/a/ - Animu & Mango

>>739480

IDK but it was unbelievably terrible, I loved it as a kid so re-watching it as an adult soured me on anime as a genre.

The mechs and the technology in general in that series looked great. Too bad it was so gay.

Good thing there was G Gundam to fall back on.

Fujoshits and gunpla.

>>739480

Because it wasn't called 00 yet.

>>739496

00 Was kind of good until halfway through the first season.

Wasn't all that fond of Wing when I was a kid. Made me think most Gundam was like that. Now I have 0080 War in the Pocket and 8th MS Team to interest me in Gundam.

>>739480

Gotta get people to watch it somehow.

>>739481

That's pretty retarded to be soured on anime by one well known shitty series like Wing.

>anime

>genre

Oh boy, we've got a normalfag here folks.

Isn't Wing the one where they a bunch of people just randomly show up and say that they're gonna War the fuck out of anyone who starts a war, so they can end wars?

>>739570

That's 00 you're thinking of.

Mecha suffers from an ancient mummy curse. They're all fucking terrible and gay.

>>739480

>Why was Gundam Wing terrible but had an amazing intro?

I don't remember the story at all, but I do remember it being pretty cool and Endless Waltz was pretty well liked. The Gundams were also insanely popular. and very recognizable. I remember seeing Deathscythe and Winged Gundams everywhere.

The video isn't quite the amv I remember from my youth, but it is the closest I can find. I might still have the video that I'm thinking of on an old computer or cd somewhere.

>>739480

>Terrible

They were trying to broaden their audience by attracting more girls. For that, we get more cute boys, more focus on the "princess" and trace elements of shoujo into the art style, design, story and characters. This leads to straightforward fujoshi-bait.

Another weird thing is that on their quest to make the show pretty simple and straightforward for the audience they were going for while still being engaging, the script gets pretty wonky a lot (Gems like "My name is Relena Darlian... What's Yours?", "I'll kill you" and literally everything having "peace" in the name) and many plot points don't make sense because of characters acting weird ( >>739570 ).

>Amazing Intro

Because it's the 80s-90s, when anime getting highly detailed animation and artwork meant that they had to rely on analog methods of putting effects in instead of heavily relying on computers. This leads to stuff like the distinct "glow" on light effects, heavy use of matte backgrounds among other similarly hand-painted elements, and, at least in the case of Wing's opening, having to draw in more frames for some sequences where they upped the framerate or at least make it look like so. Even after an old show gets an HD re-release, it still ends up looking better because the techniques used then was more than what they needed at the time.

Speaking of which, it also helped that the end-result looked good on the display format of the time. A huge problem these days with HD releases is that the higher quality of the medium often isn't in conjunction with the work in production because it just makes all the little mistakes, corner-cutting, and negative quirks of animation much more apparent. That goes especially so now that traditional methods are costly on time and money and that the trend leans more on heavy cost-cutting and cheaper CG'd animation and effects.

>>739618

>Because it's the 80s-90s, when anime getting highly detailed animation and artwork meant that they had to rely on analog methods of putting effects in instead of heavily relying on computers. This leads to stuff like the distinct "glow" on light effects, heavy use of matte backgrounds among other similarly hand-painted elements, and, at least in the case of Wing's opening, having to draw in more frames for some sequences where they upped the framerate or at least make it look like so. Even after an old show gets an HD re-release, it still ends up looking better because the techniques used then was more than what they needed at the time.

And then the actual show is trash because every single solitary fucking god damn battle is the same animation frames with different backgrounds repeated.

Posting the 2nd OP to complete this thread.

G Gundam was excellent and had two awesome intros.

Gundam no matter how shitty will have top tier music

>>740119

It's hard for me to say what Gundam has the best soundtrack. Wing, SEED, SEED Destiny, and Unicorn have to be up there.

>>740434

Music wise

Wing > X > SEED > Unicorn > SEED Destiny > 08th > 00 >>>>>>>>> Turn A

Of the ones I've seen, that's it.

>>740444

Actually, while at that, Gundam X had great story and characters, it could have been the Gundam we have all been asking for, the best of them all, but the sheer amount of disdain Sunrise had for it was appalling as the project was underfunded to the point of it having a lower animation quality than Wing and tons of fucking reused scenes, shamefully it was rushed and axed in the end.

>>740444

What about IBO?

Which Gundam has the best story?

>>741781

Close to 00

>>741789

War in the Pocket probably. It's largely a self-contained good story about the tragedy of war.

>>741789

As said here >>740447 X had the potential but got nuked.

>>740444

<Turn A had a shit soundtrack

Nigger, what?

More

No one posted 0083 yet?

>>742291

0083 frustrates me to no end. It has such good animation and music, but an absolutely retarded plot and unlikable characters.

>>742408

I could have posted the baka gaijin version

I think good music for Gundam is the one thing you are guaranteed no matter the version

>>742413

I actually like the Kotzen version, at least it doesn't sound like it's recorded on a cheap Casio keyboard

>>739503

I had a similar experience. I thought Gundam Wing was the coolest shit ever, and then they started airing stuff like 8th MS Team and I just wanted more stylish mechs doing cool things. Somehow I completely overlooked all the awful fujoshit teen drama, because I was so dazzled by the mechs.

>>742413

>>742418

>>742291

One of the few occasions when being a gaijin delivers. I'm mostly saying this as someone who has a hard-on for the 80s.

Is Wing better than that shitshow known as Seed?

>>744656

Sorry to (near) doublepost, but note how the bridges and lyrics line up with animation cuts, and as one of the commenters noted:

>"Spread out our wings tonight"

The assault carrier's wings open as he sings this

>"Jump'n off the deck"

Mobile suits launch off the carrier deck

It lends some credit to the fan theory that the intro was originally written and animated for the Top Gun soundtrack. Also here's the second Top Gun OP.

>>744662

Wing had a ton of memorable mechs and characters. The story was pretty shitty from what I vaguely remember, but it's been a very long time since I've seen it. I never could get into Seed or its sequel, butI did get into Wing. I think G was a better gundam show than those two though. Wing also had some great songs tied to it.

>>744665

I dunno SEED had some gems here or there but it goes back to the "Any Gundam has good music"

Hey yo so you remember that thread a couple of months ago about the guy who watched all the gundam people recommended and couldn't understand why it was good?

I get it now. Ramba Ral and Sleggar Law.

I just started watching the original Mobile Suit Gundam.

What am I in for?

>>749665

>>739480

I liked it a lot.

Friendly reminder that the wing boyz are pretty much the backstreet boys of the gundam universe.

>>752014

When is the Wing Reunion Tour starting up then?

>>749531

SEED had god-tier music.

>>749531

>>752080

God-tier.

>>752082

>>752080

>>749531

Seed is the pinnacle of J-pop

>>752079

When a mad man at sunrise gives the okay to make Snow White

>>752125

Frozen Tear Drop you mean Snow White was Wing Zeros new name. Sunrise would have to be fucking insane if they were to adapt that shitshow.

>>739577

>How do people even make it past the second episode?

Naively hoping things will get better. How people can stand to keep watching after Hiro allahu akbars is beyond me though. After that it becomes plain as day status quo is king and nothing can really happen to the main cast.