Comments on: Ongoing Investigations: Case #039 http://reversethieves.com/2009/04/10/ongoing-investigations-case-039/ A Blog Duet by Hisui and Narutaki Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:13:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: reversethieves http://reversethieves.com/2009/04/10/ongoing-investigations-case-039/#comment-329 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:41:46 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/04/10/ongoing-investigations-case-039/#comment-329 @Phatbhuda & IKnight
Well the more I discuss Gundam I keep getting this feeling there are two distinct US Gundam generations.

The first generation are total UC purists that really have a hard, if not impossible time, accepting any AC Gundam shows. They usually saw a UC show as their first Gundam and have imprinted it as the best and only “real” Gundam.

The second generation was intro is usually one of the AC shows and has an easier time accepting each Gundam show for what it is and what it is not. It is not that they will accept any Gundam show. It is they have have a higher percent chance of giving them a fair shake.

Also I have heard that people considered Gundam X depressing and filled with unlikable characters. This review is a good example: http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=116.

I liked it well enough and that is what matters to me.

@IKnight & Lothos
Black Jack is really good but also episodic. So it’s a great series to read in between other things you are reading. You can pick up a volume whenever the mood strikes you.

- Hisui

]]> By: lothos http://reversethieves.com/2009/04/10/ongoing-investigations-case-039/#comment-328 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:54:34 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/04/10/ongoing-investigations-case-039/#comment-328 I need to get around to reading Black Jack. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every other Tezuka book I’ve read. I’ve already begun the massive undertaking that is Buddha, so I might as well add Black Jack to the pile.

]]> By: IKnight http://reversethieves.com/2009/04/10/ongoing-investigations-case-039/#comment-327 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:47:58 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/04/10/ongoing-investigations-case-039/#comment-327 It may be that I discuss Gundam in the wrong places (chiefly /m/), but, apart from one or two contrarians, I’m not sure I’ve read much hate for X. It strikes me as a very likeable Gundam and while the post-apocalyptic reconstruction angle isn’t used as fully as it might be, it’s a nice spin on the concept.

I must try Black Jack one of these days. I’m shamefully lacking in Tezuka experience.

]]> By: Phatbhuda http://reversethieves.com/2009/04/10/ongoing-investigations-case-039/#comment-326 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:49:52 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/04/10/ongoing-investigations-case-039/#comment-326 I think the key is: who hates Gundam X? It’s easy to hop on the Internet’s hate train. Are they people that didn’t like what they did with Wing and then adding a magical girl broke the camel’s back?

I think I’d enjoy X for the same reasons I enjoy any Gundam show: giant fighting robots and guilty pleasure melodrama.

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