Kidou Senshi Gundam: GQuuuuuuX Episode 6 Discussion

I feel that Season 1 of Arcane spoiled me rotten giving me hope that animated media could have really thorough storyboards that would allow the viewer to jump in to a new universe with a pre-established world and characters and get a whole picture of it without the need to have previous experience with the universe or having sidenotes on who is who. Having to read cheat notes on reddit just to get a grasp on all this techno-jargon and new clowns introduced that allegedly I'm supposed to feel intimidated because they were some big shots in other Gundam series feels like a chore and just lazy franchise ad for the already hardcore veterans that have watched most if not all of previous series. It's like Gigukk said "oh look, they are doing the thing" and that feels like it's the highlight of the series so far, just fanservice for the OG Gundam fans.

Back to this episode. It's ridiculous how many of us average anime watchers clowned on Domekano because most of the gears set in motion were by cheesy drama triggered because not a single idiot in that universe had the decency to put a lock up their doors. Here we have the same stupid mentality where Annqi and Chalia set up a meeting in some secluded area in order to show their cards, but she just blurts the whole secret meeting plans in her own office with an unlocked door where any idiot like Machu can sneak in and conveniently listen to the whole plan. That's cheap writting not to mention some really bad character writing on an established char like Annqi.

Meh, whatever, sunk cost fallacy is a bich, so I guess I'll just autopilot until the end of the first cour and cut my loses there.

It doesn't have to be, but it wouldn't hurt to be beginner friendly in order to get more new viewers. From a business standing point it's highly questionable not to invest more resources to get more viewership and thus more revenue selling merchandise.



As someone that actually knows how cinematography works (use of assets like lighting, framing and choreography) this show it's just barely ok. A lot of the mech fights are quite messy and hard to follow and even the moments that are meant to be dramatic and carried by the characters are rather flat, nothing outstands in terms of character animation or highlighting important issues to be brought upon later on. Heck quite the opposite, it has already placed Machu and Mya in bikini wardrobe and a loli putting her pilot suit in order to keep it's horny audience entertained.



In a cut-throat universe where you can be smashed by a rogue pilot in a mech or just being persecuted by not paying your debts, her sloppy attitude should have gotten killed her already. Again, her stupid slip up doesn't match her character writing that previously depicted her as a smart and careful negotiator.



But in this particular universe of Gundam it hasn't being pointed out that rulers are stupid and complete incompetents that were chosen by an orange monkey based on loyalty and not by skill. Your point is moot.



This is just cheap weabo excuses to patch up bad and contrived writing. Again, this is why bad writing gets a lot of praise by ignorant and easy to please people.

It's both, art stopped being about human feat long time ago. Gundam franchise as far as I know has been surviving on gunpla sales. It would be silly and chidlish to think that the investors of this ip are doing it just for the art and not for the revenue.



Well, like I said, this is bad writing for ignorant people with a low bar. So I guess this level of writing is right your alley with flat characters with a horny drive (your lousy defense of horny content and your Asuka avatar pretty much says "I'm in for the horny content rather than the good writing"). And I heavily disagree with the mech choreography. The fight where shuji impaled the mature pilot with a grudge felt quite janky on how he miraculously teleported behind her with nothing in the animation to explain with visuals how he did it.



And likewise some of the top titles have no fanservice and can entirely rely on it's writing and execution. I seriously doubt that GQuacks can do it alone without pandering the horny weebs.



It would be boring for people with a low bar like you. For people like me it would be far more interesting to "brief" Machu about Annqi's agenda in some other way that would even expand it's world and other characters while keeping Annqi's character writing pristine. But meh, your bar is that mistakes happen and that's great writing, so there's no point on my behalf on educating you.



And yet Shuuji is a flawless pilot that can even win while having a cold. But that's not boring am I right?

But back on track, I'm not asking for characters that act like machines. I'm asking for character writing that can stick to it's roots rather than just rely on "hurr durr shit happenz tehe pero"

Art is very subjective. What you're doing with your mental gymnastics is to gaslight others into thinking that a banana taped to a wall it's worthy of thousands of dollars. It's too soon, but so far basing my point on how not well received this iteration of Gundam has been so far in this forum, I'd say that it's going to take a lot of elbow grease on behalf of the anime staff to turn it into the shiny gem that you are seeing now thru rose tinted glasses.

I'll die on this hill, great pieces of entertainment have managed to make it big without having to rely to cheap fanservice for the horny and ignorant teens.

@Kimurah Why do you think fanservice is something works have to rely on rather than just...part of the work.
It's like saying "this show is just relying on good music, it's just relying on charming characters". It's part of the whole. Idk why you single out fanservice of the sexual kind and not all the other fanservice this has, like mechs, duh.

I would say it's kind of a ridiculous thing to say anyway when a masterpiece like Evangelion has vas amounts of fanservice, but I see you've given that a 5, so lol I guess.

This forum is luckily not representative of the recepction of the show, thank god.

And yeah, art is subjective to a degree. I think you can discuss parts of it objectively too, but idk why you'd point this out after calling me ignorant for liking a show you don't. One that's like...well produced too by any measure.