Gundam — How Japanese Fans React

The relentless pacing just made it genuinely fun.

怒涛の展開で普通に面白かったですよ

AGE basically pushed the design philosophy of 00 even further, so even by today's standards those kits are seriously high-level.

AGEは00の設計思想を推し進めた物なんで今の基準で考えてもかなりレベル高いよ

I'm not sure any other show has ever made me want a proper two-cour, two-season treatment THIS badly.

こんなに2期構成でやってくれと思った作品も無いかも知れない

Apparently even the Elmeth kept blowing itself up and was treated as junk until an SSR pilot like Lalah finally showed up.

実際エルメスもララァっていうSSRパイロット出てくるまでは自爆しまくって産廃扱いされてたらしいし

If you love it, just love it. That's fine.

好きなら好きで良いと思う

On the Witch from Mercury kits I love that the armor's PS plastic feels almost like KPS, and the way the head parts slot together in three dimensions.

水星は装甲のPS樹脂がKPSっぽいのと、頭部パーツの立体的な組み込みの仕組みが好き。

"A female lead is great, but I kinda want an old-school Gundam with a male lead" → Hathaway's Flash. Are we due for one more of those mood-swing waves cold enough to catch a cold from?

女性主人公も良いけど、男性主人公の昔ながらのガンダムを見たいなー→閃光のハサウェイ というテンション寒暖差で風邪ひきそうな波が後もう一回あるのかな？

The Stark Jegan in Unicorn Ep1 really gave me that feeling — using a shotgun to knock them down with area fire and then forcing the fight into close range.

ユニコーンEP1のスタークジェガンとかそれを感じた 散弾使って面の攻撃で落として接近戦に持ち込むという

I kept wondering why the character designs were like that, then realized it's an anime parody and it all made sense.

最初なんでこんなキャラデザなのかと思ったら アニパロだからで納得

This kind of thing can really only be judged by 'how blown away you were when it dropped,' and for me that's the MG Turn A and Turn X. You don't get it until they're in your hands — the sculpting is overwhelming. You catch a glimpse of what an industrial designer is truly capable of.

こういうのって『発売当時の感動』でしか語れないんだけど、俺はMGのターンAとターンXかな。 手に取ってみると実感する、圧倒的な造形。 工業デザイナーの底力ってやつを垣間見た。

I've never once cared about a Gundam protagonist before, but I love Suletta.

ガンダムで主人公好きになること全然無かったけどスレッタは好き

Strong if you can master them, but ordinary soldiers can't use them at all, so the pilot pool is tiny. And the AI-assisted versions that regular soldiers CAN use just get handled by aces — so they end up stuck in this awkward middle.

使いこなせたら強いが、まず一般兵には使えず乗り手が限られる 一般兵でも使えるサポートAI制御だとエース相手には対処されてしまうと中途半端な立ち位置

The advance theatrical cut was probably the peak, but no question this is the most exciting, heart-pounding Gundam in years.

先行の劇場版がピークではあったと思うが 近年 最もワクワクと心躍ったガンダムであることは間違いない

Box art, molded-in color separation, buildability, gimmicks, sheer presence, the write-ups in the manual — whatever metric you pick, I don't think anything beats the MG Ver.2.0 series.

箱絵、色分け、組みやすさ、ギミック、ボリューム、説明書の解説のどれをとってもMG Ver.2.0シリーズを超えるものはないと思ってる。

"Mercury tanuki," "Guel Camping"… man, these old fandom memes take me back lol

｢水星たぬき｣とか｢グエキャン△｣とかなつかしいなw