No.902682
What have you been watching/playing/reading?
No.902683
Nothing, mecha is dead and we'll never have OPs as cool as Gundam Wing's.
No.902687
>>902683
You do know there's an almost limitless selection from the early days that more than top Wing, don't you? You deserve a slap.
No.902692
>>902687
No, Wing's OPs are unsurpassable.
I'm not talking about anything else, I'm talking about Just Communication, Rhythm Emotion and White Reflection.
Nothing can beat them, not even Dreams and Resolution, not even Anna ni Issho Datta no ni, not even Realize and Believe, Bokutachi no Yuke or Ash Like Snow, Merry-Go-Round and Broken Mirror.
Nothing beats Wing's OPs
>Muh where's the old
TURN AAAAAAAAAAAAA
Please.
No.902710
>>902692
>>902683
Nu-gundam fans, everyone!
No.902711
>>902710
>No arguments
>Knows nothing about me
Oh, it's that type of guy all over again.
>Stop liking what I don't like!!
Fuck off.
No.902712
>>902682
>playing
Who the fuck invited /v/eddit in?
No.902716
I'm watching Gundam ZZ right now. It's not as bad as I was expecting it to be.
No.902723
>>902708
Kuromukuro was alright.
No.902728
>>902708
ID-0 was good.
>>902695
>>902712
>Newfags trying to fit in.
I'm not going to /v/ to talk about /m/ or /jp/ things. Mecha is inherently /a/.
No.902734
Watched Gundam thunderbolt and it gets really silly. It's very good robotporn though.
Currently watching Egao no Daika since it is the only decent mecha this season.
No.902736
I'd like to take this moment and say that beam weapons are the worst addition to gundam and I am happy no other timeline uses them. They are overpowered and makes for huge plotholes like why Zeon doesn't make their own beam weaponry after being raped by them.
No.902738
>>902728
ID-0 was great but I don't know if it counts as traditional mecha. The mecha look more utilitarian than military and they spend most of their time fighting space rocks instead of other mecha. Not that that isn't fucking awesome in its on way.
No.902745
>>902736
Have you even seen 0079 or are you just pretending to? Have you forgotten how many Zeon Mobile Suits use beam weaponry? Because here they are:
>Gelgoog
>Gyan
>Zeong
>Big Zam
>Gogg
>Acguy
>Z'gok
>Zock
And if you want to include Mobile Armors:
>Adzam
>Bigro
>Grabro (Grublo?)
>Braw Bro
>Elmeth
>Zakrello
老いたな、父上
No.902902
>>902728
And you don't come to /a/ to talk about video games, you fucking /v/ nigger.
No.903362
>>902716
Also working on ZZ. It's an interesting show. I like the characters, but I guess the lack of high stakes takes some of the excitement away, and there's not much of a plot to speak of so far. Maybe that gets rectified as it goes on.
No.903373
>>902902
Yes I do because I'm not going to /v/, nigger. Deal with it.
What's your favorite Gundam game? I heard Crossfire was good.
No.903521
Who the hell thought this design was a good idea? Not even age or seed had designs this fucking retarded and ugly.
No.903532
>>903373
I've been trying to play Giren no Yabou but my Jap isn't good enough. I've also played Federation vs Zeon on the PS2 quite a bit, it's not that great but you can unlock Mobile Armors to play with.
No.903534
>>903521
This is horrendous. Why is it so busy? And at the same time they're trying to make it look slim but both of those concepts turn it into a mess. Those arms look ready to break the fuck off.
No.903536
>>903534
>Those arms look ready to break the fuck off.
That's because they have zero armor on them at all. That's the frame, it's retarded. Same deal with the upper legs. The mid movie upgrade doesn't even fix that, it just makes it more busy.
No.903544
There's an 'overdesign' syndrome happening in Asia, mainly pushed by shitty Korean illustrators.
You can compare older and newer Pokemons, Gundams, things like "Yokai Watch", etc
Pic related.
No.903552
>>903544
Remember when things were elegant rather than gaudy? I miss those days
No.903555
>>902692
White Reflection is a ED and Turn A was aired after Wing
No.903556
>>903552
They just look like giant Saint Seiyas.
No.903568
>>903552
I blame Katoki when it comes to Gundam. A lot of what he does is over detailed, over designed, and with legs that are way too long. I miss Okawara's more elegant designs.
No.903571
No.903599
>>903598
Who knows? It might actually be coherent this time.
No.903613
>>903598
I am actually looking forward to it. G-Reco was a trainwreck but with some polish it might be decent. Mostly I just like the mecha designs though and hope for more gunpla.
No.903775
>>903599
>Who knows? It might actually be coherent this time.
Doubtful, but I appreciate the optimism.
No.903813
Danguard Ace. A mecha about people fighting for their ideals.
No.903847
Just started watching the first Gundam, and I thought I was watching Votoms when I first saw these. I know votoms came later, but this couldn't have been an accident right? They even use what sounds like the same sound effect when they move around.
No.903883
>>903847
Both Votoms and Gundam have the same guy, Kunio Okawara, design the mechs.
No.903889
I recently finished Gundam X, it would be my favourite AU series if they gave it just a few more episodes, or even just one. I love the cast, setting and the way things progressed up until the series suddenly ends.
No.903917
I currently haven't really ventured outside of UC Gundam, apart from a bit of IBO. Anyone want to give me a rundown on the different timelines, and which are most worth checking out?
No.903930
>>903917
00 is quite loved.
No.903949
>>903917
SEED had a lot of the same staff who worked on Dendoh and Mai-Hime so if that sounds appealing then check it out. Destiny is optional.
No.903976
>>903917
If fatigue for the UC setting and tone is starting to hit then G Gundam is the best change of pace.
No.903977
Was Gridman any good? I wasn't able to follow it while it was airing.
No.903981
>>903889
It truly is great, specially because its story is of the adventure type.
Sadly, animation was bad, underbudgeted and the ending was rushed dramatically.
Garrod is great and so is Tiffa - I felt like an ojisan grininng all the time rooting for their juvenile love.
No.903982
>>903930
Specially by fujoshits. They really upped themselves with this one, managing to surpass SEED and Wing for catering to chuny horny teenage girls.
No.903994
>>903982
00 had great characters, intriguing premise and nice music. The only debateably bad thing about it is the artstyle.
No.904000
>>903994
And Ribbons. And the edge. And shallow geopolitics. And gay sex.
Art was ok, to be honest.
No.904011
>>904000
>And the edge.
Welcome to Gundam.
No.904013
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>>903981
>animation was bad
I don't agree, the choreography in battles was amazing.
No.904017
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>>902682
BELIEVE IN THE GETTER!
No.904047
>>904013
What? Have you turned off your brain for the 30% of the show being reused scenes? Or low quality stuff?
See, there were some really well done, verily, but the show since the beginning was plagued with short budget and lack of commitment.
They just wanted to pull a Gundam anime fast to fill the void after Wing and before a "real deal" (which was Turn A).
Gundam X was cool, had immense potential, but mismanagement crippled it.
No.904070
>>903362
The Dublin arc is the best Gundam put on film ever.
No.904107
>>903847
Anon, you have to realize. EVERYTHING is Gundam.
No.904174
>>903813
>ideals
Looks good. Is it Zeon or something?
No.904187
>>904174
>Zeon
>Zion
>Judaism
Remember that they will always be the bad guys.
No.904323
No.904324
>>904187
Keep feeding yourself those lies, Feddie.
No.904431
>>904174
Danguard Ace has colony drops, autistic cyber-newtypes which make perfect soldiers (but can't deal with emotions), dummy balloons, the captain punching the hero to correct his attitude, a fanatical masked ace pilot, as well as robots being only a single part of a military force. In this show, humanity is divided in two equally scummy camps that attempt to justify every drop of blood they spill with impressive rhetoric.
Except it was made in 1977, two years before you-know-what. Go watch it if you're interested.
No.904438
>>904431
Are only the first 11 episodes subbed?
No.904444
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>>904323
STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH SUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNSHINEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No.904471
>>904444
I've never seen Getter, but this song is making me feel the need to deep within my soul.
No.904478
>>904431
Just goes to show. Once again, EVERYTHING is Gundam.
No.904616
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>>904047
>Have you turned off your brain for the 30% of the show being reused scenes?
The thing is that isn't unusual for a Gundam series at all, and most of the reused footage is quite good, like that shot of Garrod jumping into the cockpit which I think is used about three times. The recent BD really helps things look nicer, I recommend checking it out. The soundtrack is great too. Especially the latter half of this track.
No.904684
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Zetto > Breast Fire > Rocket Punchi > Missile Punch > Rust Hurricane
No.904692
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>>904684
The way the drums sync up when he sings Majin-GO Majin-GO still makes this the best version.
No.904922
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>>904471
Yeah, the Getter series has some fucking killer music.
Also: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qseGe3VrbvA
No.905947
I think UC gundam is the show I rewatch most frequently, maybe all the time. Its the best "realistic mecha series" out there so it never fails to amuse me with war drama and stuff. But mecha stuff ive watched/read recently is Crossbone gundam. Its really good read it and join the anime adaptation bitching.
No.905950
>Aldnoah Zero was 5 years ago
No.905989
Macross 7 had some nice looking robots.
No.905991
This one is the best mech I've seen in a long time. I love that moment he sheds his armor.
No.906154
>>905947
Other than the mechas how are all mecha series unrealistic?
No.906156
>>906154
I think you've only seen military-focused serious mecha and not the average kid's show.
No.907434
認めたくないものだな。自分自身の若さ故の過ちというものを
No.907810
Is the second part of episode 12 really a parody of NGE? I couldn't find anything to confirm this, not even on the wikia.
And mecha-tamago is absolutely mecha. It's more mecha than the eva units.
No.907872
>>904324
Gas yourself, spacenoid scum.
No.908270
Finally saw Char's Counter Attack. In two minds about it. Beautifully animated, but part of me feels the plot would have worked better if it had had the space of a TV show to play out.
No.908273
>>908270
I still haven't see Zeta. I'm waiting until after I watch all the intermittent Tomino mecha anime from between Gundam and Zeta.
No.908299
>>908273
Zeta disappointed me. I know that it's generally loved, but for me the original gundam was a much better anime,.
No.908303
>>908299
I don't think anything can top my love for the original.
No.908308
What do you think of the campier kid's mecha anime? From what little I've seen I like the stuff. It's really relaxing and fun.
No.908346
>>908299
Zeta's very good, but it does feel less solid overall. 79 Gundam has this organic feel to it where everything makes sense in the internal logic of the universe. Why are there comic relief child characters on-board the ship? Because they're war orphan refugees who board the ship during the panic of an attack on their colony, and then are begrudgingly allowed to stay on-board because they'd have nowhere else to go, and the crew has become the closest thing they have to family. It's kind of cheesy, but you see the logic there. The equivalent characters in Zeta just show up half way through the show, presumably because someone in marketing wanted them there, and then that's that. Zeta is full of things like that. Stuff just happens. You can see the conversation playing out in your head.
>hey, we need a thing like that thing from the original show
>okay, poof, there it is
No.908347
>>908346
I'm not that guy, but I'd like to say that, in my experience, after you learn about real economics, history, politics, geography, language, culture, etc, these shows start getting really clumsy and fake, pretentious even.
Then, the more serious it gets, and the more serious it takes itself, the more you can see how shallow the people behind think and create, because they really think they're doing something deep, when they have no self awareness of their own lack of understand of everything, basically.
No.908349
>>908347
It's not a case of being childish or grown up. The original show is quite childish, but it feels more consistent than Zeta. It's more just about telling a childish story well, or telling it in a clunky manner.
Compare how Char is introduced in episode 1 (maybe 2), and then developed over the course of the show, to how Scirocco just shows up about a quarter of the way into the show, as if they forgot to include a charismatic villain, and then tried to shoehorn one in.
No.908411
>>908347
If anything, your post comes off as quite pretentious.