| It's highly advisable to have at least seen: 1. Mobile Suit Gundam (1975) (43 eps) or the well regarded three compilation films (One, two, and three.) 2. Zeta Gundam (1985) (50 eps) 3. Char's Counterattack (1988) (film) (aka CCA for short.) There's another full-blown 47 ep series between Zeta and CCA, but it's an unpopular entry that's slightly less crucial to the overall narrative. Given the 'old' air dates and relatively high episode count, it's not surprising that many decide to bypass this the prelude altogether. You can definitely view Unicorn on its own. Just know that it's very much interconnected with these past entries, and is filled with direct references; including returning characters, so you'll definitely be missing the 'full picture.' Do note that RE:0096 will presumably be essentially the same thing as the already completed OVA series. RE0096 might enhance, degrade, or simply be the same experience with a few add-ons - we don't truly know at the moment. |
CkanMar 23, 2016 4:11 AM
| ZZ is also somewhat worth watching, although it features mostly different cast (and first half of the series is pretty bad, compared to Zeta but it gets better later), there are several references to that series present. Mostly it's related to Marida Cruz character. |
Ckan said: There's another full-blown 47 ep series between Zeta and CCA, but it's an unpopular entry that's slightly less crucial to the overall narrative. Slightly less crucial? Marida's background is presented in ZZ, also Yes, ZZ is kind of wacky at the beginning but it's still a part of Universal Century and has important characters from the previous series and the ones that appear in later entries. |
Ictius said: Ckan said: There's another full-blown 47 ep series between Zeta and CCA, but it's an unpopular entry that's slightly less crucial to the overall narrative. Slightly less crucial? Marida's background is presented in ZZ, also Yes, ZZ is kind of wacky at the beginning but it's still a part of Universal Century and has important characters from the previous series and the ones that appear in later entries. Yes, slightly less crucial. OP asked for 'prerequisites', and in the strictest sense there aren't any. But if one is willing to go for the barest minimum understanding pertaining to Unicorn, it's important to note how 0079, Zeta, and CCA are explicitly interlinked; moreso than ZZ is. ( ) Marida is certainly an important character, but she is far less crucial when it comes to understanding Unicorn's essence and main story. Yes, ZZ continues directly on from Zeta and features many returning characters, but what impact does it have on an overall understanding of those characters, Unicorn, and UC? A relatively negligible one, and it arguably detracts in some ways. Lastly, on a thematic level, ZZ has little major to add to the Newtype and Colony narrative that isn't already covered within Zeta and CCA. So, is the gain worth going through the 47 episodes? I don't think so. At least not for those simply gunning for a reasonably intact viewing of the much abuzz Unicorn. Don't mistake me, I'm not dismissing ZZ itself, as it's undeniably a core entry of the UC timeline; flaws and all. But when push comes to shove, the scales don't fall in ZZ's favour. Now, if the question here was "how to watch Universal Century", "getting the most out of Gundam", or some such, then certainly, ZZ's value rises correspondingly. |
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 |
| I've seen gundam 79 and zeta, also Iron-Blooded Orphans that isn't related to any other, i think it should be enough to watch this one ? |
ExoticBankai said: I've seen gundam 79 and zeta, also Iron-Blooded Orphans that isn't related to any other, i think it should be enough to watch this one ? You might want to consider watching ZZ or at least CCA before it. |
Insertanamehere said: ExoticBankai said: I've seen gundam 79 and zeta, also Iron-Blooded Orphans that isn't related to any other, i think it should be enough to watch this one ? You might want to consider watching ZZ or at least CCA before it. I don't really have the time so i'll try it and if i see i don't get what's going on i'll just put it on-hold, thanks for the suggestion ! |
ExoticBankai said: dont bother to watch ZZ cause its frankly pretty bad and while deifnetly having its placement in unicorn isnt that important all things considered, just watch CCA, its only a movie but its the most important once to unicorn and then your basically set for everything in unicorn. I don't really have the time so i'll try it and if i see i don't get what's going on i'll just put it on-hold, thanks for the suggestion ! Seriously its just a movie and unicorn spoils it theres no reason to skip it especially when your about to start watching something way longer. |
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 |
JizzyHitler said: ExoticBankai said: dont bother to watch ZZ cause its frankly pretty bad and while deifnetly having its placement in unicorn isnt that important all things considered, just watch CCA, its only a movie but its the most important once to unicorn and then your basically set for everything in unicorn. I don't really have the time so i'll try it and if i see i don't get what's going on i'll just put it on-hold, thanks for the suggestion ! Seriously its just a movie and unicorn spoils it theres no reason to skip it especially when your about to start watching something way longer. Yeah your right i'll watch the movie, i was trying to watch gundam in the order that it aired but can't be helped, thanks again for the help ! |
| does the prerequisite has a prerequisite that we need to watch before watching the prerequisite? |
| internet is a cruel mistress |
| I wanna watch Unicorn, but I know I won't be able to handle those ancient long tv series (no offense, old school is just not my cup of tea), but I was spoiled on major plot points from them long before now anyway and will try to watch CCA as one of the posters above recommended since it's just a movie and I should be able to handle 2 hours of old school animation. |
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CG said: I wanna watch Unicorn, but I know I won't be able to handle those ancient long tv series (no offense, old school is just not my cup of tea), but I was spoiled on major plot points from them long before now anyway and will try to watch CCA as one of the posters above recommended since it's just a movie and I should be able to handle 2 hours of old school animation. So far as CCA goes, I hope you'll be able to appreciate how goddamned fantastic 'old school animation' looks. It's just too bad the film's a rather horrible place for a new guy to be dropping into - even fans have issues with it aplenty. |
Ckan said: CG said: I wanna watch Unicorn, but I know I won't be able to handle those ancient long tv series (no offense, old school is just not my cup of tea), but I was spoiled on major plot points from them long before now anyway and will try to watch CCA as one of the posters above recommended since it's just a movie and I should be able to handle 2 hours of old school animation. So far as CCA goes, I hope you'll be able to appreciate how goddamned fantastic 'old school animation' looks. It's just too bad the film's a rather horrible place for a new guy to be dropping into - even fans have issues with it aplenty. i bet he will be disappointed coz you said old school animation is 'fantastic'. just watch and enjoy, and be prepared coz the animation isnt that cool compare to current animation |
| internet is a cruel mistress |
| ZZ Gundam is pretty much necessary for Unicorn, since most of the good in Unicorn was related to ZZ. Marida Cruz is pretty much the only worth character in Unicorn, and she's connected to ZZ (makes her more interesting). Other than that, Unicorn is not worth watching if you don't care about UC fanservice. Main characters are pretty bad, almost Seed Destiny level, and the plot is pretty ridiculous, especially the final twist. Marida Cruz and some other ZZ fanservice moments were the only things worth in the OVA, so you're losing a lot by skipping ZZ, which was okay. It had a rough start with weird Tomino comedy, but it gets back on tracks. Heck, ZZ has better characters and story than Unicorn, it's just the first 1/3rd that fucks it over and really leaves a bad taste. |
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| It more or less presumes knowledge of 0079, Zeta, and ZZ, and is a direct sequel to Char's Counterattack. You could probably follow the narrative well enough with a little background knowledge even without actually watching all of that, but you honestly won't get as much out of it if you don't. Also, contrary to what some people have insinuated, the only reason Zeta isn't more skip-able than ZZ in relation to Unicorn (which isn't to insinuate that either of them are particularly skip-able) is that ZZ is a direct continuation of Zeta and so itself makes no sense if you haven't watched Zeta. |
SS2_VegetoApr 4, 2016 4:43 PM
| Damn I don't feel like watching anything before this and they're not even so great, I think they should reboot this franchise for younger audience cuz older series just doesn't live up anymore. |
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