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I have watched quit a few Gundam series from all the UC to the newer one like Requiem for Vengeance and Gquuux, some are good some are bad, but I feel 'Wing' is by far the worst one of all that I have watched.
The character writing is a mess. Forget about character development or depth or any high level writing, in 'Wing' all characters' motivations, personalities, goals, and moral standards are a huge inconsistent mess-. Aside of their basic anime character types/traits and their looks nothing else stay consistent, which made non of their action logical or predictable, too inconsistent to be relatable. Furthermore, 'Wing' has introduced so many "named" characters which made the unrelatable characters even less noticeable in the story, just more characters that you don't care about, which…
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"A great series despite the things that said about it "
Gundam wing is a another collection in my wl from Gundam franchise . This installment happens in different universe same like GSD . So, don't let yourself get confused because of some rip off characters e.g marquis zechs from original U.C timeline .
I started watching this in mid 2010s . So, this may count as my 2nd or 3rd re watch , I don't remember the exact number . Later on I started collecting the series on VHS,and years later on DVD part of Bandai's Anime Legends collections. It was amazing,and truly worth watching.
My favorite characters in the show were Duo,Relena,Treize,Lady Und,Noin,and Zechs. My favorite Gundams in the show that I liked the most are the Wing Zero,Epyon,and Deathscythe I,and II.
In my opinion every gundam…
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There are very few mech anime’s I’m willing to stomach. There has to be very good character development, plot, and world building for me to truly an enjoy mech anime’s. Some, but not limited to are “The Big O”, “Evangelion” and the anime that introduced me to it all; Gundam wing.
Gundam Wing is truly Gundams best in its long series or incarnations. The character design is there aesthetically, very 90s and futuristic, it seems so real you could take a bite of it, like a tasty juicy meat of your choosing.
Heero is badass, and all of the supporting characters are rememberable and badass as well.
Thats just their personal characters, we’re not even talking about their mech suits, which, are so rememberable, i can hardly think of another Gundam series replicating such badass rememberable Gund…
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When I watched Gundam Wing the first time all those years ago back in 2016, I was like, "what was the hype even about, what was so special about this?" While I like it a bit more than I used to I can understand why me from all those years ago was never a big fan of it despite me thinking the series is decent overall.
I'll start with the good, the setting and world like a lot of Gundam shows are fascinating and interesting, I always loved the idea of mankind moving up into space colonies and one day leaving the earth which could happen someday, and I love how this franchise explores that possibility, and it's still just as interesting here, even if much of the backstory is clumsily delivered through narrated exposition a lot of the time, and I feel like the show could do a better job at w…
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Mobile Suit Gundam Wing or "Wing Gundam" is arguably the most popular Gundam in the franchise, being many fans' first introduction to the decades-long franchise. Following the story of five Gundam pilots and their quest to rebel against their oppressors, it's an engaging series that has captivated many fans and newcomers to anime over the years. As a huge fan of Gundam, I've heard and read about the praises Wing gets so naturally, I was excited to watch it. So, does it live up to the fame?
Story - In the futuristic After Colony 195, Earth has formed a worldwide alliance and most of mankind have settled in space via colonies. When the Earth alliance rule began to oppress the colonies, several colonies began developing special mobile suits known as a "Gundam" to retaliate against them. Th…
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Gundam Wing has a lot of issues, but I genuinely like many of its aspects in spite of them.
To start with my problems, the animation is not very good. It relies way too much on reused animation for battles, this makes most of the battles hard to differentiate from eachother and is my main problem with the show. I also would like to mention that there are two back-to-back recap episodes which are kind of lame, but the animation quality seems to increase for a few episodes after those. Some of the sound effects also feel overused, much of the time you hear the same rapid fire gunshot sound effect for different weapons and it gets distracting. I also think that the main character in particular has a weak introduction, trying to focus on how cool he is which fell a little short for me, and I…
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What makes a classic anime? Let's find out. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing is pure gold.
The story is very gripping, but does drag a little and is not perfect. I was debating giving it a 9 out of 10 but the conclusion more than makes up for the sometimes seemingly unimportant battles. It is also a very complex story and you have to pay close attention to fully understand the narrative. I watched it on Toonami when I was younger, but couldn't fully understand or appreciate the anime, until now. The story is based on, War and Peace, which was a novel by Leo Tolstoy a Russian novelist. No, I haven't seen the movie Endless Waltz, but the story is complete as is. The movie is about how the space colonies and the earth sphere alliance find lasting peace, after the war. The characters are brilliant an…
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Most definitely the gateway drug responsible for my anime fandom as a whole.
Preceded by Robotech (in passing at least), and maybe some films from childhood. But the one that got me hooked was none other than Gundam Wing.
I first got into it thanks to Toonami airings, and so well liked was it that when I made the jump from VHS to DVD, volume one was my first disc. Man, I can buy a whole series for that price now...ah the days of disposable income.
The mecha designs are timeless, a standout among the franchise and fan favorites still. My first taste of quality anime soundtracks, I have Gundam ringtones two decades later. While not the brightest of visuals even for the time, it was the golden era before CG suits that didn't match the rest of the setting.
Had a few uses of stock footage…
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I loved this as a kid, so I figured it would be nice to check back in on this. That was a bad idea. The story telling and dialogue are insanely clunky and all over the place. Which is a shame, because there are some nice ideas that peak out throughout the series: how does war affect soldiers, how can true lasting peace be obtained, what is the nature of human kind, etc. This is to be expected of a Gundam show, it's always come for the cool robots stay for the political and personal intrigue. And the Gundams are still cool, make no mistake. The animation is solid, and there are some cool fights occasionally but nothing super awesome. Very few of the characters are likeable, have any sort of sensible motivations, or act like real humans. This show is an absolute mess, but I see what it could…
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To me this was the anime that really got me into watching anime and will always hold a special place for me. These characters are iconic yet simple and the music I will remember for a long time to come.
As for the mech genre of anime I think this is one of the better stories specially for when it was released. I would recommend this to anyone looking to get into the genre and then tell them that most Gundam animes follow similar story lines with variances. I do however believe the characters though fairly basic and lacking the complexity of emotional turmoil, are very memorable and typical to writing styles of this era.
Overall a must watch for any mech anime lover and I think will last the test of time for the genre that it sits in.
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At best it is forgettably mediocre and at worst so hilariously bad it's somehow entertaining.
There is not a single character I liked, all of them are either forgettable or extremely shallow and painful to watch. All but one of the main pilots are some kind of edge lord that only a 13-year-old would think is cool because if they were one of them they could tell their stepdad Terry to shut up. Going from left to right, Trowa is your emo sad boi with like two feet of hair in front of his face, he least edgy of the edge lords but still enough to be annoying. Quatre is the cherry nice one of the group, and while he's not edgy he's still annoyingly naive. Heero is the edgiest of the bunch constantly talking in a low flat voice to show disinterested he is in everything when he's not fighting o…
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The Gundam franchise is one I've talked about twice. Once with Iron-blooded Orphans & once with the considerably less competent 00. But since it's the month for great couples, it's time to look at an older instalment with Wing.
Story:
Our tale takes place in the future where we have established space colonies and a powerful Earth alliance that basically runs the planet. Factions within the colonies feel that they've been oppressed by the Alliance's overwhelming military might and this leads to operation Meteor. Five different colonies all sending their own Gundams and pilots to Earth. The pilots land and fight separately, with a special focus on the OZ organisation.
At its heart, Wing is a story about fighting for peace and asking how far is too far in pursuit of that goal. Overall, it…
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Gundam Wing is one of those anime i used to watch when i was young and since then it is remained one of my favorite anime of all time. Definitely one of my favorite Gundam. Recently re-watched after years and, even if rarely i write reviews, i decided that it was time to drop one which is written with the mind of an young man and is more critical.
Note: English is not my mother language but i wanted to write a review anyway so I apologize in advance for eventual grammar errors. I also want to warn people for possible minor spoilers that might be present in this review especially in the "Character" section but i couldn't refrain myself to write the reasons in order to explain my opinion of them.
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Story
The story revolves around political tensions between Earth…
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Pop quiz time! What Alphaville song best describes the Gundam franchise? The answer is, of course, "Big in Japan"! And over the years, many people have tried many times to make it "Big in the West" as well, but it never really gained much traction. The small amount of success it did find mostly traces back to "Gundam Wing", which made a decent sized splash on American TV around the turn of the millennium.
And that's rather unfortunate. Because although I've only seen a handful of Gundam series, "Gundam Wing" ranks among the worst ones in my book.
"Gundam Wing", with its cast of characters starring mostly angsty world-beating teenagers, is obviously a series aimed at teenagers. But the problem is that it feels like it's also written BY teenagers. The show kind of reminds me of "Code Geass…
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Let me first start off by saying I felt that the animation, sound and music were on par for the era; those hold up with time. I also need to add that this was not the first Gundam series I watched (that honor belongs to 0083). But the bottom line is I did not enjoy this series despite how much I enjoy Gundam and mecha in general. Most of the reason stem from the fact that I'm from the future, but we’ll get into that later. The first thing I wish to mention is my disdain for the the designs of these Gundams. It’s almost as if they’re designed to look cool and sell toys, rather than practical combat applications. Heavyarms makes sense for long range attacks, as does Deathscythe for CQC. The Wing Gundam can fly but boasts a cannon that cares nothing for collateral damage. Sandrock is inferior…
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[2nd Edit] Leaving a review for Gundam Wing makes me feel strange, its a damn old Gundam, and the first one to arrive in the Americas, thus it is pretty famous. But I`ll try to leave you my Gundam fan feeling about it.
Story: You know, you might feel like it is going to be lame because of how old is Wing, but no, you would be wrong. The story of Gundam Wing is pretty good. It has a nice political conspiracy and intrigue going on, full of repercussions. The background to all of this (the space colonies vs Earth) are well developed and all hold up in the end. I also enjoyed the shift of reasons Wing gave in terms of political motives. It goes away from the space odyssey, to heavily blame industries. This is more closely relatable to our world, where the military complexes and weapon industr…
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Note: this also includes endless waltz because that technically is the “absolute” ending for the gundam wing series.
After now going through more than a handful of mainline gundam shows i can’t help but wonder that these shows are too long for their own good. There seems to be some consensus from the production committees for these show to absolutely have a benchmark of about 40-50 episodes. While no necessarily a bad thing as it allows for more content to be added allowing for a more expansive scope. There are times when a show just ends up meandering around while adding nothing new to the story and characters leading to the entire thing being a waste of time and ideas, and that for me is gundam wing.
The backdrop to gundam wing is initially similar to the universal century with there…
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I believe people purposely take off their nostalgia goggles and then deliberately scoff and dismiss everything about it, not giving it any chance to be great, which it truly is. I truly think Wing was extremely well written, both characters and the story. Heero's class speech for one. I especially loved Relena and Heero and their slow eventual understanding of each other. The music and sounds are excellent (OPs especially) and the designs were satisfying.
Of course it has flaws like every other show, like the animation and the ending. The ending really could have been much better. It was 'cute' but weak and rushed.
With the art, it's really a shame because some good scenes where pretty detailed and smooth, but most of the other scenes were not (looking at you Epyon). The characters were…
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Okay, not going to lie, this was one of the first animes I ever watched (thanks Toonami!).
And to this day, it's still one of my favorites. I've even rewatched it several times.
True to the Gundam series, its full of political maneuverings every where. Friends become enemies, enemies become friends, and sometimes you just feel like you want to tear out your hair because things change so fast.
My favorite part about it was the characters, in particular Heero Yuy. Of course, Heero Yuy. I came to dislike Relena more and more because she just got more and more annoying to be as time went along but I will say I enjoyed the romance of it all.
The other Gundam pilots were also wonderful.
The art was great for it's time and I still enjoy it.
I also love the soundtrack and love the voice act…
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Gundam Wing was one of the more overrated entries to the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise as at the time this show hit American airwaves there were more websites dedicated to this show than any other Gundam show.
At the time this show was on Cartoon Network I was going through a bit of a purist phase as I wasn't into Wing since my introduction to Gundam was through the 1st Mobile Suit Gundam movie. Also I had desire to watch the original Mobile Suit Gundam TV series. But I soon sat down and watched the entire series on DVD and I didn't think it was that bad... overrated perhaps but I rated this better than 00 or Ironblood Orphans.
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