What is Gundam to you personally?
A show?
An ideal?
A product line?
A giant robot that triggers /k/'s autism
An excuse to watch robots smack each other.
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A money hole from which my wallet suffers eternally.
>>13959838
the only reason i shitpost
>>13959838
It is my true self, persona.
>>13959838
Something better than I expected.
>>13959838
I am Gundam. Deep inside, all men are Gundam.
>>13959838
A man.
>>13959838
An adverisment for expidited shipping
>>13959838
A character drama drenched in the backdrop of robot fights that has some semblance of a greater theme to it, whether it be transhumanism, greater understanding of the human experience, or learning to overcome one's preconceived notions of self to trust others.
And a damn good collectable toyline.
An anime franchise of wildly varying quality.
>>13960136
should I get a graze or a jesta
>>13960210
If you're a rookie builder, buy a Graze, get some good flush cutters, a panel line pen, some hobby files, some 1000, 2000 grit sand paper and never, ever listen to Snapshit.
>>13959857
Seeing that the Zeta has a normal gundam face under the angular plate pisses me off for some reason.
A statue
>>13959838
The canary in the coal mine of the mecha genre.
At this point its like a fairy tail that gets rehashed a little differently every few years.... with robot fights to sell kids toys.
>>13960307
The mecha genre, whether you want it to or not, can survive without Gundam.
>>13960351
You think a thousand years or so they'll be reading about the gundam in old storybooks?
>>13960358
That's not what canary in the coal mine means.
>>13960307
So poisonous gases are going to kill the mecha genre and it's followers?
>>13960368
Symbolic poisonous gases.
>>13960361
>That's not what canary in the coal mine means.
The canary being alive means the mine is safe. If the canary dies, the miners are in danger because it means there's something dangerous in the mine's air.
>>13960370
It means that whatever kills the canary kills the miners too.
>>13959838
>What is Gundam to you personally?
Gigantic Unilateral Numerous Dominating AMmunition
>>13960361
I think things like starwars and gundam will be credited for inspiring technology in the future.
Im sure being a spacenoid reading about what old types thought space life would be like would be entertaining.
Hell, space cults based on zeon could easily become a thing as they are kind of based on a thing
Gundam has been such a large part of my life that when I become old and senile, I'll probably start calling my grandkids mobile suit designations and pilot names.
>>13959838
How long until Gundam becomes its own religion, and Tomino ascends to Jesus status?
I mean I can see a hundred years from now, the Gundam statue being looked upon as a figure of worship.
>>13960444
>How long until Gundam becomes its own religion
When it becomes public domain and stories of the white devil are passed down orally.
>>13959838
Gay sex.
>>13960370
deep
>>13960377
Which is why I said the analogy doesn't work, because killing gundam won't kill all of mecha.
>>13960489
>because killing gundam won't kill all of mecha.
Yet again, that is not what I'm saying. Miners don't die because the canary is dead, they die because of the gas that killed the canary. When the canary dies, that means it's time to stop digging and haul ass out of the mine.
![[OZC]Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Flash-like Short 'CB Characters Season 2 Announcement'.mkv_snapshot_00.31_[2016.03.04_15.08.25].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/PMQjK7W.jpg "[OZC]Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Flash-like Short 'CB Characters Season 2 Announcement'.mkv_snapshot_00.31_[2016.03.04_15.08.25].jpg")
>>13960503
So people should stop making mecha when Gundam is dead?
>>13960513
Now you're intentionally being obtuse.
>>13960521
No seriously, what else am I supposed to take from this? Maybe I'm just dense, but I don't see how the death of one franchise is dire warnings for a whole genre. There's plenty of mecha shows that are absolutely nothing like Gundam.
>>13960532
>Maybe I'm just dense,
In-fucking-deed you are. If Gundam, the most popular and well known mecha franchise dies, it does not fucking mean, stop making giant robot cartoons. It fucking means, don't make the same choices with your giant robots that they did.
>There's plenty of mecha shows that are absolutely nothing like Gundam.
This has fuck-all to with whatever the series are about.
>>13960548
Well why didn't you just say that?
>>13960559
It's a very simple metaphor. You should already know what it means.
a toy
>>13960565
Because the metaphor in this context doesn't make sense to me.
Even if we follow what you meant, wouldn't doing what they did ensure 30+ years of success?
A symbol of beginning and ending, honestly.
My autism begins and ends with Gundam.
>>13960604
Look. When I say that if there's something wrong with Gundam that means there's something wrong with mecha, it is not that mecha is fucked up because of what gundam did. It means the opposite. Why does the canary die? Because the mine is filled with poison gas. Why do the coal miners die? Because the canary died? No. Because the mine is filled with poisonous gas. What all the other franchises do always ends up being what Gundam does. The canary and the miners breath the same air. Because the canary's small, it's the first to get sick and die when the air is toxic. The Gundam franchise has never been a steady stream of hit after hit after hit. They've hit serious lows over the years, usually as a result of the trends they've followed. That canary breaths in the nice toxic gas and goes kaput. Any franchise that wants to survive while Gundam is currently fucked has to do not do what they're doing. The miners either put on gasmasks or dig somewhere else. For god's sake man, use your imagination.
>>13960669
>What all the other franchises do always ends up being what Gundam does.
But that's wrong.
>>13960681
As if. Gundam has been made by committee from the beginning.
>>13960669
>For god's sake man, use your imagination.
My brain is wired to generally take everything at face value. It's why I usually don't see symbolism unless someone else points it out.
Arousing.
>>13959838
Something to enjoy with others, even if I never meet them.
>>13959838
i am gundam
>>13959838
It's a franchise which is exactly what it is. It's no different than Marvel or Star Wars.
A valid and authentic sexuality and sexual identity.
>>13959838
Gundam is all of us.
>>13959838
A franchise.
>>13959838
>A show?
>An ideal?
>A product line?
All of the above.
>>13959838
A show and a toy line. Predominantly a toy line for me. If the mook suits aren't good, I honestly won't bother watching to keep me from getting invested.
Gundam series are individually hit or miss, and often have the same repeated tripe tropes/cliches (homages?) to the point that they lack any impact anymore.
If I'm going to lose 12-odd hours of my life watching a series of giant robot pulpy sci-fi, I may as well hedge my bets in enjoying it.
>>13959838
Something that I enjoy sharing with my friends, andjoining /m/ in shitting on because mecha was never good outside of robotech
ORE WAA
>>13959838
A dildo
>>13960144
This.
![[EG]Mobile_Suit_Gundam_43_BD(720p_10bit)[FCFE9BD9].mkv_snapshot_07.16_[2016.03.04_23.58.33].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/qyFle6x.jpg "[EG]Mobile_Suit_Gundam_43_BD(720p_10bit)[FCFE9BD9].mkv_snapshot_07.16_[2016.03.04_23.58.33].jpg")
A legend.
I wish Gundam never existed
>>13962573
Then you probably wouldn't be on this board right now.
>>13960431
You're my soulbro.
>>13962597
Yes, that would absolutely horrible.
>>13959838
In the end, it's just a toyline for kids and neckbeards who like to build gunpla. Nothing wrong with that because I also got some "weird" hobbies but that is what it is in the first place to me.
Secondly, it is an anime franchise with several interesting shows that are still worth watching even when they are considered bad, just to see how anime shouldn't be made. I haven't seen all of them and I am not sure if I ever will but from what I did watch (0079, Z, ZZ, CCA, V, G Fighter, W, that hollywood movie, Seed, Unicorn and IBO) I can say I've never been disappointed.
>>13959838
A good idea that will never reach its full potential
>>13960431
How did you solve the weight issue with the shield?
A COOL ROBOT
SOMETIMES IT HAS A SWORD
SOMETIMES A GUN
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT
>>13960475
Tieria please
>>13959838
It's a great anime franchise with one of the most well loved mecha aesthetics in Mobile Suits.
>>13960377
Thats defeats the entire purpose of the canary being there fuckwit
No the Canary dies and then the miners run outside.
>>13960409
>Im sure being a spacenoid reading about what old types thought space life would be like would be entertaining.
Reading what people 30-40 years ago thought is already hilarious.
>>13962744
Not that anon but I wrapped a bit of plastic on the waist connector and it stops it from going to one side and doesn't actually restrict it
>>13959838
A pretty good topic to discuss during casual homoerotic sex.I cant count how many times docking mode has come up
>>13959860
This.
An outlet for cool giant robot fights and plamo. Oddly enough I don't really enjoy the actual shows other thanGundam Build Fighters
00 was alright.
>>13962757
ARE ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS GONNA DIE?! OH GOD HELP MY FRAGILE HEART
Gundam was a show that introduced me to war and that people die in war and there is nothing you can do about it. The gaint robots Bring you into it. But then you meat the people and watch as they are horrifically killed
A foolish samurai wielding a magic sword.
![Mobile_Suit_Gundam_00_Ep12_At_Doctrine's_End_[1080p,BluRay,x264]_-_THORA.mkv_snapshot_21.58_[2016.03.03_19.26.19].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/CHrmQyS.jpg "Mobile_Suit_Gundam_00_Ep12_At_Doctrine's_End_[1080p,BluRay,x264]_-_THORA.mkv_snapshot_21.58_[2016.03.03_19.26.19].jpg")
Is this a Setsuna thread?
A show that loves to hammer home how stupid and pointless war is. Thousands of people die in stupid and pointless ways every day, due to war. Every soldier that ever died on the battlefield in one of those stupid and pointless ways was once a crying infant being cradled by their mothers, looking at them and thinking of it as the most precious moment in the world.
War is hell...
>>13965298
>melodrama
>>13965315
>implying Melodrama isn't Gundam
>>13965357
only sometimes tbqh
Waiting for a Gundam where it replaces all the mechs with Balls, but the show has the seriousness and hyper realism of Planetes, and combat is as jarring and hectic as Noriko's first combat sortie in Gunbuster.
>>13960846
Setsuna pls go
>>13966371
How would you convince people to keep watching beyond the first two episodes?
>>13966384
I don't know.
Sex?
Usually works.
>>13960532
If Gundam, a huge big name brand, is not selling, then there's little chance of other mecha selling.
>>13959838
Something I grew up with and have pretty strong nostalgia for. I just re-watched 0083 Stardust Memory and it's like, you ever really like something inexplicably and feel like it's indefensible? Like I'd never recommend someone watch it because there's too many problems with it like Nina is absolutely awful as a character and even the main character Kou is pretty unlikable imo. But then the action is so damn good and some character are great like Burning and Kelly so it makes up for it imo.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is, to me Gundam is a thing that I'm incredibly fond of but simultaneously kind of embarrassed about. Most people serious about mecha like other series and laugh at Gundam and I can't fault them for the most part.
And then there are most normal people want nothing to do with Gundam or mecha. Linking them to pic related they usually laugh and think it looks stupid when I think it's so damn awesome and one of my favorite ms. Like how can you not think this thing looks awesome? I'm not saying they're wrong to think so but I guess some people are just different.
So I guess Gundam to me is this secret little self contained hobby interest thing that I only get to talk about on here. I know one guy online I talk to regularly but he's much younger than me and more interested in like G Gundam and Turn A while I like the older series.
>>13966384
Compelling characters and harem fan service. It's worked for equally retarded ideas like the arms on spaceships in Outlaw Star
>>13959838
It's not about the robots, it's about the power to transcend humanity.
>>13966630
>retarded ideas like the arms on spaceships
You do, of course, realize that irl spaceships have arms on them, right?
They fold inside for re-entry purposes, but they're there in the cargo bay.
Excellent war machine.
>>13959838
bad ass robots with neat designs and cool stories to boot.
>>13959838
It's about the sad struggle to transcend yet be weighed by what makes us humans. Trying to reach out to the stars while carrying the trivial follies from when all we had was Earth.
And fuckawesome looking robots.
A miserable pile of secrets!
>>13966630
How the fuck are arms on spaceships stupid
REAL spaceships have arms for fucks sake. Not to mention they give you a nifty pair of reaction masses that aren't your primary gyro wheels.
>>13966575
>Most people serious about mecha like other series and laugh at Gundam and I can't fault them for the most part.
As ridiculous as Gundam gets sometimes, it's still way better than Diebuster, so don't feel too bad anon.Unless you also like Diebuster in which case I am truly sorry for your lots
>>13976213
I like stuff that's at least somewhat grounded in reality and has politics, deaths have weight to them, people question their own side and beliefs, etc. The problem is that I like the story of say Blue Gender but the designs of the mechs don't do much for me. They look alright but don't wow me. Meanwhile, most gundam shows deliver some pretty cool designs most of the time even if the story leaves something to be desired.
I think what I find best are the moments involving the brass of Zeon and the Feds. I find it the most interesting because usually you have people below them disagreeing and grumbling about orders that are bullshit but they follow it anyway cause it's their duty, etc. The sense of honor and duty is commendable and that's why I find things like Gato's last charge pretty awesome even if futile. Gundam delivers these moments too the point it's cliche but I'm a sucker for it i guess.
A series with a very narrow range of quality, fans seem to claim otherwise but that is not the case. It's melodrama set in a war setting and is used to sell products like all Anime today.
>>13959838
Something to make fun of, I do like it because it's stupidity as a "so bad it's so good" thing.
