I had a rather similar opinion when I show the show many years back. NOt really viewing it as a bad show per se, but feeling underwhelmed, largely because the fandom has made it out to be the greatest anime of all time for which everything that has come after is nothing but a pale imitation, which i...

Good thread idea, I like the movies quite a bit but the TV series needs work. As obsessed as I am with Ideon, those first 10 episodes are quite the chore to get through and there are still quite a few duds after that too. At the same time, 3 movies instead of 2 would have been preferred in my eyes s...

I always heard RahXephon had a good Eng dub actually. I guess it's largely a YMMV thing and if it truly is in the style of Evangelion then the dub vs. sub fans are going to be pretty divided. If it's any indication, I thought NGE's dub was so-so with a few good performances. I certainly can't under...

*RahXephon, a great anime series that's more in the vein of Evangelion than Gundam (and is often unfairly labeled as a straight-up EVA clone), has an episode in its latter half directed (or written?) by the 0080 guy. And let me tell you, he's still got it when it comes to hitting you in the gut wit...

One of the things I've been puzzling over most since I became a Gundam fan is why certain series succeeded. You'll see that in my Japan's Favorite Gundam topic from back when I joined. I wanted to try and see why SEED failed here in the US while it is such a hit in Japan. I think the reason SEED fa...

Tomino does show up as a writer in some of the early Gundam series under the pseudonym "Minoru Onoya". At least I have heard that Onoya is him (and Tomino has had other pseudonyms like "Rin Logi"). I'm sure Mark can correct me if I'm wrong. Onoya shows up in the credits for a lar...

I don't disagree that Zechs is displayed as caring more for his individual men (Otto in particular), but I do think that Char did genuinely seem concerned for the fate of his soldier in the particular scene referenced, and was not supremely unconcerned as you put it. There's something else on this s...

5. An important distinction between Char and Zechs I just found in episode 9 - Char was a borderline sociopath. I remember very distinctly an early episode of MSG (episode 5 I believe) where Char's subordinates die gruesomely while calling out to their commander. One of them even begs Char for help...

As a big Tomino fan, ecstatic to hear the news of his return. Turn A Gundam was one of the best Gundam series and I'm hoping we get something that is as good as that was. Also enjoyed Yoshida's character designs in Eureka Seven and King Gainer so looking forward to seeing his work here. I've yet to ...

While it's cool I can upgrade stuff on the mechs, it sucks that fuel regen or booster efficiency don't get any upgrades. Actually, both do get upgrades. The fuel regeneration has items out there that can boost the typical 30 per turn to 500. And the Speed Shoes accessory gives you automatic boost w...

I have a hard time thinking of a Gundam dub I haven't enjoyed (although there's been some I've yet to see such as Seed Destiny and 00). Nostalgia probably taints me a bit as I'm a big fan of the Ocean Group, but I thought Gundam Wing was terrific and MS Gundam was nearly as good (very sorry to hear ...

Xenogears is my personal favorite video game of all time. Its story has never been surpassed by any other video game in my opinion, nor any anime I've seen for that matter. Its battle system definately could use improvements and the narrative structure (although not the actual story) of disc 2 is a ...

Also, apparently this show was aired on Toonami? Could this possibly be the most depressing thing to ever be aired on that venerable block? It must have been a bitch to censor, too. Not really. It aired late at night on the Midnight Run section of Toonami which was also home to the 08th MS Team's r...

Last night was a terrific episode, I'm glad they showed the willingness to do that Hank/Walt scene at the end in the first episode rather than drag it out for several episodes longer. If we got this much in only the first episode I can't wait to see how much we see in the remaining 7. Only bad thing...

Glad to hear about King Gainer, I have the entire series except the last disc which I'm finding is next to impossible to find unless I want to spend a ridiculous amount of money. Alas, wish Eureka Seven was on that last, wanting to rewatch it but I only have the 1st half of the series since the seco...

spoilers for the episode (but no further) After an episode like that one wonders if "Kill Em All" Tomino was part of the writing team. :P Although they probably outdid even he; when pregnant women die in Tomino's works its getting shot in the face, a much cleaner death than what Talisa got.

I don't want to spoil anything, but the biggest problem with 3.0, has to do with that fact that it sets a lot up for 4.0...and leaves a lot of unanswered questions and implications that will no doubt be argued to DEATH once more people watch the film. Don't worry, I'm sure as with all things Eva, t...

Just wrapped up watching this show again and figured it would make more sense to revive this old thread on the show than start an entirely new topic. Does anyone know what ended up happening to Uso's father? It seems they made a big point of having him disappear from the Jeanne D'Arc in the second t...

From a written Japanese standpoint, I tried self teaching myself Japanese back when I was in college and had a lot more free time and I found that James Heisig's books were a very helpful way to learn the english meaning of kanji. Not as helpful from a reading and pronouncing standpoint unfortunatel...

L-Gaim was a very enjoyable show to me. Alas, there is a lot of filler to wade through. The last half a dozen episodes could have been stretched out to 10 episodes or so (which would have been to the show's benefit) had they not wasted a lot of time in earlier episodes on things like Lilin's daughte...