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Caspar · **09-07-2015, 09:28 PM**

(09-07-2015, 04:09 PM)Oroban Wrote: I think the biggest thing that ruins Gundam shows honestly is a tossup between Tomino himself and side materials released later. Stuff like "Oh, G-Reco happens 500 years after Turn A". Something he said recently in an interview that he never mentioned to anyone ever, and none of his staff even had any clue...especially since all the print materials for gunpla and such said that Turn A was the end point of the UC timeline...I guess not any more! Or the 08th MS Team novels, where in the sake of being 'more realistic to war', Kiki Rosita is gangraped by Federation soldiers and kills herself by biting her tongue off. No thank you.

Tomino is crazy and actively hates his fanbase, so you get an idea of why his work ends up so choppy and archaic. When properly motivated and still relevant, Tomino was great, as in Turn A, but I dunno. I haven't finished it yet but I find G-Reco a really uninspired work. I never liked Tomino's directing style, his clipped dialogue, his awkward "natural" vocal direction, his sudden, claustrophobic cuts in action sequences. His moments of randomness are hilarious and yet you're not really sure if he means for you to take them seriously. (The random fistfights, the toilet in G-Reco, the boxing episode in King Gainer, the pig zoom in Turn A.) I feel he's an immensely creative force and has a lot of useful points of view that still need to be expressed to newer generations. It's just his crotchety nature and bald-faced instability really sabotages his ability to reach anyone.

His old work was great but it's not aged well. It's still classic and worthy of watching, especially Turn A and Zeta, but I dunno. I think he's played out, honestly.

On an unrelated note, SEED is interesting in that I can perceive what they were trying to do with it. It's basically just OYW updated to a new setting and dolled up to bring in the same crowd that was fond of Wing when they were young. It removes some of the Tomino weirdness and tries to make it a more modern anime. I would not say it's one of the best installments of the franchise (And I particularly hate Hirai the character designer's artwork.), but it was at least average at worst.

Destiny was likewise an attempt to replicate Zeta's success and bring it to a new generation. Kira is Amuro, Shinn is Kamille. Full stop. The problem was when the director and writers attempted to divert from their unoriginal game plan and try to do something new. Something new and horrible. There's a thousand and one reasons why Destiny went wrong, but I still personally feel it is the franchise's lowest point by a huge margin.

Any Gundam Fans Here?

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