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Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 - General Discussion
Personally I dont think this one deserve episodic thread since it re-run. So just use this thread if there is changes. Or if you didnt watch OVA version.
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2016-03-19, 18:38 | Link #2 |
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I'm not sure how many people watched Gundam Unicorn's OVA so hopefully a TV viewing will bring in more fans? I really enjoyed Unicorn. I'm not sure why it was made an OVA and not a TV show in the first place? They couldn't get the funding? Well, whatever. It will be nice to see a full 2 cour UC gundam show one last time.
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2016-03-19, 22:01 | Link #4 | |
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Heck, even I myself doubt how newcomers will enjoy Unicorn TV. They’ll certainly like the eye candy animation but I don’t think they can appreciate the parts where the characters are having long talks and dialogues about the spacenoids society’s condition after some major wars (in MSG, Zeta, ZZ and CCA), Zeon remnants, Bright Noa, AEUG and many other references Unicorn made to previous entry. I can already imagine some newcomers comment in various forum and Youtube complaining “Too much talking!!”, “It’s really heavy with infodump!!”, "The setting & story is confusing!!" or something like that that will only give bad rep to Unicorn. I hope SunDai know what they are doing and able to optimally use the additional footage to make each 22-23-minute episode more entertaining. I mean, some people already hate the talky episodes of IBO. If so, how can they put up with the talky parts of Unicorn?
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2016-03-19, 22:15 | Link #5 | |
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Given how today's viewers' general lack of attention span and want for flashy battles with little to no exposition, I'm really don't know how new viewers will rate this.
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2016-03-19, 22:25 | Link #6 | |
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Also, different from IBO which not connected to any previous Gundam, Unicorn connected to MSG, Z, ZZ and CCA. Newcomers should be aware that they're watching something related to previous Gundam (there's Thunderbolt promoting UC too); isn't Unicorn OVA managed to gain popularity that even newcomer start looking at UC era? Well, it still depend on how staffs worked on extra time they got though as Unicorn series technically have longer duration (as a whole) compare to the OVA. |
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2016-03-19, 22:27 | Link #7 |
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Correction: I didn't just like Unicorn. I LOVED it. lol So I'm all aboard the hype train for the TV version.
I think with Iron Blood Orphans, its lopsided. The heaviest exposition is at the start of the show. Maybe its because of its OVA nature but every episode of Unicorn had a nice mixture of dialogue and combat. And OH MY was the combat breathtaking. I suppose I'm an oddball though since while my introduction to the Gundam franchise was Gundam Wing, I've ended up loving the UC timeline shows the most. But what the heck do I know? I enjoyed gundam reconguista and hated Gundam 00 so yeah......lol Maybe I just have a love affair with Tomino. lol |
2016-03-19, 23:03 | Link #8 | |
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Only after Gundam fans who knew its existence praised it like crazy and started to recommend it to everyone as OVAs are not as well-exposed compared to TV series. Without those positive word-of-mouth, it won't be as popular with newcomers. Even those newcomers are mostly restricted to mecha-fans IIRC.
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2016-03-20, 00:06 | Link #9 | |
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Still, the outcome will be depend on how staffs worked so Unicorn series make difference from the OVA. Overall series duration is longer than the OVAs, I do expect some difference so that Unicorn worked well as a series. |
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2016-03-20, 00:24 | Link #10 |
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That's not true. McG actually gave a lot more new information about the history of previous war & Gjallarhorn and even some twists through his conversation with Gaelio in the second cour. Saying further will be going far into OT & spoiler territories.
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2016-03-24, 08:32 | Link #13 |
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Anybody else getting that weird faint hope that they'll use Banaghers fate in the LN for the ending? I know its just a straight up tv version of the OVAs but still.
Honestly I just want extended battles for Unicorn, plus the infodump being handled better. |
2016-03-26, 20:38 | Link #20 |
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Not sure if these are new scenes but screen caps from latest promo video: http://gundamguy.blogspot.com/2016/0...6-tv.html#more
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