Do Japanese Gundam nerds argue about whether the TV series or compilation movies are "canon" or does nobody give a shit?
>>13629024
Why would anyone argue over whether or not the summary movies are canon over the tv? They're just a summary of what happened in the tv, they don't override anything. You can argue about ANT, because they actually change scenes and add things. Anyone who argues over whether or not the compilation films or the tv series is canon deserves to be removed from the gene pool.
Japanese nerds dont have anything to argue about because they all know the movies are canon and theres no misguided elitist weebs around to get butthurt.
>>13629024
No one gives a fuck about canon over there unlike dum yanks who still don't understand that real fiction is still fiction.
>>13629049
>Japanese nerds dont have anything to argue about
Pfff hahaha oh god someone link futaba to this clown
>>13629037
>movies don't change anything
but muh G Armor, muh Gyan, muh Solomon before Texas Colony, muh Guntank in space
>>13629117
and don't forget MUH SALT
>>13629024
They pretty much argue about the same things as us. Canon, not canon, real vs super, powerlevers etc
>>13629104
this desu
>>13629024
There's a spergy trip who goes around baselessly claiming that they're Cannon because of the stupid retcon of Mu's helmet at the end of SEED.
Aside from that no one gives a shit.
>>13629024
The Japanese have a stunted sense of storytelling, so no.
>>13629024
Depends on franchise. Front Mission requires that you've played all games and read every light novel and manga to understand 100% of its plot. There's also Resident Evil, with certain manga and its two CGI animated movies Degeneration and Damnation.
Just like how people keep telling you /m/ isn't a hivemind, the Japanese Gundam fanbase is also not a hivemind. They don't agree on everything, they don't care about things as strongly as others, they are just as nit-picky and laid-back as any handful of /m/en. They care as much about what's canon as much as I do, you do, and any random /m/ poster does. Which is to say, a lot, a little, and everywhere inbetween.
>>13629104
>Americans are the dumb ones for remembering what already happened in a story.
>>13629024
Not nearly as much as we do. Western cultures are so annoying about canon because it was originally about interpreting the Bible, there were literal wars over it, and it shaped attitudes about "what REALLY happened in this fictional story" for centuries.
also there's some "it's the journey instead of the destination" stuff going on
>>13629631
Yeah, the people who prefer the movies are the ones who put an emphasis on the destination. They just care about the conclusion, not about the whole build up to it. They just want to have watched and digested the highlights, and to be able to say they watched it. Which is why you continually get posters here bitching about CCA and ZZ.
I know they don't give a shit about spoilers, that's for sure.
Why else would key plot shit always be in the OPs and jrpgs would show your whole party on the box?
>>13629624
This. The reason the west is so big on canon was because a lot of western civilization is based around what their interpretation of holy script is. It's where we got the word canon from in the first place.
>>13629037
>They're just a summary of what happened in the tv, they don't override anything.
