Black_Kenshin said: Everybody keeps saying Gainax only does over the top stuff, but that wasn't the case with the original Gunbuster. The first Gunbuster series was rooted very sternly in real science, even to the point of aging less while moving at the speed of light. The second series got more crazy, more true to Gainax style; still it was built on the premise of the original, only fast-forwarded a few centuries... or was it millennia?
Then there was Eva, which took basic scientific concepts and assumed certain theories were true. Despite the awesome power of the Evas, they were generally limited in what they could do, except when their pilots "lost" or "freed" their minds. Then all bets were off.
Finally, you've got TTGL, one of the most outrageous(ly wonderful) mecha shows ever created. In truth, this one is a super robot series moreso than a mecha. Even so, only an idiot would say the series wasn't epic.
On the other hand, you have Sunrise, who has constantly put out the (at least on the basic level) scientifically sound Gundam metaseries, and then followed it up with the very popular (and deservedly so, in my opinion) Code Geass. While some of their suits (see Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice) do manage to surpass the limits of the realistic fiction within the series, only 00-Raiser has thus far been able to surpass the absolute limits of realism and enter the impossible realm.
So here's the thing: Gainax can do Gundam. I have no doubt in my mind that they could put out a show along similar lines, and that it would be well done and awesome. They can also do Gainax: the craziness of fighting on top of galaxies with mecha that can reach across the universe.
Naturally, Sunrise can do Gundam, and despite what many may believe, they're damn good at it. In fact, when it comes to mecha, nobody has a record or repertoire like Sunrise. But they haven't proven to me that they can effectively work outside those Gundam lines and do Gainax. Code Geass, as far as I know, is the series that came closest, and it didn't even reach Bones' Eureka Seven.
As a writer, my stories routinely cross the line between realism and impossibility. If I were to choose a group to do a story of mine, it would have to be Gainax, simply because they have displayed a flexibility that Sunrise has not.
Sunrise made G Gundam, every entry in the Braves series (most famously GaoGaiGar), Ideon and (the more obscure) Overman King Gainer. So... not really. |