Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Season 1) | The Gundam Retrospective
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- First released in 2007, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 follows a group of armed freedom fighters, Celestial Being, as the endeavor to end all global conflict through the use of force. The first full widescreen HD TV series in the Gundam franchise, 00 has big shoes to fill and leaves an even bigger legacy.
-- THIS VIDEO CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR GUNDAM 00 --
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"'Lockon Stratos' is the best name that has been in the Gundam Franchise." OH WHAT SIGHTS I HAVE FOR YOU TO SEEEEEEEEE.
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Also, he's the Bakugo the MHA fans wants.
Fon need that credit for pushing Patrick back into earth atmosphere
QUATRRO VAGINA
I don't get it
@@megadong2398 it's a Gundam 00 side story manga
I love how they REPEATEDLY call each other by their full names.
Code Names be like
HOWARD MASON!
@@theothermc SUMERAGI LEE NORIEGA SUMERAGI LEE NORIEGA SUMERAGI LEE NORIEGA SUMERAGI LEE NORIEGA SUMERAGI LEE NORIEGA SUMERAGI LEE NORIEGA SUMERAGI LEE NORIEGA SUMERAGI LEE NORIEGA SUMERAGI LEE NORIEGA SUMERAGI LEE NORIEGA
ALI-AAL SAACHEZ
Totally need to add that to my Gundam 00 drinking game xD
My favorite Gundam series. I love that it feels like it is not that far removed from our time now, especially with how basic the Human Reform League mobile suits were in the beginning. The FLAGs look like something Lockheed Martin would build if mechs were a real thing. It starts so grounded. It evolves into more Gundam norms later but they make the progression believable.
As a Mexican fan, 00 brought me back to the series after Gundam Wing.
00 is actually set in Anno Domini, our time
I just finished watching and the progression is insane, and yeah it really doesn't feel far removed at this point.
Even if he's a joke, Patrick's _the man._ He might be my favorite comic relief character ever. I just love the running gag that he _literally_ won't die even if you kill him, to the point where even the other character see his suit explode and are like: "Eh, I'm sure he's fine."
The fact that the show actually addresses it twice in Season 2 is just brilliant, in my opinion. The first time is when he implies that he's earned the nickname "The Immortal Colasour" after surviving countless encounters with the Gundams in Season 1. The second time is when Kati outright prohibits Patrick from sortieing, stating outright that she's counting on his immortality to keep them alive through the final battle against Celestial Being.
not only that, he bags Katie at the end of the second season
Bro survived countless battles and clapped one of the baddest chicks around, who is also his boss. Fucking legend
@@MaidenlessScrubhe’s literally the Scott Sterling of the Gundam Franchise. Guy just constantly fails upwards and becomes a legend because of it.
After all is said and done, 00 is hands down my favorite Gundam series.
I love its message, theme, music, mecha... every last bit. And I love how it's somewhat possible to see this as a possible reality.
00 Gundam is the only PG I've bought, no regrets. As well, the only series I own the full box set for.
I wish I could watch this show again for the first time.
As a Mexican fan, 00 brought me back to the series after Gundam Wing.
@Dracobyte you Mexicanos need to stop coming to America.
This anime made me love anime (let alone Gundam)
Setsuna going "I am Gundam" is one of my favorite unintentionally(?) funny lines of anything ever
It's even better because despite being a very meme line, it carries incredibly deep meaning. Setsuna sees Gundams (And Exia/00 in particular) as the embodiment of the future of mankind. An avatar or herald of times yet to come, where everyone can live together not without strife, perhaps, but at least without violent conflict. A humanity together, reaching for the stars. And he wishes to be such an avatar himself. To be one of the things/beings/entities that creates such a future. That is why he sees himself (and his fellow Meisters) as fundamentally indivisible from the Gundams they pilot.
@@MrBlueBurd0451 and thats really funny considering how witch from mercury is trying to oppose what setsuna thinks
@theweedeater1842 to be fair, most of gundam portrays the gundams as ultimately negative for the world they inhabit. The gundams have consistently been the vehicle in which the writers drive dark concepts like loss of innocence, forced maturity, the consequences of WMDs, and the inevitable arms race that comes with building bigger/stronger weapons of war. WFM is just extremely direct about the dehumanizing nature of the military industrial complex.
Even his teammates are like "setsuna wtf are you saying"
@@JohnnyRocker023that’s the best part, the fact that the rest of the meisters are like “wait what tf did you just say?” Absolutely slays me
I love Trans-Am because it's not a get-out-of-jail-free card it's a desperation high-risk high-reward thing
I had a roommate that would say "transam" and would then sprint around the house doing chores at lightning speed
Gundam 00's kaio-ken
Patrick "try killing this one, Tomino!" Colasour
Man Saji is the best character in the show. Such a tragic tale, his whole life is just the unintended consequences of Setsuna and the gangs actions
Saji sucks, I fucking hated the dude
THANK YOU
The hate he gets is totally undeserved.
FR Saji dosent deserve so much hate, especially on how bad he went through during season 1.
Remember this line from Aeolia Schenberg's speech in episode 1: "The Dialogues to Come" and the "ship from Jupiter" that the Union professor found out coz those two factoids will come up again all the way to the movie. Also don't skip the Lockon's/Neil's cemetery scene coz it established that Neil has a twin brother (😏). All those setups really shows that the writers of Gundam 00 really had a great overarching plan for their saga from beginning to end.
Also, it's kinda creepy how Gundam 00 with the KPSA terrorist organization that Setsuna once a member of have pockets around the world and managed to do some big attacks on Europe (killing Lockon/Neil's family in one of them) kinda predicted the rise of ISIS/ISIL, a terrorist organization that was worse than Al Qaeda and was able to have pockets around the world through their "remote teachings" and managed to do sporadic attacks around the world too, not unlike the ones that killed Lockon's family. Gundam 00 can be too real sometimes 😮
Almost makes you wonder what Sunrise knows...
Harsher In Hindsight
The HRL has also aged poorly. I mean the Tierien's were always crap. But if it was done nowadays Sergei and Soma would have been turned into cosmonauts.
@@aliastheabnormal Tierens were the Zaku expy
@@TheWarmachine375 That's why i call them crap. Because they are fat ugly Zaku's. At least they have decent pilots. Which is more than i can say about the Enact.
Gundam 00 was the show that got me started on the entire series and model building in general. Can't wait for the s2 review, also there are side story manga for 00 where they explain what happens in-between episodes and also fill in on some scenes from the anime and goes into the backstory for Celestial Being
Yeah I found that out on the Wiki and there's one that give backstories to some of the character's parents who were Gundam Meisters. 2nd season started off good, but I thought they introduced too many characters and overcomplicated the plot with the whole aliens and evolution part. I don't think it is terrible as some fans would say.
@@mcdoubler Yeah the starting eps are a little cramped but it sorta works out once they reach the second half and everything comes together
As a Mexican fan, 00 brought me back to the series after Gundam Wing.
RG Exia was a fun build. I have the MG Kyrios sitting in my backlog right now and thinking about doing that next after I finish my Zeta Ver Ka.
I've really enjoyed seeing your thoughts on some of the Gundam series after going through them myself for the first time, and now you're finally at the show that started my addiction six months ago and I can't wait to dig in. Thanks for making my experience with this crazy franchise that little bit more enjoyable!
As a Mexican fan, 00 brought me back to the series after Gundam Wing.
I'm not sure why this entry is so disliked. I enjoyed it greatly when I watched it in . . . 2019? It's been a while and I'm getting old. I may rewatch it someday just to catch up, but it's a solid series and deserves more love. Since you mentioned Tieria, one thing I DO recall is how uppity he was. The dude only talked about four things: Aeolia Schenberg, Veda, Innovators, Innovades. He's the "this one time at band camp" guy but instead of band camp he's saying, "remember when veda and i . . ."
"VEDA thinks im handsome..."
Let me preface this by saying 00 is one of my favorites and was my first gundam. Thing is it's beautiful, but the character designs are very polarizing in that way that anime has tried to move away from. The mobile suits are really awesome, but many of the non gundam suits look like armored cores and not mobile suits, and even the gundams themselves are one design with a few tweaks. The show is really deep and willing to dive deep into certain topics other shows wouldn't but it lays a lot of itself on THICK. Gundam 00 is polarizing because if it works for you it really works for you, but if it doesn't every strength has an easy flaw to nit pick at.
Actually, I think Gundam 00 is one of the most popular & fav among Gundam fans. The gunpla kits of Gundam Exia alone has one of the biggest sales in Gunpla history, especially since we are talking about Gundam universe series outside the UC timeline. My childhood was basically in Gundam Wing Era, but I can assure you that Gundam 00 is my personal fav & most effected me as Gundam fan throughout the years.
It's only disliked by Seed fans.
@@bendonatier nothing wrong with Armored Core looking mechs in Gundam shows. If anything the designs resemble MTs and NORMALs more than ACs.
God I loved Gundam 00, the Finale of the 1st season really hits hard and sets up the 2nd Season So well!
And It makes me Appreciate how Much went into the Strengths of these characters and the Movie puts a Capstone unto the series by doing something not a Lot of Gundam series did! HAVE A GOOD ENDING THAT BRINGS WORLD PEACE!
Not sense Endless Waltz have I felt such a strong attachment towards this Anime :)
As a Mexican fan, 00 brought me back to the series after Gundam Wing.
Interested to hear your thoughts on where 00 goes next, personally I think the show just gets better as it goes on. Easily my favorite of the franchise.
This is by far my favorite Gundam series. It is nearly perfect. The story, the characters, the mechs, the music (holy hell the music!). I still occasionally pop in some favorite episodes. I always tear up for Lockon's death. "Lockon...Lockon....Lockon." Just hits me every time. I haven't really caught the movie, but I do know of the plot and such. Hopefully you'll cover that after S2.
And hopefully you're eagerly awaiting this wknd for G-Witch's return.
BOTH 00 seasons are still my favourite gundam shows (including the movie). Yes, sagi is sometimes annoying in season 2, but aside from that, pretty good.
Agreed
As a Mexican fan, 00 brought me back to the series after Gundam Wing.
Not only the best Gundam series but honestly one of the best pieces of sci-fi ever. It tackles the same problems as previous Gundam shows but also combines them with larger societal and existential questions you usually only see in older sci-fi like the works of Asimov, Clarke, etc.
The characters are also fully fleshed out and feel like real people with past, motivations, dreams, actual personalities they follow. Which is a contrast especially to Gundam Seed, where characters are just thrown around by the plot.
It also does the whole _audience surrogate_ right, in a way where the character never feels invasive or stuck, he is actually part of the story and allowed to literally grow with it.
The whole setting also feels very realistic, as transition to renewable energy is already happening and there's a big chance it'll turn the tables on countries that have historically relied on oil for their economies, risking whole regions like the middle east to spiral into countless civil wars.
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Lastly (and this is a bit of a spoiler for those who haven't watched the movie, which is the always intented end of this story. So if you haven't, you should, Gundam 00 was building towards that movie from the very beginning), it has one of the best depiction of silicon-based life to ever appear in any work, be that a movie, book, animation, you name it. It's very rare for aliens to truly feel _alien_ like that. It also pairs well with the whole newtype thing because crystalline life forms would need a different way of communication.
At the end of the day, Gundam 00 is not only Gundam at its finest but if you switch the mechs for tanks, spaceships, missiles, etc, it's not different from any sci-fi classic or revered war movie.
And always remember: Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
Same here it's my favorite gundam. Not my first gundam my first gundam was Wing and Destiny but to me Double O struck a chord in my heart because they rekind me of real people living real lives caught in between factions with malicious intentions. Im talking about the civilians like hakevy and crossroad
Couldn't agree more. I still liked the grounded storytelling in season 1 more than what happened in season 2 and afterwards. Nevertheless, a remarkable anime.
26:20 Drei is pronounced kinda like dry. It's the German word for three.
While I prefer other seasons for purely personal reasons, Gundam 00 is quite possibly the peak of the series for me.
It has been seventeen years and the only more impactful show for me was Gundam Build Fighters which directly impacted my life by inspiring me to start building and customizing my own gunpla.
Setsuna having the darkest backstory is debatable. Allelujah can make a strong case for that title. Also Ali Al Saachez best villian.
Season 1: "Definitely a nice change of pace from the beam spam that Gundam can sometimes devolve into."
Season 2: 👀
Awakening of the Trailblazer :
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Apparently this was due to a large number of complaints that the combat in season 1 wasn't flashy enough, unfortunately.
Trailblazer: “FIRING WITHOUT TARGETTING!”
@@Raikoga I wasn’t aware of that. That’s depressing, but not too surprising.
I really really enjoyed everything about 00. It was the brief outline of the story and the mech design in one of the Super Robot Wars series that led me to finally watch all the Gundam series and this was one of my favourites.
As a Mexican fan, this is the anime that borught me back to the franchise after Gundam Wing.
Gundam 00 is so special man. I remember tuning into Spike TV late at night to catch episodes as a kid. 00 is genuinely a top 3 Gundam series, both seasons and the movie are phenomenal, now we have 3rd season scheduled for 2024, absolutely psyched.
3rd season?
Is it one of the side stories?
2027 is when the 3rd season comes out
WHAT
@@maree5282 just hearing about it? Yeah, it follows Celestial Being's actions after the events of the movie, but before the massive time skip.
Hope you're ready for Graham Aker to be a Gundam.
@passingrando6457
Oh, you mean the glorious... GRAHAM GUNDAM?
HELL YES 00 TIME
My still favourite to date gundam series for being so insanely good. The politics, the pacing, the outcome, the set up of the s2 plot, saji and lousie, Graham aker, lockon dying, and best of all plot armor done right PATRICK "THE IMMORTAL AND INCREDIBLY LUCKY" COLLOSAUR. Immortal, plot armor god, has a dumb and endearing character you grow to love and enjoy. Especially the wedding. Can't forget ballgown tierea. Also Smirnov and his daughter Soma, and Andrei "death to my father" Smirnov, RIBBONS ALMARK, Sachez the Psychopath, Hallelujah's torture...
Can't wait for your s2 video.
Graham Akeer is easily one of the best MS pilots, full stop. Toe to toe with a Gundam in a stock pre-Gundam grunt is something even Char can't claim.
Do you plan on doing a separate video for the movie, or will it be included in your S2 video? Love your stuff! 00 was the series that got me into Gunpla, and the Exia is still probably my favourite Gundam (although the Zeta Gundam is a strong contender as well)
Gawd damn 00 became unto a religion to me. Loved the Gundam team, loved the themes covered.
The best gundam franchise to ever exist until now. It resonates with me on how they take up the issues of real world politics. The main character is middle eastern which is different from other gundam franchise, Setsuna's flashbacks was really on point. I love this series. Im not from the middle east btw
Ive watched destiny, wing Uc, Period and z, IBO and that other one I forgot but hot danng gundam00 got to me because it mimics real life geopolitical issues and now this is relevant to me because idiot leaders all over the conflict spectrum are letting young people die but for what? For pride? For religion? For money? For public interest? For infamy? For gain? At the end of the day we all are expandable meat shields to influencial high status overlords
I love 00 but IBO is my pick for goat at this point.
there was a joke about Alejandro's death. When he punched the screen, he accidentally activated the self destruct button that is behind the screen or something
Graham going toe to toe against Throne Eins with a Union Flag and actually winning is truly one of the highlights of the first season. When he says "I don't care how much better your machine is. Today I'm beyond that!" while charging at the gundam, always sends shivers down my spine.
Graham and Stratos are the highlights of the show for sure
@@fationmuhollari9768 yeah.
Gundam 00 is absolutely one of my favorite gundam series and my favorite of the alternative universe to this day, I love both seasons and really liked the movie and think that it holds up beautifully over 10 years later and is the one I highly recommend for newcomers.
You got me to check out the SRW OST, and Jesus, the instrumental versions of the openings are amazing.
Season 2 and the movie also going to be reviewed?
When he gets to that
Why do some people always ask the obvious questions?
I always felt that Gundam 00 is pretty much what Gundam SEED/DESTINY should have been if it had just done its own thing and had a straight narrative direction.
Gundam 00 is the enhanced & more solid version of 2000s Gundam era with Gundam SEED started it. Although, I would personally say Gundam SEED simply have its own unique charms than no other Gundam series so far yet ever replicate. The 2000s romance shoujo elements & telenovela levels of conflicts gave that guilty pleasure feelings imo LOL
Funny, I've always viewed 00 as a more developed take on Wing. The Gundams being uniquely powerful advanced machines that utterly crush all opposition and the consequences to the political schemers of the world it's set in. The whole large scale schemes within schemes and factional infighting thing done better, and the philosophical argument being made delivered with more skill and a deeper understanding. (Even counting Endless Waltz) Heck, even the theme of 'the pilots are pawns until they decide to make their own way' is executed better here than in Wing. There's a laundry list of reasons why, from the smaller scale thanks to not having space colonies in the mix, to the avoidance of melodrama and giving the government forces more character and time to shine on screen. But at the end of the day, that's been my take on 00. That while Seed was essentially 'What if we did 0079 today?' 00 was 'What if we played Gundam Wing's themes and motifs seriously?'
00 is my go to for a 50 episode, and a movie, excursion into Gundam.
This is one of my favourite non UC timeline shows... and some of my favourite designs as well
Ah yes, Gundam 00…such a good series and the best entry in the franchise to play a drinking game with. Take a shot anytime someone says, Gundam, Gundam Meister or Celestial Being…just be careful with the first episode. Also, LONG LIVE THE IMMORTAL PATRICK COLASOUR xD
Take a shot every time a character is addressed by their full name. Two shots for "Sumeragi Lee Noriega" cause damn that's a mouthful.
@@Tyrarl And if you REALLY want to press your luck, take a shot whenever Allelujah says, “I HAVE CONTROL” in Engrish, “Marie Parfacy”, “Hallelujah”, when his Quantum Brainwaves act up, and whenever one if the Meisters says their “catch phrase” before starting a fight. The only other entries in this franchise I can think of that can be watched while playing a drinking game are Gundam Wing and the Cosmic Era shows xD
Here we are, Gundam OO, currently my favorite Gundam series. The mobile suits are top tier with the non Celestial Being Mobile suits looking cool yet anachronistic in their own ways compared to the Gundams which look and perform like they came from the future and just crushed them at nearly every encounter. At least until Corner sold the Pseudo Solar Drives to the three major powers where the new GNX's clapped Celestial Being's cheeks. Of the Season 1 Gundams I think I love the Virtue since BIG GUN!!! The Characters are compelling in their own ways with Setsuna, well definitely having the most legit reason to be edgy of any Gundam Protagonist, I mean, jeez. At first I was like "why are we here?" whenever we cut to Saji and Louise doing their schtick. But then Louise's family was killed by that psychopath Nina FOR LITERALLY NO REASON OTHER THAN SHE WAS LIKE "oh those assholes are looking too happy I don't like that one bit!" And afterwords Saji and Louise, season 1 had them shoved feet first into a meat grinder to say nothing of what they, especially Louise get put through in season 2. Back to Nina, she was so petty and demonic it made Dio Brando blush. Hell Team Trinity was a gang of rabid animals and seeing Johann and Michael get gunned down like thugs was so sweet. But speaking of, Ali Al-Saachez stole the show for me as my current favorite villain in Gundam. Not only is he like Yazan from Zeta on crack but the dude is just such a piece of garbage you can't help but be transfixed on him wondering how far he's gonna go. Besides, he's played in English by Scott McNeil, you can't go wrong with Scott McNeil. So yeah Season 1 was crazy and now to see Season 2 and the consequences of Celestial Being's armed interventions.
Gundam 00 is still my favorite anime
While there are some Gundam entries that I absolutely love to the point of ranking them among other non-Gundam anime in terms of enjoyment (like Re-Rise and G), and others that can go screw a wood chipper (like Seed), 00 is at neither of those extremes. In fact, most Gundam entries, even / especially beloved ones, usually there's sadly a point at which the series loses me. Even entries like Unicorn, 08th MS team, Iron-Blooded Orphans, and even the brand new Witch From Mercury find ways to lose me by the end. If not for the existence of G and the Build entries, I'd say that Gundam probably isn't for me. And 00 is one of the odder examples as to why because there _is_ so much to like, while not _too much_ to distract.
I don't think this is a spoiler because it gets revealed with the advent of Trans Am, but it bugs me that Celestial Being (barring the Thrones and other subversives) is 100% completely and unambiguously revealed to be in the right, which is weird because you wouldn't _think_ that's where 00 is going from the start. Gundam logic would dictate that anybody who tries to impose peace through force is generally in the wrong, even if their heart might be in the right place. (And if _that_ doesn't sum up America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...) Perhaps Celestial Being _were_ diverting from Aeolia Schenberg's goal (or _maybe_ the two-hundred-year-old pre-recorded message actually _failed_ to immaculately predict the future... just saying), but hostile factions like Ali al Saachez endangered the world and forced CB's otherwise extremist hand, and thus human predilections to violence and chaos basically force CB into a role as a neutral peacekeeper. Instead... aliens. (Whom, spoilers, were _also_ absolved from all the destruction and death they caused because they were literally too stupid to realize what they were doing. Um... no. A+ for creative alien species design. F for ethics and see me after class.)
Speaking of bizarre stances on pacifism, Marina Ismail can sit on a lit beam saber because she is _exactly_ like Relena Peacecraft in terms of sanctimonious obnoxiousness. Playing the piano while all the little kids sing to stop Setsuna from turning Ali into pork rinds was heavy-handed, unsatisfying, and stupid. I almost expected Setsuna to chew Marina out for pulling that stunt, not ask for an encore. IMHO, Marina is only outdone by Lacus Clyne in sheer awfulness (with Relena herself escaping by the skin of her teeth mostly due to being unintentionally hilarious) due to Seed's nasty predilection for expecting you to sympathize with characters it doesn't give a damn to actually characterize... while expecting you to _not_ sympathize with the one character they _did_ characterize as exceptionally tragic, possibly by accident. Time and time again, Gundam keeps trying this archetype, but all of them suck cinderblocks through a sieve, to the point where it's almost _refreshing_ that WFM's Chuchu will lay a [w]itch out. The only one that I thought kinda' had a leg to stand on was Kudelia, but... well, I'll let you get to _Iron-Blooded Orphans._
If I had to rank Gundam shows by enjoying them. 00 ibo gunpla og and fighters origins wing seed Hathaway divers other ones I'm forgetting right now but they would be above seed
00 is honestly the closest to perfect in Gundam as everyone in the cast is great but the plot has messes to it especially romance as Gundam has a noble women who talks problem from kudelia all the way to one of the older shows as they preach peace but love w maniac like mikazuki or Setsuna
Graham is one of the best gundam characters period! Also makes sense he shares a voice actor with Io who is also someone that loves going to the edge of what a mobile suit can do and doesn’t care if it’s a prototype or not: they’ll drive them to the ground to win!
*insert obligatory Ore Wa Gundam comment*
Your ears must have been ringing, because I was just thinking about when this would come out! Looking forward to listening to this while doing taxes. Thank you, and keep up the great work!
This is my favorite series in the franchise and it probably won't change. I just think they timed this perfect and everything just works for me, even considering the few things I don't like
something I do love is how Gram kept jumping Setsuna when ever he thought the job was done
man did it three times and by the end was fighting on par from pure skill alone, what a legend!
also I do love how you talked positivly about the framing of the Saji seagments I felt it helped so much with the story of the world
This is my favorite Gundam series!
Please please do season 2 lol. It’s a great change of pace from season 1.
Can't wait till you get to Iron Blooded Orphans.
I've come to comment I'm excited to see this drop.
Now I'll have something to look forward to when I get off work
dude, Patrick Colasour's plot armor is no joke.
It's as much of a meme as "I am Gundam", if not more.
This is still the high mark to beat when it comes to spinoff Gundam continuities IMO.
Lockon. Lockon. Lockon.
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Gundam 00 became one of my favorite Gundam series after I watched & recorded on VHS (remember that?) from Sci Fi/Syfy's Anime Monday. I noticed you didn't do a retrospective about Char's Counterattack.
While this isn't the SD Gundam Force review I was hoping to see, I do quite enjoy this season and can't wait to hear your thoughts
Wait what I'm not the only one who remembers that show
Dude, I love that you use classic JRPG music as the bg for your videos.
Also, imo this show is Wing done much more competently. Very similar themes, much better execurion.
All I can say about 00 is I'm Gundam
if it isn't obvious, you can tell 00 is my favorite anime, cuz I based my whole internet personality on it
As someone who followed a similar path to you and watched all of the Gundam series in airing order
Gundam 00 was pretty easily my favorite. Like you said, it had just great mix of everything from action to politics to character development and having a good mix of quality and quantity of characters and the relatability to our modern society
The real goal of celestial being was to become public enemy number 1, thus uniting the factions. This goes horribly wrong as we see in season 2.
And A laws was made but at the same time other factions still kept on oppressing each other
This is the Gundam series I like the most due to the fact that its story is leaning to the political aspect by showing how twisted the world can be which put some realistic touch to the story.
Nuanced story telling, topical commentary, all accompanied by giant robot action. 00 was so good.
Absolutely love this show
Good video! Definitely agree this is one of the best Gundam series for overall ease of getting into the content. Hope you also do the movie as that really takes it in a fun direction
Msg 00 will be my by far favorite from gundam franchise i marathon the series in 1 and a half day lmao
Well now I HAVE to see you talk about Shaman King remake. Curious to see how you compare the two
I found 00 a bit meh... didnt like adding religion in the war, but watched and finished the whole show, both season 1 and 2 for the ms and the soundtrack. Le Arc Angel's Daybreaks Bell is a favorite of mine.
SEED was the first gundam show I've watched. Initially thought it was amazing at the time. But after watching 00, I see SEED as utter shit. 😂
This series is A1 Peak Gundam to me, if I didnt grow up with Gundam Wing, this would be my favorite Gundam series ever. So good. Its SciFi heaven. It even premiered the English Dub in the Sci Fi channel on mondays
So glad you've enjoyed 00 so far. It's the series I recommend over SEED, or IBO to new gundam fans everytime.
Gundam 00 is perhaps the greatest non-UC Gundam series ever made and my personal top favorite Gundam series alongside Turn A and Zeta. There are numerous stand-out aspects of the show, including but not limited to Setsuna being the "best Gundam" (well, aside from Gundam NT's Rita Bernal, that is), GN-001 Gundam Exia being the "best girl", Sumeragi being one of the best female captains in the series, the Immortal Colasour existing to make fun of Kira's plot-armor moments, interesting cast of characters, cool mobile suit designs, kickass musics, etc.
I'd say Gundam 00 is the best starting point for newcomers who are interested on getting into Gundam series but found the entire UC series to be a bit too long for their taste (from 0079/The Origin all the way to Victory or G-Reco). Although I'd recommend Gundam X as well because of its bigger similarities to UC.
I remember watching Gundam Seed and hating it, to the degree I was about ready to ditch gundam as a franchise. Then this came out, watched it, and... It was actually pretty solid. There is no Jesus-kun who constantly does things I hate while everyone worships him (like sleep with his alleged best friend's fiance and then, when his best friend goes "okay but why", he pushes said friend down a flight of stairs and yells at him for daring to complain). It was just a bunch of flawed people that felt remarkably human, with a setup I understood, with reasoning I could understand. The tech was fun (even if it is silly that Celestial Being is so ludicrously far ahead tech-wise compared to everyone else), and... Yeah, good show. Season 2 isn't as good as 1 was, but still better than Seed imo.
Your problem with Seed is that you wanted to pretend Seed was just a retelling of 0079 without taking account the much much more realistic conflict based on clones and genetic splicing that changes everything.
Compared to Seed 00 has a far weaker plot.
I mean the example you brought was completely understandable in context too. I'd argue it's ALSO an example of a flawed character.
@@westonmeyer3110 Actually Seed was my second gundam (wing my first, but I was so young when I saw it that it barely parsed). I didn't even know about 0079, let alone watched it, until years later. I actually only watched UC gundams for the first time this year, with 0079 specifically being in January. So your first assumption is wrong.
Your second assumption was my issue with Seed, which was actually shoddy character writing, shoddy plot, shoddy world building, overly flashy combat scenes (I prefer slower, heavier combat over a series of lasers shooting out to kill everything in a 5 km radius), and a few other issues. My issue was not the setup, that was actually fine. It was entirely execution-based. Not to say Seed was all bad, it has one of my favourite characters in Gundam as a whole in it (Mu La Flaga), but... Yeah it was not a good series.
I'm actually confused about how I brought up one of my biggest annoyances with Seed (how Kira is treated as literal perfection and always morally perfect despite constantly doing things that he shouldn't), yet you just appear to have missed that entirely.
If you are curious (you aren't and probably won't read this far), my actual biggest issue with Seed is the lost potential, especially after watching 0079 (which I didn't like). It was a retreading of 0079, but could have fixed a lot of the issues of that series. Instead it actually made things worse (please explain to me how Kira could fend off 4 other gundams piloted by aces in his second time ever in a mech of any kind).
tl;dr my issue with seed was basically everything except what you thought it was, and I watched it b4 anything UC.
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Kira’s perfection is completely related to the plot and setting and conflict of Seed, there is literally nothing wrong with how his character was written regardless of how naive he looks or how annoyingly overpowered he is. His parents unknowingly created basically the perfect human through gene splicing, not only is he stronger and smarter than any coordinator but he is also extremely compassionate through his stronger will so he protects the weak at the expense of the strong to prevent the coordinators(the strong) from ultimate victory to create a lifelong stalemate(although his stronger will power also leads to him believing he is ending the conflict rather than simply delaying it and that is his flaw).
Seed’s story is beyond brilliant, you have an extremely realistic if not completely real world based problem with realistic factions that form the protagonists and antagonists of the story and generally great plot progression thanks to the application of ideas from 0079, and even Seed Destiny generally conveys the future created by Kira’s actions very well despite the reused assets and behind the scenes issues.
While you might not have seen 0079 until recently you most likely have watched countless mecha and non mecha animes that have been influenced by it and have listened to critics who have been influenced by it. There are annoying parts of Seed that didn’t need to be there and some good aspects of Seed that could have been done better but Seed as a concept is far better than 00 could ever be. 00 is basically what it would be like if 5 Relena Peacecrafts piloted Gundams and also ran the facility that built the Gundams, it’s almost a horrible anime show nevermind a good Gundam series or better than Seed.
Seed is very much a good series though and I say this as someone who has watched basically every Gundam series through my life and as someone who didn’t like Seed as much when it was originally airing but I have since rewatched it and all other Gundam shows recently. Once you stop seeing the coordinators as merely people in space and naturals as people on the earth(which is what this particular critic is incapable of doing) then Seed becomes a whole lot better. Coordinators are in space because they were exiled there because they are objectively superior to naturals(threatening their existence in every way)and after they were exiled they made the most of what they had in space and eventually gained the power to threaten Earth from space and that restarted the conflict(AGE also has a similar kind of plot but in almost the opposite direction that also is pretty good), this is a 100% believable conflict(and FAR different than the conflict of Spacenoids and Earthnoids in traditional Gundam shows)that modern day critics are no longer capable of accurately critiquing because every war has to be wrong or irrational or based on racism etc when the war in the cosmic era is completely rational despite being tragic at the same time.
As for you not liking 0079, I don’t know how you can be a Gundam fan who watched 0079 and not like it. For the time the concept of people going to space and changing into almost aliens with weird powers was an extraordinary idea for a medium period, the market was saturated with aliens and monsters from outer space but the concept of aliens being humans who were merely changed by space itself was very unique and especially unique for a mecha anime with a focus on politics and large scale war. Gundam 0079 is beloved because it NAILS the execution better than basically any show of its genre.
Kira having an affair with Fllay by itself is a flaw of Kira's early character. He was so burnt by all the fighting (his own friend & his own race) that he had to do to the point where he just grabbed any girl who was willing to give him comfort. His friend's fiancee be damned. If you like flawed characters then why are you hating Kira at his most flawed moment? 🙄
Best Gundam series ever.
Graham is essentially the resident and obligatory Char clone, complete with the classical "three times faster than the normal specs" line, except without the usual mask or red paint-job. ^^
"Drei" is German for three and is pronounced quite similar to the English dry.
To me 00 feels like a refinement of many concepts that have been done more clumsily (by comparison) on earlier Gundam series.
Setsuna makes so much more sense as the "secret agent" emotionless, pretty-much-suicidal kid than Hero Yui for a very obvious example.
If you wonder about the name of the series, it will make sense come season 2.
I have a soft spot for the HRE's blocky suits clearly built solely for functionality and screw esthetics. ^^
I didn't really like season 2, particularly the second half, but season 1 is something I always rewatch every few years and Exia is easily one of my favorite Gundam
Top tier Gundam series
I absolutely HATE the trinities like top anime antagonists I've hated in my life lol
00 is the spiritual successor to Wing as Seed and GSD is to 0079 and Zeta
Would love to hear about your general thoughts on some of the theme songs. IMO Gundam has some absolute bangers.
OH SHIT! HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS, IT IS TIME.
FOR.
PEAK.
GUNDAM! WOOOOOO!
*ahem* I really enjoyed 00 in case you couldn’t tell.
The background music volume is way too high
Lockon, Lockon. Lockon, Lockon. Lockon, Lockon. Lockon, Lockon. Lockon, Lockon.
😭😭😭
very underrated channel. Thank you.
thank you for the correct pronunciation of double "O"!
I am convinced that 00 used the original plotline for SEED Destiny as Shinn was supposed to take the lead (like how Setsuna is on here).
lockon stratuss is believed to be the originator of the term husbando.
Lock on, lock on, lock on........and then the crying starts.
One of my favorite (if not my favorite) Gundam series. I do think it's a great first Gundam series!
00 is plot is not that uncommon. I suggest you to check out Full Metal panic. you'll see some similarities that you will know who copied who.
Middle eastern socially awkward MC. Genius sniper. A genius female commander, A HARD TO KILL VILLAIN, Gauron = Al sachez.
MC got separated to team for a while, got wrecked, received a new machine in the middle of battle, becomes TOO OP!
I've already seen Full Metal Panic, good show.
I love how what gundam a plant the seeds of in one series bloomin another I've heard this described as a more fleshed-out version of Gundam Wing and I can certainly see that and what this series had to say about child soldiers would ultimately be expanded upon in iron blooded orphans
Gundam Wing is a distant relative of oo and oo and iron blooded orphans are blood relatives
Lockon's death hit so hard, specially because of the Haro's reaction :c
"Lockon...Lockon...Lockon" 🥺 (TEARS)
I've enjoyed all the Gundam series I've watched so far (even Seed Destiny), but if I were to pick a favorite, it's probably Gundam 00 Season 1. The animation, music, characters, story were all peak. The show slipped in some ways in season 2 (especially characters and plot) but it doesn't take from season 1 being amazing.
Not gonna lie this series is my favourite
The Universal Century Is Still Awesome
Char Aznable is still my favourite character.
But 00 was my first gundam so it holds a special place in my heart
00 is still my favorite series so far, other than IBO
I liked season 1, not so much a fan of season 2 but that's just me. Love the suit designs
Gundam 00 is one of my favorite side universes and shows in all of Gundam and it’s what I recommend whenever anyone says they want to get into gundam but don’t know where to start
can't wait to see your view on the 2° season and movie, thank you for the video and keep up the good work
Lockon! Lockon!
Lockon! Lockon!
Lockon... Lockon....
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