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Summary: Sore de wa GUNDAM FIGHT! Ready? GO!
Review: So, G Gundam has made it's way to US shores. For those of you who are wondering if it's worth investing in, then my answer is a loud YES! If you have an open mind you'll likely love this series as I do. Don't listen to all the reviewers who call it an insult to Gundam or Gundam Ball Z, because they're very wrong. G Gundam is more of a tribute to the super robot shows that spawned Gundam in the late 70's. There are no DBZ-esque drawn out scenes or people who can destroy a planet with their thumb. Instead we get to-the-point battles, along with a great plot and great characters. Unlike Wing, the cast are more like their UC ancestors as they change and grow. The character of Domon, who mainly shows anger in these first 12 episodes, goes through alot of emotional events. You understand and feel for him as he goes through various trials. The same can be said for the rest of the cast who are equally develloped through the course of this 49 episode series.
Fans such as myself who were upset with the renames for the dub get some consolation in the fact that Bandai retains the original names in the subtitles. However, it would of been nice to hear the dub cast refer to such Gundams as Tequilla (renamed Spike) and Lumber (renamed Grizzly) by their original names. Other then trailers, the only real extra is parts of an interview with the show's director, Imagawa, which reveal what inspired certain episodes and answer certain unanswered questions. Nice as these are, I hope Bandai manage to include textless versions of the 3 openings and 2 closings at some point.
As I said earlier, buy this if you have an open mind. It's a great little series and an interesting break from the constant "Earth vs Spacenoids" conflicts of all the other Gundam shows
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Summary: Not your typical mecha show
Review: The one thing that drew me to watch this series was the fact that it was directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa (Giant Robo, Getter Robo Armageddon). I absolutely love his work and G-Gundam stays true to his talent and stlye.The story takes place in the year Future Century 60 and it's time for the next Gundam fight to decide who will rule Earth. This alone could have drove the story, but there is also a side story involving the Devil Gundam (aka Dark Gundam). Obviously, the story centers around Neo-Japan's fighter, Domon Kashu who pilots the Shining Gundam during the first season. He also followed by the fighters from Neo-America, Neo-China, Neo-France and Neo-Russia. The one nit-pick that I know everyone will have with this series is the changed names of the Gundams. Almost half of all the Gundams in this series have their names changed. However, the subtitled version has all the names uncut. Also, there is an issue with the mobile suit designs that they are all stereotypes of other nations. It's not that big of a deal since the pilots aren't that stereotypical. I was actually pleased with the mecha designs considering they could come up with so many in this 49-episode series. There has got to be atleast 25 different Gundams in this show. It's actually quite amazing. The packaging is pretty slick. The box is sturdy and all the cases for the discs include on the back of the cover a rule of the Gundam fight regulations. The menu for the scene selection is actually a map of the world where Domon is currently at. While this is good for now, Bandai might have to do some reworking with that menu since the next couple of episodes are centrally located around Shinjuku and the Gienna Islands. The extras on the discs includes an interview with the series director that I had a lot of fun reading. Overall, these episodes are pretty much filler episodes for the real plot of the first season, but they are some-what entertaining and addictive. If your a fan of Giant Robo or Getter Robo, I highly recommend watching this series.
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Summary: A Must See!
Review: This is a bit unusual to say the least for a gundam series. Very different from the "original gundam series" (Turn A, MS Team) but still very good. So the whole plot of this story revolves around people moving to the colonies and each colony sends a gundam fighter every 4 years to decide the universal leader. Very strange for one of the gundam series, however, each country's fighter has an in-depth personality. Sai Sici, from NeoChina pilot of the Dragon Gundam is a cheerful, HYPER character, helpful, but a bit unfocused. Then, in a fight with Domon, he changes dramatically.
I must say that this whole anime is a bit strange, firstly, it starts a bit slowly. Domon wins with Shining Finger. . . There are however very good battle scenes such as Domon verses Sai Sici (Shining vs. Dragon) and later in the finals Domon's NEW gundam God vs. Dragon
The drawback about this anime is that it is a bit stereotypical and racist. For example the Gundam Maxter of Neo America, has shoulder pads and a football helmet. It's pilot Chibodee Crocket, is purple-pink haired and has an "American Dream". For Neo China, the Dragon Gundam (the basis for the Altron Custom in Gundam Wing) is a dragon basically, although it's pilot is hyper, not really who'd you'd expect from China. For others, the Rose Gundam from Neo France with it's specialty move, Rose Bits and it's pilot, a Bishounen fighter, "civilized" and a noble. Neo Russia steals technology from other countries, and there is the Tequila Gundam from Neo Mexica (and piloted by some drunk), the Mermaid Gundam from Neo Denmark, and many others.
No matter what these drawbacks, this is still a GREAT anime, and is MUCH better than Gundam Wing no matter what people tell you. The animation may be a bit shabby at the beginning but purchase these DVD's and just enjoy!
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Summary: o yeah
Review: This is actually one of the better gundam series. It has an incredible storyline where the main charcaters all over come a barrier. The ending was superb and everything i expected it to be. The only flaws in this series were that the Shining/burning finger got repetitive and Domon used this move OVER AND OVER. The other flaw i found was some of the mech designs were a joke. Look at the Nobel Gundam from Neo Sweden. Thats just pathetic. Although its pilot Allenby was pretty cool, this gundam was just stupid. The dialoge got a bit corny at times, but that really isnt the shows fault. I felt embaressed for the voice actors when Chibodee's cheerleaders were chanting his name. Now on to its good points. It is full of plot turns near the end. The music is amazing. It isnt just some crappy rock hybrid like in New Report G Wing. (nothing against rock or the series as i love them both). The music truly has an asian feel to it. Its also quite entertaining to see what Japan thinks of other countries. Look at Chibodee. He's a punk! This also has the best love story in the whole series. The main chars arent just Newtypes who magically understand each other. Rain and Domons relationship grows throughout the gundam saga. All in all, it truly lives up to the gundam name. If all the worlds problems could be solved with giant mechs...... GUNDAM FIGHT READY, GO!
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Summary: o yeah
Review: This is actually one of the better gundam series. It has an incredible storyline where the main charcaters all over come a barrier. The ending was superb and everything i expected it to be. The only flaws in this series were that the Shining/burning finger got repetitive and Domon used this move OVER AND OVER. The other flaw i found was some of the mech designs were a joke. Look at the Nobel Gundam from Neo Sweden. Thats just pathetic. Although its pilot Allenby was pretty cool, this gundam was just stupid. The dialoge got a bit corny at times, but that really isnt the shows fault. I felt embaressed for the voice actors when Chibodee's cheerleaders were chanting his name. Now on to its good points. It is full of plot turns near the end. The music is amazing. It isnt just some crappy rock hybrid like in New Report G Wing. (nothing against rock or the series as i love them both). The music truly has an asian feel to it. Its also quite entertaining to see what Japan thinks of other countries. Look at Chibodee. He's a punk! This also has the best love story in the whole series. The main chars arent just Newtypes who magically understand each other. Rain and Domons relationship grows throughout the gundam saga. All in all, it truly lives up to the gundam name. If all the worlds problems could be solved with giant mechs...... GUNDAM FIGHT READY, GO!
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Summary: Gundam?
Review: This is called Gundam, but it's not Gundam at all and it's the worst Gundam series ever, the biggest miatake. This series is just for kids. If you're expecting something like the first Gundam, or other Universal century Gundam series, you'd be very disappointed with this childish animation. This is created for selling their toys to kids, doesn't even have a realistic story line that the first Gundam has. About 20 years ago, the creater of Gundam wanted to make a totally different animation series, which wasn't exactly for kids, but rather for mature audiences by giving it a believable future wars of human based on science and also made a great story line , instead of making 'good guy always wins' kind of story. But looks like the creaters just forgot their first purpose of making Gundam. This animation just doesn't have the heart of Gundam series, which makes Gundam series stand out from all other robots animation. Again, this is created only for making money by using the name of Gundam. Even Gundam looking robots are not Gundam or mobile suits. Don't be fooled by its name, it's not Gundam you want to see. Maybe a good choice for kids under 10 years old.
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Summary: Some ups and downs
Review: Well, as I watched these episodes I had some Up's and some Down's about them. I mean I like the characters,story line and everything but it really didn't get me soo interested at first. I thought that they could have made it a little more better. I mean there is some really funny parts. I did like that episode where Sai Saici fights Argo. I mean Domon... well this is from the subtitled one. So i won't give out that info. In all it's good, but I would sat you would want the newst one, rounds 4 and 6.
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Summary: Pretty Lame :-(
Review: What can I say? G-Gundam was just a real disappointment. I had bought the first box set at a local fye not too long ago, and I decided to go ahead and purchase the other three to complete the series. Bad Idea! I really wish I hadn't ordered all three at once! I really tried to like G-Gundam, but the longer the show went on it just seemed to get more and more childish. I liked the first box set pretty good, and I figured that the series would get better as it went along. (Wrong! Oh boy was I wrong!)As another reviewer before me has said, it really is a shame to have the Gundam name associated with this. G-Gundam is just too much like a kiddie-show. Sure, I bet there are lots of younger kids who like G-Gundam, and that's fine. But if you are over 13 years old(I happen to be 19, and a big fan of the other Gundam series)you probably will feel the same way I do. Remember when you used to watch Power Rangers? Remember how the plot of each episode was basically the same?(Power Rangers hang around Angel Grove, Power Rangers fight new monster, Power Rangers beat up on monster, monster gets really big, Power Rangers jump in their Megazord, monster beats up on Power Rangers, Power Rangers kill monster with the "mega-sword.")That is kind of how G-Gundam is. It just gets really old seeing Domon use the same move to finish all of his opponents. Believe me, you start to want to kick Domon in the nuts every time he says "Burning...Finger!!" It also gets old about the hundredth time Master Asia says "Come on Domon, is this the extent of your abilities?" And don't even get me started on the Dark Gundam. Domon "defeats" it like three times, but each time it just regenerates. I was literally screaming "Blow it the **** up you friggin moron!" at the TV. But I digress. Even having said all this however, I still guess I kind of liked it. Some of the episodes are just great(ie. Domon vs. Sai Saici in the Batle Royale)and it does have some genuinely emotional moments (ie. Domon begging Argo to spare Rain) but there are just too many lame episodes in between. It was great to see Nastasha naked though **wink, wink**
Maybe the reason I was so hard on G-Gundam was because I blew all my money on it and will now have to wait like a month before I can buy another series that I want. Maybe G-Gundam really does just suck. My advice to everyone is this: if you don't have much money to spend then buy something like Gundam 0083 or 8th MS Team that you will really enjoy. If money is no option and you already have a lot of anime, then give it try. Maybe you might like it. But I would recommend buying only one box set at a time.
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Summary: Nice, really nice.
Review: When i first heard this Gundam series was coming to America, i thought it would bomb big time. All the Gundams are ethnically themed. Such as Mexico's Gundam has a giant metal sumbrero, and a little mustache. Anyways, i thought it would be stupid, but some how, it wasn't. Like most anime series, it starts off okay, and ends awesomely. The plot twists in the end are excellent! This Gundam really is good, if you can over look the sometimes silly looking Gundams.
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Summary: Nothing is wrong with G Gundam
Review: When I hear the words G Gundam I think of romance, strengh and courage. Ture, the story started rocky and boring but at the end it started to make sense and started to fit together like pieces of a puzzle. Although I must say the Japanese Version was must better than the Englich Version. Even Gundam Wing was not at all alike like G Gundam. The characters, and plot was a bit different. But on top of that there is nothing wrong with G Gundam.
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