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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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2005-12-22, 12:29 | Link #41 |
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most UC shows don't have recyled footage even clips shows, but the newer shows have them, and its really a turn off at times... which is why sseed and destiyn are too hard to get to like. Wing had it, but for some reason i didn't mind... but seed, i expected it to be good cuase of newer technology...
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2005-12-22, 21:11 | Link #42 |
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After a rather long delay due to academic reasons (grad school exams, for one), I have finally finished watching Gundam Seed Destiny. I was most reminded of Gundam X - the ending seemed to be simply tacked onto the series with little regard to whether it connected with the rest of the series. I had high hopes for the series, but it ended up being just another mediocre series like most of the Gundam Franchise.
In either case, concerning the topic at hand, here is my ranking (I've seen everything that has been ranked in its entirety). -------------------------------------------------- 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.) 0080 7.) Char's Counterattack 8.) ZZ Gundam 9.) Gundam X 10.) Gundam Seed Destiny 11.) 08th MS Team 12.) Gundam Wing - Endless Waltz ---- ----The only Gundam entry that I classify as 'bad' 13.) Gundam Wing -------------------------------------------------- Note: I've seen 6 episodes of G Gundam, and don't think I can bear to watch anymore. I've yet to complete Turn A Gundam. Since I cannot claim to have completed Turn A and G Gundam, they are not ranked. |
2005-12-22, 21:28 | Link #43 | |
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2005-12-23, 00:52 | Link #44 | |
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2005-12-23, 01:21 | Link #45 | |
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avmoghe, long time no see... Lmao For someone that thinks Gundam is pretty mediocre, you seem to have no problem owning and serving nearly every series ... I actually have gotten atleast 15 eps of Victory from you, I'd snag all your eps (on mx) if you'd open up the bandwidth a little bit ...3 and1/2 hrs per dl is killing me and your eps are better quality than the other sources I leech from...So help me out a little, up those kbs ... Usually this is the point were I try to expose you for your views and mind-boggling rankings, but I remeber you well from a debate looooooong ago...You are the person that can't stand watching a series unless everything is wrapped up in a nice, TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE way...If I remember correctly you pretty much hate all series that leave endings up to interpretation of the veiwers or that finish with open-ended conclusions (which is funny since GS also ends a bit abrubtly without a clear sense of what happened after Kira's fight other than some background blather about treaties being signed)...So I can understand why you put such a mediocre spin on the Gundam franchise, because many of the series end without finite conclusions...Something I remember you telling me really bothers you (Zeta and CCA being the most glaring)...So I forgive your harshness and look to get more eps from you later, but can a brutha get atleast 25kbs per dl ??
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2005-12-23, 03:36 | Link #46 |
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I think that there's a fundamental difference between "favorite" and "best", but here's my two cents:
Favorite: 1. Victory 2. Turn A 3. Seed 4. Seed Destiny Best 1. Turn A - Superb setting and good character interaction. The ending was a little weak, but it doesn't really detract from the whole. 2. Destiny - Flawed; but it still presented the most interesting ideas in Gundam. 3. Victory - Lots of great moments and lots of bizzare/goofy moments. 4. Seed - Plenty of compelling drama marred by some bad writing. Interestingly enough, I feel that these shows also have the best characters among the Gundam TV shows (Victory is a fair bit weaker here than the others).
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As you've noted, Zeta and CCA endings do carry some of this ambiguity with their displays of newtype powers and spirits (though hardly to the levels of Evangelion). However, I will restate that I do not *hate* either of the shows. There are plenty of elements of both shows that I liked. Overall though, when compared with other anime, I still classify them as being average. Last edited by avmoghe; 2005-12-23 at 16:31. |
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2005-12-23, 22:08 | Link #49 | |
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If this is so, how can anyone consider Kamille angsty and whiny? |
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2005-12-25, 17:05 | Link #51 |
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Kamille was all "ZOMG DON'T YOU CALL ME A GIRL I'LL PUNCH YOUR HEAD OUT!!!111"
"ZOMG My family suckkkkkks my dad's having an affair and my mom doesn't do anything about it!!!111" "ZOMG I knew it youre not quattro bajeena youre char aznable, eat my correction fist!!!111" in the beginning. But he grows out of it eventually. Well, I suppose that most Gundam main characters grows out of their anger and angst. I still don't think Amuro was angry or angsty though. He was whiney in the beginning. |
2005-12-26, 20:14 | Link #60 |
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Haman is more bitter than evil I think...She wanted Char to join her...She's like madly in love with Char underneath her fake evilness (even having flashbacks of her sitting with Char having an uber-crush)...Katejina, so far (I'm only on ep 31 of Victory) i'd say she was more brain-washed by Chronicle and her own self-rightousness than ever being considered evil, but like i said i haven't finished it yet..It would suprise me if she is really an evil person in the end...
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