Ah those glorious lines with all the melodrama and waxing poetic lines with the cheesiness of Gundam going all super robot. It was a gloriously cheesy show and I do love it for that.
I seem to get this problem with other people who criticize Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, The Exchange and Jurassic Park. I like these franchises but I am aware of their problems with story or other character elements.
EXACTLY! It is a brilliant design that incorporates the weapons and defense systems as well as the speed and firepower of a mobile armor and still have the flexibility of having a detachable mobile suit.
While also reinforcing that this is the Federation’s 1st attempt at a Mobile Armor. Anaheim made it akin to EFSF’s aesthetic of function-first design philosophy; how elegant it looked was secondary. Even in the series, the Zeon mocked its appearance as an unassuming hulk. Then it’s shows off giant beam sabers, dozens of missiles, an overly enormous beam bazooka, ridiculously huge engines for its size, a prototype deflector shield...oh, and it holds a Gundam too! Unit 3, is like the A-10 Warthog to me; yeah it’s ugly, but isn’t it sexy when you see how much ass it can kick?!
Oh, I loved it even before watching the show because of how overkill it is. It's like they told the mechanical designer to go nuts and come up with the dumbest, cheesiest thing he could think of for the final battle, while still making it work in-universe and he went and actually did it.
I think the Dendrobium does look kinda intimidating with just how fucking huge it is. However it does also look kinda silly due to how tiny the head is compared to the rest of it. It's like the space marine power armour from Warhammer 40.000 taken to the next extreme. So I guess I can see both pros and cons here.
Feds: _"The war is over and we won! Now let's make a Mobile Suit with nuclear capabilities. What could possibly go wrong right?"_ In the Universal Century, the Federation's own worst enemies aren't the Zeons. It's themselves😂😂😂😆😆😆
Not wrong. Consider what you know about Zeta Gundam, where the AEUG/Karaba fight the Titans. What if I told you that AEUG/Karaba also consider themselves a faction within the Earth Federation? The only major non-Federation Faction in Zeta Gundam is Neo (Axis) Zeon. Not including minor factions, there are dozens.
@@HaloFTW55 Yup, Zeta Gundam was really a Federation Civil War. Not all the colonies were align with Zeon and not everyone on earth supported the Titans. The U.C. setting is kind of complicated. lol
Honestly, the federation was justified. Half of the entire human population was wiped out in the one year war. You can bet the feds would keep nukes. Heck, we have nukes currently in a world that has only had them used to end WW2. MAD is an effective stradegy. Leaving yourself defenseless without any nukes is suicide, especially with how fanatical Zeon followers are.
I will join you friend. G may not be my favorite alternate gundam series, (00 and Wing still play tug of war with the crown for that.) I can still enjoy binging it in a week.
It's a shame that the actual opening to Gundam 0083 got removed from UA-cam a couple of years ago. The montage of Kou running as the years passed from 0079 to 0083 used to get me amped up every Saturday night. All these years later, it remains one of the best anime openings ever made.
Okay, all good ideas... now suppose Zeon went to Earth, and then took the entire island of Manhatten--and made it into a colony? Just like put rocket boosters and shit all over it. With there being a major battle--with nobody on the Feds side knowing what the fuck Zeon is doing. Then later when it is explained--everybody is just really confused and cannot believe it happened--and let's be honest, that would make sense for once for how people are confused. Zeon in all their addresses just indirectly threatens various other cities with "joining the Space Colony Independence movement!"
I liked how the Dreamcast Gundam game _Rise From the Ashes_ had the Zeon work on an anaerobic virus that would make plants unable to produce oxygen and so Earth would be uninhabited within months if it was used. Fortunately the White Dingo Squad successfully took them down.
Katrina Payne well for one thing I’m pretty sure the island of Manhattan doesn’t exist anymore as the 0079 colony drop adversely affects North America the most outside of Australia. That’s before you get to this colony drop in operation Stardust. Frankly with this information it made sense why the federation’s two main HQs on earth are in South America and Africa respectively.
Forget about The Winner, Men of Destiny is the most Gundam song there is, with the possible exception of Shourisha-tachi no Banka from G-Gundam. Actually no, don't forget about The Winner. God, Gundam is just chock-full of amazing music.
As a fan of Gundam, to me, 0083 is some where in the middle. I will agree that the animation and scenery is the best in the series - if not, one of the best. As for the colony drop, the reason factions tend to go for that plan is because it's a method that causes a lot of damage, as well as somewhat easy to do. And given that there are plenty of space colonies floating around (inhabited or uninhabited), it's still a scary thing knowing that something can be used to such a devastating effect. I mean, the first colony drop in the UC timeline wiped Sydney, Australia and everything around it off the map, leaving nothing but a crater and everything around it for many miles a wasteland (and I think also polluted the Earth with the amount of smoke it produced). And in Gundam X, many colonies dropping caused the Earth's population to nearly be wiped out. One of man's greatest achievements can easily be turned into its own destruction when used by the wrong hands...... and it's hard to stop it once its course is set. That's why colony drops are used often: hard to stop, easy to execute, not really in short supply, and can leave devastating effects and destruction.
GP03 is a weapons system platform with the "Dendrobium Stamen" being the main MS and the "Orchis" being a huge set of tools changing the GP03 from a Mobile Suit into a Mobile Armor. Its a rad design that sadly did not have enough lead in time and just kind of appeared out of nowhere. I am actually pretty glad that some as oversized and utilitarian as the Orchis was used only sparily.
I recorded it every weekend and watched it religiously. Once I found it on DVD at Suncoast, my life changed watching it uncensored. Boy what time that was to be alive.
0083 still has the single most powerful Gundam ever put to the franchise, a single shot from its Canon is enough to vaporize any other Gundam and it doesn't even need to hit them with it, just something that puts the target with the outer 1/4 of its actual radius. But then again a bean cabin that is powered by the detonation of a thermo nuclear bomb, and yes that is what it does, it doesn't fire the warhead or internally detonates it and then uses it to power its beam Canon, the shield contains large amounts of coolant as well as a blast shield. Granted the middle finger to physics behind this concept is so big and hard it could simultaneously shatter diamonds while eclipsing mount everest as the tallest peak.
Is that not how x-ray lasers in space were meant to work, as part of the Star Wars defence. A nuke was set off and the energy directed in a single path.
Your attitude towards examining something you love, seeing its flaws and loving it anyway is akin to how I enjoy Gundam Wing despite its flaws. Great review! :)
One thing that bothers me about 0083 is the way villains are potrayed and it's arguably the turning point for how Zeon has been portrayed by the franchise since, unlike in the original shows. Don't get me wrong, Gato and Delaz are both fun, but the anime tries to present them as these noble patriotic warrior types you're meant admire in their tragic quest and Cima as this disloyal traitorous bitch even worse than them and like... Their plan is to go out in blaze of glory by (even incidentally) killing millions as a revenge on Federation for no letting space Hitler conquer Earth. Like, yes, Zeon characters have been presented sympathetically before, but that was about them as people, and definitely not about Zeon as a something worth fighting or dying for. Come on, not all romance in Gundam is bad. What about Domon and Rain? Well, I suppose Sage may not have seen G Gundam yet so... Oh.
Top Gundam is so accurate because Zeon is kinda a stand in for Japan. Top Gun was navy propaganda if you didn’t know. I’m also not saying that 0083 is propaganda, but it has elements of it.
That's actually a very good way to present villains. They don't think they're the bad guys; most villains are the good guys in their own mind. Very few bad guys actually are open about being evil; many are just misguided or good-natured people who happened to fight for the wrong side or were tainted by evil ideologies. The Zeon patriots, in particular, would be good honest men in any other age, it's just that they simp for a mass-murdering psychopath and see him as their rightful lord. That's how most of history was like. Many people whom we saw as the ''bad guys'' who followed the likes of Adolf, Stalin, and Mao, were just normal folks who thought they were fighting for their nation's glory and for the good of their people. They died thinking that they were saving the world.
0083 is probably the least WEIRD Gundam show. Compared to the psychic space magic of the other UC shows (cough cough looking at you Unicorn), or the Shonene Giant Robot Adventures of Wing and G, it's basically the Tom Clancy of Gundam series. Also the whole nuclear weapons thing was a good stinger - the whole show I was just thinking "man how bad can nukes be when you have space navies and doomsday lasers and colony drops" and then Gato fires it off and holy cow dang wow
@@madbanditgaming8788 LOVE BLOOMS ON TEH BATTLEFIELD!!1 or somesuch. Still makes more sense than the big twist in 00, "Oh no, my school crush is an evil robot pilot!" Honestly, you just gotta take the weird romances for granted and move on in Gundam.
@@raycearcher5794 Fair. I haven’t watched 00 and I don’t really plan to. I don’t really enjoy most of the alternate reality stuff, although G gundam bangs, and I almost definitely would enjoy X.
Love the Steel Jeeg shirt, Bennett. One of the great things about growing up in Latin America (Dominican Republic) is the great robot anime we got through Mexico’s dubbing machine. It was known in Latin American Spanish as “El Vengador” (The Avenger) for whatever reason.
I agree with you completely, it's my favorite too. I watched every single Gundam series, and nothing comes close to it, except for Zeta. The first time I watched it was in eleventh grade in 2001. I still re-watch it as it brings lots of good memories. I always felt bad for Uraki. He is not a new-type, and a trainee pilots who ends up piloting 3 prototypes with so much potential. I have no idea how he managed to get through the whole dillaZ fleet drama. I wish they make more universal century OVA's, but I doubt that will happen.
18:22 Just wanted to point out that the Antarctic Treaty that banned nuclear weapons was in effect defunct by UC 0083. After the end of the One Year War of UC 0079, the Principality of Zeon surrendered and was dissolved and replaced by the new state known as the Republic of Zeon. However, the Delaz fleet didn't recognize the surrender and in their eyes the war was still going on and thus the Antarctic Treaty was still active. The problem with their logic is ill-informed and egregiously mistaken: 1) The war was over, Zeon lost with a formal surrender. 2) The Principality of Zeon that signed the treaty no longer exists. 3) The treaty only forbids the use of nuclear arms, but does not specifically ban development of nuclear platforms. 4) During the time that the treaty was active, Zeon attempted to violate the terms at least twice during the OYW. ...Also, you can't ignore the hypocrisy of the Delaz fleet in both claiming that the treaty was still active and then using the nuke themselves.
Nitpick- Zeon never formally surrendered. They only signed a ceasefire with the ESF. They lost the war in practice, but on paper they simply just made an agreement to stop shooting.
Take me off the beaten path you glorious bastard. G gundam is one of my favs for sure and i cant wait. As for stardust my brother loved this and f91 so when I finally saw it I pretty much came to the same conclusion you did. Although much less eloquently. Especially because I would defend g gundam so hard, he would say stardust and 91 were vastly superior. So hopefully I get closure.
The reason Gundam 0083 is my favorite is because it was the first time out of any anime I watched up to that time that I found myself going from hating the antagonist, to wanting the antagonist to win. If you view Gundam 0083 in a historical context, it's a story not about the protagonist but a story about the damned. When I see Gundam 0083 it reminds me of people like Hanna Reitsch, Otto Schorzeny, Leon Degrelle, and Hans Ulric Rudel. Die heart, loyal to the cause, till their deaths. The kind of people whom's only regret in WWII was that they 'lost." When I see Gundam 0083, I see one of the most important works in the Gundam Franchise, because it dares to tread those waters. You get to see the idealistic fanaticism that drove Zeon, the same kind that made Episode 4 At the Bottom of the Gravity Well from Gundam Unicorn so powerful. But Gundam 0083 the entire narrative was this, not just one episode.
Colony drops seem to do the most damage on the Earth and anything Federation related to the point where Zeon uses it as their main tactic to strike fear into the Federation and the people living on Earth. Let's be honest, unless there is another way to do that much damage then they would do it but the Universal Century doesn't seem to have weapons like that, or at least none have been made with those capabilities in certain points in time. Granted, Zeon seems to use these drops on Earth for places to hurt the Federation military since 0083's colony was dropped on the North American Mass Grainery which caused a food shortage and the first colony that hit Australia was meant to hit Jaburou instead but the Federation's interference made it hit Australia instead. As for why the Federation made a nuclear based Gundam, I would assume it would have to do with wanting to have it just in case Zeon or any other anti Federation group appeared then they would have it to strike. Plus, the Federation and Zeon have shown to ignore the Antarctic Treaty on multiple occasions and Origin showed that it was just a small courtesy to make it look like no one wanted massive blood shed and it didn't amount to anything; it really doesn't after the One Year War. Plus, Anahiem has been known to really profit from making such weapons that it wouldn't surprise me that they had someone in the Federation convince higher ups to make a gundam like that.
And you think with their power and knowledge to create devastating satellite ray beams that can destroy entire countries with a single hit they could just create a dozen of them and just drop the shit out of lazer beams on top of the motherfuckers, but no droping an entire colony is better than just having freaking interplanetary destroying death ray beams.
@@GBlastMan granted in "CrossBone Gundam: Steel 7", the Jupiter empire did create a colony laser large and powerful enough to cause major damage to the planet; But, the Crossbone series' placement in the UC timeline was debatable.
As I recall it, the GP02 isn't the first potential, nuclear-armed Gundam-- there's some old artwork for something called the Soloman Express, I can't recall if it was ever really made in canon. There were also designs for nuke-deploying Zakus from the start of the War. The general idea is that a nuclear-armed Gundam would be a lot more maneuverable than a warship, and could slip in to nuke a target with far more ease. The reason why this was thought to be necessary was that big, expensive Solar Ray and colony laser systems were quite vulnerable to deal with attempted asteroid or colony drop operations. Zeon's efforts at kinetic warfare through asteroids and other large objects was a potent threat, and having a way to disable or break up such attempts was quite valuable, not to mention Zeon, and later Axis Zeon, had habits of hiding in thick, asteroid fortresses. Sometimes having a nuclear blast in the right area would be vital in dealing with the problem, without wasting thousands of men and hundreds of mobile suits in assaulting asteroids or defended colonies. Now, I'm not sure on why that logic simply doesn't allow for nuke-armed warships anymore, but still, that's the general concept I've interpreted from what I've read.
On the Nuclear warhead going against the Antarctic Treaty, there are two factors that make that make that claim hollow. One is that Zeon already breached the treaty during the OYW at the Battle of Odessa. The second is that the treaty was with the Principality of Zeon which does not exist anymore as it was restructured back into a Republic, so that Treaty is now null and void. Though, yeah, I'd like to know why they made a Gundam with the purpose of deploying a nuke, though I think the 0083 retelling manga, Rebellion covered that.
OUTLAW FUKKIN STAR!! I miss the old chair. Great vid tho dude. I love your content. 11/5. My first gundam was Mobile Fighter G Gundam. I was born in 96.
Also Sage the Gp03 is a space superiority MS. Its weapons container is a decent option in making a cheaper option than building a dedicated Mobile Armors like what Zeon did.
I honestly feel like Thunderbolt would be up Sage's alley. It's brutal, no newtype bullshit, realistic, and it's theme isn't all over the place. And the protagonists are complex and the dub isn't bad or goofy. Also no Colony Drops. Though a Colony was fucked up by them turning it into a warzone.
0083 AKA The Top Gun of the Gundam franchise and I damn near forgot how beautiful the show was. Not to mention the openings and side characters were just brilliant if only they didn't try to weasel in a reason why the goddamn Titans had to exist in Zeta Gundam in the first place. But I can definitely understand why it is your favorite season and Burning was a good Jarhead leader.
Enoch this is my favorite subject! I would start with the 3 i mentioned in my previous comment. They are not the “main story line” but they are set in the “main” universe if you will. I think if you like those 3 i think its safe to say you will find something to appreciate in the rest of the main story lines (universal century). The rest of the story lines/universes are fine for their own reasons but id generally stay away from Gundam wing and Seed. I found them super cringey and hard to watch as an adult haha. But they are fine back ground noise if your on your phone.
Enoch Theogm All fine choice but if I may make a a few addition. Enoch if your looking for something light hearted and free to watch through UA-cam Build Gundam has suits from all over the franchise and is I think really damn fun. Also G-gundan if your more on the dbz shonnen side of the anime spectrum.
Basically yeah, everything you said is 100% correct. This is my favorite Gundam series as well. And yeah. This theme song is one of my all-time favorites as well. I've downloaded it and it plays in my car a LOT
Still amazed this one still holds out over 0080, especially considering your review on it. Someone has referenced 0083 as Die Hard for Gundams, and I stand with it. It awesome at times, will leave you thoroughly entertained, but ultimately pretty shallow if you think about it.
Personally, absolutely love the GP-03 It's so ridiculous it loops right back around to being awesome It's a Gundam mobile armor, what's not to love? Great vid man
when i was a kid I kept seeing the GP03 - Dendrobium being shown off in a glass case at the local game store. I am now 30 and a proud owner of one. Buy one dude, it was so much fun to build
I still haven’t even had a confirmation about my theory that they picked Uraki’s dislike of Carrots cause of the voice actor’s (Ryo Horikawa) role as Vegeta’s dislike of Goku(Kakorot = Carrot). Too coincidental not to be partially true.
I'm just going to say about Romance. If there were two romances in Gundam that actually get it RIGHT look no further than G Gundam (yes, im opening up that can of worms) and After War Gundam X. Yes the later never got a dub* but i still HIGHLY recommend this to any self-respecting Gundam-NAY any self-respecting ANIME Fan period! It is in a way Gundam DONE RIGHT, at least in my Honest-to-Goodness Humble Opinion. But still, in again my humblest opinion the Domon/Rain Romance and the Garrod Ran/TIffa Adill Romance are the two best examples of Gundam Romances done right and Sage, even with a sub I Highly recommend you check out Gundam X if only to get a bead on the thing lol. *still (hopelessly) hoping that they actually getting around to dubbing X if only as an anniversary bit lol.
I'm actually happy to see someone else sharing my opinion and fondness for 0083! The manga adaptation (0083: Rebellion) actually does a great job correcting and fixing a lot of the problems the anime had. I really wish they'd go and do a full adaptation of it and The Origin to be honest..
I came here after watching the Grave of the Fireflies and discovering you covered American animation. While still influenced by Japanese animation it gave me the courage to recommend a movie that is very just as tearful as Grave of the Fireflies. I would recommend When the Wind Blows cause that is a pretty interesting movie.
*Things to like about 0083:* 1.) Quality vintage. It's basically the spirit of the late-80s/early-90s with S-tier production values. 2.) Anavel Gato 3.) Anavel Gato fighting Kou Uraki 4.) All that shit with Kelly 5.) Has an oddly "real" quality many Gundam series don't. It's not WitP or anything, but something about 0083 just works, and it honestly feels more UC than a number of other UC entries. Also, GP03 is fine. The mini arms race is exciting, and seeing Kou & Gato in gigantic mobile armors just laying waste to scores of conventional MS or putting down flagships between their frenzied bouts w/ one another rly sells just how out of hand things have gotten. GP03s form & function in particular totally embody this IMO ((tho if that huge mass was its reg bod & it just had a stupid lil baby head anyway I would hate him it only rly works for me w/ the knowledge that theres a whole nother dude inside))
Okay, that there were two directors who split the series between them explains everything I need to know about how the second half just seems to pitter out on me. I'll give you the opening, though. That's an amazing piece of music.
The only time an opposing faction wasn't dropping colonies on earth was in crosbone gundam. The Jupiter Empire at first tried to send large mass production mobile armors (EMA-10 Divinidad) filled with nuclear warheads to earth and reduce it to a nuclear wasteland. Their second atempt was using a long range colony lazer to bombard the planet's surface.
3 things about this episode: 1. I'm totally with Sage on this one. While the story is a bit disjointed between the two halves (especially with Nina's character), I can't help but enjoy it for what it is. 2. Thank you Sage for acknowledging that "The Winner" is one of the best anime openings ever (and I'd say "Men of Destiny" is pretty good too). 3. Has anyone else ever gotten some serious "Top Gun" vibes from this series?
This is my favorite gundam series as well Gundam GP02A is my favorite gundam of all time. No other gundam has been able to take its place for me over the years.
I know one romance in Gundam that ended well: Seabook Arno/Kincaid Nau with Cecily Fairchild/Berah Ronah They lived through two wars, WON their wars, and retired succesfully with a child To the point that when the protag of Steel 7 comes to recruit them for a suicide mission and finds out they had another baby, he lets them be so their happy life isn't ruined
As a Sound Engineer, I can tell you that the opening song(ESPECIALLY the snare on the drums) was performed and mixed beauuutifully. Unfortunately the vocalist, Miki Matsubara, died of cancer in 2004. :(
FINALLY G GUNDAM! This was the Gundam series that definitively made me love the entire series, and made me a Gundam fan. Gundam as a shonen was such a WTF concept, I love it!
I am a very old Gundam fan who watched the original back in 1979. I agree with some of your points. Well, this is probably the best Gundam title with none of those New Type carp, which gets more problematic to me, and with more grounded militaristic tactics, politics, and plottings (or you may call it "Real Real Robots") you can get in the UC timeline. No "0080 War in the Pocket" does not count because the story is mainly from a civilian child pov. Well since the very first real militaristic Gundam -- the legendary "Gundam Sentinel" may never get animated in my lifetime (due to the hatred of one nasty old man), this is the closest Gundam Sentinel I can probably ever get. If you consider yourself a real Gundam fan, go and read the Gundam Sentinel novel or buy that big ass photo book which contains the novel, in Japanese, and all the background kinds of stuff. Sure, this series has a lot of problems and plot holes as big as the Moon and not even the movie version cannot fix them. If you go for the action and the pacing, especially when Albion returns to space, the whole narrative gets much improved and more believable over time. Unfortunately, the real climax is the duel at Solomon and the story would be very satisfying if it ended there! It may sound a bit over-extended after Solomon but it is kinda just justifiable to tie up all the ends which lead to the rise of Titans. Also, the inclusion of Axis enriches the story a lot. One PoV I can say is the main characters are not that bad, both Kou and Gato remain who they are from the start till the end: the former is still a rookie and kinda simple and navie, the latter is still a stubborn soldier who lives being loyal to Delaz, and gets revenge on the Feds. Both meet the ends they deserve (evil grin). Oh, you can say they gain no character improvement, but hey the whole mess happens in a very short time period. Yes, the character of Nina is a real problem but it was not that apparent and thanks for pointing that out. I think the inclusion GP03S is kinda justified storywise -- if the Zeon has Mobile Armors in the war, why can't the Fed has one after the OYW? They, by then, have the tech and the resources to build one on their own. I mean at least one. Moreover, Gato is getting one, why not Kou gets one for himself? Do you think the show would be as realistic if Kou fights a MA in a regular MS? Note also that MA vs MA is never a thing before 0083. These OP monsters battle happens only here and to the best of my memory, it is never done again! Also, please note there is a manga version of the story called "Gundam 0083: Rebellion", retelling the story and adds new supporting characters, new MS and fixes some of the issues of the story. Spoilers: You get a very cool MA show up in Africa and Dick Allen gets a more heroic death rather than dying lame as in the OVA.
*The Gundam series one of my TOP most favortie Gundams ever, Gp-02, also the Mobile Armor too, the Neue Ziel, but my favorite Gundam series is Wing, G. 00 and Seed.* But GOD, I HATE the main female in this series.
@@akumaten I know the actual Gundam inside the armor had legs. But as far as I can tell the shell only has boosters and I know it's ment to be a space weapon but it would look awesome
I will admit G Gundam is my favorite Gundam series despite how horrible it is. Being Mexican my brother and I just love to laugh and quote this series. The sailor moon Gundam was my favorite and The Tequila Gundam was my brothers XD Its such a horribly hokey show I love it. I will definitely give Stardust memory a chance though. I cant wait to see what you think of G Gundam though
@@nobodyimportant2470 I highly doubt it. He basically said he's not gonna cover them all... and in regards to SD Gundam, I believe his exact words were "Stop asking for SD Gundam, or Santa Sage is gonna shit in your stockings."
@@shootingreal5945 Yeah, and it's implied she gets him, or at least is happy to see him...After she betrayed him (And the Earth Federation) because she wanted Gato's dick.
Well Nina was infuriating and what happened to Cima sucks, but I really liked Bask's speech. Plus Mora and Keith lived without putting on black uniforms so that's a plus.
I recall Gundam Seed Destiny having the biggest "Gundam" I've ever seen that was capable of shooting laser beams all over the place and was piloted by a sociopath blondie girl who was a love interest of one of the main cast heroes regardless. That was hilarious and awkward at the same time.
![АЛАУДИНОВ у Скабеевой: эти их ВСУ нас НЕ ДОГОНЯТ 😁 [Пародия]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/an0anqU4WGQ/mqdefault.jpg)
"I'm the ENEMY, you idiot!" is one of my favorite quotes in Gundam of all time.
Keith was truly "The Winner" in Stardust Memory.
he lost all of his fights. even his girls his lost it to gato. If Gato didn't die, Nina would still with him.
Adulthood is understanding Keith is the hero
He was a Man of Destiny.
>Next time is G Gundam
MY LOVE!
MY ANGER!
AND ALL MY SORROW!
Ah those glorious lines with all the melodrama and waxing poetic lines with the cheesiness of Gundam going all super robot. It was a gloriously cheesy show and I do love it for that.
SHINING FINGER!!!
KYOJI!!!!!
G gundam is my favorite explanation... for literally everything.
In other words:
All my ANGST!
All my WANGST!
All my EDGINESS!!!!!!
"I love it anyway."
Well, shit, I can't argue with that. God, I hate when reviewers are reasonable.
*goes off to pout
I seem to get this problem with other people who criticize Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, The Exchange and Jurassic Park. I like these franchises but I am aware of their problems with story or other character elements.
Can’t say the same for fans
I don't get why people hate the Dendrobium, I love its design.
It's a mobile armor meant to be flown around in space, not a mobile suit.
EXACTLY! It is a brilliant design that incorporates the weapons and defense systems as well as the speed and firepower of a mobile armor and still have the flexibility of having a detachable mobile suit.
While also reinforcing that this is the Federation’s 1st attempt at a Mobile Armor. Anaheim made it akin to EFSF’s aesthetic of function-first design philosophy; how elegant it looked was secondary. Even in the series, the Zeon mocked its appearance as an unassuming hulk. Then it’s shows off giant beam sabers, dozens of missiles, an overly enormous beam bazooka, ridiculously huge engines for its size, a prototype deflector shield...oh, and it holds a Gundam too!
Unit 3, is like the A-10 Warthog to me; yeah it’s ugly, but isn’t it sexy when you see how much ass it can kick?!
Oh, I loved it even before watching the show because of how overkill it is. It's like they told the mechanical designer to go nuts and come up with the dumbest, cheesiest thing he could think of for the final battle, while still making it work in-universe and he went and actually did it.
I think the Dendrobium does look kinda intimidating with just how fucking huge it is. However it does also look kinda silly due to how tiny the head is compared to the rest of it. It's like the space marine power armour from Warhammer 40.000 taken to the next extreme. So I guess I can see both pros and cons here.
@@1987MartinT
You could say the same about the Neo Zeong.
BennettTheSage has acquired the abilities to review G Gundam, with the help of KYOJIII!!!
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@@SaotomeLuna The WINDS OF THE KING!
THIS REVIEW WILL BURN WITH AN AWESOME POWER!!!!
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@@carlzerris6566 ZENSHIN KEIRETSU!!
Feds: _"The war is over and we won! Now let's make a Mobile Suit with nuclear capabilities. What could possibly go wrong right?"_
In the Universal Century, the Federation's own worst enemies aren't the Zeons. It's themselves😂😂😂😆😆😆
Not wrong. Consider what you know about Zeta Gundam, where the AEUG/Karaba fight the Titans. What if I told you that AEUG/Karaba also consider themselves a faction within the Earth Federation? The only major non-Federation Faction in Zeta Gundam is Neo (Axis) Zeon.
Not including minor factions, there are dozens.
@@HaloFTW55 Yup, Zeta Gundam was really a Federation Civil War. Not all the colonies were align with Zeon and not everyone on earth supported the Titans. The U.C. setting is kind of complicated. lol
Honestly, the federation was justified. Half of the entire human population was wiped out in the one year war. You can bet the feds would keep nukes. Heck, we have nukes currently in a world that has only had them used to end WW2. MAD is an effective stradegy. Leaving yourself defenseless without any nukes is suicide, especially with how fanatical Zeon followers are.
@@HaloFTW55 I was gonna say isnt that BASICALLY the plot of Zeta and Double Zeta
@@AquilaGuard what does MAD mean?
G Gundam next episode......*heavy breathing*
I will join you friend. G may not be my favorite alternate gundam series, (00 and Wing still play tug of war with the crown for that.) I can still enjoy binging it in a week.
WITH THE HELP OF KYOJI!!!
I think this hands of mine are burning red.
The best Gundam.
Peter Hanson *buys lotion*
I once worked at a Restaurant, and slipped this series into the VCR they had playing over the eating area. And I got away with it!
Did the people like it?
@@HolyknightVader999 I was too busy working that day to tell firsthand, but it was the entire series over the shift, and nobody complained.
VCR? LOL
It's a shame that the actual opening to Gundam 0083 got removed from UA-cam a couple of years ago. The montage of Kou running as the years passed from 0079 to 0083 used to get me amped up every Saturday night. All these years later, it remains one of the best anime openings ever made.
The feddies should flip the script on Zeon, drop a planet on a space colony every season 🧐
Or, you know, Zeon could trick them by doing a plan that doesn't involve colony dropping.
Okay, all good ideas... now suppose Zeon went to Earth, and then took the entire island of Manhatten--and made it into a colony? Just like put rocket boosters and shit all over it. With there being a major battle--with nobody on the Feds side knowing what the fuck Zeon is doing.
Then later when it is explained--everybody is just really confused and cannot believe it happened--and let's be honest, that would make sense for once for how people are confused. Zeon in all their addresses just indirectly threatens various other cities with "joining the Space Colony Independence movement!"
I liked how the Dreamcast Gundam game _Rise From the Ashes_ had the Zeon work on an anaerobic virus that would make plants unable to produce oxygen and so Earth would be uninhabited within months if it was used. Fortunately the White Dingo Squad successfully took them down.
ShadowWolfRising isn’t that technically Gundam Unicorn.
Katrina Payne well for one thing I’m pretty sure the island of Manhattan doesn’t exist anymore as the 0079 colony drop adversely affects North America the most outside of Australia. That’s before you get to this colony drop in operation Stardust.
Frankly with this information it made sense why the federation’s two main HQs on earth are in South America and Africa respectively.
"SOLOMON, I HAVE RETURNED!!!"
Forget about The Winner, Men of Destiny is the most Gundam song there is, with the possible exception of Shourisha-tachi no Banka from G-Gundam.
Actually no, don't forget about The Winner. God, Gundam is just chock-full of amazing music.
No it’s “back to paradise” from this series
As a fan of Gundam, to me, 0083 is some where in the middle. I will agree that the animation and scenery is the best in the series - if not, one of the best. As for the colony drop, the reason factions tend to go for that plan is because it's a method that causes a lot of damage, as well as somewhat easy to do. And given that there are plenty of space colonies floating around (inhabited or uninhabited), it's still a scary thing knowing that something can be used to such a devastating effect. I mean, the first colony drop in the UC timeline wiped Sydney, Australia and everything around it off the map, leaving nothing but a crater and everything around it for many miles a wasteland (and I think also polluted the Earth with the amount of smoke it produced). And in Gundam X, many colonies dropping caused the Earth's population to nearly be wiped out. One of man's greatest achievements can easily be turned into its own destruction when used by the wrong hands...... and it's hard to stop it once its course is set. That's why colony drops are used often: hard to stop, easy to execute, not really in short supply, and can leave devastating effects and destruction.
I'd argue Gundam Wing's "Just Wild Beat Communication" intro is the best intro song of the franchise.
GP03 is a weapons system platform with the "Dendrobium Stamen" being the main MS and the "Orchis" being a huge set of tools changing the GP03 from a Mobile Suit into a Mobile Armor. Its a rad design that sadly did not have enough lead in time and just kind of appeared out of nowhere. I am actually pretty glad that some as oversized and utilitarian as the Orchis was used only sparily.
I recorded it every weekend and watched it religiously. Once I found it on DVD at Suncoast, my life changed watching it uncensored. Boy what time that was to be alive.
0083 still has the single most powerful Gundam ever put to the franchise, a single shot from its Canon is enough to vaporize any other Gundam and it doesn't even need to hit them with it, just something that puts the target with the outer 1/4 of its actual radius. But then again a bean cabin that is powered by the detonation of a thermo nuclear bomb, and yes that is what it does, it doesn't fire the warhead or internally detonates it and then uses it to power its beam Canon, the shield contains large amounts of coolant as well as a blast shield. Granted the middle finger to physics behind this concept is so big and hard it could simultaneously shatter diamonds while eclipsing mount everest as the tallest peak.
Is that not how x-ray lasers in space were meant to work, as part of the Star Wars defence. A nuke was set off and the energy directed in a single path.
Your attitude towards examining something you love, seeing its flaws and loving it anyway is akin to how I enjoy Gundam Wing despite its flaws. Great review! :)
One thing that bothers me about 0083 is the way villains are potrayed and it's arguably the turning point for how Zeon has been portrayed by the franchise since, unlike in the original shows. Don't get me wrong, Gato and Delaz are both fun, but the anime tries to present them as these noble patriotic warrior types you're meant admire in their tragic quest and Cima as this disloyal traitorous bitch even worse than them and like... Their plan is to go out in blaze of glory by (even incidentally) killing millions as a revenge on Federation for no letting space Hitler conquer Earth. Like, yes, Zeon characters have been presented sympathetically before, but that was about them as people, and definitely not about Zeon as a something worth fighting or dying for.
Come on, not all romance in Gundam is bad. What about Domon and Rain? Well, I suppose Sage may not have seen G Gundam yet so...
Oh.
Top Gundam is so accurate because Zeon is kinda a stand in for Japan. Top Gun was navy propaganda if you didn’t know. I’m also not saying that 0083 is propaganda, but it has elements of it.
That's actually a very good way to present villains. They don't think they're the bad guys; most villains are the good guys in their own mind. Very few bad guys actually are open about being evil; many are just misguided or good-natured people who happened to fight for the wrong side or were tainted by evil ideologies. The Zeon patriots, in particular, would be good honest men in any other age, it's just that they simp for a mass-murdering psychopath and see him as their rightful lord. That's how most of history was like. Many people whom we saw as the ''bad guys'' who followed the likes of Adolf, Stalin, and Mao, were just normal folks who thought they were fighting for their nation's glory and for the good of their people. They died thinking that they were saving the world.
0083 is probably the least WEIRD Gundam show. Compared to the psychic space magic of the other UC shows (cough cough looking at you Unicorn), or the Shonene Giant Robot Adventures of Wing and G, it's basically the Tom Clancy of Gundam series. Also the whole nuclear weapons thing was a good stinger - the whole show I was just thinking "man how bad can nukes be when you have space navies and doomsday lasers and colony drops" and then Gato fires it off and holy cow dang wow
I think 0080 is less weird arguably, even 08th, although the Romeo and Juliet deal there is a little weird.
@@madbanditgaming8788 LOVE BLOOMS ON TEH BATTLEFIELD!!1 or somesuch. Still makes more sense than the big twist in 00, "Oh no, my school crush is an evil robot pilot!" Honestly, you just gotta take the weird romances for granted and move on in Gundam.
@@raycearcher5794 Fair. I haven’t watched 00 and I don’t really plan to. I don’t really enjoy most of the alternate reality stuff, although G gundam bangs, and I almost definitely would enjoy X.
Unicorn was basically freaking Green Lantern on Mecha
Love the Steel Jeeg shirt, Bennett. One of the great things about growing up in Latin America (Dominican Republic) is the great robot anime we got through Mexico’s dubbing machine. It was known in Latin American Spanish as “El Vengador” (The Avenger) for whatever reason.
I kinda like the fact that this brought the formation of the Titans and rightfully so.
Congrats, Zeon. You brought upon a more horrifying antagonist.
I agree with you completely, it's my favorite too. I watched every single Gundam series, and nothing comes close to it, except for Zeta. The first time I watched it was in eleventh grade in 2001. I still re-watch it as it brings lots of good memories. I always felt bad for Uraki. He is not a new-type, and a trainee pilots who ends up piloting 3 prototypes with so much potential. I have no idea how he managed to get through the whole dillaZ fleet drama. I wish they make more universal century OVA's, but I doubt that will happen.
Love stories can work just fine in Gundam!
Setsuna x Gundam!
18:22 Just wanted to point out that the Antarctic Treaty that banned nuclear weapons was in effect defunct by UC 0083. After the end of the One Year War of UC 0079, the Principality of Zeon surrendered and was dissolved and replaced by the new state known as the Republic of Zeon. However, the Delaz fleet didn't recognize the surrender and in their eyes the war was still going on and thus the Antarctic Treaty was still active. The problem with their logic is ill-informed and egregiously mistaken:
1) The war was over, Zeon lost with a formal surrender.
2) The Principality of Zeon that signed the treaty no longer exists.
3) The treaty only forbids the use of nuclear arms, but does not specifically ban development of nuclear platforms.
4) During the time that the treaty was active, Zeon attempted to violate the terms at least twice during the OYW.
...Also, you can't ignore the hypocrisy of the Delaz fleet in both claiming that the treaty was still active and then using the nuke themselves.
Nitpick- Zeon never formally surrendered. They only signed a ceasefire with the ESF. They lost the war in practice, but on paper they simply just made an agreement to stop shooting.
Take me off the beaten path you glorious bastard. G gundam is one of my favs for sure and i cant wait. As for stardust my brother loved this and f91 so when I finally saw it I pretty much came to the same conclusion you did. Although much less eloquently. Especially because I would defend g gundam so hard, he would say stardust and 91 were vastly superior. So hopefully I get closure.
F91, Zeta and War in the Pocket were some of the best Gundam shows/OVA/Movies ever!
The reason Gundam 0083 is my favorite is because it was the first time out of any anime I watched up to that time that I found myself going from hating the antagonist, to wanting the antagonist to win. If you view Gundam 0083 in a historical context, it's a story not about the protagonist but a story about the damned. When I see Gundam 0083 it reminds me of people like Hanna Reitsch, Otto Schorzeny, Leon Degrelle, and Hans Ulric Rudel. Die heart, loyal to the cause, till their deaths. The kind of people whom's only regret in WWII was that they 'lost." When I see Gundam 0083, I see one of the most important works in the Gundam Franchise, because it dares to tread those waters. You get to see the idealistic fanaticism that drove Zeon, the same kind that made Episode 4 At the Bottom of the Gravity Well from Gundam Unicorn so powerful. But Gundam 0083 the entire narrative was this, not just one episode.
Colony drops seem to do the most damage on the Earth and anything Federation related to the point where Zeon uses it as their main tactic to strike fear into the Federation and the people living on Earth. Let's be honest, unless there is another way to do that much damage then they would do it but the Universal Century doesn't seem to have weapons like that, or at least none have been made with those capabilities in certain points in time. Granted, Zeon seems to use these drops on Earth for places to hurt the Federation military since 0083's colony was dropped on the North American Mass Grainery which caused a food shortage and the first colony that hit Australia was meant to hit Jaburou instead but the Federation's interference made it hit Australia instead.
As for why the Federation made a nuclear based Gundam, I would assume it would have to do with wanting to have it just in case Zeon or any other anti Federation group appeared then they would have it to strike. Plus, the Federation and Zeon have shown to ignore the Antarctic Treaty on multiple occasions and Origin showed that it was just a small courtesy to make it look like no one wanted massive blood shed and it didn't amount to anything; it really doesn't after the One Year War. Plus, Anahiem has been known to really profit from making such weapons that it wouldn't surprise me that they had someone in the Federation convince higher ups to make a gundam like that.
Anaheim and war profiteering. Name a more iconic duo.
And you think with their power and knowledge to create devastating satellite ray beams that can destroy entire countries with a single hit they could just create a dozen of them and just drop the shit out of lazer beams on top of the motherfuckers, but no droping an entire colony is better than just having freaking interplanetary destroying death ray beams.
@@GBlastMan granted in "CrossBone Gundam: Steel 7", the Jupiter empire did create a colony laser large and powerful enough to cause major damage to the planet;
But, the Crossbone series' placement in the UC timeline was debatable.
Origin is AU
As I recall it, the GP02 isn't the first potential, nuclear-armed Gundam-- there's some old artwork for something called the Soloman Express, I can't recall if it was ever really made in canon. There were also designs for nuke-deploying Zakus from the start of the War. The general idea is that a nuclear-armed Gundam would be a lot more maneuverable than a warship, and could slip in to nuke a target with far more ease. The reason why this was thought to be necessary was that big, expensive Solar Ray and colony laser systems were quite vulnerable to deal with attempted asteroid or colony drop operations. Zeon's efforts at kinetic warfare through asteroids and other large objects was a potent threat, and having a way to disable or break up such attempts was quite valuable, not to mention Zeon, and later Axis Zeon, had habits of hiding in thick, asteroid fortresses. Sometimes having a nuclear blast in the right area would be vital in dealing with the problem, without wasting thousands of men and hundreds of mobile suits in assaulting asteroids or defended colonies. Now, I'm not sure on why that logic simply doesn't allow for nuke-armed warships anymore, but still, that's the general concept I've interpreted from what I've read.
On the Nuclear warhead going against the Antarctic Treaty, there are two factors that make that make that claim hollow. One is that Zeon already breached the treaty during the OYW at the Battle of Odessa. The second is that the treaty was with the Principality of Zeon which does not exist anymore as it was restructured back into a Republic, so that Treaty is now null and void.
Though, yeah, I'd like to know why they made a Gundam with the purpose of deploying a nuke, though I think the 0083 retelling manga, Rebellion covered that.
I agree, the op of 0083 is the best and most underrated in all of Gundam.
I agree with you.
One can’t take so much 80s.
I cannot think of anyone but Matsubara Miki singing "The Winner", until I heard Richie Kotzen's cover.
Not compared to any of the AGE OPs, or the Victory OPs, or the X OPs, or the G OPs, or ffs Wings of Words.
It was "inspired" by that top gun song.
The ending ever green was kinda sampled or mixed by Selena's "dreaming of you".
OUTLAW FUKKIN STAR!! I miss the old chair. Great vid tho dude. I love your content. 11/5. My first gundam was Mobile Fighter G Gundam. I was born in 96.
Also Sage the Gp03 is a space superiority MS. Its weapons container is a decent option in making a cheaper option than building a dedicated Mobile Armors like what Zeon did.
Barry Bend Still looks dumb, and the only reason to ever have mecha in anything is cool factor.
@@DrewLSsix well yeah but come on Zeon mobile armors are worse.
>Dendrobium looking dumb
>implying a big ass space fortress with multiple missle pods, a big ass laser cannon, and beam arms isn't the coolest shit
Sage: _GPO3 is the dumbest thing!_
Gundam Seed's Meteor: _Hold my beer🍺_
😂😂😂😆😆😆
It looks bad
Please Sage next year Gundam Thunderbolt.
I know right. I wanted him to review that one next
@@shadowwriter4538 Yes.
As part of New Tricks?
Turn X or die!
I honestly feel like Thunderbolt would be up Sage's alley. It's brutal, no newtype bullshit, realistic, and it's theme isn't all over the place. And the protagonists are complex and the dub isn't bad or goofy. Also no Colony Drops. Though a Colony was fucked up by them turning it into a warzone.
0083 AKA The Top Gun of the Gundam franchise and I damn near forgot how beautiful the show was. Not to mention the openings and side characters were just brilliant if only they didn't try to weasel in a reason why the goddamn Titans had to exist in Zeta Gundam in the first place. But I can definitely understand why it is your favorite season and Burning was a good Jarhead leader.
Topgundam.
it reeks top gun, right down to the soundtracks. winners is actually danger zone
Stardust and UC universe is my jam
Glad to see someone else appreciate the show and winner intro.
Ok I never gotten that reaction for telling people that I love 0083. It’s always hell yes that and 08 ms team were great.
NowherePhotp 0083, 08th ms team and war in a pocket are always my basis for argument when i tell people to watch gundam.
I've never watched Gundam and have no idea where to start. Any advice. Thanks.
Enoch this is my favorite subject! I would start with the 3 i mentioned in my previous comment. They are not the “main story line” but they are set in the “main” universe if you will. I think if you like those 3 i think its safe to say you will find something to appreciate in the rest of the main story lines (universal century). The rest of the story lines/universes are fine for their own reasons but id generally stay away from Gundam wing and Seed. I found them super cringey and hard to watch as an adult haha. But they are fine back ground noise if your on your phone.
Enoch Theogm All fine choice but if I may make a a few addition. Enoch if your looking for something light hearted and free to watch through UA-cam Build Gundam has suits from all over the franchise and is I think really damn fun. Also G-gundan if your more on the dbz shonnen side of the anime spectrum.
@@Theogrn Can't agree harder with you on that sentiment. I call those 3 OVAs the "Holy Trinity" of Gundam.
So Suave likes tall women too?
I see he is another man of culture.
I think the only thing suave won't fuck is anything that reminds him or resembles the michelin man
Who doesn't like tall women? yum yum yummy
Yeah I'm with suave on this one.
Yo where the tall women at?
11:00
Yea! A Christmas Miracle! you're looking my favorite gun dam series! Wing may have been my first anime, but G Gundam is definitely my favorite
I readily recommend 0083 as a gateway into Gundam for newbies, for basically all the reasons you list here.
GET YOUR G GUNDAM MEMES READY BOYS
WITH THE HELP OF KYOJI!!!!!!
Lockon, Lockon, Lockon...
Episode 5, to see Nina Purpleton take a shower. Nina's favorite part of being in a hotel with me, is to be in a shower with me.
Thank you for a lovely Christmas present Bennet!
Basically yeah, everything you said is 100% correct.
This is my favorite Gundam series as well.
And yeah. This theme song is one of my all-time favorites as well. I've downloaded it and it plays in my car a LOT
Still amazed this one still holds out over 0080, especially considering your review on it.
Someone has referenced 0083 as Die Hard for Gundams, and I stand with it. It awesome at times, will leave you thoroughly entertained, but ultimately pretty shallow if you think about it.
You keep saying that this is the best in Gundam history and I just keep looking at G Gundam.
Personally, absolutely love the GP-03
It's so ridiculous it loops right back around to being awesome
It's a Gundam mobile armor, what's not to love?
Great vid man
when i was a kid I kept seeing the GP03 - Dendrobium being shown off in a glass case at the local game store. I am now 30 and a proud owner of one. Buy one dude, it was so much fun to build
Next time on Gundam Ball C...
Love the koutetsushin jeeg shirt btw
@@Kushrada Mecha is my bread butter and jelly. Especially Nagai shit
@@Kushrada same here
That's Koutetsu Jeeg, the original, not shin
I never thought anyone other than myself considered 0083 their favorite Gundam series
There are no fucking missteps of 0083 Stardust. Absolutely my favorite of the Gundam franchise. You nailed it on that part.
I still haven’t even had a confirmation about my theory that they picked Uraki’s dislike of Carrots cause of the voice actor’s (Ryo Horikawa) role as Vegeta’s dislike of Goku(Kakorot = Carrot). Too coincidental not to be partially true.
I disagree with your love factor in the Gundam Series. I think in After War Gundam X the love factor worked in that.
Dont forget g gundam where domons love for rain literally turns into the ultimate attack
@@drsatanrx fair point
Yeah, it worked really well in X, and I think it was handled properly in 00 too
Bernie and Christina had such great chemistry in 0080... sigh
@@hitachicordoba BERNIE NOO!!! I am sad now
0083 felt like Top Gun to me .
In the ost is the best!!!
I still have "Magic", "winner" and "Men of Destiny" in my music collection.
That GP-03....
Whenever someone laughs at my oversized shoulder-pads.... I'll remember....
11:58 - Eva reference! That's an Evangelion reference and I claim my five dollars!
Suave seems like a Frank Sinatra sort of guy
I'm just going to say about Romance. If there were two romances in Gundam that actually get it RIGHT look no further than G Gundam (yes, im opening up that can of worms) and After War Gundam X. Yes the later never got a dub* but i still HIGHLY recommend this to any self-respecting Gundam-NAY any self-respecting ANIME Fan period! It is in a way Gundam DONE RIGHT, at least in my Honest-to-Goodness Humble Opinion. But still, in again my humblest opinion the Domon/Rain Romance and the Garrod Ran/TIffa Adill Romance are the two best examples of Gundam Romances done right and Sage, even with a sub I Highly recommend you check out Gundam X if only to get a bead on the thing lol.
*still (hopelessly) hoping that they actually getting around to dubbing X if only as an anniversary bit lol.
I'm actually happy to see someone else sharing my opinion and fondness for 0083! The manga adaptation (0083: Rebellion) actually does a great job correcting and fixing a lot of the problems the anime had. I really wish they'd go and do a full adaptation of it and The Origin to be honest..
I came here after watching the Grave of the Fireflies and discovering you covered American animation. While still influenced by Japanese animation it gave me the courage to recommend a movie that is very just as tearful as Grave of the Fireflies. I would recommend When the Wind Blows cause that is a pretty interesting movie.
*Things to like about 0083:*
1.) Quality vintage. It's basically the spirit of the late-80s/early-90s with S-tier production values.
2.) Anavel Gato
3.) Anavel Gato fighting Kou Uraki
4.) All that shit with Kelly
5.) Has an oddly "real" quality many Gundam series don't. It's not WitP or anything, but something about 0083 just works, and it honestly feels more UC than a number of other UC entries.
Also, GP03 is fine. The mini arms race is exciting, and seeing Kou & Gato in gigantic mobile armors just laying waste to scores of conventional MS or putting down flagships between their frenzied bouts w/ one another rly sells just how out of hand things have gotten. GP03s form & function in particular totally embody this IMO
((tho if that huge mass was its reg bod & it just had a stupid lil baby head anyway I would hate him it only rly works for me w/ the knowledge that theres a whole nother dude inside))
EVERYBODY should be for tall women... and muscle women... and small cute boys... and boys with nice hips...
I keep havin' these... stardust memories
Thinkin' about the way it used to be
The Winner is the Highway to the Dangerzone of Anime Openings. It's freaking awesome.
Okay, that there were two directors who split the series between them explains everything I need to know about how the second half just seems to pitter out on me.
I'll give you the opening, though. That's an amazing piece of music.
I was skeptical. But I'll actually try and watch. Big Mcthankies from McSpankies
Salt
"I didnt get it" me after any Gundam Anime Abandon video.
The only time an opposing faction wasn't dropping colonies on earth was in crosbone gundam. The Jupiter Empire at first tried to send large mass production mobile armors (EMA-10 Divinidad) filled with nuclear warheads to earth and reduce it to a nuclear wasteland. Their second atempt was using a long range colony lazer to bombard the planet's surface.
3 things about this episode:
1. I'm totally with Sage on this one. While the story is a bit disjointed between the two halves (especially with Nina's character), I can't help but enjoy it for what it is.
2. Thank you Sage for acknowledging that "The Winner" is one of the best anime openings ever (and I'd say "Men of Destiny" is pretty good too).
3. Has anyone else ever gotten some serious "Top Gun" vibes from this series?
Gato is a robot. Gato has the personality of a walnut. All gato does is do anything the zeon tell him. gato is just a robot.
GATOOOOOOO!!!
He sucks. All his dialogue is like some poor man’s Shakespeare shit. He doesn’t talk or act like a human being.
This is my favorite gundam series as well Gundam GP02A is my favorite gundam of all time. No other gundam has been able to take its place for me over the years.
I know one romance in Gundam that ended well:
Seabook Arno/Kincaid Nau with Cecily Fairchild/Berah Ronah
They lived through two wars, WON their wars, and retired succesfully with a child
To the point that when the protag of Steel 7 comes to recruit them for a suicide mission and finds out they had another baby, he lets them be so their happy life isn't ruined
As a Sound Engineer, I can tell you that the opening song(ESPECIALLY the snare on the drums) was performed and mixed beauuutifully. Unfortunately the vocalist, Miki Matsubara, died of cancer in 2004. :(
Sage ima help you with your G Gundam review. “ G gundam it’s fun ....”
FINALLY G GUNDAM!
This was the Gundam series that definitively made me love the entire series, and made me a Gundam fan. Gundam as a shonen was such a WTF concept, I love it!
16:20 Same here. That opening riff hooked me quick.
gato=cat here where i live sound funny everytime you say it
I am a very old Gundam fan who watched the original back in 1979. I agree with some of your points. Well, this is probably the best Gundam title with none of those New Type carp, which gets more problematic to me, and with more grounded militaristic tactics, politics, and plottings (or you may call it "Real Real Robots") you can get in the UC timeline. No "0080 War in the Pocket" does not count because the story is mainly from a civilian child pov. Well since the very first real militaristic Gundam -- the legendary "Gundam Sentinel" may never get animated in my lifetime (due to the hatred of one nasty old man), this is the closest Gundam Sentinel I can probably ever get. If you consider yourself a real Gundam fan, go and read the Gundam Sentinel novel or buy that big ass photo book which contains the novel, in Japanese, and all the background kinds of stuff.
Sure, this series has a lot of problems and plot holes as big as the Moon and not even the movie version cannot fix them. If you go for the action and the pacing, especially when Albion returns to space, the whole narrative gets much improved and more believable over time. Unfortunately, the real climax is the duel at Solomon and the story would be very satisfying if it ended there! It may sound a bit over-extended after Solomon but it is kinda just justifiable to tie up all the ends which lead to the rise of Titans. Also, the inclusion of Axis enriches the story a lot.
One PoV I can say is the main characters are not that bad, both Kou and Gato remain who they are from the start till the end: the former is still a rookie and kinda simple and navie, the latter is still a stubborn soldier who lives being loyal to Delaz, and gets revenge on the Feds. Both meet the ends they deserve (evil grin). Oh, you can say they gain no character improvement, but hey the whole mess happens in a very short time period. Yes, the character of Nina is a real problem but it was not that apparent and thanks for pointing that out.
I think the inclusion GP03S is kinda justified storywise -- if the Zeon has Mobile Armors in the war, why can't the Fed has one after the OYW? They, by then, have the tech and the resources to build one on their own. I mean at least one. Moreover, Gato is getting one, why not Kou gets one for himself? Do you think the show would be as realistic if Kou fights a MA in a regular MS? Note also that MA vs MA is never a thing before 0083. These OP monsters battle happens only here and to the best of my memory, it is never done again!
Also, please note there is a manga version of the story called "Gundam 0083: Rebellion", retelling the story and adds new supporting characters, new MS and fixes some of the issues of the story. Spoilers: You get a very cool MA show up in Africa and Dick Allen gets a more heroic death rather than dying lame as in the OVA.
Once again my prayers for a Turn A Gundam review have been dashed. But that's fine, this review was fantastic, dude. Nice job!
Gundam Wing was the first Gundam series I watched when I was young.
Kou Araki is clumsier than Haohmaru,
*The Gundam series one of my TOP most favortie Gundams ever, Gp-02, also the Mobile Armor too, the Neue Ziel, but my favorite Gundam series is Wing, G. 00 and Seed.*
But GOD, I HATE the main female in this series.
When a chair gets more mention than Gabe
"The Winner" is one of my ringtones!
I like the GP03
I just wish it had legs while in its big space shell
It does have legs. It's a better METEOR system combination.
@@akumaten I know the actual Gundam inside the armor had legs. But as far as I can tell the shell only has boosters and I know it's ment to be a space weapon but it would look awesome
NOHERO 1 the Neo Zeong wishes to have words with you
The gundam can get out of the mobile armor set
I've always been more partial to the 2nd OP Men of Destiny and its English lyric version Oblivion
The Winner was by Miki Matsubara,a sweetheart artist in Japan of the 80’s and the Op fuckin sold me on this show
Different strokes for different people I know, but given how much praise you gave it, really the best intro in Anime?
I will admit G Gundam is my favorite Gundam series despite how horrible it is. Being Mexican my brother and I just love to laugh and quote this series. The sailor moon Gundam was my favorite and The Tequila Gundam was my brothers XD Its such a horribly hokey show I love it. I will definitely give Stardust memory a chance though. I cant wait to see what you think of G Gundam though
love tall women.
i met a chick from the netherlands named nina, and she was hot. she might have been a little bit too tall though.
Bit too tall?
What the matter with you?!
Small or tall, if their a looker it all good
Unless your a small dude
@@RexWort no problem going to bed with her. but standing next to her in public a bit damaging to my self esteem.
i am 5'10 and a half.
If you're self-conscious at 5'10 then your self-esteem is lower than mine.
High Heels. Nina Purpleton is hot. She wear high heels. Yet I'll marry Cindy.
Ya the Dutch and afrikaners tend to be rather tall.
I’m positive! This reupload was done with the HELP OF KYOJIIIII!
Top Gun......Dam.
Can you please just review Gundam unicorn and oo for next Christmas
Hey Sage next year can you look at more of the oddities of the Gundam franchise. For example SD Gundam Force that aired in 2004 on Toonami.
Barry Bend did you NOT watch his last vid? He said that there was no way in hell he was gonna cover it.
@@Kenshiro3rdGive it time. At the rate he makes Gundam videos he will have to get to it eventually. Probably the last Gundamcember
@@nobodyimportant2470 I highly doubt it. He basically said he's not gonna cover them all... and in regards to SD Gundam, I believe his exact words were "Stop asking for SD Gundam, or Santa Sage is gonna shit in your stockings."
He already said no. Give it up
I was waiting for you to mention the intro. It was my cellphone ring tone for awhile after high school.
It's nice to see some 0083 love. It's not my favorite by a long shot but it's such a beautifully animated show.
JEEG! BUILD UP!
G Gundam was the only Gundam I could get into and couldn’t watch the others due to how dumb it was sitting through the other versions.
I honestly just HATED the ending ...
Yeah, Nina enables a colony drop to occur, aids a terrorist in escaping...And faces NO consequences!
I loved CM Garahue and kou didn't. Cima was supposed to be a Titan. Not an Aieg.
@@PlanetZoidstar Believe me i know. How does she do all that, get off and expect to get the guy she shitted on.
@@shootingreal5945 Yeah, and it's implied she gets him, or at least is happy to see him...After she betrayed him (And the Earth Federation) because she wanted Gato's dick.
Well Nina was infuriating and what happened to Cima sucks, but I really liked Bask's speech. Plus Mora and Keith lived without putting on black uniforms so that's a plus.
One of my favorite Gundam series that would Segway into my absolute favorite Gundam series Zeta Gundam
I recall Gundam Seed Destiny having the biggest "Gundam" I've ever seen that was capable of shooting laser beams all over the place and was piloted by a sociopath blondie girl who was a love interest of one of the main cast heroes regardless. That was hilarious and awkward at the same time.