Anyone like any Gundam?

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Title is self explanatory. Be it UC, AU, etc, are there any other Gundam fans on Bulbagarden? I can't be alone in my love!

(I wasn't able to dig up a recent Gundam thread, though please correct me I failed at search)
 
I only ever watched G Gundam, and according to pretty much all gundam fans I've ever talked to, that's their least favorite. I really enjoyed it though. I don't really have any other series to compare it to since I never watched any others...except a few minutes of SD gundam, or whatever it was called.
 
I liked G pretty well, much better than Wing and SEED. Silly as it was (which it's supposed to be, since it's a super robot show), it was a pretty fun series with a really likable cast. I didn't hate a single character IIRC, at worst I was just neutral to some and had varying degrees of like for the rest (<3 Kyoji).

My heart still lies with the Universal Century (main timeline) series though. I got in through 08th MS Team instead of Wing (the gateway drug for most fans from my generation), so I center most of my fangirling around that, 0080, Mobile Suit Gundam, Zeta, etc.

I do not and never have played nice with Wing. I could ramble for days like a grumpy old lady about all the reasons I think it's an overrated piece of flashy crap :U
 
I'm still watching Gundam SEED, but its been pretty good so far. Poor Niccol.

Most powerful moment I would have to say involved none of the main characters, but was instead the sacrifice of Admiral Halburton's fleet so that the Archangel could land on Earth: That ship is vital to the survival of our nation, we cannot allow the enemy to get through. So pin your honour to the 8th Armada! Show them the strength of Earth!

You win, Admiral.
 
If you want to see a really powerful/depressing series, watch Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket. I rewatched it last week with a friend, and we're still feeling the effects. By far one of the best anti-war series ever (and definitely one of the best Gundam series), but my god it knocks the wind outta' you. While the writing is some of the best I've ever seen in anime, it makes the ending almost sadistic for us poor souls watching.

It's no Gundam Wing mah boy, no Gundam Wing.
 
I've been watching Gundam 00 (even bought the Manga) and I really like that. I just finished up the first season, and will be moving on to the second when it comes out on DVD. I know there are lots of other Gundam series out there, I just don't know where to begin, although I do plan on going for the origional next.
 
Gundam 00 is by far my best Gundam to date.

GO PATRICK!
 
I love gundam, favorites are 0079, MS Team, Turn-A,Wing, and Zeta. I really like 00, but I stopped watching it for no reason at all. (I think the real reason is that I wanted to watch it in english, but then didn't really like the english and forgot to watch it because I never watch Syfy anyways... but I do really like it and I should try to re-watch it)

I guess I had other quirks with it as well.
I liked it better in the very beginning where the gundams were like terrorists rather than liberators. I just thought the idea of a gundam show from the extremist perspective, playing devil's advocate was interesting. Plus I also thought they could do a change of heart story where the main character decides what he's doing is wrong and goes against celestial being, facing his former gundam comrades. Also it would create that lone hope in the gundam story that I liked in 0079.

I realize this still may have happened given I didn't see the whole series, but I want to, so don't spoil it for me. If I'm wrong just say "Your wrong!" and leave it at that, lol!

I saw the preview to Unicorn and I really, really, really want to see it! I might go to the preview in San Francisco to watch it next week, but I really don't want to pay Japanese sized money for the individual DVDs, so I'm waiting for the eventual boxset... but it's a painful wait because the preview was awesome! (I liked it even better than 00, and 00 had an excellent intro!)

I guess I should also say that I think I was brainwashed into liking the original gundam (0079), because I remember first watching it on Cartoon Network and feeling it was okay and watchable, but dated. However, I had an uncle that was basically a gundam otaku, and now that I knew what his models were for I got a bit more into their designs. Next thing you know my dad got be the boxset for a birthday gift and I re-watched (this time both with the subs and dub episodes) everything again and got really into it. Then I was buying char's counterattack, and the next thing you know I was buying the special limited edition Char Gamecube and playing the heck out of the gamecube gundam game. (To which I am still addicted and have urges to play, but I don't want to mess up my Japanese game cube and can't remember where I put my freeloader, but the second I find it, that baby is going back in it!). Also now the original gundam gives me the nostalgic feeling, especially when ever I hear that Char attack theme music.
 
I love the gundam franchise. My favorites: 8th MS Team, 0083, 0079, Gundam Wing, and Gundam Seed/Destiny.

I wish I had the japanese Gundam Ed. DS Lite.
 
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I've only seen the UC trilogy and G Gundam.
My favorites are ZZ and G. Most Gundam purists despise me for that.
 
G Gundam's the only one I ever got in to.

But I've been thinking of trying out UC lately, especially with Unicorn Gundam going on now.
 
used to before it stopped showing play alot of the games now though on the PS3 etc
 
Hm, a sense of familiarity from Gundam.com in this thread... D:

Glow said:
I've only seen the UC trilogy and G Gundam.
My favorites are ZZ and G. Most Gundam purists despise me for that.
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Very little is needed to irritate those fellows.

ZZ Gundam particularly. Interestingly enough, it's just that that when I watched ZZ I said "... well, this isn't as bad as everyone said it was". This isn't to say it was really good, but the hate is so blown out of proportion, that I went in with expectations so low, and I never really thought it got THAT bad. Then again, I'm also tolerant of 70s/80s sci-fi camp, which ZZ was packed with, so that helped.

Anyhow my favorite series are Z, G, and Turn-A.

Haven't seen V Gundam at all, though.
 
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM!!!!

AIN'T NO SCHOOL LIKE THE OLD SCHOOL.

But in all seriousness, I'm in the process of watching every episode of Gundam ever made in chonoligical order, and the only series I've finished as of now is Mobile Suit.

I saw a few episodes of others on tv before Cartoon Network killed Toonami (those bastards).
 
Yeah, I like Gundam. SEED, Wing and 00 were the best.
 
Well...so far I've seen:
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (first Gundam series I saw)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Both seasons)

and half of the original Mobile Suit Gundam. Liking it so far =3
 
I love GUNDAM I myself have not watched the new ones but it was Gundam seed that made me love anime... Go Strikefreedom yeah... Gundam 00 the movie was WTF!
 
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