2011-01-10, 11:04 | Link #802 |
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i think the weirdest and funniest title would have to be Gundam SEED..
but seriously, when i heard about this new Gundam OVA coming out and when i heard it was titled Gundam UNICORN, i was like... "so gay..." but hey, never judge an anime by it's title.. |
2011-01-10, 23:18 | Link #804 |
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When I first heard about Gundam Unicorn, I cringed like mad and tried to avoid it as much as possible.
Then I watched the 00 movie. Spoiler:
Out of sheer desperation I picked up Gundam UC. I shat rainbows for its pure awesomeness. Never felt so stupid that I haven't followed it from the start. |
2011-01-11, 00:42 | Link #805 | |
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2011-01-11, 05:51 | Link #806 |
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Cultural differences. There's been cultures, present and past, that see the Unicorn as a symbol of something of something other than homosexuality. Western medieval and enlightenment eras for example. Then there are people who focus on the horn.
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2011-01-13, 20:11 | Link #807 | |
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Actually it's Kidou Senshi Gundam U.C. - with Unicorn in subtext. So when you write or print the text it is to be written as UC, but when you say it out you are suppose to say Unicorn, which is quite a typical Japanese word play. In magazines such as Hobby Japan they also use U.C. to refer to the series and Unicorn to refer to the actual MS to not cause confusion, which is probably a Bandai directive. Also they went with the printed U.C. name more because they want to market it as a series that is in the UC calendar.
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As for why Westerners find unicorns gay, blame My Little Ponies toys? I'm sure most kids would've seen their fair share of girls play with those toys.....
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2011-01-13, 23:11 | Link #809 | ||
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Due to cultural differences though, this doesn't really apply in the west, so Bandai usually writes out the pronunciations of the titles, ie Zeta Gundam or Turn A Gundam as opposed to Z Gundam and ∀ Gundam. So the fact that they are referring to Gundam Unicorn in the west as just Gundam UC is pretty significant.
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2011-01-14, 07:35 | Link #814 |
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It will be best to remember that, in essence, what this project is about. A love letter to the UC calendar.
The Unicorn part is just an after thought that happen to go in line with the tradition to have the title including the featured protagonist mech. |
2011-01-15, 02:37 | Link #815 |
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I wouldn't say that though, there's plenty of references to the French poem as well as usage of the imageries of unicorn in the novel from start to end to discount the theory that using unicorn as a symbol of the main mecha as well as the plot key is an after-thought. Rather, I would say shortening Unicorn, which is proper word, into the abbreviation of U.C. for the title, was a deliberate marketing ploy to deeply associate the work with the UC calendar.
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2011-01-15, 18:51 | Link #818 | |
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WAY too much of a spoiler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And this is for the anime thread; as far as we're concerned when posting here, the novels don't exist and we have no idea what's going to happen.
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2011-01-15, 18:56 | Link #819 | |
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There has to be a reason why they showed that at the beginning then. And hush, you! He/She's gonna read the novel and ruin it for him/herself. |
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