Quote from: Darkie on October 08, 2013, 05:01:36 PM
It was the first gundam show I ever saw. I was very depressive and suicidal and anime was my escape. When I wasn't aware of the boy side of me, Relena was my role model. She was a strong young woman who knew what she believed in. I know it may not have an amazing story but because that, DBZ and Sailor Moon basically saved my life, it means the world to me. Which one is better then? If I were to broaden my horizons, which one would I pick?
That's the issue. Relena was the only character that acted as a remotely normal person, and one of the reasons to continue that masochistic viewing. Every other character was a complete ->-bleeped-<-tard, specially the Gundam Team, but... Wu Fei... Single reason I've been close to dropping the series. Zechs is probably the blandest Char clone we have gotten, etc... One of Gundam series biggest assets was characters and development, and this one had nothing of it. I was recommended to avoid the series, like
"If You are watching Gundam Wing, you are doing it mereley to be able to watch Endless Waltz at the end"If you want decenf female characters, you have thousands in Gundam, and most of them are in the UC universe. Emma Sheen, Audrey Burne... Officially I started Gundam with 00 (Although it is considered an updated Gundam Wing, it's quite short and likeable), but I already had seen a few episodes of the original.
If you want to start with Gundam, watch 00 first (Anno Domini Universe). If after that you want to go into the official Gundam Universe (Universal Century), use this route:
- Kidou Senshi Gundam, compilation movies. They remove all the toy sellin crap and you have the whole series compressed in 6 hours, plus fixed animation and new parts
- Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory will fix the time gap between the one year war in the original and Z gundam. Very recommended, and a short series.
- Z Gundam: This one you have to watch it in full, absolutely not recommended to lose anything of these one.
- ZZ Gundam sucks too much, so in the middle is best if you watch the short series like The MS08th Team (The side of the war that happened on earth) and 0080 War in the pocket (How the civilians are affected by the war).
- Finally and after you finish with Z Gundam, you are ready to end the saga with Char's counterattack, the movie that finally closes the first characters stories.
In the end, If you have reached this far, you could go with the lastest series, Gundan Unicorn, and just shout "OHMYGOD" all the time...
On the other hand, just watch GaoGaiGar. As we used to say, "It makes chest hair grow and your dick earns an adittional centimeter with every chapter you watch"