| Looks like Sunrise/Bandai are trying to do something like Danball Senki. I approve, looks like it will have better fights than Danball so I'm in. |
| Thanks for the news. Sounds pretty freakin' awesome. Can't wait, so I'll light up a blunt. |
| I liked g gundam so ill give this one a shot still waiting for Blu ray of turn A bandai |
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| If this is anything like the http://myanimelist.net/anime/9040/Mokei_Senshi_Gunpla_Builders_Beginning_G then I should have a blast with this series. |
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skudoops said: Tylerr said: Then its not gundam, its just some random game show. Its one thing to go a different direction with a story, a completely different thing to ignore 30 years of history and make something completely irrelevant. That pretty much sounds like G Gundam, Gundam 00, Gundam Wing, Gundam SEED etc.. and SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors lol Just realize something. I find it funny that while hundreds, thousands of people bitch and blindly assume AGE is gonna be for toddlers, I have never heard any insults about Brave Battle Warriors. That is a 51 episodes show and aired a year before AGE. |
Brigs77Jul 22, 2013 10:53 PM
skudoops said: Tylerr said: Ridiculous, how can you have gundam without characters being inside the mechs risking their lifes? Might as well be watching yugioh. That's the point really, they are going for the younger fanbase to deliver the mecha action without the heaviness of the Gundam plots. I'm guess Sunrise won't disappoint with the battles but there was something bugging me and this was it, gundam battles are all about risking everything with high stakes! I guess I'll just have to find out whether I like it or not when I watch a couple episodes. |
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| .... yeah >_> I'll just wait for origins. |
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| I don't get why they are doing this again, didn't they learn from the failures of AGE? I mean its fine if they want to branch out, but can we please get another Gundam series like 00. Its been a while since we've had a good Gundam t.v. series. Not counting Unicorn since those OVA's take a year in between. |
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| LOL, it's not a surprise to many fans of mecha gathered for this news :) As a fan of mecha myself, this gets an automatic ptw from me. I'm still struggling to contain my hype for more Valvrave this October, and now Sunrise decided to air {b]two mecha series at the same time?! Sweet!! :D It's feel like home when fans of Sunrise comment in here. Kaioshin_Sama said: Like look I'm a pretty huge fan of Sunrise, I like their sci-fi stuff a lot typically, I see that they do something like Love Live which isn't really for my demographic of fandom. I don't begrudge them for it and demand they do more Accel World or Horizon instead To be fair for Kyoani fans though, Accel World and Horizon are almost certain to have another season. Considering those show's popularity and Bandai's money, I'm sure they are just in queue behind the horde of other Sunrise shows from now to Spring 2014, while prospect for Haruhi S3 is very dim. Kaioshin_Sama said: My policy has always been the same, to give everything a chance. In Sunrises case I'm beyond doubting their ability to appeal to me now (it's like they can read my mind and know exactly I want out of an anime when I don't even know myself) and make the seemingly unworkable work after recent shows like Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere and Accel World managed it. Going in I expected to be underwhelmed by both and to drop them in short order, but instead I got probably the most unusual show I've seen in a long time and one of my favorite female characters of all time respectively. I even didn't mind Love Live all that much even though it's not really my thing so yeah. It's the issue of Sunrise's diversity vs. Kyoani conservatism again for me. I must applaud Kyoani's effort to branch out with Free! This is precisely what I have discussed with jmal a while ago about Kyoani's direction. In short, I was hoping that they follow Sunrise footsteps in diversification and they did just that! XD Granted it's difficult since every studio has its own way to approach the same material with animation. Kyoani knows what it does best and it is not quite sure how to import the trademarked brand of moeness into other settings just yet. With history lesson in mind, I'm surprised that people were disappointed with Sunrise trying to appeal to younger generations again. This is a studio that has survived through the years while many others failed by doing the exact same thing over and over: diversification. Your feeling about Accel World is the exact same way I felt. I might have not watched anime again if not for that anime. The thing about Sunrise's brand of animation that "clicked" with me is its fast paced and eventful plot, its proper care for characterization (characters in Sunrise's shows are always expressed as multidimensional people, not just typical clinches), and its treatment of viewers as adults who are trying to engage with the story. Valvarve, Love Live, Accel World are the recent testaments for this after a long line of iconic anime. A personal note, nothing beats Planetes as my number one sci-fi show precisely due to characterization. btw, Love Live! is still my favorite out of every anime I have watched after it XD |
ThangLongJul 31, 2013 2:05 AM
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Uriel_The_Fourth said: I don't get why they are doing this again, didn't they learn from the failures of AGE? I mean its fine if they want to branch out, but can we please get another Gundam series like 00. Its been a while since we've had a good Gundam t.v. series. Not counting Unicorn since those OVA's take a year in between. was betting that you're one of those people that only saw SEED, 00, and/or Wing and god damn i was right. And how the fucking hell is this has anything to do with AGE? unless the Mobile Suits makes appearance however AGE and 00 names are not in the list.  This is pretty much Gunpla Builders again combined with Gundam Breakers and the global tournament thing... uhh where did i hear that from... oh yeah, G GUNDAM. I wonder again... when G Gundam appears, the first alternate universe, i wonder how the fans of the original timeline react to that. |
Brigandi said: Uriel_The_Fourth said: I don't get why they are doing this again, didn't they learn from the failures of AGE? I mean its fine if they want to branch out, but can we please get another Gundam series like 00. Its been a while since we've had a good Gundam t.v. series. Not counting Unicorn since those OVA's take a year in between. was betting that you're one of those people that only saw SEED, 00, and/or Wing and god damn i was right. And how the fucking hell is this has anything to do with AGE? unless the Mobile Suits makes appearance however AGE and 00 names are not in the list. This is pretty much Gunpla Builders again combined with Gundam Breakers and the global tournament thing... uhh where did i hear that from... oh yeah, G GUNDAM. I wonder again... when G Gundam appears, the first alternate universe, i wonder how the fans of the original timeline react to that. Wait Gundam 00 or AGE mechs are not going to appear in this TV series? That sucks I was hoping to see AGE-2 Dark Hound again and Allelujah's Gundams. |
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Roloko said: Wait Gundam 00 or AGE mechs are not going to appear in this TV series? That sucks I was hoping to see AGE-2 Dark Hound again and Allelujah's Gundams. That's what i heard at least. one dude thinks its because they're the most recent. |
| Frankly I don't see this series being a huge success. Sure it will be interesting to see all of the different models but turning Gundam into a gaming anime doesn't seem like a great idea. Unless there is some killer twist that will make the stakes life or death, or some shocking reveal that the fights aren't really simulated, it seems like a bad fit for a franchise built around the horrors of war. For most Gundam fans to respect this show it will need to take a really, really dark turn. If not, it's likely to make AGE look like a Tomino series by comparison. |
skudoops said: Tylerr said: skudoops said: Tylerr said: Ridiculous, how can you have gundam without characters being inside the mechs risking their lifes? Might as well be watching yugioh. That's the point really, they are going for the younger fanbase to deliver the mecha action without the heaviness of the Gundam plots. Then its not gundam, its just some random game show. Its one thing to go a different direction with a story, a completely different thing to ignore 30 years of history and make something completely irrelevant. That pretty much sounds like G Gundam, Gundam 00, Gundam Wing, Gundam SEED etc.. Not particularly, because the shows you named were all true to the mature spirit of Gundam. Even G Gundam in spite of being very different stayed true to the inherent mature themes of the Gundam franchise. If this show is essentially bayblade with mechs it really has no business being associated with the Gundam franchise. The reason people are upset is because Gundam has a long established theme and a long record of quality. Taking that and turning it into a very typical shonen anime is pretty much a middle finger to the fans and it promises a greater decline in quality. I hope the series will pull a G Gundam and turn out to have a deep plot with serious life or death consequences. If it doesn't then i don't suspect it will be well received or well remembered by the fans. |
| It's funny how people are complaining that Build fighters are being aimed for children. Ever since 0079, Gundam has always been aimed for children. It just happens that it was able to appeal to a mature audiences. “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” ― C.S. Lewis Uriel_The_Fourth said: I mean its fine if they want to branch out, but can we please get another Gundam series like 00. Its been a while since we've had a good Gundam t.v. series. How cute. Yet you only have watched the three mainstream Gundam series. How about try watching 0079, The 08th MS Team or Zeta Gundam? |
skudoops said: Gundam has a record of quality, but sunrise has to expand the fanbase, fans of the original aren't going to be around forever (I believe this is one of the reasons they are remaking that as well). It's easier to ease kids into it using different premise but keeping the gundam battles. As with AGE you can see that kids don't want the heaviness of a traditional gundam storyline on them, so they are making a series that's more accessible to them. Like Wing and 00 are more accessible to teens than say Unicorn, 08th or Char's. Each series brings in new fans, plenty came in with Wing, Seed, 00 etc. I wasn't any older than the target demographic for build fighters when I jumped on board with Wing and have gone on to watch in part or in full every Gundam series made. There is no point in sacrificing a long standing standard of quality. There is no point in taking a high stakes, high drama franchise like Gundam and dumbing it down to resemble Yugioh or Bayblade. What's the point in even calling it Gundam if it's going to abandon everything that Gundam is supposed to be about? Even G-Gundam, which was a complete departure from the normal form managed to hold on to the same life or death stakes and the same high level of drama. Heck, the later episodes got dark as all hell. I'm not saying that this new series necessarily won't, but if it doesn't, if it turns out to be pokemon with robots then frankly it will be a black mark on the entire franchise. I'll watch it, same as I watched Age, but from what I've seen and heard so far I think well be begging for more Age before this thing is done. |
| Based on this it doesn't look too promising... The creative team at least looks semi-decent. |
ERmixon said: skudoops said: Gundam has a record of quality, but sunrise has to expand the fanbase, fans of the original aren't going to be around forever (I believe this is one of the reasons they are remaking that as well). It's easier to ease kids into it using different premise but keeping the gundam battles. As with AGE you can see that kids don't want the heaviness of a traditional gundam storyline on them, so they are making a series that's more accessible to them. Like Wing and 00 are more accessible to teens than say Unicorn, 08th or Char's. Each series brings in new fans, plenty came in with Wing, Seed, 00 etc. I wasn't any older than the target demographic for build fighters when I jumped on board with Wing and have gone on to watch in part or in full every Gundam series made. There is no point in sacrificing a long standing standard of quality. There is no point in taking a high stakes, high drama franchise like Gundam and dumbing it down to resemble Yugioh or Bayblade. What's the point in even calling it Gundam if it's going to abandon everything that Gundam is supposed to be about? Even G-Gundam, which was a complete departure from the normal form managed to hold on to the same life or death stakes and the same high level of drama. Heck, the later episodes got dark as all hell. I'm not saying that this new series necessarily won't, but if it doesn't, if it turns out to be pokemon with robots then frankly it will be a black mark on the entire franchise. I'll watch it, same as I watched Age, but from what I've seen and heard so far I think well be begging for more Age before this thing is done. On some level I sort of agree with you, on another I know how Sunrise is capable of just completely pulling the rug out from people time after time and surprising when it comes to themes and what the characters end up going through. AGE is kind of the exception in that it was essentially the brainchild of Level 5 more than anything whereas this looks like their producers are taking more direct control over matters and want to steer it in a clear direction. Also Yosuke Kuroda a veteran sci-fi/mecha writer fills me with far more confidence than Akihiro Hino who makes video games for children for a living, not anime. I only think Gundam AGE really messed things up with Kio's development (though of course this is a huge problem that snowballs through the last arc as he's supposed to be one of our focus/lead characters along with Flit and Asemu) though and it made the last arc far less than it could have been. Flit was a fairly well realized character in my book and kind of unique for the franchise in that you got to see him grow up and go through various phases and beliefs in his life and was probably the most consistent character. By contrast Kio's development made almost no sense to me as he meets one sick civilian girl from the enemy nations side and has a brief chat with their leader then instead of taking that experience with him and maybe learning some maturity with regard to what happens during war and how it effects civilians he essentially turns on his own allies, describes the enemies absolute dictator/war monger as a good man, and his actions start costing good people their lives when it could be easily preventable since he keeps saving enemy commanders lives and allowing his own people to get taken out in the process. It just reflects really badly on him and makes him look outright stupid and anything but a hero thinking that the people he is fighting like Zanald are somehow all innocent misunderstood tragedies of war instead of the cause of it and even more painfully naive rather than virtuous and honorable which I have to imagine is what they were actually going for. Like at least for all his Jesusness Kira Yamato could at least tell the difference between friend and foe. Extremely poorly handled main character that Kio, honestly probably the worst in the franchise aside from Shinn Asuka. |
PeacingOutAug 9, 2013 11:42 AM
Kaioshin_Sama said: Extremely poorly handled main character that Kio, honestly probably the worst in the franchise aside from Shinn Asuka. I think Hathaway Noa might hold that title. Bright's idiot son who for some reason is a protagonist in CC. He steals a GM while trying to get with his enemy girlfriend and gets a good portion of the cast killed while selfishly perusing a chick. He sort of amounted to the anti-gundam protagonist. Where a Gundam protagonist typically is a civilian who gets into a cockpit and has mad skill Hathaway didn't know WTF he was doing and bumbled his way into causing the deaths of multiple good guys and infuriatingly survived to the end, luckily that was fixed later.  |
ERmixon said: Kaioshin_Sama said: Extremely poorly handled main character that Kio, honestly probably the worst in the franchise aside from Shinn Asuka. I think Hathaway Noa might hold that title. Bright's idiot son who for some reason is a protagonist in CC. He steals a GM while trying to get with his enemy girlfriend and gets a good portion of the cast killed while selfishly perusing a chick. He sort of amounted to the anti-gundam protagonist. Where a Gundam protagonist typically is a civilian who gets into a cockpit and has mad skill Hathaway didn't know WTF he was doing and bumbled his way into causing the deaths of multiple good guys and infuriatingly survived to the end, luckily that was fixed later. The difference is he ends up paying for his stupidity in big ways by the time of Hathaway's Flash and is more than made an example of then anything. Kio isn't outright rewarded for his actions, but he sure as hell isn't made to suffer many of the consequences for them so much as his allies are and what are supposed to be I guess his strengths of character end up coming across as glaring flaws which is also a weird vibe to that last arc. That's what left me with a sick feeling in the end more than anything, like some of these people didn't need to die but did because of Kio's inability to act without good enough cause. |
Allenkilla1 said: I agree kashim said: They sure as hell did not do their homework after Gundam AGE 'massive success'. I couldn't agree anymore and I just wished they have characters which are similar to Gundam 00/Seed IMO 00 also has the best story line although I have not started unicorn yet |
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| Looks like this will be a shitty show for me |
Stark700 said: Some cast members announced: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-08-09/mikako-komatsu-sachi-kokuryu-yuichi-nakamura-kotono-mitsuishi-lead-gundam-build-fighters-anime-cast A very ecletic cast, I'd say ;) - I loved Mikako's voice on Joey in "Heroman" and I liked her as Marika in "Space Pirates" and as Yuma on the "Towa no Quon" movies, so it surely is a good fit ;) - Suprised to know that Reiji will be voiced by a female seiyuu (I was surely thinking it would be a male one (well, that's what thought when I saw the character's artwork) - surely the most suprising casting for me). I like Sachi's work on "Cross Fight B-Daman" as Subaru - I'm curious to hear her voicing Reiji - Nice casting as well for the veterans Yuichi Nakamura (Kyousuke in "Oreimo", various roles in "Inazuma Eleven" and "Danball Senki", etc... + the only one in the cast so far with Gundam experience) as an experienced italian Gunpla player (and also a stud) and Kotono Mitsuishi (the eternal voice of Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in "Sailor Moon") as Sei's beautiful mother |
LAboy456Aug 14, 2013 8:06 AM
ERmixon said: Frankly I don't see this series being a huge success. Sure it will be interesting to see all of the different models but turning Gundam into a gaming anime doesn't seem like a great idea. Unless there is some killer twist that will make the stakes life or death, or some shocking reveal that the fights aren't really simulated, it seems like a bad fit for a franchise built around the horrors of war. For most Gundam fans to respect this show it will need to take a really, really dark turn. If not, it's likely to make AGE look like a Tomino series by comparison. By the trailer and what I've been hearing this series looks more like just one big huge Gunpla commercial to boost model sales with it bringing various UC, AC, and CE Gundam models into the series while trying to get a newer generation into the franchise. I think Sunrise already knows this won't sell well in the DVD/Blu-ray category anyways nor suspect this will have spectacular TV ratings either. Also does this show really have to take a dark turn for people in the franchise to respect it? You can have a great series if the characters and plot are properly developed without a body count. >_> I see this having a better success than AGE at least cause there is going to be no cramming three generations into 49 episodes which makes it rushed and supporting characters left underdeveloped. I really hope this series will be 4 cour like the usual Gundam series. Besides I'm pretty sure The Origins will be next after Sunrise finishes up Unicorn. So just be patient. |
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| Another childish Gundam. Sunrise sucks nowadays. |
| another gundam for childs ._. |
| I'll go check it out. Somehow they made card games and top shows serious, so how is this going to work out? I watched Beginner G and it's so silly ^-^; But get to see a variety of models. This may be a good chance. It's lik,e if your Gunpla breaks, it's the end of the world. Or it's like your friend dies, "SAZABIIIIIIIIIII!" Maybe this is like a nekketsu-sports anime? |
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Roloko said: I really hope this series will be 4 cour like the usual Gundam series "Mushibugyo", the series that GBF will replace from its time schedule, is a 2 cour series - which makes me wonder if GBF's going to be a 2 cour series as well or will be a 4 cour (or almost) series just like many of the Gundam series... |
melina_putri said: I'm more worried whether this series is going to get subbed or not. Me too (or any raws at all)... :( |
LAboy456Aug 17, 2013 5:04 AM
Some mecha design looks quite good: |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
airidas20th said: Another childish Gundam. [yt]umDr0mPuyQc[yt] Sunrise sucks nowadays. yeah sure. i guess that automatically means that Origin, Unicorn ep 7 and G-Reko made by mother fucking Tomino is gonna be shit huh? do i really need to hear that type of fucking bull shit from someone who only watched SEED and 00? Phantom-Killer said: another gundam for childs ._. you act like they've never done it before :/  if ignorance is a bliss, people must be happy mother fuckers |
Brigs77Aug 18, 2013 12:08 AM
| Oh hay gaiz wat u think of new gundam series where you can battle irl with gundam models so kids will actually buy them cause bandai isnt doing hot with dem sales numbers lately... You know because our gundam titles been sucking hehe. |
TokyoRyo said: Oh hay gaiz wat u think of new gundam series where you can battle irl with gundam models so kids will actually buy them cause bandai isnt doing hot with dem sales numbers lately... and you get that info from where exactly? |
symbv said: Some mecha design looks quite good: Iv'e never seen a gundam+guntank in the series before, this must be a character getting creative with the build parts. Brigandi said: yeah sure. i guess that automatically means that Origin, Unicorn ep 7 and G-Reko made by mother fucking Tomino is gonna be shit huh? I notice we don't have a MAL entry for G-REKO yet. |
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| Going to watch it, because hey, what's not to love about plastic models fighting each other? |
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VioLink said: symbv said: Some mecha design looks quite good: Iv'e never seen a gundam+guntank in the series before, this must be a character getting creative with the build parts. It was done in MSG 0079 |
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| are they ever going to give crossbone gundam a tv series? also wheres my dvd/blu ray of Turn A gundam >:( ill give this one a fair chance |
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