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View Poll Results: Your Favorite Gundam Series is? | |||
Mobile Suit Gundam | 31 | 5.74% | |
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam | 66 | 12.22% | |
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ | 7 | 1.30% | |
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam | 11 | 2.04% | |
Mobile Fighter G Gundam | 15 | 2.78% | |
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing | 69 | 12.78% | |
Mobile Suit Gundam X | 22 | 4.07% | |
'∀' Turn A Gundam | 57 | 10.56% | |
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED | 152 | 28.15% | |
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny | 38 | 7.04% | |
Other (Explain) | 72 | 13.33% | |
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2009-11-01, 08:01 | Link #203 | |
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I think someone needs to check their facts. SEED Destiny, and by extension SEED is the most popular Gundam series, ever. It's also the longest running, if you take SEED and Destiny as one series.
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2009-11-01, 09:41 | Link #204 | |
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00 is definitely not as popular as Seed by most measures though. If they announce a Seed movie to be released the same day as the 00 one, the Seed movie would probably win out in terms of ticket sales.
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2009-11-01, 11:44 | Link #205 | |
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In terms of merchandise, 0079 is the most popular series (see: the endless amount of models/manga/games/spin-offs set during the One Year War). And in terms of tv ratings, Zeta Gundam is the most popular. |
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2009-11-09, 16:48 | Link #209 |
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For all those who replied to me, I meant during it's original run, in which MSG was cancelled. Also, I don't consider the UC saga a single series as it deals with separate issues with new characters, unlike SEED
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2009-11-09, 18:15 | Link #210 | |
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I'd say they are as much related to each other as were Seed and Destiny (depending on how you interpret the spotlight hijack). MSG to Zeta: characters (Amuro, Char, Noa & WB family), reverse plot, direct MS lineage, NT conflict. It's true that MSG became widely popular after it's initial airing, but IIRC Zeta was hugely popular from the beginning. Zeta to ZZ: characters (Haman, Mineva, Noa, etc...), continuity plot, same MS, NT conflict. MSG to CCA: characters (Amuro, Char, Noa & WB family), continuity plot, direct MS lineage, NT conflict. to Unicorn: characters (Mineva, Noa), continuity plot, direct MS lineage, NT conflict. That makes around 150 TV episodes, a movie and a movie remake (Zeta: a new translation), and 6 upcoming OA.
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2009-11-09, 21:20 | Link #211 |
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Even with all that, I see them as seperate series in a single continuity. If Amuro was the hero of Zeta then I might say yes. SEED to SEED Destiny are a proper sequel series, in my mind.
Anyway, I think this should be dropped as it's subjective and off-topic
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2009-11-09, 22:39 | Link #212 | |
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Not really. Destiny deals with totally different themes (and on the most part, character) from Seed, and there are enough differences for them to be a separate series. Heck, its not even subjective, because Sunrise considers them separate shows. A "sequel series" would be something like Endless Waltz, or Season 2 of 00.
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2010-02-23, 00:25 | Link #220 |
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Been away from anime for a while. Finally watched both seasons of 00 Gundam. Guess I'll update my ranking from two/three years ago.
00 Gundam - the first season had me believing that it was going to finally unseat Gundam Seed as my favorite gundam (assuming the action kicked up a notch in the final 5-10 episodes of a 50 episode Gundam show - like it always seems to do). Season 1 ended very strongly, and S1 episode 23 was (and is) one of the best Gundam episodes I've ever seen. Unfortunately, the trouble started during middle-late S2. This whole innovade/innovator business was quite weak. The villians seemed to be just lingering around doing nothing - almost as if they knew the battles weren't going to be "for real" until the final episodes (we all know nobody was really going to be offed until the closing few episodes). The asian girl "agent" had some sort of master plan that I still don't quite get . Then of course, we are back to Tomino-like gundams - where science fiction is abandoned and we jump into fantasy. A gundam (or any piece of equipment) should NEVER EVER EVER do anything it was not designed to do - and this show follows UC gundams shows in breaking this rule of sci-fi egregiously. We get a newtype-like miracle/lights/voices going off in random people's heads.. blah blah. Anyways, I won't complain much more here. Suffice it to say though - that that battles and animation was some of the best I've ever seen - hell lots of times, I thought the battles were going almost too fast - I could barely keep up with what was going on. Lockon Stratos, and Graham Aker, Ali Al Sarches were awesome pilots/characters. Overall, it goes into the giant bucket of series I consider mediocre... quite disappointing considering the promise at the beginning. Copied ranking follows (with 00 added) - -------------------------------------------------- 1.) Gundam Seed - After having seen almost every Gundam show, this one remains my clear favorite. Despite its obvious flaws, I still maintain that nothing else in Gundam compares to the last third of the series. This is among my all-time favorite series along with Juuni Kokki, Crest/Banner of the Stars, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes. 2.) MSG Movies - The movies show substantial improvement (in content, as well as animation) over what I've seen of the TV series. The compression of over 40 episodes into three movies rarely allows for a dull moment. This is an excellent trilogy. ---- All of the series ranked below are ones which I thought were simply mediocre. 3.) Victory Gundam 4.) 0083 5.) Zeta Gundam 6.) Gundam 00 7.) 0080 8.) Char's Counterattack 9.) ZZ Gundam 10.) Gundam X 11.) Gundam Seed Destiny 12.) 08th MS Team 13.) Gundam Wing - Endless Waltz ---- ----The only Gundam entry that I classify as 'bad' 14.) Gundam Wing ----The only Gundam entry that I classify as 'atrocious' 15.) Turn A Gundam -------------------------------------------------- Note: I've seen 6 episodes of G Gundam, and don't think I can bear to watch anymore. |
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