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| May 09th, 2008: Gundam Wing Retrospective Part One | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 9 2008, 12:24 PM (1,591 Views) | |
| Nick | May 9 2008, 12:24 PM Post #1 |
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Founder and Major Domo
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I review the Gundam Wing TV series in the first installment of a three-part retrospective. http://www.toonamifan.com/toonamigundamwingretro1.html |
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| macattack | May 9 2008, 03:11 PM Post #2 |
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Watch Your Head.
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I kinda wish I saw the series on Toonami, but my first Gundam ended up being G Gundam. SHINING FINGER! *ahem* That picture you posted really emphasized Gundam Wing's cast size. It looks gigantic. It takes a lot of work to make a cast that big and have enough character development for the journey to be satisfying. One thing Gundam 00, which is considered to be the spiritual successor to Gundam Wing in many regards, has problems with is character development. It has some but not really enough. Thankfully 00 has another 25 episodes to go, and the director is renowned for character development so hopefully we'll see some nice evolution of the cast (the ones that are still alive, anyway. SetsunaXMarina forever XD). I have seen a few episodes of the Gundam Wing dub and I agree with you on that regard. It's frankly terrible. And yeah, Relena drives me insane. Lisa Ann Beley did a much better job as Murrue Ramius than Relena. Another thing I find annoying is Mark Hildreth's sudden high-pitched scream as Heero, which doesn't suit Heero at all. Ugh. |
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| tarhaun | May 9 2008, 03:34 PM Post #3 |
Did somone say "chimichanga"?
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gundam-classic |
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| tytheartist | May 9 2008, 04:28 PM Post #4 |
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Future Animator & Innovator
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Wow. That was really one of your best articles Nick. Amazing. However, I have to disagree with you on your view of the dub. I think it was one of the most appropriate fitting of any anime. But really. This article. Amazing. I have it a plug on my livejournal community and my own livejournal. |
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| Linkpre | May 21 2008, 02:39 PM Post #5 |
Crewer
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Many will find this weird, but as a kid could never really get into Gundam Wing. It was the only show on Toonami during the year(2000) that I hardly watched. I suppose it was too "mature" for me at the time as I was a ten year old who was more into fantasy action. I saw Gundam Wing as a show with too much talking and not enough action I guess, although I do admit it was kinda cool occasionally seeing the uncut version on Midnight Run. Later I got the chance to see the series again. Now that I was alittle older, I understood what the show was really about. |
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| The History Follower | May 21 2008, 10:27 PM Post #6 |
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I agree with you Tytheartist, the dub was't that bad. I've been watching the few DVDs of the series I have, it just makes me wish I had more of them, and it's not as bad as you made me fear Nick. Ofcourse I think I have lower standards them some other people out there. I've heard better voice acting than this, but really it's fine. Well except for Catherine, she hurt me with her words better in Endless Waltz, and Howard, to bland, that I've seen so far. Also, all the mech fights haven't been bad or felt forced, but I agree on the fact they could have used less of them so they could save money to make the ones they did have better. Some of the fights do feel a bit hetic and hard to follow on where everyone is. |
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