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The Gundam |OT| Destiny is something we all have to deal with
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Is Gundam Wing recommended? I've seen it mentioned occasionally and just noticed it's on Crunchyroll, figured I could give it a shot if people think it's good.
It's dumb fun, I don't think you could say it's conventionally good from a writing perspective.
The 0080 masters were in shambles, frames cut, missing, water damaged, Justin bad shape. For the BD release this year, they essentially had to remake the series using the original material, scanning every cell frame by frame.
Which is why 0080 came so muchblater than everything else
What are the recommended Gundams to watch right now according to fans?
I've seen so far the movie trilogy of the original series, Unicorn, 08th MS Team, Build Fighters, part of G Gundam (gonna finish that one up), 00 and Iron Blooded Orphans. Tried watching Turn A Gundam and Reconguista but had a real hard time getting into them (the second one just freakin' me out for being so...weird...like, nothing-anyone-does-makes-sense-weird).
There weren't backups for the masters? I'd expect a company with as much success as Sunrise to do that, at least.
I remember there also being a ton of recycled animation as well, which took away from my enjoyment of the show.
So, based on the bolded kinda sounds like Tomino, specifically later Tomino, isn't for you. (So avoid Gundam F91 and Victory Gundam) How'd you feel abotu the OG Gundam trilogy movies?
I'd say any of Gundam the Origin would be good for you, that's a fantastic, modern redo of the original Gundam and many seem to universally agree that it's gold. If you liked the original trilogy then Zeta Gundam is also a good watch. 0083 is, imo, a great watch too if you liked 8th MS Team. 0080 is another must and many consider it the single greatest Gundam side story. Char's Counterattack is also good if you end up liking Zeta.
Yeah there is, a lot of reused shots of the Heavy Arms firing and such.
Somehow 0080 had nothing useable, a problem no other Gundam series had. Even 0079 still had great tapes
What Holly is saying is just some rumor. Sunrise is very protective of their original camera negatives, to an extent that they rarely use those for the HD transfers. Most if not all Gundam productions are instead scanned from brand new interpositives struck from the original camera negative.
My guess is that 0080 took so long because Sunrise puts a lot of care in their remasters most of the time. According to Justin Sevakis, Sunrise films scans are often done at a film scanning facility in L.A, though he doesn't know if Gundam productions are scanned there too.
Hey GundamEra! I've become hooked on Versus and have started my Gunpla collection only very recently. Glad to be amongst yous.
I'm open to trying anything, I'll gladly give these a shot. Thanks!
Edit: Forgot to answer the question.
I liked it, but I definetly think I don't need to watch through the original series after watching the movies. The show has still this very cheap and dated look which is honestly pretty hard to get through, when I tried watching the original series (which is why I was recommended the movies by a friend).
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Victory has been particularly divisive in the previous threads, but I personally love it.
Victory Gundam has its moments and at times is quite dark. It has some Zeta type tendencies, but overall I would not recommend it. The V2 Assault Buster is one of my favorite Full Armor configurations for a Gundam though.
Wait, where is this from?
IIRC the SEED Character Theatre. Haven't seen that in years, but I remember it was pretty hilarious.
After looking it up it seems to be subbed on YouTube, here's episode 1:
https://youtu.be/RY7Q9wCqJCk
If you like Zeta, you will most likely like Victory as well. Definitely a top 3 of mine. Then again, I like all the Tomino series.
I loved Zeta, but I'm having a hard time getting through Victory. :(
Also, the more I think about it, the more "Reset Era" sounds like a Gundam AU calendar.
Hi GundamEra!
Been rewatching Unicorn (and actually paying attention rather than just leaving it on the background) and i'm loving all these call backs to older series. In the australia episode, is that tall debris the same as the training scene from 0083?
Been rewatching Unicorn (and actually paying attention rather than just leaving it on the background) and i'm loving all these call backs to older series. In the australia episode, is that tall debris the same as the training scene from 0083?
Yes it is the same area. Torrington Base was built in the outskirts of where the colony drop happened. Both that episode and the beginning episodes of 0083 occur there.
The second they announced the name that is literally all I could think.
That's a shame about the masters. Do you have a link to how they went about with the restoration process?
Hullo, GundamERA! I'm new around here.
Recently enjoying IBO and trying to gather some motivation to build my MG Turn X :^))
Recently enjoying IBO and trying to gather some motivation to build my MG Turn X :^))
I'm not a big fan of Wing. I think lots of people enjoyed Wing based off the nostalgia factor of watching it on Toonami back in the days.
If you are region free, buy the French Blu-ray. It has English subtitles and the original mono soundtrack you're seeking (plus the 5.1 track with new sound effects, voice acting and different music). The US Blu-ray only has the 5.1 track.
Picture quality is also quite good. Screencaps: https://imgbox.com/g/FO06GS7fVo
That only just some unsubstantiated rumor that's probably not even true.
The most likely scenario is that 0080 only got a 4K transfer just recently because Sunrise took their sweet time. They've been digitizing their Gundam collection in HD at a slow pace since the second half of the 2000s. Some Blu-rays, such as Gundam Wing and 0083, use HD transfers that were made back in 2006.
Oh, wait a minute. Isn't there supposed to be a dub for IBO season 2? Even though I don't really watch dubs, my brother hates watching anime and reading subtitles, but really liked IBO for some reason.
Yes its the best Gundam before 2000s. Its required mecha viewing.
It's only been half a year since IBO ended, and I'm already missing watching Gundam on a weekly basis. I watch reruns on Gundaminfo but I want a new one. When can we expect a new 4-cour series? I don't mind UC or AC, but if it's UC i wish it'll build off of Unicorn.
I love Unicorn. Most of the journey are basically retreads of major events in past Gundams. The characters and organizations are also call backs to those that are in the previous ones.
No, this is just third hand shit that I had heard around mechatalk and on some podcasts that I took at face value, but now that I look, I see no actual credible original sources. Probably just a Gundam urban legend, lol
This is untrue. I would put it below everything in the UC pre-2000 except maybe F91 and prefer both G and X to it. The series is kinda grinding, it's okay but worth it mainly for the FANTASTIC Endless Waltz.
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It's the worst Gundam series in my opinion.
Either an AU calendar or a Tomino character name.
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Is it the same audio from the old Bandai DVD release of the movie trilogy? I've been procrastinating on picking up the BD set.
The old Bandai DVDs only have the 5.1 track.
In case anyone here was wondering how different the two tracks sound, here's the:
Original theatrical mono
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5.1
Okay the show probably sucks but that voice is hilarious, he sounds like Krusty the Clown with a even worse smokers voice.