| After much procrastination, I've finally decided to start watching some Gundam... I never really cared much for the mech designs in Gundam, but I'll give it a shot... I'm hoping for a compelling story, I need something good... What can I expect? |
ArixxFeb 12, 2007 7:34 AM
"...Only fools stand up and really lay down their arms. No, not me, not when death lasts forever." |
| The story is usually pretty good. Nevertheless, I do admit I really do get involved into these war stories. You really never know which side to take once you hear all the opposition's stories. Although, I'm not an enthusiast into mech designs either, but I do like the action involved in Gundam series. However, the one thing I really love about Gundam series' are the kick ass soundtracks that they have :D! Character conflicts are usually pretty good as well. |
| Gundam Seed is probably one of the best Gundams out there (don't kill me people, it is). While it's somewhat cliche and gives you plenty of "feel sorry for me" moments, it's still well done. Worth the watch I'd say. |
| I agree with Xinil Gundam Seed is the best anime ever every body should watch it and Gundam seed destiny isnt half bad either but the story is almost the same as Gundam seed they repeated it but still V.good anime. |
| While Gundam Seed is my favorite gundam which i gave a nine, for me its one of those series that i really was excited each week and couldn't wait to watch but thinking back, it wasnt that awesome that I made it out to be. The story is somewhat compelling but not superb. They use alot of the same animation sequences so you'll be seeing alot of similar fight scenes. But other than that and a couple of annoying crying scenes, it is a very solid title. And I do agree with zanmato, it does have a kick ass soundtrack |
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saif said: I agree with Xinil Gundam Seed is the best anime ever every body should watch it and Gundam seed destiny isnt half bad either but the story is almost the same as Gundam seed they repeated it but still V.good anime. Ehh, I definitely wouldn't go so far as say it's the "best anime ever". It's good, but far from that good. |
Xinil said: saif said: I agree with Xinil Gundam Seed is the best anime ever every body should watch it and Gundam seed destiny isnt half bad either but the story is almost the same as Gundam seed they repeated it but still V.good anime. Ehh, I definitely wouldn't go so far as say it's the "best anime ever". It's good, but far from that good. Yeah, I agree with Xinil, lets not get carried away now. Remember a character who supposedly passed away in Seed then magically reappears in Destiny. They've got to make better decisions about things like that. OMG! You know what really takes me out of these Gundam series sometimes (hell any animes that do this), is that DAMN recap episode where they just talk about what went on in the story thus far. I'm like seriously tempted to stop watching the series after seeing one of those. Watch out for that Arixx! |
zanmato666Feb 12, 2007 3:33 PM
| eh....I liked Gundam Wing better O_o |
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running_lemon said: eh....I liked Gundam Wing better O_o Me too, if you couldn't tell by my avatar :P. |
| Well, three episodes in and I like it... the phase armor brings back the bright colors that always put me off of the series on Kira's Gundam. The mech design on the ZAFT units is pretty good... I still can't get over the campy-ness of the gundams, though. Ship design... I'm in love, beautiful... As are the space suits the ZAFT infiltrators used in episode 1/2. I used to have a rule that was shattered to hell with Eureka Seven... Anything over 26 episodes is probably not worth watching as the story goes to hell with fillers and what not. But after Eureka, I'm willing to give this a shot. |
| "...Only fools stand up and really lay down their arms. No, not me, not when death lasts forever." |
| ---off topic--- Let me just say... when you're tired... and you're just reading post titles... and not which threads they're in... well... Let's just say... I saw this title... and thought Arixx was getting engaged. LMAO ---back on topic--- Never seen it... have no desire. Not a mecha fan |
FurubaFan said: ---off topic--- Let me just say... when you're tired... and you're just reading post titles... and not which threads they're in... well... Let's just say... I saw this title... and thought Arixx was getting engaged. LMAO o.O you kidding? I don't have that kinda money =P |
| "...Only fools stand up and really lay down their arms. No, not me, not when death lasts forever." |
Arixx said: FurubaFan said: ---off topic--- Let me just say... when you're tired... and you're just reading post titles... and not which threads they're in... well... Let's just say... I saw this title... and thought Arixx was getting engaged. LMAO o.O you kidding? I don't have that kinda money =P The engagement doesn't cost half as much as the divorce =P |
FurubaFan said: The engagement doesn't cost half as much as the divorce =P LOL |
| "...Only fools stand up and really lay down their arms. No, not me, not when death lasts forever." |
| you know something i think i'm gonna try it too... |
| good for you, i think you'll like it. I didn't get sick of it till the 4th time through :) |
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| some initial thoughts 5 episodes in. Arite well it didn't turn out to be completely horrible like I expect from most mecha, but there's a couple things I noticed. The sound is pitiful. The first ep there's this whole anticipation for the first explosions of the war on Heliopolis, but I was disgusted when I explosions I heard sounded almost the same as in Evangelion. Now, Evangelion was groundbreaking and amazing and all, but the fact is that it was using technology 7 years before Gundam SEED. I'm usually not one to complain about sound quality but when you have an action based show like this that stuff actually matters in terms of how immersed you get. And the explosions themselves and the bullets looked lame. Pink explosions... I'm guessing this is a style choice so I'll let it pass. Now, I know Gundam likes to pay homage to older franchises (Kira Yamato, Shinn Asuka, probably missed a couple more) but a lot of the mecha designs looked really dated, and even familiar. Especially the archangel. Oh, and "zomg! Shinji Kira's the only one who can pilot this Evangelion Gundam!" The music is great of course. I've always loved the music in Gundam. Despite the above shortcomings I think I'll finish this off. Most likely move on to some Gundam Wing afterwards. |
| lol, just wait untill they start re-useing combat scenes =P |
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| yep. you wouldnt believe how many times they use the same scenes. just wait till you watch destiny cause itll be awfully familiar |
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| heh, you know I was hoping for some rebuttal...someone telling me "No, you're wrong! It gets much better!" rather than confirmation of my worst beliefs. blah |
| lol, plots the best thing going for it... |
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| xD I like Gundam SEED, for me it's one of those series I can watch like a fangirl, suddenly stop, then start up again...(In this state Ceray watches the episodes, the rest of the time she'll watch one of the special edition things every two to three months) However, Gundam SEED Destiny is, like someone else said, secretly the same thing over again. ._.; *is no help at all* |
Ceray said: xD I like Gundam SEED, for me it's one of those series I can watch like a fangirl, suddenly stop, then start up again...(In this state Ceray watches the episodes, the rest of the time she'll watch one of the special edition things every two to three months) However, Gundam SEED Destiny is, like someone else said, secretly the same thing over again. ._.; *is no help at all* Gah, Ceray, your very quickly working your way into being one of my character's personalities... I love the first / third person thing you've got going =P |
| "...Only fools stand up and really lay down their arms. No, not me, not when death lasts forever." |
| Who am I becoming? O_o; Also, Gundam SEED has one of the few characters I have heatedly disliked.... RAWR. |
Ceray said: Who am I becoming? O_o; Really don't know yet, I have a few ideas... Still need to flesh out that part of the story... |
| "...Only fools stand up and really lay down their arms. No, not me, not when death lasts forever." |
| Ah. ^_^ |
| Yeah, Flay was stupid, I always hated her too. |
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| Stellar.... |
| Woo, rambling time. Alright, so. Gundam SEED is probably one of the best mecha anime out there. And, yes they do reuse pretty much all the fight sequences, but the plot is something you'll want to keep watching it for. The character reactions and relationships is another plus. I'm totally a rabid fangirl for Asucaga XD Anyways, this anime is really good, so just keep watching, it doesn't get much worse =p SEED Destiny, however, oh my, haha. Shinn is just too angsty for that show, and I just wanna shoot whoever wrote the script, dude DX And these Special editions aren't really changing anything that's happened... OH! right, so yeah. SEED is one you'll want to continue to watch ^_^' |
 Ichigo and Rukia are love. ♥ |
| Shinn makes me laugh, especially when he cries. ... ^^;; |
Xinil said: Gundam Seed is probably one of the best Gundams out there (don't kill me people, it is). While it's somewhat cliche and gives you plenty of "feel sorry for me" moments, it's still well done. Worth the watch I'd say. most of the gundam watching ppl i know are seed-haters, but i watched the first summary movie and it isnt as bad (i gave it an 8). It does repeat the storyline of other Gundam's, but it is a nice mix... Still, i like the "Universal Century" Timeline more ^^ |
| If you want to start watching Gundam, go for it, but don't start with Seed. Seed was one of the first anime I watched from beginning to end, and even though I was a newbie watcher back then, I still wasn't deceived into thinking the storyline had any value. It was simply too unrealistic, the characters seemed to interact quite poorly because they always yielded in order for the storyline to proceed, and they were also quite disproportional (huge head, small body). Sorry if I've just insulted your favorite Gundam series, but it's my opinion. |
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| The anime that got me into anime. By far one of my favourite storylines of all time. Absolutely incredible in every sense of the word. One of the few animes that got me coming back for a rewatch - TWICE! Made me cry 10 times at least. Wonderful fights, wonderful plot, wonderful characters, wonderful music, wonderful everything. Absolutely brilliant in every sense of the word. |
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| C.E./U.C. or not, Mobile Suit Gundam is a pretty stale series, in my humble opinion of course. Seed is a good place to start as it caters to a much broader audience. Though if you're looking for nice action you best not touch this one (or most other Gundam really) it is chock full of mediocrely animated cut & paste jobs, and uninspiring duels that consist of the same 3 actions (projectile spam, shield block, ocasional lightsaber clash) with typical character commentary between them. |
alarmedOct 23, 2008 10:23 PM
Xinil said: Gundam Seed is probably one of the best Gundams out there (don't kill me people, it is). While it's somewhat cliche and gives you plenty of "feel sorry for me" moments, it's still well done. Worth the watch I'd say. I'm not gonna kill you.. but i will rant a little.. It copies EVERYTHING (except the emo moments), of Zeta and 0079 (the original series..) |
| I'm currently watching Gundam Seed you can it's the first Gundam series I really saw *I saw couple of random eps from Gundam Wings before starting Seed* and currently I'm downloading Gundam 00 ! and gotta tell you it's really good XDD it changed my way of thinking of mecha anime haha ~ |
| really, I dont liked gundam seed and in my opinion are the worst gundam. (more worst than seed destiny). |
bereta002Oct 16, 2010 9:17 AM
| Why is there only Action listed as genre for Gundam Seed ??? Where is Military, Romance ... |
| I really liked Gundam SEED. Better than 00 in my opinion. Story may be unrealistic and cliche but I don't search realism from anime. I see it enough when I walk in the school or go shopping in the city. Characters were well done and I am kinda worried how much I liked Lacus. So cute and kind. Love it. Some may say that Lacus and Kira are too perfect characters but maybe I don't mind it because you don't see too much perfection in real live. Animation is really well drawed and done and luckily they don't use some plastic CGI animation like macross frontier. Overall even with its flaws i recommed this anime if you can stand unrealistic story and charracters. |
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SGD_Eirikr said: elsie336 said: -high five!- Yup. That's what I think too. Animes are supposed to be unrealistic! Why else would animes exist? :D KYAA! Because Gundam, the original, is regarded as the creator of the "Real Robot" genre? It's real robot because they operate on a mechanical basis, as opposed to being made out of flesh with breast missiles powered by shouting. Not that it has to do with anything in this discussion. Personally, I think Seed was a load of trash. There weren't a lot of good points, the story was pretty trashy, the characters were trashy, the mech designs were trashy, too much crying, whining, flash backs, repeated footage, etc. |
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| Seed is the best Gundam series I have seen... It owns Gundam Wing and Gundam 00.. |
| "Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise" |
Remus_Lupa said: Seed is the best Gundam series I have seen... It owns Gundam Wing and Gundam 00.. Qft |
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Remus_Lupa said: Seed is the best Gundam series I have seen... It owns Gundam Wing and Gundam 00.. Well, is that because you just have seen the ones you just named lol? Point: Watch Turn-A or Zeta. Please. |
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