Audience reviews
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AndroidPillows
The most Saturday morning cartoon of the Gundam family. This is a Gundam that was built from the ground up to chase the high of super robots. Newtype bullshit from UC, ELS magic from 00, not even Kira "Jesus" Yamato himself could reach this level of magic mecha bullshit. The typical space opera of politics and deep musings of coming of age are super rushed here. Combined with constant re-use of stock footage, this isn't something that a lot of modern Gundam fans would easily acclimate to.
The premise of the plot is that the rule of the universe is determined by a battle royale tournament of Gundam pilots from different countries of the world. Each of these countries has a "Neo" version, which is the space colony version of their original. In this timeline, the space colonies are the power…
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G Gundam , The Kinnikuman of Gundam of Gundam pr mecha in general, its a Battle Shonen like story with our Main Character Damon , with his Mech God Gundam , its the most over the stop Gundam anime ever , none of it is a real Robot , this show is more action than plot , but that not bad , the problems I have are the clearly mysterious Character is related to another character, if you know what I mean
This anime got its fans , I am one of them
You're gonna love G Gundam too , I highly recommend it, it's so cool
This show OP is a banger too
Read at the sourceWeeabooOtaku95
Likewise about an anime seris of Mobile Fighter G Gundam is that it is alot more different than other Gundam series such as Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and every other Gundam series in general in the Gundam Franchise that's considered the more thing about this series is that this series has capsulated about 49 episodes as a matter of fact which it was until Mobile Suit Gundam Wing arrived in many ways for this as well and that's is what you called it a typical Gundam series takes place in Future Century timeline instead of the Universal Century timeline even though this was created by Hajme Yatate and Yoshiyuki Tomino that worked on the original Mobile Suit Gundam series which started the Gundam franchise as well as Invincible Superman Zambot 3 and Invincible Steel man Dait…
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So this is what happens when the Gundam franchise goes full Shonen Jump! It makes for a really interesting viewing experience in comparison to other Gundam entries. It’s a show that wears its heart on its sleeves and isn’t afraid to be as over the top and outlandish as possible. And that’s exactly ecstatic makes it so appealing.
I’m a bit of a Gundam Neophyte. I’ve watched Gundam Seed and thought it was just okay, stopped Reconguista in G because I thought it was awful. But then I really liked the original 1979 Gundam, and I’m loving The Witch from Mercury. So I’m a bit all over the place in my relationship to the franchise. But I found myself really liking this one. I don’t think it’s plot is as good as the original Gundam but I think where G Gundam excels is it’s characters.
The charac…
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There's good in Mobile Fighter G Gundam, but it's drowned in a sea of copy-paste filler, which is a shame considering the potential this has.
I feel like there's two sides to G Gundam, the A-plot focusing on the devil Gundam and the B-plot with the Gundam fight. These sides do cross over, but mostly stay separate. The reason I divided this series in two is because the A-plot is way more interesting than the B-plot. However, for the vast majority of the runtime, the B-plot is the main focus and it's awful. This series mostly sticks to self-contained episodes, meaning almost every episode has its own mini-arc started and finished. This can work well but, Mobile Fighter G Gundam insists on copy-pasting the same one-episode arc for pretty much every B-plot episode. It's a plague on this serie…
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Mobile Fighter G Gundam is such a disconnected show from the Gundam franchise as a whole. It takes place outside of Gundam's main Universal Century timeline, there's very little in regards to the political war drama the franchise is known for, the whole thing is a shonen tournament arc, and some of the mecha designs are downright goofy. And yet the show really hits all of Gundam's other strides as well as possible: great story, awesome animation, a soundtrack you can cheer to, and a roster of characters with stupid names that will grow on you by the end.
Mobile Fighter G Gundam follows 20 year old Domon Kasshu, who represents Neo Japan in the 13th Gundam Fight. Domon is an aggressive young man, who starts off as a distant loner who kicks some dude's ass, then jumps in his Shining Gundam t…
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This is one of the most infamous Gundam series, the least-Gundam Gundam of them all. G Gundam is a hotblooded martial arts-filled, ethnically insensitive, over the top explosion of hot blood and guts and I have no idea how it got made with a Gundam name.
However, I'm glad it did. With some great moments, a fantastic character in Master Asia, great(and hilarious) designs for the mecha, and a break-neck passionate feeling encapsulating the whole show, G Gundam is one of the greats of Gundam, though it honestly really shouldn't by any means share the name.
The start is admittedly somewhat slow and episodic, but it's not hard to just take it easy and enjoy the ride. The music is iconic, the characters are colorful and bombastic, Allenby is one of the best Gundam girls, the God Gundam might b…
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Definitely the black sheep of the Gundam franchise. Kind of sort of a low point in Imagawa's directorial efforts. I could sum my feelings on this show up pretty well by stating that it suffers from a major, fundamental identity crisis.
It's Gundam but it's Not UC, it's real robot but it has a super robot director, it's made to sell model kits but the animators are spiteful towards commercialization, and so on and so forth.
People will try to tell you it's wild and crazy and like the best thing ever because so much wacky stuff happens in it, but let me tell you, it takes 40 episodes for a horse to pilot a gundam and it's not even that impressive when it does.
Storywise it's kind of a self-contradictory wreck that's trying to be funny but then trying to be serious and it never fully balanc…
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If Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Gundam Wing raised an adopted child from a foreign nation, this would probably be "G Gundam", as it's known in the west or for Toonami viewers in the 90's.
"G Gundam" is a "monster of the day" slash "tournament arc" show.
Every successful country in the world has a space colony, and a Gundam-with-pilot to represent them. Whoever wins the "Gundam Fight Tournament" by defeating everyone they run into on the surface of the planet gets to rule above the rest of the colonies. (I assume this is for a set amount of years, as this is clearly NOT the first tournament to occur) So while most anime might have tournament arcs as fodder or filling, here that's the entire point.
Meanwhile in the background the main character (who is Japan's representative, of cour…
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I had a lot of fun watching this show, from start to finish.
I admit that I’m a bit biased, because I love G Gundam on concept alone, so the only way I’d hate it is if the execution was completely botched. Before watching the show, I knew of the Gundam featured in the show and I was absolutely enthralled by the outlandish designs. There’s a windmill Gundam, a mermaid Gundam, a Sailor Moon-esque Gundam, and even a Gundam made out of a Gundam face. I actually owned a Gunpla of the Sailor Moon-esque Gunda, the Nobel Gundam, well before I started watching the show.
As the designs can tell you, this is very much a Super Robot Show, with super modes, shouting your attacks, plot twist upon plot twist, everything. If you’re interested in Gundam solely for the gritty, realistic war stories, then…
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G Gundam is the first main title to take place out of the universal century, and probably the title that diverged from what the essence of gundam was about. It removes several aspects of what made gundam into the genre of real robots, while at the same time putting aspects of the super robot genre. In essence it tries to be a hybrid of the too while also incorporating aspects of martial arts anime and live action movies. It’s through this blend that G gundam has also been able to garner this aura of campiness. While camp is fine, i firmly believe that there should be more to it than that, and G gundam does it to a sub-par level.
G gundam follows Domon Cashew as he, based on the premise, is selected by his country to join the Gundam fight. As an alternative to actual wars whoever wins the…
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G Gundam is well known not solely because of being the only Super Robot series in the franchise, but because how ridiculous the story and designs (both bad and good ways) are.
While some bish-bashed the show for being not serious at all compared to the other ones, I would say that's pointless because this story is making a serious show out of a nonsensical story which is so overly serious that it is so godamned fun.
Story: 6 out of 10
Being a Super Robot Anime, you cannot expect some really serious-toned storyboard - It's basically some regular shonen stuff mixed with martial arts that are over-the-top ridiculous and inhuman to start with (say, how the hell do you do the Shoku Hao Denindan where you can spin your whole body and launch like a missile without your head spinning in the proce…
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G Gundam is simply everything I love could love put into a show. It is basically one part 70s kung fu movie, one part mecha, and one part soap opera; these essences form together to make what is possibly the greatest show ever. English dub is fantastic, Mark Gatha really nails it as Domon. The artwork is solid and the fights look really good even today. The sound design is also some of the best of what you'd expect from any other super robot show. This show may be looked down upon by some purists, but they don't know what they're missing out on. Overall this is one of the best shows ever made in my opinion, and is my favorite show ever.
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Despite being a part of the Gundam family, this anime is unjustly compared to all the other Gundam series that have come before and after it. While most other Gundam series focus on the hardships of war and have political subtext and so on, this anime took the direction of being an action-packed tournament-style battle anime, and that's not a bad thing as long as you aren't expecting the same kind of story and development of other Gundam series. If this anime has to be compared to any other mecha anime at all, let it be considered the predecessor to Gurren Lagann mixed with Kill La Kill.
Story: The story essentially doesn't matter, the only purpose it serves is to give our main character Domon a reason to travel and fight. The fights are all that matter and not a single episode fails to…
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The oddball of the Gundam Franchise.
G Gundam is probably the most child friendly Gundam Series there is.
As a kid I alway's felt I watched these shows in the wrong order. because I saw Gundam Wing when I was 14 and G Gundam a few years later.
While it tries to give us a serious story like most Gundam series It's sometimes hard to keep that serious tone. This is because each country has their Gundams Gimmicked towards somethings that (usually) relates to their country. This causes them to range from serious, creative, to silly and absolutely bizarre designs.
G Gundam sadly did seem to suffer from a bit of a tight budget, the Mid 90's wasn't a good spot for anime, and it shows, the pacing in certain scene's feel weird, color scheme's are fairly akward, repeative super-move animations ea…
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It's not impossible for me to like an anime based on it campiness. It just...happens so rarely. My idea of camp consists of 80s/90s action films, 70s-80s porno films, 80s horror films, the new Godzilla movie, Dredd, the first 2/3 of Umineko, the 90s Zorro film, etc. etc. And you know what they all have in common? They're not f*cking Sunrise mecha!
Seriously, I never got the appeal of these things. Sure Geass was entertaining back when it was fresh and you were new to anime, but not only has it gotten more dated and boring than Independence Day overtime (and by the way, why are we getting a sequel to that shit?), but these attempts to copy its formula along with just being Gundam in general are horrible. Sunrise's attempts at camp more often than not come off like they're trying way too ha…
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The Gundum franchise has long been hailed for it's depiction of war, the human condition and of course awesome mecha fights. Although the quality of titles vary from one to another when viewed in accession, the core themes regarding war was still always factored in. So when a title like Fighter G Gundam comes along and breaks this commonality it's quite easy to see where the harsh criticism of it comes from. Being the 1st title in the Gundam franchise to really dabble in unfamiliar territory, what we get is a balls to the wall battle shounen that left out the essentials but only retained the Gundam name.
But simply being different isn't enough to be good and that doesn't change the fact that the end result is nothing short of a nonsensical battle shounen that thinks an excessive amount of…
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Overview:
Other than SD Gundam (may it burn in the fires of hell) Mobile Suit Fighter G Gundam is the black sheep of the Gundam family. It has no complicated politics or commentary on the futility of war or the psychological damage that a soldier endures. Instead we get ethnic stereotypes, over the top fights, and absolute grade A cheese! If you are in a light and playful mood and want to watch something delightfully idiotic, here is G Gundam!
Plot 5/10
The plot takes place in the future of course, but this future is not a part of the main Gundam series canon and exists in its own universe. War has been abolished and which country gets to rule the world is decided every few years with a giant robot fighting competition. This plot was actually stolen shamelessly from an 80s B movie calle…
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OK. Now this is just my opinion but I have come across others with the same opinion. If you have been recommended a multitude of Gundam series, watch this one last. I do say that for good reason. Every time I've seen reviews of Gundam series I have seen people writing that they have seen Mobile Fighter G Gundam first and the other series they have seen don't compare. this is not to say that they aren't great but if you watch this first, there will be a feeling that something is missing in all the others. It's not that I'm biased but i have seen many reviews like the one I'm writing, if you see this first the others will have a feeling that something's missing. It's just that simple lol
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What happens when you make giant robots fighting each other 10 times manlier? The result is called G Gundam. Now if you don't know about the Gundam series it's basically about people who fight in large robots called Gundams and each one is unique in each series. Yet G Gundam, set in an alternative universe from the main series of shows, still manages to deliver. The story, at times, can be very predictable yet enjoyable because of the nature of the show. The pacing never felt rushed or slow because of how unique the episodes are from each other. Now the art style is your basic 90's anime. You have characters with huge eyes, characters that are drawn strange, and characters with some downright bizarre designs. Yet I couldn't help being impressed with how well the designs fitted each charact…
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