ed, Edd, n Eddy memes (considering the two protagonists of the show was played by Ed and Double D in the original dub)

Eat organic foods and don't take antidepressents. Drop sugar if you can will it. Behold your depression is gone!

I second this. I am totally over Star Wars when they wiped the extended universe and replaced it with hot garbage.

I started with patlabor movies. Shortly after that was robotech. Then macross ( macross plus to be exact). Then gundam wing in the late 90s. Patlabor and macross were so impactful for me. To this day I watch them from time to time

Also, to answer your question as to who the good guy is; I personally lean towards Zeon, but Gihren and Kacyllia are terrible leaders and war criminals. That being said, the federal forces have their fair share of atrocities under their belt. It's no secret that the higher ups on both sides wanted to prolong the war so they could end it with a superior position. There's an argument that the federation are the good guys, but they put Zeon in a position where war was the only answer. I guess when it comes down to it, there are good guys on both sides. Amuro and the White Base crew are good, upstanding soldiers (conscripts); not to mention Shiro Amada and the 08th MS team on the Feddie. Ranba Ral and his troops were good Zeon Soldiers and decent people as well. In war, politicians are the villians and the soldiers on the frontline are the both the heroes and the victims of their machinations.

Michael Pitcavage holy shit, so did I.

Something8830 Coolio, what mech did you buy? :3

Michael Pitcavage 1/144 Zaku IIF2

Something8830 Nice, I got the Gundam 00 Qan(T). :3

Michael Pitcavage Nice, looks like it would be a lot harder to put together than my Zaku.

Some people don't get past the first few arcs but ZZ really pulls itself together.

First half of ZZ was tad bit unbearable because of the childish tone, but 2nd half picks up the serious tone of what makes Gundam what it is.

It stands out in contrast since it follows up a VERY dark tone from Zeta, so it taking a lighter tone stands out a lot more.

Finished all of it, definitely trash. It’s wildly out of place next to all the other UC shows. Being different isn’t a good thing in and of itself.

I CAME TO LAUGH AT YOU

Though I share this belief, I've heard Sunrise has said otherwise

It's pretty confusing.

no it's not. Alternative UC is bullshit. Everything animated can be considered canon. The only thing that isn't canon are the Z movies

The manga of GTO is alternative UC timeline indeed but Sunrise made the anime adaption as a prequel of 0079 so the anime of GTO is canon to original UC timeline.

Pretty sure it fits in the Canon with all the rest of the animated material. Also does it conflict with anything in the other Canon?

My first was SD Gundam Force( I was seven when it aired don't hate me for it).

BOOFIRE191 Hahahahahahaha..... what's break?

I haven’t slept in a week and I mean that literally 7 all nighters in a row send help XD

Im about to graduate at the end of this month :D keep at it even if it gets frustrating its going to be worth it

Online classes are a blessing

We got all the free time now boi

Nice i just got char's counterattack and turn a part 2 for Christmas added to my collection

I agree! It gets rid of that monster of the week feel the original had and the last films adds a lot of new animation.

@@dannydumlet what’s wrong with monster of the week. I don’t understand why an episode of television having a coherent standalone story is dated.

Gunbuster

DigitalFulcrum I try so many times to get my friends to watch the show, I literally make 4 friends sit down and watch UC, IBO and OO and they didn’t like any of them, but instead they loved build fighters. Welp I love build fighters but weird choice

JMK Productions I'll just tell them to watch Gundam Unicorn so they can see some of best Gundam has to offer, they can spend the time to watch then other stuff if they care.

A man of culture!

totally with you on that one.

Ah a great taste i see. Tifa best girl

+Boi Convoy No, not the best. It has it's flaws, but it also has one of the most unique atmosphere's and world building. Main characters like Garrod, Jamil and Tiffa are very good, but I find the Frost brothers and the main threat in the finale a bit lack-luster. The Frost-brothers remind me a bit to much of Treize Kushrenada: the plot forces upon us that they should be considered interesting, while they are artificial and flat as fuck. Total 180 from what the GOOD Gundam antagonist do to make the franchise unique.

Gundam. Macross usually gets too focussed on it's "idol" drama and just comes off as alien for a western audience.

Depends on which specific Macross anime and Gundam anime you're compairing. Both have highs and lows.

I like macross. I like Gundam. I don't have opinion. Don't matter. I need fun and smart at same time... Did I just revealed my opinion.?? Never mind then.

Not really comparable since they are very different stories. Macross is much closer to Yamato in story arc being that they are fighting for the survival of humanity against aliens. Its a simpler good vs. evil story than Gundam and gives you easy protagonists to root for. Also the remake of Yamato 2199 has AMAZING production quality and you should look it up. The UC Gundam timeline is based around a Civil War that kills half of all humanity. Both sides are basically "badguys" and its only the soldiers that you root for. It is much more nuanced, and thoughtful than Macross. Some of the bad guys are honorable and/or have good motives. Sometimes the good guys are corrupt assholes. The most over the top insane Zeon Admiral sacrifices his life to protect his wife and baby daughter. The Federation command basically intend to sacrifice all the protagonists to buy time to launch their fleet. I personally think Gundam is the more rewarding series to dig into. The characters are fully fleshed out and have interesting motives. Macross is a fun watch but has a much more simple surface story.

Macross has wierd themes focused around idols singing songs, PLUS it's somewhat hard to find in the English speaking world due to copyright shenanigans from a company called Harmony Gold who basically took it and turned it into a show called Robotech. That plus just how much more material Gundam has basically makes the answer Gundam. Other (reasonably real-robot style) mecha series I would recommend checking out: * Patlabor, basically a lot of what is good about Gundam is also good in Patlabor, with the caveat that it's even more grounded in realism. May be a bit hard to track down copies to watch though * Fafnir: Humans vs Aliens, with a lot of thematic play around what humanity actually is * Code Geass: basically what happens when you smoosh Death Note, Gundam, and classic screwball anime comedy together. Is a bit light on the whole giant robots themes compared to other series though. * Armored Trooper Votoms: basically one of the guys from the original Gundam series made a follow up that was even more 'real-robot' than Gundam. Probably VERY hard to find though, if you do tell me LOL. * Escaflowne: Real-robot if it was set in an Isekai world * Schwares Marken: alt-history mechas in the glorious reich * Broken Blade: similar vein to Escaflowne, but with more military focused plots ala Gundam or Macross. Basically a string of mini-movies * Venus Wars: probably very hard to find, and noticeably giant-robots are absent, but strong similarities otherwise given it's a wartime sci-fi narrative with a strong focus on the technology being employed. * Gunbuster: strays a bit into super-robot territory, but still has the wartime/implications of technology themes. The sequel, Daibuster is... OK, but Gunbuster is a freaking modern masterpiece. As a general rule, if you like real-robot style shows you'll probably also like the various & sundry cyberpunk franchises from the 80s/90s/00s, like Bubblegum Crisis, Cypercity Oedo, and Psycho Pass. They tend to play with similar themes, sans the giant robots. I would specifically recommend you NOT bother with Aldnoah Zero, basically it's a failed attempt to make an off-brand Gundam, chiefly failing because the protagonist is basically very hard to emphasize with while being overly laden in extremely obvious plot armor, paired with a crappy harem setup.

And it does great at showing just how hurt the Argama's strength is after the ending of Zeta Gundam. Almost all of their pilots are gone, and this is what they have to work with. Holy hell it's a good thing Neo Zeon wasn't well off with all its internal issues.

Also the ZZ Gundam refuses to die in the UC timeline.

To be fair, the timeskips are what makes it sense since even in the real world, nothing good lasts. Unicorn proved at least that no matter how many fuck ups the UC has, There will always be hope.

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@midgetydeath Exactly, I mean look at Ideon's ending.... Hell, ZZ is probably the way it was because he didn't want to tell a depressing story after two series with such depressing endings.

MugenHeadNinja this is actually true

No just show him the Fate timeline.

TManimations outside of how the mechs behave, this can easily be a story told anywhere outside of japan. Gundam does have campy "weeb" stories like gundam G fighter and alternate art styles ones which would be obvious to spot at a glance.

BOOFIRE191 that's good to here. I recently watched space battleship yamato and the remake 2199. Also I I'll watch gundam for the ships not the actual gundams

Battleship yamato... my eyes pooped out the first time I saw a picture of it. I thought it was some sort of joke The story of the show is good?

Vicho Deivis I think it's a good story But the action scenes, music and mix of 3d and 2d animation are 👌

If I ever overcome my ship racism against space boats I will give it a try xD

Its good but it really isnt as good as it could have been

TELL ME DOMON, WHAT DO YOU SEE??