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What makes Gundam Great + Unicorn Review

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G3CKO
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1430 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 18:07:56
March 14 2011 16:57 GMT
#1
Why do I like the Mobile Suit Gundam series? Not because it has flashy action sequences and giant mechanical warriors piloted by a human fighting in them. What I love about Gundam is that it's one of the shows that can show the darkness of war.

The original series Mobile Suit Gundam or Gundam 0079 was a great start to the amazing franchise. It portrayed teenagers going into war and confronted by the horrors of war. It also introduced two amazing characters Char and Amuro and their intense rivalry. The entire series also reflects on many social issues and themes as well such as warring of political ideological differences so prevalent in human history.

Zeta really showed Tomino's dark side and it is regarded by me and many fans of the franchise to be the greatest series ever. It is extremely dark and depressing, despite all of that it is great because of the characterization of many characters and how they interact with each other. It really makes you realize through out the series that there is a war going on and these people are living in it.

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Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam


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The last of the Universal Century's core, Char's Counterattack.


When Gundam Wing came out the series was dead to me. Wing, by far, was not the worst Gundam, but they really tried to make it too teenager friendly and sacrificed many things I said earlier of what makes Gundam great. Anything after Wing feels really bland and copy pasted.

However Gundam Wing is credited to bringing the franchise from Japan to North America. For many of you Wing might be your first Gundam ever and I can understand that. However, I strongly advise you to watch the old Universal Century Gundams -The 3 movies of Gundam 0079, Zeta Gundam the series, Char's Counterattack.

A new series picked up the old Universal Century time line: Gundam Unicorn.

When I saw the first episode, I knew the old Gundam is back. Gone with the treenage girls appeal of Wing and SEED with plenty of badly written teenage angst and bad character developement. Unicorn brings back the high level of character development that was so prevalent in the original Gundams and each character is developed just right in the short 3 episodes released so far.

This is a more "mature" Gundam and is true to the original creator (Yoshiyuki Tomino’s) vision of the horrors of war and the ideological/political and philosophical differences that is prevalent throughout human history. It makes for a far more realistic and believable story. For a great example of this watch the Original Gundam Movies I, II, and III (Gundam 0079 I mentioned earlier).

If Gundam Wing was your first Gundam, watch the three shows I mentioned earlier in the bolded text, and watch the 3 episodes of Unicorn that has been released so far and you will see what you have been missing out.

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Gundam Unicorn is an OVA that has 3 more planned episodes released this year and next year making it a total of 6 episodes.



To state again my recommended watch order:
Gundam 0079 -> Zeta Gundam -> Char's Counterattack -> Gundam Unicorn

Edit: I forgot the mention in the Universal Century time line there are more series than the list I provided above, the first 3 are considered the core of the Universal Century. Those are the most sees, if you like those three you can try tracking down the other shows.

Edit #2: It is a plus to know about the plot of Gundam ZZ or at least know Glemy and Puru to understand Marida's part in Unicorn episode 3. It is not really a must but it's just nice to know. ZZ wasn't that great of a series but I didn't find it that bad, it's the direct sequel to Zeta.

Edit #3: The entire Zeta Gundam series is available on Youtube in dubbed voice overs what are you waiting for??




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buickskylark
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada664 Posts
March 14 2011 17:02 GMT
#2
for some reason I never got into gundam. I loved saber rider, I loved transformers, I love flashy action sequences and I love humans in robot suits. But I never got into Gundam. Similarly, I never got into Power Rangers either. It never appealed to me even though PR debuted in Canada just as I turned 12 years old so I should have been into it at that age.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50107 Posts
March 14 2011 17:03 GMT
#3
how much I miss Zeta Gundam....T_T.

hey do you remember the thing the narrator says at the end of an episode after they show the preview of the next one?
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G3CKO
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1430 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 17:12:18
March 14 2011 17:10 GMT
#4
On March 15 2011 02:03 BLinD-RawR wrote:
how much I miss Zeta Gundam....T_T.

hey do you remember the thing the narrator says at the end of an episode after they show the preview of the next one?


That I'm not sure of because the Zeta I got is the re-release DVD edition. The opening and ending themes are changed I think. The original intro songs are not there in the DVD collection I got.

I absolute love the second Zeta opening though, intense synth action matches so well with 80s mech action.
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Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
March 14 2011 17:11 GMT
#5
Borrowing the words from another person:

The thing that stands out most here are the characters, because they act like idiots, make stupid and irrational decisions and interact like no normal human would. The (romantic) relationships come out of left field, which incidentally is a tradition they're keeping alive even today with 00.
Also, most of the pretentious stuff the characters utter makes no sense whatsoever (I'm looking at you, Amuro & Char). I guess proper dialogue wasn't important back then.

I'll likely stir up a hornets' nest with this comment. But seriously, if your script and direction are so bad that it makes the characters look like complete fools, it doesn't matter how important the anime is to the genre. It will still be.. umm.. below average.

That's a comment about the original Gundam and it's exactly how I see it. Gundam Wing is the only exception so far and regarding UC, I'm at episode 37 of Zeta Gundam.
XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5225 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 17:14:50
March 14 2011 17:13 GMT
#6
Alternate universes for the Gundam franchises are terrible, anything that wasn't from UC are gundam in name only, they're just random mech shows that has the gundam names and similar mecha designs. AC FC CE and 00 are as Gundam as Robotech is to Macross.


(I loved G Gundam though, that show was fantastic)
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
March 14 2011 17:21 GMT
#7
This should be about the player
wishbones
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada2600 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 18:14:00
March 14 2011 17:23 GMT
#8
http://www.animefreak.tv/watch/gundam-wing-episode-23-english-dubbed-online-free
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I am watching this show as we speak lol, first timer here too, i didnt know where to start, so i just found the one i never got into as a kid, but they are fun, its about earth and you hear tons of real country names so its enjoyable to me for that reason.
edit: i only wish that the thing was not dubbed, im sure there is a ton of better scripting being missed from the translators, any anime subtitled always has more powerful scripts for the characters. but NA turns it into a childrens show sadly..


add this to your op for Z Gundam: http://www.youtube.com/show/mobilesuitzgundam?s=1
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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19027 Posts
March 14 2011 17:26 GMT
#9
At first I though this blog was going to be about Gundams and Unicorns. Not being very acquainted with the show myself (I'm only about half way through Mobile Suit atm), I was a bit surprised to see that there was actually an OVA named Unicorn.

Nice read though.

And G Gundam is awesome regardless.
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Lyter
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United Kingdom2145 Posts
March 14 2011 17:33 GMT
#10
I haven't seen much Gundam, but I did burn through both 00 series' in the span of a couple days each, it was amazing and I cried!
KurtistheTurtle
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1966 Posts
March 14 2011 17:38 GMT
#11
I was sucker for the gundam wing hiro yui/relena peacecraft romance back in the day
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wishbones
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada2600 Posts
March 14 2011 17:49 GMT
#12
Do these story lines are continue off of one another?

Gundam 0079 -> Zeta Gundam -> Char's Counterattack -> Gundam Unicorn
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G3CKO
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1430 Posts
March 14 2011 17:51 GMT
#13
Yes they are all in the same time line and each series is a continuation of the previous one.
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Danjoh
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden405 Posts
March 14 2011 17:53 GMT
#14
My first Gundam experience was actually 00.

After watching the first episode of that as it aired, I just had to find more Gundam, and I had a vague memory of SEED beeing relatively new also, so I started watching that.
Story wise, SEED did a decent job of portraying the 2 sides of war, but on the small scale, the love and friendship drama felt a bit predictable, and the action scenes after a while ended up as "count the ammount of re-used action scenes". Other than that, watching the 2nd season of SEED was probably the 3rd dumbest gundam related thing I've done...

After that, Gundam 00 still going on, I decided to pick up Gundam Wing, since I had played the endless duel game and loved that... my 2nd dumbest gundam decision I've done so far... I could somewhat follow the big plot, but alot of plots just felt too wierd and random... (Fight your enemy, end up in a draw, decide that the 2 of them should switch mechs.. WTF?).

Then I found some kind of a side story to the UC universe. I can't remember the name of the show, but in each episode (3 long episodes only, sadly) you follow a regular army guy fighting against the alien Zakus. There wasn't really a big story to follow here, only a small skirmish explained very detailed. This show really added back quite a bit of realistic feel that I lost with Wing...

Gundam 00 is by this time over, and awaiting the movie to finish off the story for over 2 years... Gunadm Unicorn catches my interest and I'd say it's so far probably the best of the gundams I've experienced so far...

... snce I've watched the Gundam 00 movie... Holy crap was that a complete failure in every way... 00 started out great, season 2 not as good, and the movie just completely ruined both Season 1 and 2 somehow... Better of never watching the 00 movie...
CCGaunt
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States417 Posts
March 14 2011 18:01 GMT
#15
Unicorn is so amazing, I thought it was going to be filled with the silliness of the newer gundam series, but I was so wrong.

Thank you for reminding me to watch the third episode.
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G3CKO
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1430 Posts
March 14 2011 18:03 GMT
#16
One thing I forgot to mention that I will edit in right now is that YOU NEED TO KNOW A BIT ABOUT GUNDAM ZZ to understand Marida's bit in Unicorn #3
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GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
March 14 2011 18:05 GMT
#17
thanks for sharing. I never quite got into Gundam or anime in general but it really does sound like fun. I think I'll actually give it a shot and see how I like it.
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wishbones
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada2600 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 18:13:08
March 14 2011 18:05 GMT
#18
ok so i start with this season:

+ Show Spoiler [Mobile Suit Gundam 00] +

+ Show Spoiler [Mobile Suit Z Gundam] +

+ Show Spoiler [Mobile Suit Char's Counterattack] +

+ Show Spoiler [Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn] +
http://www.animefreak.tv/watch/mobile-suit-gundam-unicorn-online


someone correct me if the episode 1's are the right ones, so i dont end up watching an entire season of the wrong series XD

is this the cover for 0079 series?
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G3CKO
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1430 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 18:15:41
March 14 2011 18:11 GMT
#19
Gundam 00 is not Gundam 0079.

Gundam 0079 is also known as Mobile Suit Gundam it's the first Gundam ever made. I really think it's not on youtube because of its age, it's better to buy the DVD or torrent it. I mentioned in my original post that the movie version of Gundam 0079 is better because Tomino cut out a lot of garbage sequences in the series and condensed the juicy parts into 3 movies.

The Zeta you found is correct.

I can't see the Char's Counterattack link, but I don't think a 2 hour long movie is going to be on youtube. Try to torrent or buy the DVD. Unicorn is fairly new so I don't expect it to be on a stream site or anything. Each unicorn episode is like 1 hour long again try to buy the DVD/BLURAY or torrent it.

Edit: That cover is correct
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wishbones
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada2600 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 18:20:53
March 14 2011 18:16 GMT
#20
yeah i found the unicorn series on that site animefreak.tv or something along those lines, got the 0079 series DL'ing and the Char's counterattack from demonoid xD just gotta finish watching the wing series then i can move to these.

Gundam 0079 -> Zeta Gundam -> Char's Counterattack -> Gundam Unicorn
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