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bro i L O V E D how when Domon got the burning gundam he didnt just immediately forget the shining. He mourned it like a friend and thanked it for protecting him and honored it by saying its reborn in the burning with its combat data. it was so respectful and i always loved that.
Shining is pretty much Domon's partner in battle along with Rain and thus of course, he'd do it. And Domon's not the only one either; some of the gundam pilots whatever the series may be actually see their gundam as their friend as well and even talk to them at times.
I loved that Rain inherited it after it was repaired. It was like her and Domon's baby, kinda. I really appreciate that it not only didn't just disappear, but that it stayed in good hands
@@WiiMan25 -Yep, that was heartbreaking. Funny enough, Heero even talked to Wing Zero as well in Endless Waltz after the fight with Altron and Zero actually responded. Then there's Sandrock's final sacrifice to save Quatre as it walked by itself to its destruction.
I really wish there was a G Gundam game that you could do the story mode and a regular mode where you pick a nation and develop a Gundam to pilot in the tournament. If you win you have to make research and policy decisions that you can evolve your Gundam with. Recruit and train new pilots over the years and develop rivalries with other nations.
Yeah they did a really good job at keeping the overall message of gundam without making the setting a rehash of uc(not that something similar to uc is bad)
I made a Gunpla that's inspired by Shirou Emiya (Called it "Unlimited Build Works") and it's swords are a pair of the curved Head Swords that you can color the blades. The white sword is max brightness while the black has zero brightness
The beam swords are a katana and wakizashi combo respectively. They were the swords samurai used during the Edo period. The katana is used outside while the wakizashi is used indoors. With the smaller blade being used for confined spaces.
If only a gundam had a "tanto" that acted as an energy injector that it stabs into its abdomen to make it 3 times more powerful and bathed in red light... That would have sealed the deal for the whole hyper legendary samurai thing.
The shining gundam to god gundam transition is one of the best in Gundam history. It literally symbolizes Domons growth as a fighter and martial artist.
Actually - at least according to the director - the G Gundam's Super Mode was inspired by Saint Seiya, specifically the Gold Cloths the main cast acquire as a massive upgrade from their Bronze ones. We tend to ignore that Saint Seiya was a thing in the West because of how poor the early localization was, but it's still one of the best selling manga ever and you can really see a lot of its influence in G Gundam if you're aware of it.
In fairness, Saint Seiya did have it's success in the west, just more so I'm the Latin American countries. But I did think something about the timeline didn't feel like it matched up between the Super Saiyan advent and when G Gundam would have been in production.
I was thinking it was more based on the repaired bronze clothes turning gold when using the 7th sense during the Poseidon arc after the gold saint fixed them.
@RedCapBlock it can be implied that it's possible with how the mobile trace system works. The anger base super mode was a mechanical attempt to overclock the machine but the hyper mode feels like making the machine become a true extension of the fighter and their natural greater potential.
In the artbook for the G Gundam boxset, Director Imagawa actually sites both Dragonball and Street Fighter as inspiring G Gundam! And if anyone is reading this, go check out the videos of every one doing the God Finger in Cross Rays. Some of them are downright funny.
Bro, I LOVED that video! Shinn, Mika, and Graham in particular were just _golden._ XD Oh, and Lunamaria, too! 😂 Might have to rewatch that again sometime!
THANK YOU for using the dub. I will never stop loving the english VA of Domon, though it is unfortunate that the actor himself thought he wasn't good enough.
To be honest, I kinda wouldn't be surprised if it was because when you look at it the Max Buster even opens up the same way as the Shining Finger Arm does. It's either one hell of a coincidence or a vague nod to G Gundam and the Gold Armor makes it almost set in stone that they were at least vaguely referencing the Shining Gundam.
G Gundam was probably my first proper intro into anime along with DBZ. My parents would leave me to be baby sat by his friends two sons on saturday. We would watch DBZ and G Gundam. It's a core memory at this point, I literally cannot stop and say the catchphrases of the attacks when I here them.
The story behind the ending and the Love Love Tenkyoken will always be one of my favorites: The lead writer and his staff could not think of how to truly defeat the Devil Gundam since their final version of it was by all rights a perfect being nothing done to it could conceivably destroy it fully that it could not regenerate from One team member jokingly suggested its defeated by the power of Love, this can be taken into context since one of the side stories in the series built up was the relationship with Domon and Rain with Allenby being a driving force for it by making it a triangle Tomino, G Gundam's creator and head writer and designer, decided to have that as a placeholder until they could think of a more proper method...which as what we know was never figured out and lead to a near clean 50 - 50 split in the people behind G Gundam Half loved the idea and the end result and the other half hated it but were sorta ok with the finale written I will point out that you did technically missed two details regarding the Gundam's History: The first was that Ulube's Gundam was actually the successor unit to Master Asia's older Yamato Gundam that he used in the 7th Gundam Fight, this is important since this Gundam ALSO had a Finger Attack (the Shine Shine Finger) and was what he developed nearly all his Special Techniques in before Neo Japan exiled him after he failed to make it in time to the Battleground for the Gundam Fight Finals Confiscating Yamato in the process and using it as their template for later units leading to Ulube's unit and then the Shining Gundam This is why Asia would join Neo Hong Kong and return with his Kowloon Gundam later on The second unit is the King of Hearts Gundam that Master Asia built alongside the other 4 Shuffle Alliance Gundams, this would be his secret unit outside the Kowloon up till he discovered the Devil Gundam and sent the King of Hearts into space since its more powerful then both his Master Gundam and the God Gundam combined This is important because the King of Hearts was made with his data from the Yamato since it too had a Finger Technique built in and was more powerful then both God Finger and Darkness Finger King of Hearts could be seen as a sibling or cousin unit
Great bit of info I didn't realize Master Aisa once fought for Neo Japan as I've only seen the English Dub. I figured he was a great martial artist may or may not have been a Gundam Champ, but had fought at one point and prior to the events of the series Domon had studied with Master Aisa and became his best student which lent to Domon becoming Neo Japan's Gundam Fighter.
For the Shining Gundam Urban and Desert Types I do agree on them likely having some tuning differences. I imagine the urban type would likely be tuned for finer control in tight conditions, while the desert type might be tuned for higher overall speed in the more open environment.
Dude! You totally forgot about the Yamato Gundam! The Mobile Fighter that Master Asia used when he was young. It had the same design standard as the other Neo Japan Gundams, and could do a very early version of the Shining Finger. It was also powerful enough to go head to head with the Shining Gundam in Gundam EXA, and even imitated the Shining Finger Sword by combining both of it's beam sabers.
The Gundam God Master is so cool, the way it seems like the perfect blend of God and Devil together making it stronger than either individually all because Domon's willpower was just that strong! I kind of wish it was the canon upgrade to the God Gundam, honestly!
12:47 A thing I actually noticed recently is you can actually see the energy drain in real time. The shining finger sword will literally draw in all of the "shine" of shining gundam super mode before swinging; draining all the gained energy from Super mode at once.
If I remember things correctly. It's not what we would known them as from the likes of CCA and Unicorn but an alliance of many good guy factions from some the other mecha fandoms included with the Super Robot and G Generation games.
25:02 The special dialoge I remember is Yzak's he will have Domon's voice in the middle of dialoge then switch back as he share the same Japanese voice actor with Domom
In my school vr game, the God Gundam did show up in the game as Pandoran Goalius Mentor (Pandoran Goalius is Goalius evolved form after getting power of Pandoras box) which did showed up in the Beelzebub boss fight while using The Burning Blaze Buster from Goalius (who said a old dog can't learn new tricks) and it even managed to cure her of the DG virus (a techno organic virus created by Exogon from DG cells designed to turn its victims into techno organic monsters) though sadly it got demolished by Exogon and sadly Domon died but Goalius managed to Convince The man upstairs to allow him to got to heaven
We finally have a development history videos for all 3 of the 90s AU. The Holy Trinity of Shining, Wing, GX. Now all we need is a dev history for Virsago & Ashtaron or Airmaster & Leopard. It'll probably be short though.
ill never get tired of the burger king being summoned from a kamehameha with a waifu. the sheer insanity of G gundam can make a drug fiend question what youre smoking.
damn you Kakarot for reminding me of domon teamups in videogames! Now i have to play Gundam Dynasty Warriors again for all those great Domon & Puru Teamups. (missed opportunity to use some of those clips in this video considering domon made her his student in the game and trained her in those techniques and made comboattacks with her xD)
G gundam still my absolute favortite series from start to finish. I may have started out with Wing but G was what I stayed a true fan of this franchise. I remember as a kid riding my bike pretending im piloting a mobile fighter and yelling out special moves like Domon.
Fantastic video! I love the G Gundam series and designs, so learning about its development and lore was a lot of fun. I hope to see more G Gundam videos in the future ✌🏻
meanwhile in the Build Fighters series a certain blue-haired kid made his own "knock-off" Shining Gundam and God Gundam called the Build Burning Gundam which was later upgraded into the Try Burning Gundam and piloted by a red-haired kid who fights using Kenpo moves.
hilariously. the real world designer of the Build Burning Gundam had no idea that the God Gundam was called Burning Gundam in English. meaning that yes. it was a coincidence
Could we please get more of these for the rest of the shuffle alliance? I would love to hear about them from you. These videos are so soothing and covering my favorite serie
With all the SRW you've included, I'm surprised you didn't include one from Shin SRW. (The mention at 27:27 is a nice consolation, having the wrong Dancouga included and missing Layzner aside)
27:26 A tiny correction: Dancouga Nova wasn't in Shin SRW, it was the original Dancouga series. Anyway, thank you for all the great work, and for including all the SRW stuff. ♥️
So I know there's probably next to nothing and thus a video can't be made but...development history on Fuunsaiki's gundam? Like we GOTTA know about the development of the HORSE GUNDAM?? Thanks for making such an amazing video!
And he also voiced Mega Man X in Marverick Hunter X. In the Day of Sigma short included with the game, X is even shown giving Sigma his signature scars by grabbing his face with an energized hand as a reference to Shining Finger.
I really wish G-Gundam had actually leaned into this "guns vs melee" conversation in the show. Don't get me wrong, when I'm stoned, G-Gundam is awesome! And I shamelessly love how Domon and Rain defeat the Devil Gundam at the end! But I'm not sold on melee. Almost none of the Gundams we actually see in the show actually use ranged weapons.
I believe after Master Asia's triumphant over Gentle Chapman, other nations also slowly leave the "gun supremacy" lead us to current Gundam Fight which back into martial arts tournament. Most of them even Domon only use ranged weapon as secondary choice.
@seabookarno1664 Which is my point. I think the show would have been much more interesting if this divide had been part of the show instead of background lore. Even if it were just a few elite holdouts. I would have loved to see Domon have to deal with an enemy with legitimate fire power that makes it hard for him to get close. Imagine a scene where he has to run between building dodging shots until he gets in close. Given that Domon learned from Master Asia then there could even be a subplot of Domon wanting to prove his master was right.
@@heavyarms55 first time we see Gentle Chapman with his John Bull was episode about "gun supremacy" although in the end he did cheating with spreading thick fog and using dummy, but from what I remember he still has his marksmanship although in the end he must defeated because his health was deteriorated. "Given that Domon learned from Master Asia then there could even be a subplot of Domon wanting to prove his master was right." This subplot wouldn't work because Master Asia already proved martial arts still triumph over gun or ranged weapon thanks to his victory in the previous tournament. If not, we would see ranged Gundam Fighters more than martial artist in current Gundam Fights. Gentle Chapman was exception because that was he skilled with.
You know, I never considered that Gundams in G Gundam had to be designed and developed. I always thought that they just appear from the ether fully realized.
I'm gonna be honest, it would not surprise me if the Gundams in that show spontaneously appeared one day and people just rolled with that, because it makes just as much sense as the rest of G-Gundam.
25:09 My favourite version of this comes from when the ibo boys get to pilot the god gundam and most of them make there own versions of the god finger along with a bunch of other little quirks Mikazuki gives the most half assed god finger just because orga told him to do it Eugene calls his the hyper justice finger Shino the erupting galaxy finger Naze and Azee from the turbins get involved Naze gets a bit over exited and Azee references reiji from build fighters It’s really cool that some people from tekkadan just get to act like kids when piloting the god gundam, especially knowing what happens in the series. It’s nice to know they at least got to have their fun with this
This series will always stay with me, especially because I never saw the last episode because my parents didn't know that the finale was going to be a two-part special.
The way I jumped up seeing the Ninja Shining! I recently learned about it translating the Tower of Death one-shot (it appeared in an extra designs section that also had the Great Shining & Shining God Gundams from Plamo Wars), so it's even cooler realizing it was part of a team. And man, I wish there was more stuff scanned for stuff like Gundam Combat that had the God Gundam with different terrain equipment.
I haven't watched that many gundam series but I like how when the gundam/suit is designed to actually vent off heat, since almost all gundams regardless of universe don't show these things and limitations. Its like having some sort of realism under all off the sci-fi fantasy things the whole gundam franchise is known for. Another example of this is that suit Banagher uses after the unicorn that can't handle the beam magnum.
9:53 ahhhh... that 90's box art of the ng model kit i once had this kit in hyper mode coating and enjoy it making some poses and displayed it on the top of our TV set... that was the time Gundam Wing, Gundam G and Gundam X came its popularity in the philippines....
I have a theory about the whole g gundam series. My theory is that its actually a tv show that's why the last bit of the show felt kinda weird and different. So what I mean it being a TV show I mean it being a TV show in the build fighter series where Domon got into the gundam popularity to advertise/fund his martial arts school like how Bruce Lee did movies to advertise/fund his martial arts school. The gundam fights is heavily similar to the gunpla tournaments as its gundams fighting each other till only one stands and the world tournament has the other nations joining in the whole battle
This was my favorite and only watchable Gundam series as a kid because it resembled Dragon Ball Z so much it was so cool watching gigantic Mechs behave like Super Saiyans
Lacus: Kira, we must do the Love Love Finger attack! Join my God Gundam! Kira: Uhh... Shinn, let's switch suits for a while! I need the Destiny spec 2! Shinn: What?! No! Lacus: You and Lunamaria can have a turn after us. Shinn: Even if you say that- Lunamaria: GIVE THEM THE DESTINY, SHINN!
This is my favorite Development History so far, not just for covering the titular Gundam of the series that introduced me to the franchise, but for all of the extra information from the various Manga and Video Games. Also, I've personally preferred Burning Gundam to God Gundam due to how that name plays off of the Shining and Rising Gundams.
Love how you scientifically explained all the Mobile Fighter suits in your classic style! Now do the rest of the Shuffle Alliance and Master Gundam next! Do all the Mobile Fighters!
Best part is when he states his hand is telling him to defeat him. Like instead of saying "im powerful and im gonna kick your ass" and its more like "hey bro, its the hand thats telling me to do it, its out of my control, fella." Humble because he is not taking credit for the power but also a bit cheeky because hes like "hey, i wouldnt be able to kick your ass and id leave you alone but its the hand, bro, the hand is to blame here" lol
Always bothered me that Mark Gatha only said "Shining Finger Sword" the first time he used the attack and just "Shining Finger" for it every time afterwards.
That backpack sure have nice shock-absorption preventing items from bouncing damage especially with model kits and other delicate stuff when travelling.
I love G Gundam. It's story is completely different from having to go into the one year war against The Federation and that's what makes it very unique. Also, I cannot forget about Haro, the cute, little ball shaped robot who appeared in the Gundam series.
Hey man i want to tell you that you forgot to include another Shining Gundam's predecessor,the Yamato Gundam from the G Gundam Deluxe manga,aka the prequel to the Main Series with Master Asia or Shuji Kurosu as the MC,and his Yamato Gundam
great job, g gundam development follows the philosophies of awesome, how near can we get to an ethnic slur, or a combination of the two (i still remember you, tequila gundam).
@@rickytorres4213 KoH Gundam/Shuffle Heart was never stated it was manufactured by Neo Japan. but prolly it would make more sense if KoH Gundam -> Kowloon Gundam-> Master Gundam as Master Asia piloted KoH/
"THIS Is Tako Gundam, with 8 massive metal tentacles to envelop the opponent. GUNDAM FIGHT! READY? G- *Gunshot* "NEO ENGLAND WINS"" (1 Gundam Fight Later) "This is Musha Gundam, infused with the soul of the samurai with its giant vibrating KATANA! Neo-Japan's Entry for the f---- *Gunshot* "NEO ENGLAND WINS" (1 Gundam Fight Later) "This is Gundam Sashimi, Neo Ja- *Gunshot* "NEO ENGLAND WINS. (some days later) "Dr. Edo Yamato, not even God Himself, nor the Devil encarnate could beat Britain Gundam...." "......or can they?...."
A great breakdown for sure with some cool information. I always figured that the types of Gundams that we see in the 13th tournament were based more on a country's economic means and not do to a shift in development philosophy. Such as the countries Domon targets first all seem to have the most advanced Gundams when compared to others like Neo Mexico, Cuba, Holland, Kenya, Mongolia, and even Canada's which all focused close quarters where the other five could do a full range. Also outside of Neo France and Russia's governments why is every other leadership group freakin insane, Neo Japan, Hong, America, Napla, Sweden, I mean it just goes on that somewhere along the lines they all went nuts.
So... if the Rising Gundam and God Gundam can do the Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken move... and if the Rising Gundam was meant for Ulube... There could have been a hypothetical situation in which the Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken was performed by Domon and Ulube... or they refused to do it and the Devil Gundam won.
Fun fact, the burger King only growls when they blast the love love marriage ballin' blast in the English dub, in the original, he just manifests silently.
Hey Kakarot197 ive got an idea for unknown data gundams. Gundam SEED Destiny has a scene where a series of "no data" flickers across the monitor the Impulse is on. Overlay any gundam you dont have data on onto that scene as a bit of flair.
Hey big props for using the dub clips. That dub saved anime for me so it really matters so much to me. Long story short after watching eva I thought anime was a mistake but G Gundam and its dub was so fun anime and mecha was saved and lead me to watch every Gundam dub I could get. But yeah I'd argue the Rising isn't equipped with the Love Love Tenkyoken its more just the raw power of love and The School of the Undefeated of the East, and any machines Rain and Domon pilot side by side could do. And once again Lacus shows off why she is best Gundam Princess.
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Hahaha i Finish my first mg yesterday and it was the god gundam
can ask what gunpla in pictures on 29:46 on right side?
@@gundam247d That's a custom gunpla called God Gundam Kiwami
@@kakarot197 ty
bro i L O V E D how when Domon got the burning gundam he didnt just immediately forget the shining. He mourned it like a friend and thanked it for protecting him and honored it by saying its reborn in the burning with its combat data. it was so respectful and i always loved that.
Shining is pretty much Domon's partner in battle along with Rain and thus of course, he'd do it. And Domon's not the only one either; some of the gundam pilots whatever the series may be actually see their gundam as their friend as well and even talk to them at times.
@@tiercel5561 Yes i love how they respect and honor their gundams like family
I loved that Rain inherited it after it was repaired. It was like her and Domon's baby, kinda. I really appreciate that it not only didn't just disappear, but that it stayed in good hands
@@tiercel5561 Like Duo reacting to the Deathscythe's live broadcasted destruction.
@@WiiMan25 -Yep, that was heartbreaking. Funny enough, Heero even talked to Wing Zero as well in Endless Waltz after the fight with Altron and Zero actually responded.
Then there's Sandrock's final sacrifice to save Quatre as it walked by itself to its destruction.
I really wish there was a G Gundam game that you could do the story mode and a regular mode where you pick a nation and develop a Gundam to pilot in the tournament. If you win you have to make research and policy decisions that you can evolve your Gundam with. Recruit and train new pilots over the years and develop rivalries with other nations.
God that would be fun. and no SD gundams in it make it look AWESOME! animated cutscenes would be amazing to.
Kinda like Gihren's Greed but more hotblooded. I love this idea!
Ulube no Yabou
@@Zaku186 SD Gundams are awesome
Or mix the customization of the Breaker style one and then base the game as a hack and slash.
G Gundam really felt like something different but also kind of special from what you'd expect of Gundam
That and unicorn are gundams only super robot shows
@@JazzyCurrywhat about System-99/WD-01
Yeah they did a really good job at keeping the overall message of gundam without making the setting a rehash of uc(not that something similar to uc is bad)
It felt like a betrayal of the Gundam franchise. If It wasn't for Imagawa, a genius at handling super robot shows, It would have been a disaster.
@@ZeroDarkness- probably also
Fun fact: in gundam breaker 4, using the pattern function you can set each color to glow making your Gunpla functionally a light bulb
I made a Gunpla that's inspired by Shirou Emiya (Called it "Unlimited Build Works") and it's swords are a pair of the curved Head Swords that you can color the blades. The white sword is max brightness while the black has zero brightness
Fun fact: you can bypass the censoring of the names by using brackets like (Titans)
The beam swords are a katana and wakizashi combo respectively. They were the swords samurai used during the Edo period. The katana is used outside while the wakizashi is used indoors. With the smaller blade being used for confined spaces.
If only a gundam had a "tanto" that acted as an energy injector that it stabs into its abdomen to make it 3 times more powerful and bathed in red light... That would have sealed the deal for the whole hyper legendary samurai thing.
@@SparkRattle There's always Valvrave.
@@aliastheabnormal Exactly what I alluded to. Hahahahaa
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The shining gundam to god gundam transition is one of the best in Gundam history. It literally symbolizes Domons growth as a fighter and martial artist.
Actually - at least according to the director - the G Gundam's Super Mode was inspired by Saint Seiya, specifically the Gold Cloths the main cast acquire as a massive upgrade from their Bronze ones. We tend to ignore that Saint Seiya was a thing in the West because of how poor the early localization was, but it's still one of the best selling manga ever and you can really see a lot of its influence in G Gundam if you're aware of it.
In fairness, Saint Seiya did have it's success in the west, just more so I'm the Latin American countries.
But I did think something about the timeline didn't feel like it matched up between the Super Saiyan advent and when G Gundam would have been in production.
I was thinking it was more based on the repaired bronze clothes turning gold when using the 7th sense during the Poseidon arc after the gold saint fixed them.
@RedCapBlock it can be implied that it's possible with how the mobile trace system works. The anger base super mode was a mechanical attempt to overclock the machine but the hyper mode feels like making the machine become a true extension of the fighter and their natural greater potential.
I think even Saint Seiya was kinda influenced by Dragon Ball Z 🤔
In the artbook for the G Gundam boxset, Director Imagawa actually sites both Dragonball and Street Fighter as inspiring G Gundam! And if anyone is reading this, go check out the videos of every one doing the God Finger in Cross Rays. Some of them are downright funny.
Bro, I LOVED that video! Shinn, Mika, and Graham in particular were just _golden._ XD Oh, and Lunamaria, too! 😂 Might have to rewatch that again sometime!
@@Altarahhn Yzak have the best line ever. Literally just him being unconsciously knowing how to use God Gundam😂
@dann9300 Oh yeah, he did do that! Lol, that was rich! XD
THANK YOU for using the dub. I will never stop loving the english VA of Domon, though it is unfortunate that the actor himself thought he wasn't good enough.
Wait, Mark Gatha said that?
@@ninjabreadman8166 yeah, he feels like he wasn’t as good as the JP dub actor (which, imo, that’s not true in the slightest to me).
Precious G Gundam dev at last. No Nether gundam but Shining Gundam fucks harder to me then God
Same tbh. Shining Gundam is so nostalgic for me, God Gundam doesn't hit that same spot
I've seen people claim that Mega Man X's third armor and especially the golden armor was inspired by the Shining Gundam.
not only that, mega man 6 has a plot that's pretty similar to g gundam, what with the whole tournament of robots from different nations and stuff
To be honest, I kinda wouldn't be surprised if it was because when you look at it the Max Buster even opens up the same way as the Shining Finger Arm does. It's either one hell of a coincidence or a vague nod to G Gundam and the Gold Armor makes it almost set in stone that they were at least vaguely referencing the Shining Gundam.
And hey, wouldn't you know it, X in Megaman X8 and Maverick Hunter X is voiced by Domon's Eng VA, Mark Gatha.
@@Amuro1Xhe also voiced X in the Day of Sigma OVA where X basically does the shining finger.
@@Amuro1X Not to mention Sigma also being voiced by Master Asia in The Dub for those Mega Man X Games as well!
G Gundam was probably my first proper intro into anime along with DBZ. My parents would leave me to be baby sat by his friends two sons on saturday. We would watch DBZ and G Gundam. It's a core memory at this point, I literally cannot stop and say the catchphrases of the attacks when I here them.
This hand of mine is burning red! Its loud roar tells me to grasp victory!
Erupting...
Burning...
FINGER!!!!
And now… HEAT END!!!!!!
The story behind the ending and the Love Love Tenkyoken will always be one of my favorites:
The lead writer and his staff could not think of how to truly defeat the Devil Gundam since their final version of it was by all rights a perfect being nothing done to it could conceivably destroy it fully that it could not regenerate from
One team member jokingly suggested its defeated by the power of Love, this can be taken into context since one of the side stories in the series built up was the relationship with Domon and Rain with Allenby being a driving force for it by making it a triangle
Tomino, G Gundam's creator and head writer and designer, decided to have that as a placeholder until they could think of a more proper method...which as what we know was never figured out and lead to a near clean 50 - 50 split in the people behind G Gundam
Half loved the idea and the end result and the other half hated it but were sorta ok with the finale written
I will point out that you did technically missed two details regarding the Gundam's History:
The first was that Ulube's Gundam was actually the successor unit to Master Asia's older Yamato Gundam that he used in the 7th Gundam Fight, this is important since this Gundam ALSO had a Finger Attack (the Shine Shine Finger) and was what he developed nearly all his Special Techniques in before Neo Japan exiled him after he failed to make it in time to the Battleground for the Gundam Fight Finals
Confiscating Yamato in the process and using it as their template for later units leading to Ulube's unit and then the Shining Gundam
This is why Asia would join Neo Hong Kong and return with his Kowloon Gundam later on
The second unit is the King of Hearts Gundam that Master Asia built alongside the other 4 Shuffle Alliance Gundams, this would be his secret unit outside the Kowloon up till he discovered the Devil Gundam and sent the King of Hearts into space since its more powerful then both his Master Gundam and the God Gundam combined
This is important because the King of Hearts was made with his data from the Yamato since it too had a Finger Technique built in and was more powerful then both God Finger and Darkness Finger
King of Hearts could be seen as a sibling or cousin unit
Great bit of info I didn't realize Master Aisa once fought for Neo Japan as I've only seen the English Dub. I figured he was a great martial artist may or may not have been a Gundam Champ, but had fought at one point and prior to the events of the series Domon had studied with Master Aisa and became his best student which lent to Domon becoming Neo Japan's Gundam Fighter.
Tomino wrote G Gundam? Since when?
G Gundam is what started my love for gundams and mecha related anime. Domon will always have my heart with the help of Kyoji.
Same. Was my first series, got me into the franchise.
For the Shining Gundam Urban and Desert Types I do agree on them likely having some tuning differences. I imagine the urban type would likely be tuned for finer control in tight conditions, while the desert type might be tuned for higher overall speed in the more open environment.
Dude! You totally forgot about the Yamato Gundam! The Mobile Fighter that Master Asia used when he was young. It had the same design standard as the other Neo Japan Gundams, and could do a very early version of the Shining Finger. It was also powerful enough to go head to head with the Shining Gundam in Gundam EXA, and even imitated the Shining Finger Sword by combining both of it's beam sabers.
The Gundam God Master is so cool, the way it seems like the perfect blend of God and Devil together making it stronger than either individually all because Domon's willpower was just that strong! I kind of wish it was the canon upgrade to the God Gundam, honestly!
12:47 A thing I actually noticed recently is you can actually see the energy drain in real time. The shining finger sword will literally draw in all of the "shine" of shining gundam super mode before swinging; draining all the gained energy from Super mode at once.
I was not expecting to see Lacus make a cameo appearance in a G Gundam unit development history video. Or Londo Bell.
If I remember things correctly. It's not what we would known them as from the likes of CCA and Unicorn but an alliance of many good guy factions from some the other mecha fandoms included with the Super Robot and G Generation games.
@@robertdrexel2043 Yup, Londo Bell in SRW is faction of good guys in SRW and at some time it would have it's own name.
25:02 The special dialoge I remember is Yzak's he will have Domon's voice in the middle of dialoge then switch back as he share the same Japanese voice actor with Domom
Yes G gundam development history!
Bolt gundam or maxter when?
In my school vr game, the God Gundam did show up in the game as Pandoran Goalius Mentor (Pandoran Goalius is Goalius evolved form after getting power of Pandoras box) which did showed up in the Beelzebub boss fight while using The Burning Blaze Buster from Goalius (who said a old dog can't learn new tricks) and it even managed to cure her of the DG virus (a techno organic virus created by Exogon from DG cells designed to turn its victims into techno organic monsters) though sadly it got demolished by Exogon and sadly Domon died but Goalius managed to Convince The man upstairs to allow him to got to heaven
I love that everyone remember the "fight...and fight...and FIGHT!" from the intro when talking about G Gundam.
We finally have a development history videos for all 3 of the 90s AU. The Holy Trinity of Shining, Wing, GX.
Now all we need is a dev history for Virsago & Ashtaron or Airmaster & Leopard. It'll probably be short though.
They really are three great MS, aren’t they?
You should do some Super Robot Wars stuff, and maybe some more what ifs.
ill never get tired of the burger king being summoned from a kamehameha with a waifu.
the sheer insanity of G gundam can make a drug fiend question what youre smoking.
Don't forget that the Burger Waifu King Kamehameha in question was being shot at ROBO-SATAN
@@LordCrate-du8zm lol. with so much hidden tentacle bait
damn you Kakarot for reminding me of domon teamups in videogames!
Now i have to play Gundam Dynasty Warriors again for all those great Domon & Puru Teamups.
(missed opportunity to use some of those clips in this video considering domon made her his student in the game and trained her in those techniques and made comboattacks with her xD)
G gundam still my absolute favortite series from start to finish. I may have started out with Wing but G was what I stayed a true fan of this franchise. I remember as a kid riding my bike pretending im piloting a mobile fighter and yelling out special moves like Domon.
Loved this video man. I wanna build a custom god master Gundam one day
Bro did it. A G Gundam Development History
Fantastic video! I love the G Gundam series and designs, so learning about its development and lore was a lot of fun. I hope to see more G Gundam videos in the future ✌🏻
All that's needed to make that Lacus in God Gundam be perfect is her pilot suit.
She and Kira doing Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken would either summon Ronald McDonald, Wendy, or Colonel Sanders 😂
I'm still waiting for a Development History Video in the A.D. timeline.
The Flag would be an interesting one. (Plus the Enact perhaps.)
meanwhile in the Build Fighters series a certain blue-haired kid made his own "knock-off" Shining Gundam and God Gundam called the Build Burning Gundam which was later upgraded into the Try Burning Gundam and piloted by a red-haired kid who fights using Kenpo moves.
hilariously. the real world designer of the Build Burning Gundam had no idea that the God Gundam was called Burning Gundam in English. meaning that yes. it was a coincidence
You mean delty😂😂
meanwhile in Gundam Seed he pilots Duel instead
And later in the series we find out that a version of Domon is the guy's master.
Similarly, I was disappointed that he didn't mention the Blazing Gundam built by Misa in the Battlogue.
26:45 "Where Domon and Rain use the power of love to summon the Burger King"
Me as a kid when I watched saw this as epic, me now is laughing XD
I've said it once I'll say it again. G gundam is an experience.
Could we please get more of these for the rest of the shuffle alliance? I would love to hear about them from you. These videos are so soothing and covering my favorite serie
With all the SRW you've included, I'm surprised you didn't include one from Shin SRW. (The mention at 27:27 is a nice consolation, having the wrong Dancouga included and missing Layzner aside)
Its interesting how shining gundam was developed from master Asia's gundam back when he was the neo japan representative...
27:26 A tiny correction: Dancouga Nova wasn't in Shin SRW, it was the original Dancouga series.
Anyway, thank you for all the great work, and for including all the SRW stuff. ♥️
My favorite Gundam youtuber uploads a video in my favorite series about my favorite Gundam. My day just got a lot better!
So I know there's probably next to nothing and thus a video can't be made but...development history on Fuunsaiki's gundam? Like we GOTTA know about the development of the HORSE GUNDAM?? Thanks for making such an amazing video!
To think Domon's english VA was just some guy who wanted to pay for medical school
And he also voiced Mega Man X in Marverick Hunter X. In the Day of Sigma short included with the game, X is even shown giving Sigma his signature scars by grabbing his face with an energized hand as a reference to Shining Finger.
@@NotMyRealName6 the only voice actor I can ever hear whenever I see X talk
Life takes directions we don’t foresee. Tomino-San studied engineering, ends up making Gundam
Great video! There is also God Gundam Kiwami and Godmaru Gundam!
Hearing Mark Gatha in the clips really makes me happy.
Sad shame he's no longer a voice actor.
what happened?
@@ChrisTian-sd5yq He retired, and was working as a doctor, last we know.
@@ReploidGodX ohhh that's a nice path for him I guess
@@ChrisTian-sd5yq He became.... A veterinarian! ;_;
A pet doctor! Basically voice acting was a side hustle for him to fund his dream.
Then there’s that strange windmill that wasn’t there yesterday
I really wish G-Gundam had actually leaned into this "guns vs melee" conversation in the show.
Don't get me wrong, when I'm stoned, G-Gundam is awesome! And I shamelessly love how Domon and Rain defeat the Devil Gundam at the end!
But I'm not sold on melee. Almost none of the Gundams we actually see in the show actually use ranged weapons.
I believe after Master Asia's triumphant over Gentle Chapman, other nations also slowly leave the "gun supremacy" lead us to current Gundam Fight which back into martial arts tournament. Most of them even Domon only use ranged weapon as secondary choice.
@seabookarno1664 Which is my point. I think the show would have been much more interesting if this divide had been part of the show instead of background lore.
Even if it were just a few elite holdouts. I would have loved to see Domon have to deal with an enemy with legitimate fire power that makes it hard for him to get close.
Imagine a scene where he has to run between building dodging shots until he gets in close.
Given that Domon learned from Master Asia then there could even be a subplot of Domon wanting to prove his master was right.
@@heavyarms55 first time we see Gentle Chapman with his John Bull was episode about "gun supremacy" although in the end he did cheating with spreading thick fog and using dummy, but from what I remember he still has his marksmanship although in the end he must defeated because his health was deteriorated.
"Given that Domon learned from Master Asia then there could even be a subplot of Domon wanting to prove his master was right."
This subplot wouldn't work because Master Asia already proved martial arts still triumph over gun or ranged weapon thanks to his victory in the previous tournament. If not, we would see ranged Gundam Fighters more than martial artist in current Gundam Fights. Gentle Chapman was exception because that was he skilled with.
@@seabookarno1664 I don't think Master Asia winning the fight once or twice is enough to "prove" anything other than his own skill personally.
@@heavyarms55 have you seen the s*** that man pulled I can believe him destroying any mobile suit with just his bare hands
G gundam development history!?
LET'S GOOOO!!!!!!
You know, I never considered that Gundams in G Gundam had to be designed and developed. I always thought that they just appear from the ether fully realized.
just think someone Designed Tequila Gundam in universe I'd like to see a pic of the mad-lad.😂
I'm gonna be honest, it would not surprise me if the Gundams in that show spontaneously appeared one day and people just rolled with that, because it makes just as much sense as the rest of G-Gundam.
"GUNDAM FIGHT REA......."
*interrupts with a flying shoulder tackle from dimensionally displaced Zaku I*
"Talk to much, just fight."
25:09
My favourite version of this comes from when the ibo boys get to pilot the god gundam and most of them make there own versions of the god finger along with a bunch of other little quirks
Mikazuki gives the most half assed god finger just because orga told him to do it
Eugene calls his the hyper justice finger
Shino the erupting galaxy finger
Naze and Azee from the turbins get involved Naze gets a bit over exited and Azee references reiji from build fighters
It’s really cool that some people from tekkadan just get to act like kids when piloting the god gundam, especially knowing what happens in the series. It’s nice to know they at least got to have their fun with this
Did I just see Lacus Clyne piloting the God Gundam?!
What crazy as drugs were they one because I want some!
Also atra piloting the barbatos in sd crossrays
the crazy one would be shiin and garod for me
I bet it looks like Duel inside
This series will always stay with me, especially because I never saw the last episode because my parents didn't know that the finale was going to be a two-part special.
I’m a little bit disappointed you didn’t show a clip of the Burning Graham Finger (as performed by OO’s Graham Aker)
The way I jumped up seeing the Ninja Shining!
I recently learned about it translating the Tower of Death one-shot (it appeared in an extra designs section that also had the Great Shining & Shining God Gundams from Plamo Wars), so it's even cooler realizing it was part of a team.
And man, I wish there was more stuff scanned for stuff like Gundam Combat that had the God Gundam with different terrain equipment.
Seeing a lacus performing the heat end is not what I was expecting
I haven't watched that many gundam series but I like how when the gundam/suit is designed to actually vent off heat, since almost all gundams regardless of universe don't show these things and limitations.
Its like having some sort of realism under all off the sci-fi fantasy things the whole gundam franchise is known for.
Another example of this is that suit Banagher uses after the unicorn that can't handle the beam magnum.
9:53 ahhhh... that 90's box art of the ng model kit i once had this kit in hyper mode coating and enjoy it making some poses and displayed it on the top of our TV set... that was the time Gundam Wing, Gundam G and Gundam X came its popularity in the philippines....
I have a theory about the whole g gundam series. My theory is that its actually a tv show that's why the last bit of the show felt kinda weird and different. So what I mean it being a TV show I mean it being a TV show in the build fighter series where Domon got into the gundam popularity to advertise/fund his martial arts school like how Bruce Lee did movies to advertise/fund his martial arts school. The gundam fights is heavily similar to the gunpla tournaments as its gundams fighting each other till only one stands and the world tournament has the other nations joining in the whole battle
Great video, Shining Gundam will always be my favorite.
The right hand if God, and the left hand of the Devil!
This was my favorite and only watchable Gundam series as a kid because it resembled Dragon Ball Z so much it was so cool watching gigantic Mechs behave like Super Saiyans
Lacus: Kira, we must do the Love Love Finger attack! Join my God Gundam!
Kira: Uhh... Shinn, let's switch suits for a while! I need the Destiny spec 2!
Shinn: What?! No!
Lacus: You and Lunamaria can have a turn after us.
Shinn: Even if you say that-
Lunamaria: GIVE THEM THE DESTINY, SHINN!
Pilot of Duel: ayoo
If Domon and Rain summoned the Burger King, who will Kira and Lacus summon? Ronald McDonald? 😂🤣
This is my favorite Development History so far, not just for covering the titular Gundam of the series that introduced me to the franchise, but for all of the extra information from the various Manga and Video Games.
Also, I've personally preferred Burning Gundam to God Gundam due to how that name plays off of the Shining and Rising Gundams.
Love how you scientifically explained all the Mobile Fighter suits in your classic style! Now do the rest of the Shuffle Alliance and Master Gundam next! Do all the Mobile Fighters!
7:42 RIP Mazinger
This is on of my favorites AU Gundams, along side the Freedoms, Justice, Destiny and more but i could be here for a while
YESSSSSSS! YES YES YES YES!!!!!
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!
I loved this one! Shining/Burning Gundam were awesome!
When will we see an MS-14 Gelgoog development history?
Best part is when he states his hand is telling him to defeat him. Like instead of saying "im powerful and im gonna kick your ass" and its more like "hey bro, its the hand thats telling me to do it, its out of my control, fella." Humble because he is not taking credit for the power but also a bit cheeky because hes like "hey, i wouldnt be able to kick your ass and id leave you alone but its the hand, bro, the hand is to blame here" lol
I want a good mummy and Tequila gundam kit 😭😭 Really all of G Gundam tbh
Me too buddy
Always bothered me that Mark Gatha only said "Shining Finger Sword" the first time he used the attack and just "Shining Finger" for it every time afterwards.
yeah, but that's a script problem. From what i saw, it was the same thing in the original version
@@DarkAnon100 didn't know that.
That backpack sure have nice shock-absorption preventing items from bouncing damage especially with model kits and other delicate stuff when travelling.
I love G Gundam. It's story is completely different from having to go into the one year war against The Federation and that's what makes it very unique. Also, I cannot forget about Haro, the cute, little ball shaped robot who appeared in the Gundam series.
Hey man i want to tell you that you forgot to include another Shining Gundam's predecessor,the Yamato Gundam from the G Gundam Deluxe manga,aka the prequel to the Main Series with Master Asia or Shuji Kurosu as the MC,and his Yamato Gundam
Cool! G Gundam content deserved some love. 🖖
Best English Dub of any Gundam Series.
Fight me.
Meikyo Shisui="Become water, my friend."
God I love G Gundam
So glad you used some of the music from the show
great job, g gundam development follows the philosophies of awesome, how near can we get to an ethnic slur, or a combination of the two (i still remember you, tequila gundam).
Not sure if you want to go deeper it goes like
Yamato Gundam -> Ulube's Gundam -> Shining Etc.
King of hearts Gundam > Yamato > Ulube's > Shining
@@rickytorres4213 KoH Gundam/Shuffle Heart was never stated it was manufactured by Neo Japan.
but prolly it would make more sense if KoH Gundam -> Kowloon Gundam-> Master Gundam as Master Asia piloted KoH/
@@ruu4972 King of hearts predates the Gundam fights from my understanding and multiple neo Japan suits were reverse engineered from it
Finally some respect to G Gundam from community
"THIS Is Tako Gundam, with 8 massive metal tentacles to envelop the opponent. GUNDAM FIGHT! READY? G- *Gunshot* "NEO ENGLAND WINS""
(1 Gundam Fight Later)
"This is Musha Gundam, infused with the soul of the samurai with its giant vibrating KATANA! Neo-Japan's Entry for the f---- *Gunshot* "NEO ENGLAND WINS"
(1 Gundam Fight Later)
"This is Gundam Sashimi, Neo Ja- *Gunshot* "NEO ENGLAND WINS.
(some days later)
"Dr. Edo Yamato, not even God Himself, nor the Devil encarnate could beat Britain Gundam...."
"......or can they?...."
A great breakdown for sure with some cool information. I always figured that the types of Gundams that we see in the 13th tournament were based more on a country's economic means and not do to a shift in development philosophy.
Such as the countries Domon targets first all seem to have the most advanced Gundams when compared to others like Neo Mexico, Cuba, Holland, Kenya, Mongolia, and even Canada's which all focused close quarters where the other five could do a full range.
Also outside of Neo France and Russia's governments why is every other leadership group freakin insane, Neo Japan, Hong, America, Napla, Sweden, I mean it just goes on that somewhere along the lines they all went nuts.
I’ve always been curious on why the trun X gundam have the ability to do the shining finger
So... if the Rising Gundam and God Gundam can do the Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken move... and if the Rising Gundam was meant for Ulube...
There could have been a hypothetical situation in which the Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken was performed by Domon and Ulube... or they refused to do it and the Devil Gundam won.
Ulube never piloting Rising which made Rising always associated with Rain, and it's more suitable for her with "samurai's wife" motif in Rising
Also wasn't there a Gundam Short that had the two partnering up with something??
@@robertdrexel2043 Gundam Evolve, showed Rain piloting Rising in the short film
God damn, Mark Gatha's performance as Domon still gives me chills.
Fun fact, the burger King only growls when they blast the love love marriage ballin' blast in the English dub, in the original, he just manifests silently.
And now I have another truly beautiful mental image in my head.
Technically it isn't a beam sword he's charging he's manipulating the energy into the form of a sword similar to kuwabara creating the spirit sword
Hey Kakarot197 ive got an idea for unknown data gundams.
Gundam SEED Destiny has a scene where a series of "no data" flickers across the monitor the Impulse is on. Overlay any gundam you dont have data on onto that scene as a bit of flair.
Future Century is a very special timeline.
Been waiting for this for a while!
Perfect timing. Lots of G-Gundam love in GB4 too
Thank you so much! Mobile Fighter G Gundam is my favorite gundam series.
Hey big props for using the dub clips. That dub saved anime for me so it really matters so much to me. Long story short after watching eva I thought anime was a mistake but G Gundam and its dub was so fun anime and mecha was saved and lead me to watch every Gundam dub I could get. But yeah I'd argue the Rising isn't equipped with the Love Love Tenkyoken its more just the raw power of love and The School of the Undefeated of the East, and any machines Rain and Domon pilot side by side could do.
And once again Lacus shows off why she is best Gundam Princess.