More than anything, X felt like a dumping ground for all the designs they had lying around but had nowhere to put. The result is a mishmash of designs which all feel like they come from different Gundam series.
Felt like a dumping ground for ideas too considering we have this whole post apocalypse UC universe with alternate Zeon and alternate Earth Federation and alternate Newtypes that we can't even come up with an alternate name for. Plus, also Jamil Neate being alternate Quattro/Char combined with Amuro.
The identity of Newtypes is so integrated into Gundam X's society, it's similar to the real world, more and more labels with meaning are placed upon people resulting in an unneeded divide. We even tend to forget what those labels meant/ purpose to begin with. It's what unicorn Gundam/ mid UC missed by acknowledging Newtypes as a label to further divide people. The sad thing is it's not even out of bad intentions seen in Unicorn's Ending of Mineva's Speech.
I really loved After War X and I think it pulled off the post apocalyptic thing a lot better than most pieces of media with that setting do. I'm extremely tired of post apocalyptic stories were for some reason decades after the apocalypse no one has done anything to rebuild or even things that would make obvious sense (looking at you Bethesda Fallout). Why in the world would people keep living in shacks of trash decades or even hundreds of years after the apocalypse? In After War X people have actually rebuilt and even in a way that makes sense, the world wasn't equally devastated by the apocalypse so there's variety in the level of rebuilding that has happened and the audience learns about this in a way that feels like we're learning about the world from the perspective of those in it. We start off the series in North America and it seems like there is no real organization at all, just towns that are completely on their own with roaming bandits and guns for hire and anyone who has a Mobile Suit terrorizes these towns. The first hint of government institutions we see is a singular lab which feels like it's a remnant of the Federation, the only thing left and as such has access to extremely advanced technology, far in excess of the Zaku like mechs used by the bandits. Then we get to that one winter town (I have forgotten it's name) and it again seems like a remnant more than anything another last vestige of the old world which has managed to protect it's wealth by having powerful mobile suit and the fact that the leader is from the Zeon of this world and seems to believe he's the only one left makes it really seem like the world has gone entirely kaput. The bit where all of the bounty hunters gang up against the good guys again makes it feel like there is nothing left of the old world since in most series you'd have an army vs the good guys but here we have a ragtag bunch of mercenaries with weird mobile suits. But then we get to the East Coast and we see cities that are far wealthier, and have trade with the rest of the world. Then we get to Hawaii which is basically an independent and fully functional state and then when we cross the Pacific into Asia we learn that not only are there complete and fuctional states with decently sized territory and standing armies but the Federation is not actually dead it was just beaten into hiding but is now making it's comeback and all of this time has been reconquering territory on Earth. And then we discover that the Zeeks are still alive and obviously are basically fine since they didn't get bombarded from orbit. All in all it's a way better take on post apocalypses than almost any other media with the same setting except for maybe the original Fallouts and New Vegas because unlike most media with this setting After War X doesn't for some reason want a perpetual apocalypse but instead depicts an actually reasonable take on it and has people actually act like they would in that setting. And the way we learn about that is perfect for our starting position because of course with how devastated North America is people born and living in it probably wouldn't even be slightly aware of what's going on even on their own continent much less the rest of the world. The series also kept positively surprising me in other ways. I really liked how the Char clone of this series was basically Amuro but what would happen if the federation had lost, it makes sense given how much like Char Amuro actually did become by the time of Zeta and it sorta feels like he basically became Char because he had been deprived of his own Char. I liked that the series actually made some pretty clever literary references and had a really interesting take on it. A lot of the characters also were really interesting, like the one mercenary who you think is kinda a womanizer but then in the episode where you think you're finally gonna see it at it's worst and you think we're gonna see all of his side chicks you learn that actually he's a really nice and considerate person. It's so nice to see exes in media that actually get along and it also makes sense that in a world like this he would make sure to check up on all of them and he makes sure to bring a flower for all of them. And as he says while talking with one of the exes this is a world were people die often and which is very unsafe (and that's in one of the better off North American towns) so it makes sense that he would check up on it. It's a more personal part of post apocalyptic settings but it's one that I'm glad the writers took care to consider and it's the sorta thing you wouldn't see in worse stories with the same setting.
Also I liked seeing what was basically Wing designs but actually well executed and with good combat, and I'm glad that the main Gundam wasn't a Wing design.
My big problem with X is it didn't do enough with the post-apocalyptic angle. Like, there should be micro-kingdoms and city-states jockeying for power and the Mobile Suit designs should be all over the place in much the same way Mad Max vehicles feel pieced together from whatever they can get their hands on. Instead the MS feel like boring off-brand UC designs and the world feels a bit too generic and eventually just restarts the Federation/Zeon conflict anyways. Otherwise, I loved a protagonist just being a perpetually underdog-feeling kid and some of the characters have a lot of charm. It all kind of felt like a beta-test for Eureka Seven.
There was multiple points when making this video where I debated going into how much Eureka Seven did a lot of what makes Gundam X unique way better, but I couldn't find a place where it made sense. Glad I'm not the only one who was thinking it, at least.
X is probably one of my favorite Gundam shows out there. I definitely agree on the problems you mentioned, but I feel like it handles pretty much everything else a lot more gracefully than almost any other Gundam show. Plus I really like the way it plays with the established tropes for the franchise
I really enjoyed the show, not as complicated or as nuanced as some gundam shows can be but the cast are all likable and Garrod and Tifa are just so cute. The philosophy part near the end is kinda overblown but it is not nearly as bad as the middle schooler’s philosophies that are so rampant in gundam wing. This show usually doesn’t try to be any more than it is and it is better for it.
Honestly I really liked gundam x, the mechanical designs were really good in my opinion and I feel compared to other gundam serries it's a good bit underrated in the grand scheme of things.
and it also didn't help that Gundam X aired right after Evangelion... it just couldn't compare to the hype (and heights) Evangelion has build up. So it also got even worse rating (in Japan).
With a little reworking Gundam X could a really late UC show. It feels like a great conclusion to everything those shows were building with the consequences of endless warfare and the existence of Newtypes. It's got issues, but it's definitely overlooked and underrated.
While Gundam X is my personal second favorite Gundam series (yes, I liked it that much) I do wish it did more with its post apocalyptic setting. I was hoping to see some destroyed cities, or even some nuclear hot zones but most of the series just mostly takes place in a desert. Sometimes we'll see a snowy landscape, or have a bunch of episodes take place in the ocean and, of course, space, but that's really it.
They also reveal that not all of the earth apparently has been destroyed by the colony drops as some cities have been rebuilt. Hell in one city there's still a form of currency available to people. The vultures still talk about currency and being paid so apparently social order hasn't broken too much to the point where people are no longer caring about payments for things.
I must confess that recently, after thinking long and hard, that Gundam X is, in fact, my favorite Gundam series It's not great, but it just kinda hit me somehow
I honestly never really had a problem with the pacing of the show. I mean compared to Gundam AGE the pacing in this is a million times more bearable, and I did t really feel like too much was rushed. Accept for when Garrod went off on his own to save Tifa. That really should’ve been longer, instead that plot is pretty much over before it even starts. My biggest problem with the show though would have to be the villains. The Frost brothers are honestly some of the most irritating villains in the series for me. My biggest issue being their arrogance. They always act cocky as if they have control over the situation all the time, but the problem is that none of their plans succeed. Seriously, they act all high and mighty but not a single one of their plans actually go off without a hitch, so why should I be threatened by them? They have their moments sure, but these guys are about as threatening as the villains in RWBY. And if you guys have seen RWBY you know that’s not a compliment. And I also agree that the post apocalyptic setting should’ve been expanded more, because once they go into space it just starts to look like every other Gundam show.
Gundam X is my third favorite Gundam anime. Turn A is my second favorite. Unicorn is my first. My favorite timeline as a whole is Universal Century. That being said, I feel like Gundam X, while it's pacing may have been rushed as fuck in some areas, the characters all being fun, likeable, and sympathetic (Yes. Even the Frost Brothers), made it a great experience for me. Also, the Mad Max setting was awesome.
Yeah, Gundam X has some issues. Despite that I really enjoy it's cast of characters and believe Garrod is one of Gundam's best MCs. I was always happy when he was on-screen.
Gundam X is my favor-no, wait, you're right. I actually like it a lot and have gone back to it a couple times, but... Gundam X is the answer to the question of whether the newtype subplots of the UC series could sustain a whole show. And nah, not really. There's a lot to like in this show: Garrod is likeable even in the whiny teenager phase of his character arc, the mechs are usually cool as hell, and there's a ton of action.
I immediately got hooked on Gundam X after the first episode... really, Garrod is the first one I saw among Gundam protagonist who could "beat" a MS without one. XD (putting G-Gundam aside) Garrod is almost similar to Judau in that regard really, and Tiffa is just too cute :3
I watched 6 episodes of Turn A and all I can say is, TURN A TURN, TURN A TURN and TURN_A_GUNDAM. I love Gundam and have watched maybe 90% of what is out there but man I can't make heads or tails of Turn A.
After War Gundam X is one of the great "What If?" questions of anime. Both in the premise of "What if 0079 had gone horribly wrong?" and the fact we never got to see it done justice. What was the original story in full? This isn't a case of 'And then it derailed.' like Destiny, it's a situation where it never got the chance to be fully formed and they did the best with what they had. (Which is kind of ironically fitting for the setting now isn't it? Or for Turn A.)
Gundam X's problem is that it's one (very good) concluding comment on a discussion that never happened outside of Japan. When the show comments on the nature and destiny of "Newtype", the Japanese audience don't just think it's talking about gimmicky fictional psychics, but the post war liberal aspirations of an entire generation, represented by shows like the original Mobile Suit: Gundam, CCA, Macross, Layzner, etc. The post-apoc setting of X is a timely in that sense because the show came out right around the time when Japanese consciousness, hit hard by the decade long recession(now three decades) started to shift back toward a more right leaning stance. Shows like X and NGE were the fulcrum of that cultural shift.
It’s kinda interesting how the Japanese recession started during the USA economic boom. It’s like how in the 70s and 80s had a boom for Japan when we weren’t doing well and how in the 40s and 50s it was the opposite.
Correction. AW X Is my fav gundam series. I have my gripes with it but it remains my favored alt timeline Gundam series. Reason being It hits me like a D&D session or a adventure series. I love a anime or fictional world setting that shows me that world instead of just talking about it. I loved the idea of the world is free roam with our super weapons and could face enemy anywhere and have a land ship. Now the plot is definitely not super complex but its enough to drive whats here I feel despite the sad crunch in after loosing episode space. Gripes.. the ending themes are a bit too romantic for what I expect from gundam personally.. like it feels out of place.. Tiffa feels horribly flat for any human regardless of story trauma and again some spacing issues due to lack of episodes. The idea of the satellite energy cannon is a lil mcguffin plot device heavy at times.
Just finished the series, so I can finally watch this without worry. X has issues and one of them is lack of aim. They make the theme of the show searching for meaning after the war but they never really find one. They use the newtype concept as a driving force to move from setting A to setting B but it never really feels like it affects any of the characters involved, not even the one newtype among the main characters. It also hurts the show to rely so much on the Frost Brothers who make the general repetition even worse. You can only see them escape while saying some vague mysterious lines and killing their own allies so many times before you just want them to end up dead. The first firing of the Satelite Cannon was a moment that I watched in clip form several times, impressed with the scene but also the weight of it. That such a deadly weapon was so carelessly used. But having seen the show I'm just thoroughly disappointed given that nobody really cares all that much about life. So many people are mindlessly killed in one of the many boring sequences of swarms of mobile suits trying to attack the main characters. But Garrod never cares as much as he did early on, and this is something that's never really adressed. The last stretch of the show finally finds a concise plot to stick with so it's many times better than the central third. But rushed as it is, it's too little too late. I liked the very few episodes just devoted to developing the characters, at the very least.
Gundam X is rough, but I like it well enough. The trick is to watch it whenever Tomino gets depressed and axes an entire generation of your favourite characters.
Gundam X had fantastic character development and the story was ahead of its time for Gundam. I have seen other Gundam series and Gundam X was just one of my top favorites and there is so much story left on the table I would love to see a movie made before the main story.
After having just finished the series I have to say that it is imo one of the greatest Gundam series out there and has probably one of the best cast of characters the franchise has seen. Having said that I have to admit it has its flaws like the pacing and the music (and the show kinda goes downhill a bit after Garrod obtains the DX Gundam) but even then I enjoyed it a lot. It has some of the best moments in the franchise like the vapor explosion, episode 15, The Severns arc, Garrod's first sortie in the Double X, Garrod blowing up the colony laser and many, many more. The video definitely sells the show short.
While I personally do agree with some of your points, I do think You did Sell Gundam X short. What I think it did with it's characters was simply put inspiring, especially with Jamil.
Summary i think?: Gundam X reflects the horrors of war. unlike UC types that's basically "everyone can be a newtype", gundam X focuses on bringing the old types and new type stories that involves them all in the war they've fought. for example Carris the Bertigo pilot was intended to be used as a battery to do mass murder and taking countless lives, he now has to live with that horror for the rest of his life
I need answers what happened to gundam leopard destroy and airmaster burst after the war? Why was the gundam x divider repaired to how it was basically the gundam x with a new paint scheme when the damn satellite system base was destroyed so no satellite cannon ..... Why the hell didn't they just repair the Double X and have Garrod join the federation with Jamil
I mostly agree. The setting certainly had potential. But I don't like the Mobile Suit Designs of the show. I remember seeing the show as a kid, and thinking "why do these gundams look like they copied Gundam Wing?".
I am a bit biased towards X i watched it right after wing so i had the false impression that it was following after wing (wing was my first gundam series) ofcourse it didn't take long to realize it was not continuation of wing but i liked the mechs design particularly the wing clone and heavy arms clone (part of the reason why i thought it was related to wing) the story started slow but pick pace up after mc got second mech (are we sure this is not wing continuation so many spot on points...no? Ok) so while i might not check it if the circumstances were different i am glad i watch until the end
I never bought the idea that GX only took place 15 years after the world was Colony Dropped into oblivion. I feel like 15 years later, the air would still be thick with particulate matter blotting out the sun and it would take hundreds of years before humans could live on its surface again.
"...Gundam X is no one's favorite gundam..." I beg to differ. Certainly, it's not the best but this was actually my way into the UC side of Gundam (with help from the Super Robot Wars and SD Gundam G Generation games). Also, nothing tops the Satellite Cannon(s) in raw power (for a ranged beam weapon on an MS) and Tiffa is pre-millenium AU best girl (Allenby is a very close second).
It... it was rushed as hell... but then again MSG had its episode count cut as well... ... but Gundam X is rather decent for what it is. It was trying to keep the tone from being too unbalanced and I applaud it.
MSG doesn’t feel like the episodes were cut and it progressed naturally to its end point even if the last episode could have been split into 2 episodes for better pacing. Haven’t seen Gundam X tho
Fun fact : Gundam X is UC it’s after when turn a used the Moonlight Butterfly move and years or decades after they find turn a but it’s also connected to 00 which I am so confused how Edit: the 00 part is fan made but wing is also connected so all the series before turn A were connected . g self takes place decades before x then centuries later you have turn A
I have to admit I liked the characters from Wing better even if the show as more than a little confusing. The Frost brothers also might be some of the worst antagonists I have seen in a Gundam show. It's all " we want war because we aren't valued enough and we should be all that anyone thinks about!" It's like you guys sound like petty 6 year olds.
@@heavykingfox9164 But it really makes no sense as the only person who ever really gave them any shit about being Category F's was Azmat or whatever that military guy's name was. And they killed him after he said anything. Hell, they were pretty much so high in the Federation military chain of command they actually advised Bloodman on everything. I think it probably didn't help they cut episodes that might have detailed the past of these characters possibly.
@@ericcaulfield4477 yeah, I agree. If it was intentional it could have worked if they hadn't cut episodes, and possibly Backstory, like you said, and they actually had more people talking about them. But, still, if them making them irrational and whatnot was on purpose, then I could see why it was done that way.
@@heavykingfox9164 At best all the other military guys basically said at one point was that the Frost Brothers scared them basically. Like one of two lower rank guys talking just said in passing they gave them the creeps and that was pretty much it. I honestly don't think the writers had a clear plan on the Frost Brothers at all they just suddenly through having to wrap the show up got to be basically the main antagonists to the show. I would be thinking they would be more like Rau Le Crueset and just plain mad at humanity as a whole and want to see it wiped out.
@@leo11lim UCs quality As Gundam NT exists, which handles newtypes way worse than Gundam X ever did. And frankly, comparing UC to AUs is skewered since save CE, UC is the only timeline with more than one full series in it. That's like Comparing a thousand chapter epic with A standalone Novel.
@@leo11lim not really? F91 was wasted potential, and Victory while good was a Flop. The AUs aren't really meant to be UC; they're meant to be their own thing while still having the series core pathos. Again, you're comparing a Thousand Chapter epic to a Standalone Novel. It literally makes no sense to compare them outside of them both having the name Gundam.
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It's one of the most underrated gundam out there.
More than anything, X felt like a dumping ground for all the designs they had lying around but had nowhere to put. The result is a mishmash of designs which all feel like they come from different Gundam series.
Felt like a dumping ground for ideas too considering we have this whole post apocalypse UC universe with alternate Zeon and alternate Earth Federation and alternate Newtypes that we can't even come up with an alternate name for. Plus, also Jamil Neate being alternate Quattro/Char combined with Amuro.
The identity of Newtypes is so integrated into Gundam X's society, it's similar to the real world, more and more labels with meaning are placed upon people resulting in an unneeded divide. We even tend to forget what those labels meant/ purpose to begin with. It's what unicorn Gundam/ mid UC missed by acknowledging Newtypes as a label to further divide people. The sad thing is it's not even out of bad intentions seen in Unicorn's Ending of Mineva's Speech.
I really loved After War X and I think it pulled off the post apocalyptic thing a lot better than most pieces of media with that setting do. I'm extremely tired of post apocalyptic stories were for some reason decades after the apocalypse no one has done anything to rebuild or even things that would make obvious sense (looking at you Bethesda Fallout). Why in the world would people keep living in shacks of trash decades or even hundreds of years after the apocalypse? In After War X people have actually rebuilt and even in a way that makes sense, the world wasn't equally devastated by the apocalypse so there's variety in the level of rebuilding that has happened and the audience learns about this in a way that feels like we're learning about the world from the perspective of those in it. We start off the series in North America and it seems like there is no real organization at all, just towns that are completely on their own with roaming bandits and guns for hire and anyone who has a Mobile Suit terrorizes these towns. The first hint of government institutions we see is a singular lab which feels like it's a remnant of the Federation, the only thing left and as such has access to extremely advanced technology, far in excess of the Zaku like mechs used by the bandits. Then we get to that one winter town (I have forgotten it's name) and it again seems like a remnant more than anything another last vestige of the old world which has managed to protect it's wealth by having powerful mobile suit and the fact that the leader is from the Zeon of this world and seems to believe he's the only one left makes it really seem like the world has gone entirely kaput. The bit where all of the bounty hunters gang up against the good guys again makes it feel like there is nothing left of the old world since in most series you'd have an army vs the good guys but here we have a ragtag bunch of mercenaries with weird mobile suits. But then we get to the East Coast and we see cities that are far wealthier, and have trade with the rest of the world. Then we get to Hawaii which is basically an independent and fully functional state and then when we cross the Pacific into Asia we learn that not only are there complete and fuctional states with decently sized territory and standing armies but the Federation is not actually dead it was just beaten into hiding but is now making it's comeback and all of this time has been reconquering territory on Earth. And then we discover that the Zeeks are still alive and obviously are basically fine since they didn't get bombarded from orbit. All in all it's a way better take on post apocalypses than almost any other media with the same setting except for maybe the original Fallouts and New Vegas because unlike most media with this setting After War X doesn't for some reason want a perpetual apocalypse but instead depicts an actually reasonable take on it and has people actually act like they would in that setting. And the way we learn about that is perfect for our starting position because of course with how devastated North America is people born and living in it probably wouldn't even be slightly aware of what's going on even on their own continent much less the rest of the world.
The series also kept positively surprising me in other ways. I really liked how the Char clone of this series was basically Amuro but what would happen if the federation had lost, it makes sense given how much like Char Amuro actually did become by the time of Zeta and it sorta feels like he basically became Char because he had been deprived of his own Char. I liked that the series actually made some pretty clever literary references and had a really interesting take on it. A lot of the characters also were really interesting, like the one mercenary who you think is kinda a womanizer but then in the episode where you think you're finally gonna see it at it's worst and you think we're gonna see all of his side chicks you learn that actually he's a really nice and considerate person. It's so nice to see exes in media that actually get along and it also makes sense that in a world like this he would make sure to check up on all of them and he makes sure to bring a flower for all of them. And as he says while talking with one of the exes this is a world were people die often and which is very unsafe (and that's in one of the better off North American towns) so it makes sense that he would check up on it. It's a more personal part of post apocalyptic settings but it's one that I'm glad the writers took care to consider and it's the sorta thing you wouldn't see in worse stories with the same setting.
Also I liked seeing what was basically Wing designs but actually well executed and with good combat, and I'm glad that the main Gundam wasn't a Wing design.
"What if Gundam were basically Battletech in the Succession Wars era" is a question I didn't think I'd get to mull over today.
"No one's favorite Gundam." I beg to differ sir. I love Gundam X.
Gundam X is my introductory gundam series. And Double X is my first Gunpla. I love this series.
@@samaellibog69 Gundam X is my second favourite after 08th MS Team.
@@samaellibog69double X is my first master grade
My big problem with X is it didn't do enough with the post-apocalyptic angle. Like, there should be micro-kingdoms and city-states jockeying for power and the Mobile Suit designs should be all over the place in much the same way Mad Max vehicles feel pieced together from whatever they can get their hands on. Instead the MS feel like boring off-brand UC designs and the world feels a bit too generic and eventually just restarts the Federation/Zeon conflict anyways.
Otherwise, I loved a protagonist just being a perpetually underdog-feeling kid and some of the characters have a lot of charm. It all kind of felt like a beta-test for Eureka Seven.
There was multiple points when making this video where I debated going into how much Eureka Seven did a lot of what makes Gundam X unique way better, but I couldn't find a place where it made sense. Glad I'm not the only one who was thinking it, at least.
@@ZorakGoesOn Hey, I know this's really late, but I just wanted to say that I'm glad I ain't alone in seeing similarities between GX and E7.
The designs feel more a lot more like AC than UC
Gundam Battletech sounds badass.
Also doesn't help the anime lost its 50 episode to 30-something. So losing that many episodes really hurt After War Gundam X a lot.
X is probably one of my favorite Gundam shows out there. I definitely agree on the problems you mentioned, but I feel like it handles pretty much everything else a lot more gracefully than almost any other Gundam show. Plus I really like the way it plays with the established tropes for the franchise
holy shit it's no one
meh lols
"Gundam X is basicly no one favorite gundam"
me: ... well i guess i'm "no one" from now on
You're not alone. I too have Gundam X as my favorite. We shall be the "no ones" together.
Let me join you as a nobody
Hi. I'm "no one" too...
Me too.
look like no one is making a gang around here ( yes no one is coming back one years later to make a pun )
I really enjoyed the show, not as complicated or as nuanced as some gundam shows can be but the cast are all likable and Garrod and Tifa are just so cute. The philosophy part near the end is kinda overblown but it is not nearly as bad as the middle schooler’s philosophies that are so rampant in gundam wing. This show usually doesn’t try to be any more than it is and it is better for it.
Me : See's Turn A Gundam.
Also Me : CENTURY COLOR, MILLION COLOR....
Honestly I really liked gundam x, the mechanical designs were really good in my opinion and I feel compared to other gundam serries it's a good bit underrated in the grand scheme of things.
and it also didn't help that Gundam X aired right after Evangelion... it just couldn't compare to the hype (and heights) Evangelion has build up. So it also got even worse rating (in Japan).
Best Gundam series for me. Peace ✌🏻
I bought the Gundam X blu ray earlier today. I'm so hyped to finally own it in HD. Literally my favorite series bar the original.
With a little reworking Gundam X could a really late UC show. It feels like a great conclusion to everything those shows were building with the consequences of endless warfare and the existence of Newtypes. It's got issues, but it's definitely overlooked and underrated.
Trying to fit D.O.M.E. into the UC universe would raise some serious questions. Like why Amuro or Char didn't know about him, etc.
I liked Gundam X despite its problems. It was fun and the designs were unique.
While Gundam X is my personal second favorite Gundam series (yes, I liked it that much) I do wish it did more with its post apocalyptic setting. I was hoping to see some destroyed cities, or even some nuclear hot zones but most of the series just mostly takes place in a desert. Sometimes we'll see a snowy landscape, or have a bunch of episodes take place in the ocean and, of course, space, but that's really it.
They also reveal that not all of the earth apparently has been destroyed by the colony drops as some cities have been rebuilt. Hell in one city there's still a form of currency available to people. The vultures still talk about currency and being paid so apparently social order hasn't broken too much to the point where people are no longer caring about payments for things.
I must confess that recently, after thinking long and hard, that Gundam X is, in fact, my favorite Gundam series
It's not great, but it just kinda hit me somehow
I would love for Gundam X to get a reboot one day along with Gundam Age.
Oh hey, so this series is where the "I'm a healer, but..." meme comes from that I reference with my MMO buddies all the time
Off topic but, I am happy to say that Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 was my very first introduction to this franchise.
I honestly never really had a problem with the pacing of the show. I mean compared to Gundam AGE the pacing in this is a million times more bearable, and I did t really feel like too much was rushed. Accept for when Garrod went off on his own to save Tifa. That really should’ve been longer, instead that plot is pretty much over before it even starts. My biggest problem with the show though would have to be the villains. The Frost brothers are honestly some of the most irritating villains in the series for me. My biggest issue being their arrogance. They always act cocky as if they have control over the situation all the time, but the problem is that none of their plans succeed. Seriously, they act all high and mighty but not a single one of their plans actually go off without a hitch, so why should I be threatened by them? They have their moments sure, but these guys are about as threatening as the villains in RWBY. And if you guys have seen RWBY you know that’s not a compliment.
And I also agree that the post apocalyptic setting should’ve been expanded more, because once they go into space it just starts to look like every other Gundam show.
Gundam X is my third favorite Gundam anime. Turn A is my second favorite. Unicorn is my first. My favorite timeline as a whole is Universal Century.
That being said, I feel like Gundam X, while it's pacing may have been rushed as fuck in some areas, the characters all being fun, likeable, and sympathetic (Yes. Even the Frost Brothers), made it a great experience for me. Also, the Mad Max setting was awesome.
Yeah, Gundam X has some issues. Despite that I really enjoy it's cast of characters and believe Garrod is one of Gundam's best MCs. I was always happy when he was on-screen.
Gundam X is MY favorite Gundam.
Gundam X is my favor-no, wait, you're right. I actually like it a lot and have gone back to it a couple times, but... Gundam X is the answer to the question of whether the newtype subplots of the UC series could sustain a whole show. And nah, not really. There's a lot to like in this show: Garrod is likeable even in the whiny teenager phase of his character arc, the mechs are usually cool as hell, and there's a ton of action.
I immediately got hooked on Gundam X after the first episode... really, Garrod is the first one I saw among Gundam protagonist who could "beat" a MS without one. XD (putting G-Gundam aside)
Garrod is almost similar to Judau in that regard really,
and Tiffa is just too cute :3
one of my favorite Alternate universes
I watched 6 episodes of Turn A and all I can say is, TURN A TURN, TURN A TURN and TURN_A_GUNDAM.
I love Gundam and have watched maybe 90% of what is out there but man I can't make heads or tails of Turn A.
I’m so glad this show is finally getting a blu ray in the west. It’s not my favorite, but it is my 5th favorite Gundam show so that’s something.
After War Gundam X is one of the great "What If?" questions of anime. Both in the premise of "What if 0079 had gone horribly wrong?" and the fact we never got to see it done justice. What was the original story in full? This isn't a case of 'And then it derailed.' like Destiny, it's a situation where it never got the chance to be fully formed and they did the best with what they had. (Which is kind of ironically fitting for the setting now isn't it? Or for Turn A.)
This is the best apocalyptic gundam story ever!
Gundam X's problem is that it's one (very good) concluding comment on a discussion that never happened outside of Japan. When the show comments on the nature and destiny of "Newtype", the Japanese audience don't just think it's talking about gimmicky fictional psychics, but the post war liberal aspirations of an entire generation, represented by shows like the original Mobile Suit: Gundam, CCA, Macross, Layzner, etc. The post-apoc setting of X is a timely in that sense because the show came out right around the time when Japanese consciousness, hit hard by the decade long recession(now three decades) started to shift back toward a more right leaning stance. Shows like X and NGE were the fulcrum of that cultural shift.
It’s kinda interesting how the Japanese recession started during the USA economic boom. It’s like how in the 70s and 80s had a boom for Japan when we weren’t doing well and how in the 40s and 50s it was the opposite.
I enjoyed watching X, only wish it was dubbed
Correction. AW X Is my fav gundam series. I have my gripes with it but it remains my favored alt timeline Gundam series.
Reason being It hits me like a D&D session or a adventure series. I love a anime or fictional world setting that shows me that world instead of just talking about it. I loved the idea of the world is free roam with our super weapons and could face enemy anywhere and have a land ship. Now the plot is definitely not super complex but its enough to drive whats here I feel despite the sad crunch in after loosing episode space.
Gripes.. the ending themes are a bit too romantic for what I expect from gundam personally.. like it feels out of place.. Tiffa feels horribly flat for any human regardless of story trauma and again some spacing issues due to lack of episodes. The idea of the satellite energy cannon is a lil mcguffin plot device heavy at times.
Just finished the series, so I can finally watch this without worry.
X has issues and one of them is lack of aim. They make the theme of the show searching for meaning after the war but they never really find one. They use the newtype concept as a driving force to move from setting A to setting B but it never really feels like it affects any of the characters involved, not even the one newtype among the main characters.
It also hurts the show to rely so much on the Frost Brothers who make the general repetition even worse. You can only see them escape while saying some vague mysterious lines and killing their own allies so many times before you just want them to end up dead.
The first firing of the Satelite Cannon was a moment that I watched in clip form several times, impressed with the scene but also the weight of it. That such a deadly weapon was so carelessly used. But having seen the show I'm just thoroughly disappointed given that nobody really cares all that much about life. So many people are mindlessly killed in one of the many boring sequences of swarms of mobile suits trying to attack the main characters. But Garrod never cares as much as he did early on, and this is something that's never really adressed.
The last stretch of the show finally finds a concise plot to stick with so it's many times better than the central third. But rushed as it is, it's too little too late.
I liked the very few episodes just devoted to developing the characters, at the very least.
THE "I'm a healer but..." MEME COMES FROM GUNDAM X???
Watching X now it’s a good
Best Gundam series ever.
“Gundam X is nobody’s favorite Gundam.”
BOOFIRE191: u wot m8?
I loved Gundam X, but I also haven't finished watching it after well over a decade of it being in my collection.
I will say that gx may have one of the best main character evolution
Just like you said... Gundam X is Odd, yet in a good way and I pretty much like it.
Gundam X is rough, but I like it well enough. The trick is to watch it whenever Tomino gets depressed and axes an entire generation of your favourite characters.
What is Gundam X? Its one if the greatest gundam series ever though rushed after the episode count was cut
I like the idea of fallout Gundam.
OKAY THE FACT THAT ITS MAD MAX ALMOST SELLS ME GOD DAMN
Gundam X had fantastic character development and the story was ahead of its time for Gundam. I have seen other Gundam series and Gundam X was just one of my top favorites and there is so much story left on the table I would love to see a movie made before the main story.
Weirdly enough I found X more satisfying than Turn A
Gundam X is fucking amazing
your voice is very good for story telling :D great videos, keep up (Y)
My favorite gundam
After having just finished the series I have to say that it is imo one of the greatest Gundam series out there and has probably one of the best cast of characters the franchise has seen.
Having said that I have to admit it has its flaws like the pacing and the music (and the show kinda goes downhill a bit after Garrod obtains the DX Gundam) but even then I enjoyed it a lot.
It has some of the best moments in the franchise like the vapor explosion, episode 15, The Severns arc, Garrod's first sortie in the Double X, Garrod blowing up the colony laser and many, many more.
The video definitely sells the show short.
Gundam X the best and first gundam i ever saw
Gundam X is special to me because I came across is by accident back when broadband was introduced and I downloaded a Gundam video lol
While I personally do agree with some of your points, I do think You did Sell Gundam X short. What I think it did with it's characters was simply put inspiring, especially with Jamil.
The creator of this worked on Zone of the Enders with Hideo Kojima.
Gundam X is MY favorite gundam series, followed by Zeta, 08th MS Team, MS IgLoo, and Wing.
2:30 Look at those legs
Summary i think?:
Gundam X reflects the horrors of war. unlike UC types that's basically "everyone can be a newtype", gundam X focuses on bringing the old types and new type stories that involves them all in the war they've fought. for example Carris the Bertigo pilot was intended to be used as a battery to do mass murder and taking countless lives, he now has to live with that horror for the rest of his life
"Noones favorite gundam" iam the living proof of you being WRONG
It was better then i exspected
Its my favorite gundam D;
I need answers what happened to gundam leopard destroy and airmaster burst after the war? Why was the gundam x divider repaired to how it was basically the gundam x with a new paint scheme when the damn satellite system base was destroyed so no satellite cannon ..... Why the hell didn't they just repair the Double X and have Garrod join the federation with Jamil
I mostly agree. The setting certainly had potential. But I don't like the Mobile Suit Designs of the show. I remember seeing the show as a kid, and thinking "why do these gundams look like they copied Gundam Wing?".
Gundam X is a good gundam anime imo its in my top 5 au gundams
I am a bit biased towards X i watched it right after wing so i had the false impression that it was following after wing (wing was my first gundam series) ofcourse it didn't take long to realize it was not continuation of wing but i liked the mechs design particularly the wing clone and heavy arms clone (part of the reason why i thought it was related to wing) the story started slow but pick pace up after mc got second mech (are we sure this is not wing continuation so many spot on points...no? Ok) so while i might not check it if the circumstances were different i am glad i watch until the end
I never bought the idea that GX only took place 15 years after the world was Colony Dropped into oblivion. I feel like 15 years later, the air would still be thick with particulate matter blotting out the sun and it would take hundreds of years before humans could live on its surface again.
Funny enough the commentary wasnt for the real world i thing but for the franchise and would became relevant with unicorn and narrative
Gundam X I haven't heard much about, just responses that amount to a nod and a shrug.
now Turn A, though. that series is the bomb. the nuclear bomb.
Gundam X is my favourite Gundam
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I take a shot every time someone in this comment says "despite its problems" lol
I liked turn A Gundam and Gundam x there both great
"...Gundam X is no one's favorite gundam..." I beg to differ. Certainly, it's not the best but this was actually my way into the UC side of Gundam (with help from the Super Robot Wars and SD Gundam G Generation games). Also, nothing tops the Satellite Cannon(s) in raw power (for a ranged beam weapon on an MS) and Tiffa is pre-millenium AU best girl (Allenby is a very close second).
"Gundam x is nobodies favorite gundam" true words were spoken. It's not a bad entry, but not memorable either
Suit yourself, this is my second all-time favourite Gundam show. It's just an adventure and would be a great setting for a movie or Gundam RPG.
Take UC and have char win in coca. Then advance technology by 10 years. Now you have Afterwar Gundam X.
Did you say Mad Max style gunpla?
I love Gundam X one of my favourite and damn GARROD RAN is a Badass.
It's not that great but watchable, tho I DROPPED it after almost finishing it (was bit bored ngl).
It... it was rushed as hell... but then again MSG had its episode count cut as well...
... but Gundam X is rather decent for what it is. It was trying to keep the tone from being too unbalanced and I applaud it.
MSG doesn’t feel like the episodes were cut and it progressed naturally to its end point even if the last episode could have been split into 2 episodes for better pacing. Haven’t seen Gundam X tho
Fun fact : Gundam X is UC it’s after when turn a used the Moonlight Butterfly move and years or decades after they find turn a but it’s also connected to 00 which I am so confused how
Edit: the 00 part is fan made but wing is also connected so all the series before turn A were connected . g self takes place decades before x then centuries later you have turn A
When are you going to do Gundam 00
Considering that he's doing these in chronological order, it will be a good while until he gets to 00
I guess Probably after SEED or SD Gundam Force maybe? Since like Blockio said his doing it in chronological order.
Yea it's more like mad Max.. leftover, unfinished mobile suit designs and fallout style..
I enjoyed Gundam X way more than Turn A
X was fine, just fine ~ not super great but not terrible either xD however it's by no means mundane or boring
guess i am noone
Scott McNeil should of voiced Garrad he has a personality similar to Duo
It's basically space Fallout
So is x uc timeline?
Crossbone timeline
X>Turn A
I have to admit I liked the characters from Wing better even if the show as more than a little confusing. The Frost brothers also might be some of the worst antagonists I have seen in a Gundam show. It's all " we want war because we aren't valued enough and we should be all that anyone thinks about!" It's like you guys sound like petty 6 year olds.
To be fair, that was likely intentional. I do recall garrod calling them out on their bs.
@@heavykingfox9164 But it really makes no sense as the only person who ever really gave them any shit about being Category F's was Azmat or whatever that military guy's name was. And they killed him after he said anything. Hell, they were pretty much so high in the Federation military chain of command they actually advised Bloodman on everything. I think it probably didn't help they cut episodes that might have detailed the past of these characters possibly.
@@ericcaulfield4477 yeah, I agree. If it was intentional it could have worked if they hadn't cut episodes, and possibly Backstory, like you said, and they actually had more people talking about them. But, still, if them making them irrational and whatnot was on purpose, then I could see why it was done that way.
@@heavykingfox9164 At best all the other military guys basically said at one point was that the Frost Brothers scared them basically. Like one of two lower rank guys talking just said in passing they gave them the creeps and that was pretty much it. I honestly don't think the writers had a clear plan on the Frost Brothers at all they just suddenly through having to wrap the show up got to be basically the main antagonists to the show.
I would be thinking they would be more like Rau Le Crueset and just plain mad at humanity as a whole and want to see it wiped out.
So basically it was mediocre.
No, it was okay. Not bad but not amazing. It was, and still is, quite fresh concept-wise.
@@leo11lim UCs quality
As Gundam NT exists, which handles newtypes way worse than Gundam X ever did. And frankly, comparing UC to AUs is skewered since save CE, UC is the only timeline with more than one full series in it. That's like Comparing a thousand chapter epic with A standalone Novel.
@@leo11lim not really? F91 was wasted potential, and Victory while good was a Flop.
The AUs aren't really meant to be UC; they're meant to be their own thing while still having the series core pathos. Again, you're comparing a Thousand Chapter epic to a Standalone Novel. It literally makes no sense to compare them outside of them both having the name Gundam.
Gundam x was better then turn a