I am watching Gundam (my impressions are...) (lemmygrad.ml)

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I am watching Gundamn I (the movie version, but I think there is a 1979 series).

I watched the recent movie that was for the new anime. And some of the series (maybe the 1979 one) on Hextube, I think.

Holy shit, the animation shows it's age but that's fine; it reminds me of the original Dragon Ball (the very first one, not Z or Super or Daima)... Although, I think that the original Dragon Ball looked better. Also, Amuro slaps Fraw Bow, dammit! I mean, okay, he's just a kid, but still. Though the awesome blonde lady slapped Kai (I think that was his name, anyway). I can tell that Char is a fan-favorite, but I know next to nothing about the series of Gundam, beyond Gundam Seed and G Gundam (both of which I saw as a child).

Even though the Zakus are the lesser mobile suits, I really like them. Zeon has some cool aesthetics. And Char is an even match for Amuro, the famous "machine hobbyist," despite using Zaku that can be destroyed in one hit (I think the first kill is Gene and then... Denim? i forgor their name). Crown also dies.

Also, lol, I like how Amuro has to resort to a manual constantly throughout the movie. It is genuinely endearing. And he's tired after the second battle in space during the movie. It's... relatable.

So there are two timelines to this series?

What else do I watch from this series?

(Also, good on Fraw for talking back to Amuro after the second altercation in space; in G Gundam on Toonami, the main female character that was also a love interest just got shouted out and told to shut up constantly by the main character).

Your thoughts?

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Watch next the Zeta series (which is the logical sequel to the 1979 movies). Then watch ZZ (and endure the very boring first half of the series), the movie (Char's Counterattack) and finally Gundam unicorn. I think this sequence is the best progression of the original 1979 story. After this, Gundam Hathaway is the next thing to watch, if you want to keep the original chronology.

I don't know why all this slapping. It's a general cliche of Gundam, characters slapping each other for dramatical reasons (also search Bright slap jokes). However watching with a 2025 mind, it just seems weird as hell. Zeta and ZZ are full of slapping scenes as well.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

noice

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

So there are two timelines to this series?

Here's a guide for you (some spoilers inside). You can start any timeline from the start or even jump straight into any show, like the new Gquuuuuux which for all intents and purposes is in it's own timeline.

My introduction to the series was with Turn A Gundam (∀ Gundam), which is technically after the main timeline, but also is it's own thing and watching it first was pretty great! I recommend it. Or Gquuuuuux or The Witch from Mercury if you want something new.

I've watched 0079 and Z as well, but I still have to watch ZZ and the movie...

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Nice.

Also, I noticed that there are themes of gender, masculinity, and demogoguery (the Sieg Zeon scene being a good example at the end).

Interesting series so far...

Will watch the second movie soon.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Welcome to the fandom! The 1979 series wasn’t what the creator originally had in mind, until he went to see Star Wars and decided to tweak several things. While the TV series flopped, the compilation movies were a hit, and a franchise was born.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Ah, so the 1979 series is, I guess, a bit useless.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It’s longer and has some characters and events that got cut from the movies for time (like Challia Bull, a one-off who got a bigger role in the what-if GQuuuuuux timeline).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I am guessing that the 1979 series is either canon but not shown in the movies (that is, all the scenes that were not shown are "true") or it's possibly canon (in that they take ideas from the defunct 1979 series, same way George Lucas took ideas from the Expanded Universe / Legends novels, comics, video games, etc. for Star Wars: The Clone Wars CGI series).

Which one, I wonder?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I think the TV series is more canon. The Japanese don’t really have a concept of strict canon, it seems. So much other anime and manga in the Gundam universe takes place during UC 0079. 08th MS Team, War in the Pocket, Blue Destiny, Space to the End of a Flash, Cucuruz Doan’s Island, Thunderbolt, and how many video games?

Honestly? Just roll with it and enjoy it. Figure out canonicity later.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Sounds good.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Oho, gotcha.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The series is goated I would watch it, in any case it's fun background noise. It's appealingly cheesy.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Noted!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also, damn, Ensign Bright smacking Amuro like that! So. Much. Punching and smacking. In. This. Movie.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I'm pretty sure I'm at "Slap #5" with Garma's lover being, well, suffering battery from her father.

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