Can't find the last volume online (and I don't have room for hardcover comics in my house lol), so I'm done with Gundam the Origin for now. The full color version of this comic looks gorgeous.

The prequel portion of the comic is pretty mid. All the lore and extra background stuff about UC0079 isn't really what I find exciting about the series.

Burger amerikkka-clap:

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Deguin calls his son a Hitler ass:

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Love the "giant death robot as extension of the body" stuff:

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  • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    When they tapped Nagai for ibo he kinda just brought his entire crew from Ano Hana along (including Mari Okada). I remember when the show was announced a lot of people were speculating about why Sunrise would go with the director/writer pair that did Toradora/Ano Hana, I think a lot of people expected a melodramatic romance... and then the warcrimes started from ep 1 lmao.

    It's interesting to think about because most of the big names in the new generation of directors have ended up at MAPPA/Madhouse, and unlike Kyoani or UFOtable, Sunrise doesn't really have an in-house team besides maybe the Hathaway movie crew.

    • Cromalin [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      i think they've had a couple shows recently trying to develop an in house team. that's my impression of what amaim was, at least, and i've heard that about a few others. but i don't know anime industry on that level. i know studios and big name directors, and i know the broad strokes of how production works, but i'm' definitely not an expert on this

      • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        Oh I'm not either I'm just thinking out loud, for example

        amaim

        I didn't even know this show existed hahahahaa!

        • Cromalin [she/her]
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          11 months ago

          its got really bad vibes, seems super nationalistic. but i've heard it mostly exists to give animators a mecha series to work on