07-28-2003, 12:32 PM
Let me correct myself on something...by "Mildly Reccomended" I by no means am saying that these aren't great series. I mean, hell...People are saying that Turn-A may be fantastic...I've just not seen it all yet, plus fans shouldn't really start with it. Rather I was trying to say that the "Highly Reccomended" things are top of the line simply the BEST series in the Gundam universe (in my opinion).
With Mildly reccomended, I mean the series may have some flaws, but they're still very very good and should be seen, just buy the highly reccomended things first if you can't afford everything.
Gundam 0083 has some amazing battles, just disappointing characters and a messed up plot.
ZZ is still a very good series, I actually laughed at alot of the sillier first episodes. But the fact remains that many people don't like them, and you're gonna be lost without seeing Z and 0079 first. Basicly...it's good, (ALL HAIL HAMAN!)but shouldn't be your first purchase.
As for Wing being disliked because of Cartoon network...No. Wing got me hooked to Gundam in the first place(like it did many american fans), I don't even 'dislike' Wing, but I'm not afraid to see it's flaws, and what I dislike is how many people use it as an excuse to not bother watching the UC gundam series.
G-Gundam, You know what? It's different, very very different, but it's not shallow like you'd think. G-Gundam produced some fantastic episodes and has a great central relationship as well as some good characters. It's plot is actually more complex then it appears to be as well, it's just not the traditional Gundam war drama, but it's not as shallow as people think. (Master Asia, he is one of the things that makes the series good.)
SEED Like G-Gundam, it's not a perfect Gundam series...it tends to recycle MANY MANY things from the original series, but beyond that...it's good. Good charcters, good drama, not alot, but a few great battles, and I love the music and clean colorful modern animation.
With Mildly reccomended, I mean the series may have some flaws, but they're still very very good and should be seen, just buy the highly reccomended things first if you can't afford everything.
Gundam 0083 has some amazing battles, just disappointing characters and a messed up plot.
ZZ is still a very good series, I actually laughed at alot of the sillier first episodes. But the fact remains that many people don't like them, and you're gonna be lost without seeing Z and 0079 first. Basicly...it's good, (ALL HAIL HAMAN!)but shouldn't be your first purchase.
As for Wing being disliked because of Cartoon network...No. Wing got me hooked to Gundam in the first place(like it did many american fans), I don't even 'dislike' Wing, but I'm not afraid to see it's flaws, and what I dislike is how many people use it as an excuse to not bother watching the UC gundam series.
G-Gundam, You know what? It's different, very very different, but it's not shallow like you'd think. G-Gundam produced some fantastic episodes and has a great central relationship as well as some good characters. It's plot is actually more complex then it appears to be as well, it's just not the traditional Gundam war drama, but it's not as shallow as people think. (Master Asia, he is one of the things that makes the series good.)
SEED Like G-Gundam, it's not a perfect Gundam series...it tends to recycle MANY MANY things from the original series, but beyond that...it's good. Good charcters, good drama, not alot, but a few great battles, and I love the music and clean colorful modern animation.