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"I gave enemy MS weird names, like Gelgoog, to harass the higher ups. They okay'd all the names that I thought there was no way would pass. That's when I realized that these people didn't actually care about the show. I really thought M'Quve was a stretch. I really hated Char's name. He's Char because he appears swiftly (Shaa = SFX for swift wind).
On the other hand, the only name they complained about was Amuro's wich I had spent the longest time on. They said it sounded too weak for a MC but it's true ! He was weak !"

Tomino in 2015 said:
I want to completely reject this work. These kind of results are the full responsibility of the director. If you should by some mistake watch this Blu-ray, try looking for what’s bad in ‘Mobile Suit V Gundam’. If even one person notices, then I believe that there will have been meaning in releasing this Blu-ray.

One of your very first anime roles was the narrator in Mobile Suit Victory Gundam. What do you remember from those days?

Jouji Nakata: Gundam was pretty famous even then, but I had never watched it. Even though I read the whole script, I didn't know how to play the part. So I had to talk with Yoshiyuki Tomino, the series director. Now when I watch that narration or any stuff related to Gundam, I feel embarrassed. Tomino was kind of scary (laughs). The thing is, many professionals started their careers with Gundam. Now we are all veterans, even if we don't see each other as often.

Why was Tomino scary?

Because Tomino was very passionate about the series. Although he wasn't the sound director, he gave lots of direction during the process. He had a lot of passion and wanted to be part of the whole thing.

Tomino in 2014 said:
I’ve come to realize that asking Sid Mead [to do mechanical designs for the series] was a mistake. I was already a fan of his preexisting works, so I gave him free rein to do as he wanted. Actually, somewhere along the line I felt like there was something a little off with the designs he’d submitted, but by that time things were too far along to change their trajectory.

Gundam made by other people are all shit including the Origin. I can’t stand to watch even 5 minutes of them.