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Oct 5, 2022 2:12 AM
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With absolutely stunning production values and one of the best premier episodes of the year, why have you chosen to watch Uzaki or isekai #47402 instead?
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My interest in Gundam overall has sorta faded over time to be honest.

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Oct 5, 2022 2:17 AM
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I'm still on the fence on whether I should binge it or watch it weekly but as a massive gundamfag I am required by law to watch it.
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Oct 5, 2022 2:17 AM
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stop this, I don't want to waste a swap this early on.

It will get more popular, just let golden kamuy beat it this week.
Oct 5, 2022 2:17 AM
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Maybe because not everyone has the same tastes as you, OP.
Oct 5, 2022 2:23 AM
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I don't really care for the gundam franchise. But I'm still to figure if there's actual girl romance in this one cuz I see people post about that everywhere and I'm not sure if it's a joke or not lol. If it's not - I might check it out
Oct 5, 2022 2:23 AM
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uzaki is the best thing this season though, why would I watch some random mecha when I can watch uzaki's tits
Oct 5, 2022 2:24 AM
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I don't really care for the gundam franchise. But I'm still to figure if there's actual girl romance in this one cuz I see people post about that everywhere and I'm not sure if it's a joke or not lol. If it's not - I might check it out


For now, it's just a cliffhanger at the end of the first episode. But of course, this has already filled the show's audience with a bunch of tourists who don't care about the original show or the franchise other than waiting for the yuri.
Oct 5, 2022 2:26 AM
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Inexplicable said:
I don't really care for the gundam franchise. But I'm still to figure if there's actual girl romance in this one cuz I see people post about that everywhere and I'm not sure if it's a joke or not lol. If it's not - I might check it out


every stand-alone gundam show is wildly different, tied together only by name, and this one is basically Revolutionary Girl Utena
the first episode is so good there is 0 reason not to watch it
Oct 5, 2022 2:28 AM

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I'm into mecha animes but I have yet to check out Gundam as it's never really interested me much yet I'm sure I'll end up watching it sometime in the future though.
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I'm into mecha animes but I have yet to check out Gundam as it's never really interested me much yet I'm sure I'll end up watching it sometime in the future though.


do you think there's a perception that all Gundam shows are similar/related?
Oct 5, 2022 2:30 AM

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Ikr. Just look at this fight:

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Inexplicable said:
I don't really care for the gundam franchise. But I'm still to figure if there's actual girl romance in this one cuz I see people post about that everywhere and I'm not sure if it's a joke or not lol. If it's not - I might check it out
It's almost certainly just a bait, there's barely any shows with a lesbian romance from main characters if it isn't more in the GL genre.
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Oct 5, 2022 2:41 AM

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Decided to watch it after seeing some tweets and all I can say is I HATE FORCED RELATIONSHIPS and the woke crowd + yuri fans are going to put them on a pedestal and worship them. The anime is pure bs unless the two don't end up together in the end and I doubt that will happen seeing how every anime with forced relationships ends with them eventually falling in love with each other.
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Nyron said:
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I'm into mecha animes but I have yet to check out Gundam as it's never really interested me much yet I'm sure I'll end up watching it sometime in the future though.


do you think there's a perception that all Gundam shows are similar/related?
Not at all, the only similarities I can see is each instalment has mechas in it and that's it but they all have their own story direction and plot progression but I am only assuming as I have no knowledge of the show what's so ever, I am completely unspoiled to the series as a whole.
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Decided to watch it after seeing some tweets and all I can say is I HATE FORCED RELATIONSHIPS and the woke crowd + yuri fans are going to put them on a pedestal and worship them. The anime is pure bs unless the two don't end up together in the end and I doubt that will happen seeing how every anime with forced relationships ends with them eventually falling in love with each other.


I especially like how people say "if Suletta was a man, then no one would criticize it!". Lol, people don't criticize a forced topic precisely because it's a girl. If it was straight, then feminists would literally hate this show.
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I need to watch all the other Gundam entries before I get around to watching WfM
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Joke's on you OP, I haven't even watch the og Gundam, so why should I jump the queue?
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Oct 5, 2022 2:49 AM

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Maou_heika said:
Decided to watch it after seeing some tweets and all I can say is I HATE FORCED RELATIONSHIPS and the woke crowd + yuri fans are going to put them on a pedestal and worship them. The anime is pure bs unless the two don't end up together in the end and I doubt that will happen seeing how every anime with forced relationships ends with them eventually falling in love with each other.
Sure, the arrangement is definitely fucked up, but at the same time she's not exactly broken up about the upgrade. lol
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LoreMasterDan said:
Nyron said:


do you think there's a perception that all Gundam shows are similar/related?
Not at all, the only similarities I can see is each instalment has mechas in it and that's it but they all have their own story direction and plot progression but I am only assuming as I have no knowledge of the show what's so ever, I am completely unspoiled to the series as a whole.


yeah i was honestly wondering if your average non-gundam watcher has a mental stigma with the franchise.
because yeah, the last four entries (Build Fighters, Iron Blooded Orphans, Hathaway and Witch) are all so incredibly different from one another that they basically have nothing in common besides the word "Gundam"
i would say this one is probably a good one to jump into. it's very fresh and entertaining
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Mecha is one of the genres I have the hardest time getting into. I’ve seen a handful that I’ve liked, so it’s not impossible for me to enjoy them, but it’s pretty rare that they ever really pull me in and become more than time killers that I struggle to finish. For this reason, mecha will never be my first choice when I’m choosing my seasonals.

I can always check it out later if it turns out to be amazing, so it’s not like I’m giving up my only chance to see it by not watching it right now.
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_cjessop19_ said:
I need to watch all the other Gundam entries before I get around to watching WfM

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Joke's on you OP, I haven't even watch the og Gundam, so why should I jump the queue?


can't tell if these are gags but you can definitely watch Witch without seeing a single second of other gundam content lol
these stand-alone series (Wing, 00, Seed, Orphans, Witch, etc) are completely separated from the UC Gundam shows, which are all in the same timeline.
Oct 5, 2022 2:56 AM
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I just watched the original and Zeta. Have zz on my lest next
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Nyron said:
_cjessop19_ said:
I need to watch all the other Gundam entries before I get around to watching WfM

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Joke's on you OP, I haven't even watch the og Gundam, so why should I jump the queue?


can't tell if these are gags but you can definitely watch Witch without seeing a single second of other gundam content lol
these stand-alone series (Wing, 00, Seed, Orphans, Witch, etc) are completely separated from the UC Gundam shows, which are all in the same timeline.

But I'd rather choose to watch everything from the beginning so that it becomes more enjoyable after spending some time diving into the franchise.
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can't tell if these are gags but you can definitely watch Witch without seeing a single second of other gundam content lol
these stand-alone series (Wing, 00, Seed, Orphans, Witch, etc) are completely separated from the UC Gundam shows, which are all in the same timeline.

But I'd rather choose to watch everything from the beginning so that it becomes more enjoyable after spending some time diving into the franchise.

in the end the choice is urs but i think a lot of gundam series are standalone without any recurring character or plotline. Watching others isn't gonna do anything to affect ur watch of this. Neither will it make it better nor will it make it worse (Maybe that).

but idk I've only seen a couple gundam and that too only partial

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Nyron said:
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Not at all, the only similarities I can see is each instalment has mechas in it and that's it but they all have their own story direction and plot progression but I am only assuming as I have no knowledge of the show what's so ever, I am completely unspoiled to the series as a whole.


yeah i was honestly wondering if your average non-gundam watcher has a mental stigma with the franchise.
because yeah, the last four entries (Build Fighters, Iron Blooded Orphans, Hathaway and Witch) are all so incredibly different from one another that they basically have nothing in common besides the word "Gundam"
i would say this one is probably a good one to jump into. it's very fresh and entertaining
Can't really dislike something I haven't watched or have any knowledge of but again users on mal tend to have varying perspectives so I get where you're coming from but nope I have a coping mechanism where I usually type out my frustration then realise it's a dumb to say and decide to delete it, it works most of the time.
In this case though, I am for sure going to check the franchise yet I need to catch up on a lot of other anime first.
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Nyron said:
_cjessop19_ said:
I need to watch all the other Gundam entries before I get around to watching WfM

Dawizz said:
Joke's on you OP, I haven't even watch the og Gundam, so why should I jump the queue?


can't tell if these are gags but you can definitely watch Witch without seeing a single second of other gundam content lol
these stand-alone series (Wing, 00, Seed, Orphans, Witch, etc) are completely separated from the UC Gundam shows, which are all in the same timeline.



Well this right here kinda answer my question "which are all in the same timeline."

If they all share a same timeline, they are all in the same Universe, ergo they are all some how connected to each other. Ergo I need to watch all of the ones that came out before this one.
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Because its better than this gundam and i am not into woke film or anime. I like gundam seed though.
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can't tell if these are gags but you can definitely watch Witch without seeing a single second of other gundam content lol
these stand-alone series (Wing, 00, Seed, Orphans, Witch, etc) are completely separated from the UC Gundam shows, which are all in the same timeline.

But I'd rather choose to watch everything from the beginning so that it becomes more enjoyable after spending some time diving into the franchise.


as someone who's cherrypicked a handful of individual series to watch (mostly the stand-alones) i can advise that you def don't need to watch 100 entries in the franchise to get to here. honestly most gundam series are dry war dramas, while G Gundam is a kung fu movie, Orphans is Gurren Lagann, and Witch is a shoujo tournament arc. all very different, and you can go in and choose which specific shows sound cool.
build fighters is also a good first series because one main kid is a huge gundam nerd, and the other has never heard of it - so you get some enjoyment of being introduced to the franchise. it's a sort of meta-series about how cool gundam is and it's very fun

but i will also not stop you if you want to start at the 1979 show lmao
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So yeah I've just watched the first episode and tbh I don't think I'll continue. It's just not doing it for me
And that "cliffhanger" is what all the fuss is about? wtf.. I mean, I know there's few actual girls love shows these days but this is just desperate
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Dawizz said:
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can't tell if these are gags but you can definitely watch Witch without seeing a single second of other gundam content lol
these stand-alone series (Wing, 00, Seed, Orphans, Witch, etc) are completely separated from the UC Gundam shows, which are all in the same timeline.



Well this right here kinda answer my question "which are all in the same timeline."

If they all share a same timeline, they are all in the same Universe, ergo they are all some how connected to each other. Ergo I need to watch all of the ones that came out before this one.


sorry, bad sentence.

There are "Universal Century" gundam shows that are like the MCU and are all connected (OG Gundam, Zeta, Unicorn, Thunderbolt, Hathaway, etc)
And there are stand-alone shows like Wing, 00, G, Orphans, etc which have absolutely nothing to do with any other Gundam show. they are in their own universes with their own art styles, plots, etc, and are made to be watched by anyone regardless of familiarity with Gundam

though honestly most UC shows can also be watched out of order, they're written so that you don't *need* to know everything. i enjoyed 08th MS Team just fine
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So yeah I've just watched the first episode and tbh I don't think I'll continue. It's just not doing it for me
And that "cliffhanger" is what all the fuss is about? wtf.. I mean, I know there's few actual girls love shows these days but this is just desperate


Yes, people literally because of this decided in advance that it would be a full-fledged lesbian romance and even began to attack those who asked them to wait at least for the first or third episode to draw conclusions. To the point that you can already be accused of misogyny if you criticize this show in any way. This is largely due to the fact that Licorice fans have switched to this show and now repeat the whole way of thinking that they had while watching and discussing the latter.
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So yeah I've just watched the first episode and tbh I don't think I'll continue. It's just not doing it for me
And that "cliffhanger" is what all the fuss is about? wtf.. I mean, I know there's few actual girls love shows these days but this is just desperate


Yes, people literally because of this decided in advance that it would be a full-fledged lesbian romance and even began to attack those who asked them to wait at least for the first or third episode to draw conclusions. To the point that you can already be accused of misogyny if you criticize this show in any way. This is largely due to the fact that Licorice fans have switched to this show and now repeat the whole way of thinking that they had while watching and discussing the latter.


While I admit I was hoping they'd end up together romantically in Lycoris, I'm just not feeling the same vibes here. I must have become an insensitive bastard cuz I don't feel any romantic vibes in this show at all
You're right though, all of it is just rash speculations at this point since only 1 episode is out
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Yes, people literally because of this decided in advance that it would be a full-fledged lesbian romance and even began to attack those who asked them to wait at least for the first or third episode to draw conclusions. To the point that you can already be accused of misogyny if you criticize this show in any way. This is largely due to the fact that Licorice fans have switched to this show and now repeat the whole way of thinking that they had while watching and discussing the latter.


While I admit I was hoping they'd end up romantically together in Lycoris, I'm just not feeling the same vibes here. I must have become an insensitive bastard cuz I don't feel any romantic vibes in this show at all
You're right though, all of it is just rash speculations at this point since only 1 episode is out


Well, the show completely ignores romance in its promotion, so I can't say anything about that.

Well, that's just the whole point of the internet these days. Every little thing becomes overhyped just because of your expectations of it. For example, some people have already pre-set 9-10 Chainsaw Man adaptations.
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I've tried watching Gundam once, I only managed 3 episodes. There's nothing nore boring than mechs on screen.
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Well IMO, It seems some people's angry reaction is mostly based on homophobia. They cant simply stand the thought of two girls getting married

We have a lot of other shows with a forced marriage that is praised, but they are not gay so I guess it's okay then LOL

If Suletta was a male he would be praised to the heavens as her savior in shining armor, And songs would be written to celebrate his glorious deeds. But because she is another girl and we get strong hints about a future lesbian wedding people get angry =P






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Because Mobile Suit Gundam is the worst mecha I've seen. The problems were all in the execution rather than plot and characters, so I was sure that other entries of the franchise would be much better than that, but still not among my priorities.

Then I found out that Witch from Mercury is a standalone entry so I gave it a try. Good start, although not the best premiere episode of the year.
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Because Mobile Suit Gundam is the worst mecha I've seen. The problems were all in the execution rather than plot and characters, so I was sure that other entries of the franchise would be much better than that, but still not among my priorities.

Then I found out that Witch from Mercury is a standalone entry so I gave it a try. Good start, although not the best premiere episode of the year.


as explained earlier, like half of all gundam shows are wildly different stand-alone series with nothing in common, and most of them especially have nothing in common with the original MSG series and its sequels. if you have particular favorite shows and genres, i would be happy to point you in a direction towards other decent gundam shows
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I have kind of lost interest in new mecha anime. Especially Gundam, and this show just feels like it's trying to attract new audiences by using "progressive" tropes. I have seen some Gundam stuff, most of them were very good, but I don't really have enough time to invest in watching another anime from this fall season.
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Because I haven't been watching much anime lately, and even if I do watch Gundam, I'll probably start with the recap movie trilogy or Origin or Thunderbolt, idk.
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I have kind of lost interest in new mecha anime. Especially Gundam, and this show just feels like it's trying to attract new audiences by using "progressive" tropes. I have seen some Gundam stuff, most of them were very good, but I don't really have enough time to invest in watching another anime from this fall season.

lol "progressive", the plot is lifted from a 25 year old shoujo show beat for beat
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Bold of you to assume I'd miss on Gundam - Revolutionary Girl Suletta.
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Nyron said:
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I have kind of lost interest in new mecha anime. Especially Gundam, and this show just feels like it's trying to attract new audiences by using "progressive" tropes. I have seen some Gundam stuff, most of them were very good, but I don't really have enough time to invest in watching another anime from this fall season.

lol "progressive", the plot is lifted from a 25 year old shoujo show beat for beat

Thats why I used quote marks.. and I know that too, it's been promoted as Utena Gundam.
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Because I haven't been watching much anime lately, and even if I do watch Gundam, I'll probably start with the recap movie trilogy or Origin or Thunderbolt, idk.


that's only if you want to get into the main gundam timeline of super serious war dramas
why do that when you can watch hella G Gundam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q50VYTPkasc
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Decided to watch it after seeing some tweets and all I can say is I HATE FORCED RELATIONSHIPS and the woke crowd + yuri fans are going to put them on a pedestal and worship them. The anime is pure bs unless the two don't end up together in the end and I doubt that will happen seeing how every anime with forced relationships ends with them eventually falling in love with each other.

I especially like how people say "if Suletta was a man, then no one would criticize it!". Lol, people don't criticize a forced topic precisely because it's a girl. If it was straight, then feminists would literally hate this show.

Maybe you just don't understand where they are coming from.
First thing is that "they" aka feminists aren't a homogenous group and these girls haven't done anything wrong to each other so far. It wouldn't change if one of them was a guy.
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Because Mobile Suit Gundam is the worst mecha I've seen. The problems were all in the execution rather than plot and characters, so I was sure that other entries of the franchise would be much better than that, but still not among my priorities.

Then I found out that Witch from Mercury is a standalone entry so I gave it a try. Good start, although not the best premiere episode of the year.


as explained earlier, like half of all gundam shows are wildly different stand-alone series with nothing in common, and most of them especially have nothing in common with the original MSG series and its sequels. if you have particular favorite shows and genres, i would be happy to point you in a direction towards other decent gundam shows

If you can recommend me a Gundam series focusing on politics (à la Legend of the Galactic Heroes), that would be perfect, but I'm ok with any genre.
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Nyron said:
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Because I haven't been watching much anime lately, and even if I do watch Gundam, I'll probably start with the recap movie trilogy or Origin or Thunderbolt, idk.


that's only if you want to get into the main gundam timeline of super serious war dramas
why do that when you can watch hella G Gundam
Blame it on me being pedantic, I'm a stickler for watch orders and stuff. Super serious war dramas sound cool too.

That looks nice.
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i'm going to watch it sooner or later
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