Kidou Senshi Gundam: GQuuuuuuX Episode 12 Discussion

The expectations generated in the penultimate episode were thrown down the drain in this last and forgettable episode. For those who have seen all the Gundam series in the UC universe like me, this Gundam is a 5/10 with a lot, but a lot of effort. Was the animation fluid? Yes, the references to Evangelion more vivid than ever, Evangelion is my favorite anime, I watched it before seeing Gundam, but for a Gundam fan, Amuro Rey's participation was fundamental, a final fight between them and Char? That would lead to Lalah's awakening, and thus interrupt the fight to the death between them, would be an epic and beautiful ending. Well, sorry, but screw this watered-down romance between Machu and Shuuji, in fact this character and nothing was the same. The story of him wanting to help Lalah by killing Char, what the hell is that? And Nyaan was completely scanned, that love/devotion for Shuuji completely disappeared. As a Gundam series that is part of the UC line, this Gundam will not be missed.

@OgregO Agree on Amuro, problem seems to be, that Furuya was cancelled it seems like...Or something else...

@notense Canceled?

@OgregO The jist of it is that he cheated on his wife with a fan 37 years younger than him, hit said fan and also pressured her to get an abortion when he discovered she was pregnant with his kid. Though I don't think that ended up having much bearing on this work given he still shows up for a few voice lines (he provided the voice of the GQuuuuuuX)

All in all that was some bad fanfiction. These Eva writers are terrible. Still had some fun watching it just for the spectacle of it but that's it.

@Jimgus Yea, it actually amazes me how bad it was for how stacked the crew was. It wasnt just Eva people. I think it might have actually been pretty good fan fiction if it just focused on the UC alt-timeline and didnt have the pokemon art style(as another user above perfectly described it) for half the characters, it was like two different anime forced to share the same 12 episodes. Really a shame, I kind of knew from the beginning though with the main three characters(machu,nyann,and shuji)…. Just not great characters and definitely not very suited for a show that relies on UC nostalgia. I saw people say Anno only even worked on the UC stuff, so I dont see why it wasnt all that if it was what he was actually interested in.

@Fintan I was expecting anime to be childish based on pokemon character designer...I'm amazed. This person. Absolutely marvelous character designer, i cannot express it enough. Compared to Fire Emblem toothpaste MC's(artist which i like alot), they're hundreds times better.

@Jimgus Yea, it actually amazes me how bad it was for how stacked the crew was. It wasnt just Eva people. I think it might have actually been pretty good fan fiction if it just focused on the UC alt-timeline and didnt have the pokemon art style(as another user above perfectly described it) for half the characters, it was like two different anime forced to share the same 12 episodes. Really a shame, I kind of knew from the beginning though with the main three characters(machu,nyann,and shuji)…. Just not great characters and definitely not very suited for a show that relies on UC nostalgia. I saw people say Anno only even worked on the UC stuff, so I dont see why it wasnt all that if it was what he was actually interested in.

@Fintan I liked the art style a lot and found the first part of the show entertaining but as soon as they left side 6 it fell off of a cliff and felt more like a summary of events than a proper story. I thought there was a lot of potential and appeal to the characters' situations and personalities but they did not go anywhere with them. I would have liked to know more about Nyaan's history as a refuge and what specifically about it made her so insecure, I would have liked more exploration into Machu's naive rebellious phase, and of course I would have liked to see Shuji interact with the other characters more and express himself more in side 6. Instead we got constant nostalgia pandering. Once or twice would have been fine but it was every episode multiple times each with these surface level references and scenes lifted from older Gundam and other mecha shows.

I haven't watched enough gundam (heck my first one is G-Witch) so I don't know how nonsensical this one is compared to other entries, but in my opinion it's ridiculous. I see some people who do watch other entries are also at a loss on what's actually going on here.

Is this the same thing as the other two spider men showing up in no way home?

I like the animation and color design though.

@Yuu_Kanzaki It's required to watch 0079 and CCA, otherwise you won't feel anything about the ending. MachuNyan stuff kinda ok for newcomers, but it also requires you to be a fan of Gainax, which is basically hardcore otaku...