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| Mobile suit Gundam/ZZ and Turn A feel. I am also reminded of Eureda Seven too. Hope to find out who Rairya really is. It seems Kuntala has found her future husband : 0 |
| Art is..interesting (i like some of the character designs). Animation, particularly the constantly quick panning, is irritating. Sound effects are really really annoying. Music is corny as hell, feels very old school. Cheerleaders and Bellri are annoying also. The general feel is just way too goofy. Aida and Monday are awesome so far. As a long time Gundam fan, having seen pretty much everything since Wing, this was slightly grating, And I know I'm one of the few who doesn't care for Tomino's style. I'm going to watch it all the way through just because Gundam but I'm having mixed feelings. Oh well. Side-note: Am I the only one who said "holy shit" when that guy cracked the whip near the beginning? |
ThrashMattoOct 3, 2014 12:05 AM
 I love Christine "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness." - Henry David Thoreau |
| That felt... old. Still not sure if I'll pick this up as my first Gundam experience. Artstyle was fine with me, not really liking the mecha design though. Not a fan of the main character too, but I'll at least give it more time to convince me it's worth a watch and see where the plot is going. |
Tynker said: That felt... old. Still not sure if I'll pick this up as my first Gundam experience. Artstyle was fine with me, not really liking the mecha design though. Not a fan of the main character too, but I'll at least give it more time to convince me it's worth a watch and see where the plot is going. I'd recommend going with 00 or Unicorn if you want something a little more modern for your first Gundam, and don't worry about needing to know about other Gundam series, most of the modern ones have little to nothing to do with the old ones. |
I love Christine "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness." - Henry David Thoreau |
| Meh, however it goes watching it until the end, its Gundam, Gundam fan I stand -_- |
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skudoops said: I really like Aida's design.. anyone else? All the characters have really good designs, I also like how diverse they made the cast. |
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| Everything about this show screams oldschool. |
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| The art reminds me of Kill la Kill a lot actually :) Pacing's a bit weird, and the overall feel is old school. So far it's decent. |
| The old school art style feel like I'm in 80's or th 90's. It also feels nostalgic. But its not bad. |
| I would watch this just for the art style and animation. The girl in the mobile suit looks absolutely gorgeous. Still, some scenes don't flow properly and most of the dialogue was confusing. |
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Leondre said: None of the characters seem to take anything seriously. Kinda kills it. I think thats why im not liking it so far. |
| The first episode kinda left me feeling unsatisfied. The series just jump to a rather random mobile suit scene, with a falling girl at the end. There it continues to the story of Belri... Seriously, why are there no introductions? They usually go with the introduction of the world first with some narration. With this just jumping right to the storyline, i didn't felt like gundam. The designs were great, but some of the dialog and scenes doesn't really makes sense. Some scenes just felt kinda random at times. Reco-G really has that 80's feel, and its just feels weird to me. I mean seriously, that opening sequence? Not that its bad or anything, i'm just not used to it i guess. This episode was rather disappointing, but i'm still looking forward to the series! |
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| I absolutely love the old school vibes it gives. Overall I enjoyed it quite a lot despite it being pretty goofy. I also have to get used to the mobile suit designs but they're not that bad. Pretty hyped for the next episodes. |
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bonifide said: I think there not taking things seriously because they have been in peace for so long so why not.. it did say Regild Century 1014 and Universal Century was a long time ago, so I guess that should explain it. 1000 years of peace, no war.. so why not..Leondre said: None of the characters seem to take anything seriously. Kinda kills it. I think thats why im not liking it so far. |
KoseiOct 3, 2014 5:07 AM
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| The storyboard artist did a terrible job. Some scenes just don't flow properly imo. |
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| I had a blast watching this episode. Many people have commented on the old-school directing with the classic camera angles and action choreography and that combined with the refined artstyle and character design made it absolutely riveting for me to watch. I also liked how they managed to cram in a lot of details in terms of world-building in a natural way without resorting to heaps of exposition and how some of the background art featured were modeled after the artwork from the era the title of this show is referencing. I wonder if the pirate girl Aida's name is a hint of what's to come, after all she and her namesake from Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Aida" are both captured by their sworn enemies, and it seems like the show is setting up a romantic subplot between Bellri and Aida similarly to Aida and Radames affair in the aforementioned opera. I mean, several characters even randomly break out into dance during the whole episode, the eye-catches and the ED. |
EudaimoniaOct 3, 2014 4:56 AM
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| GODDAMN IT!!!!!!!,this episode was cringeworthy,and i could'nt really sit through it (and i sat through 3 episodes of ZZ). Moving on to build fighters |
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| Old school but I don't care, this anime seems promising. The design of Aida really is amazing. |
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| I feel like tomino's animation direction is stuck in the past.... |
| good episode and it also feels like an older gundam series let's hope that's good |
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| awwww, it's really feel like watching old gundam series, the artwork style just didn't work for me to the point i cannot enjoy the story, just skip, skip, and skip. well, i will keep it though to watch for when i really didn't have any anime to watch. |
ArufeimKirra said: yeah thats probably what is shaking my enjoyment for this show, i really like the world and set up but the way its being delivered is pretty sloppy,The storyboard artist did a terrible job. Some scenes just don't flow properly imo. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| This was amazing, even better than I expected. I love all the oldschool Gundam cliches in it. The characters are lovable, and the world seems interesting. This might just be my AOTY if it keeps it up. |
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Haroharo-san said: The first episode kinda left me feeling unsatisfied. The series just jump to a rather random mobile suit scene, with a falling girl at the end. There it continues to the story of Belri... Seriously, why are there no introductions? They usually go with the introduction of the world first with some narration. With this just jumping right to the storyline, i didn't felt like gundam. I find it preposterous that you would suggest that Tomino, the actual creator of Gundam didn't make a Gundam-like show. Well, you only watched Gundam 00 which is actually not by Tomino. So you have nothing to compare it to. Reco-G really has that 80's feel, and its just feels weird to me. Tomino directed Gundam, its sequels and a bunch of other mecha shows like L-Gaim, Xabungle, Dunbine, all in the 80s. G-Reconguista is exactly like those shows with random dialogues and scenes because that's Tomino's style, and that's how the world came to know Gundam. You might not like it, but G Reconguista is the most Gundam show we got for a long time. It's essentially what Gundam is all about. Sure, people in the West came to know Gundam through Gundam Wing, but that too was actually not by Tomino. |
DocJangarlyOct 3, 2014 10:31 AM
| In anticipation of this series, I just finished watching every Universal Century Gundam series: all MS IGLOO MS Gundam MSG The 08th MS Team MSG 0083 MSG Zeta MSG ZZ MSG Chars Counterattack MSG UC MSG F91 MSG Victory Gundam so the style of Reconguista is PERFECT and fits delightfully well with all the others in this dimension of Gundam, imo. So those of you saying "Tomino's direction is stuck in the past" or other such nonsense - are you completely unaware that this is the latest series in a VERY VERY long history of an ongoing series? Since I JUST got done watching the ENTIRETY of Universal Century I can safely say Reconguista is like the reward for having stuck with it thru all best and worst parts of the more than 200 episodes, OVAs, and movies I just watched (*cough* worst: Victory). So, doumo arigatou gozaimasu, Tomino-san, to gokuro-sama deshita. From the bottom of my Gundam-addled heart. |
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shukujo said: Since I JUST got done watching the ENTIRETY of Universal Century I can safely say Reconguista is like the reward for having stuck with it thru all best and worst parts of the more than 200 episodes, OVAs, and movies I just watched (*cough* worst: Victory). I'd say Unicorn was the reward for sitting through the entirety of UC. Honestly, it's too soon to say anything about G-Reco. I expect loose references to UC, like what we got in these first 2 episodes, and nothing more. |
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PencilSharpener said: Well there's in-universe continuity on the one-hand - which has probably settled conclusively now on Unicorn as the final note - and then there's Tomino's works in which (even in the non-Gundams) you can see a consistent method of approach, character types, and similar themes.shukujo said: Since I JUST got done watching the ENTIRETY of Universal Century I can safely say Reconguista is like the reward for having stuck with it thru all best and worst parts of the more than 200 episodes, OVAs, and movies I just watched (*cough* worst: Victory). I'd say Unicorn was the reward for sitting through the entirety of UC. Honestly, it's too soon to say anything about G-Reco. I expect loose references to UC, like what we got in these first 2 episodes, and nothing more. |
Ckan said: Well there's in-universe continuity on the one-hand - which probably has peaked for now on Unicorn - and then there's Tomino's works in which (even in the non-Gundams) you can see a consistent method of approach, character types, and similar themes. Continuity is nice. But how much more would you get out of watching, for example, Turn A by seeing all of UC beforehand? As for Tomino's approach, that's not as much an "award" for watching all of UC, than it is an award for being a fan of Tomino's style. |
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| Since Turn A bellies the breadth of Gundam, (but UC in paticular), I'd say it would come with a fair amount of benefit. It seems rather strange to be a stickler for the concept of an "award"(?) in this case, but yes, following through Tomin's Gundams to Turn A and now to Reconguista - the merit would presumably be dependant on one's liking for Tomino's style, stories, and/or issues he addresses. Is that not the same for any matter? Unicorn is a reward because you are a fan of what Unicorn does. I don't really see your point. |
| Man, everyone is so fabulous XD This shall be known as : Jojo G no Gundam :) |
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| The parent post said reward, award was my mistake. I took it to imply there's some exclusivity in G-Reco only to those who watched UC. My point was I don't feel what you gain from watching UC before Unicorn is comparable to what you gain from watching UC before Turn A, and theoretically G-Reco. Can you really grasp the entirety of Unicorn without knowledge of UC? It's too early to tell for G-Reco, but you can certainly take in all of Turn A just knowing UC existed prior. |
| Sieg Zeon! |
shukujo said: In anticipation of this series, I just finished watching every Universal Century Gundam series: all MS IGLOO MS Gundam MSG The 08th MS Team MSG 0083 MSG Zeta MSG ZZ MSG Chars Counterattack MSG UC MSG F91 MSG Victory Gundam so the style of Reconguista is PERFECT and fits delightfully well with all the others in this dimension of Gundam, imo. So those of you saying "Tomino's direction is stuck in the past" or other such nonsense - are you completely unaware that this is the latest series in a VERY VERY long history of an ongoing series? Since I JUST got done watching the ENTIRETY of Universal Century I can safely say Reconguista is like the reward for having stuck with it thru all best and worst parts of the more than 200 episodes, OVAs, and movies I just watched (*cough* worst: Victory). So, doumo arigatou gozaimasu, Tomino-san, to gokuro-sama deshita. From the bottom of my Gundam-addled heart. YES VICTORY IS THE WORST my mind when i was watching victory (come on... finish the episode.. when this series ending????) and shakti is worst girl in gundam universe ever |
| It's probably the old nostalgic in me...but I enjoyed this so much. It's like Tomino ignored the last 20 years of anime and steamed on ahead doing exactly the kind of stuff that made him famous back in the day. I'm so happy that Sunrise let the old man do this. Fast action packed start, someone already got slapped in the first episode, people talking at each other in snappy tones...It's all there (minus guy with a mask but this is only the first episode). I think I'm gonna love this. But I guess this won't be for everyone. My favorite bit was when the Capital Force officer said "Aida Rayhunton? You just took 2 names and stuck them together!" For some reason that line coming in a series from the same guy who gave us the likes of 'Paptimus Scirocco, 'Quattro Bajeena', 'Merrybell Gadget', 'Agrippa Maintainer' or 'Mashymre Cello' just seems perfect. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| lolwut. This is like something out of the 70s/80s. The old school feel aside(which doesn't really bother me), I thought this was a boring start. I didn't even know what was happening for the entire episode. |
| Well, can't say I wasn't expecting much better. This has been said to death but it is true that it carries a strong 80s vibe. This is good because it carries with it a certain feeling that was almost lost from recent (mecha) series. On the other had it also does things that were forgivable in the 80s but aren't so today. The characters introductions were messy and the whole pace of the episode was a bit of a mess. It tries to show too much and gives off a "little-kid-trying-to-tell-a-complex-story" feel which isn't nice. Also the mecha design could have been better but I feel it'll improve as more models get introduced. The setting is interesting and I like how things look (mecha design aside). It feels very imaginative and colorful which is good. Well, TV Gundam series are usually slow starters so I'd say this is far from disaster and shows some potential. |
| Awesome episode. Feels just like a typical Tomino show. I mean, you have people slapping each other, giant robots, and random shit that doesn't make sense (cheerleaders, bullwhip ect..). |
| wow, i am impressed! very nice style! feels like 198X with some Ghibli and thats a good thing between all the typicalaverage modern anime series stuff. am i the only one having some eureka seven (ao) vibes when watching into some of the charas eyes? ^^ music is also great! |
| THIS WAS FUCKING PERFECT. I simply love Tomino, he integrated an apparently commercial style into a 80s one, this feels refreshing but at the same time so much old school that I'm feeling child again. This is what an old Gundam fan can only desires, thank you Tomino, just thank you. It's gonna be one hell of a ride. Marzan said: It's probably the old nostalgic in me...but I enjoyed this so much. It's like Tomino ignored the last 20 years of anime and steamed on ahead doing exactly the kind of stuff that made him famous back in the day. I'm so happy that Sunrise let the old man do this. Exactly what I thought, his brilliance never stops to amaze me. |
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| It ain't a Tomino Gundam without a slap. |
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DocJangarly said: Haroharo-san said: The first episode kinda left me feeling unsatisfied. The series just jump to a rather random mobile suit scene, with a falling girl at the end. There it continues to the story of Belri... Seriously, why are there no introductions? They usually go with the introduction of the world first with some narration. With this just jumping right to the storyline, i didn't felt like gundam. I find it preposterous that you would suggest that Tomino, the actual creator of Gundam didn't make a Gundam-like show. Well, you only watched Gundam 00 which is actually not by Tomino. So you have nothing to compare it to. Reco-G really has that 80's feel, and its just feels weird to me. Tomino directed Gundam, its sequels and a bunch of other mecha shows like L-Gaim, Xabungle, Dunbine, all in the 80s. G-Reconguista is exactly like those shows with random dialogues and scenes because that's Tomino's style, and that's how the world came to know Gundam. You might not like it, but G Reconguista is the most Gundam show we got for a long time. It's essentially what Gundam is all about. Sure, people in the West came to know Gundam through Gundam Wing, but that too was actually not by Tomino. Its not that it's bad or that i don't like it, i'm just not used to it really. i sorta need some explanations first that's all. I'm somewhat new to the gundam series, as in i started out with SEED>00>Age>Gundam>Zeta. Because of that i'm just basing my arguments with the series i have watched, which is why i sounded like a whiny 2000's gundam fan. Its just a matter of adapting to something new really~ |
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| Holy shit this is old school sound effect and direction style. Modern animation used to emulate 80s animation... Oh man this is weird in an interesting way. Also, this is so Tomino lol. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| 00:18 dat ugly gundam 01:20 bad OP 07:50 aye, MaDaO! 5/10 for this episode. Bad directing, sound effects, and mecha design. |
| Isayama Hajime should be awarded The Manga with The Highest Inconsistencies of Characters' Appearances. He keeps performing multiple plastic surgeries on those Shingeki No Kyojin characters in a SINGLE chapter. Yes, I've read up to the latest chapter of Shingeki No Kyojin manga. Forced myself to read through the kidsketching chapters after the anime's ended. At least from now on, I only have to go through the hell once a month. Patiently awaiting SNK TV/movie/OVA anime-sequel. The 2015 SNK live-action movie would probably suck. |
| Ahaha, I knew this is not for everyone. lol. It's typical Tomino show for you. It's good in its own way. Btw, shit will get real pretty soon. :)) |
PencilSharpener said: The parent post said reward, award was my mistake. I took it to imply there's some exclusivity in G-Reco only to those who watched UC. My point was I don't feel what you gain from watching UC before Unicorn is comparable to what you gain from watching UC before Turn A, and theoretically G-Reco. Can you really grasp the entirety of Unicorn without knowledge of UC? It's too early to tell for G-Reco, but you can certainly take in all of Turn A just knowing UC existed prior. Non, non - no exclusivity - I probably should have mentioned that I'm also planning on watching (or re-watching where it applies) all the anime in each "dimension's" - each Gundam World - in chronological order for that particular world, I just need to decide on the next one to watch, atm. I guess some people refer to them as Gundam Timelines. That was the main reason I was watching all of UC in order like that, but I started with UC because I knew Reconguista was coming. I know there won't be won't be much relative material - but there are tiny details that only those who HAVE seen all of Gundam will be able to spot, much less enjoy. I love that kind of stuff - I mean, you know why Gintama is so funny to so many diehard anime fans, well, it's because they get ALL the jokes that reference other anime, right? Marzan said: It's probably the old nostalgic in me...but I enjoyed this so much. It's like Tomino ignored the last 20 years of anime and steamed on ahead doing exactly the kind of stuff that made him famous back in the day. I'm so happy that Sunrise let the old man do this. Fast action packed start, someone already got slapped in the first episode, people talking at each other in snappy tones...It's all there (minus guy with a mask but this is only the first episode). I think I'm gonna love this. But I guess this won't be for everyone. My favorite bit was when the Capital Force officer said "Aida Rayhunton? You just took 2 names and stuck them together!" For some reason that line coming in a series from the same guy who gave us the likes of 'Paptimus Scirocco, 'Quattro Bajeena', 'Merrybell Gadget', 'Agrippa Maintainer' or 'Mashymre Cello' just seems perfect. *jotting Marzan's name down on the approved list* my fave Gundam names: M'Quve (wtf?), Haman Karn, Elpeo Ple, Emary Ounce, &...Junko Jenko (ok, someone just got straight up a little punchy after being up for too long trying to make a deadline or something on that last one, right? RIGHT?) |
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| [quote=Haroharo-san][quote=DocJangarly] Haroharo-san said: I'm somewhat new to the gundam series, as in i started out with SEED>00>Age>Gundam>Zeta. Because of that i'm just basing my arguments with the series i have watched, which is why i sounded like a whiny 2000's gundam fan. Its just a matter of adapting to something new really~ The animation style is strongly reminiscent of Tomino's L-Gaim and Xabungle. I don't care if you don't like it, because I know Tomino is not for everyone. Some series from him are really great, like Xabungle, but sometimes it just sucks like Wings of Rean. |
| Tsugumi? What are you doing here? Aaand.. ..the ship raised its flag. First episode gave me mixed feelings, but, I guess, I liked it overall. |
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wakka9ca said: Holy shit this is old school sound effect and direction style. Modern animation used to emulate 80s animation... Oh man this is weird in an interesting way. Also, this is so Tomino lol. I don't think it is, I think it really is just using hand drawn cell animation for the character and mecha animation and maybe even some of the backgrounds though there is some awkward CGI in there in episode 1. If it's not then it's extremely convincing because who goes out of their way to add those little squigglies and subtle imperfections of pencil and crayon drawn animation using a computer that's calibrated to make everything look smoother. |
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