I'd recommend the compilation films for both series cuts out alot of the characters' idiocy/whining.

Unfortunately, I can never recommend compilation movies for anything. They might cut out the negative parts, but you also lose more than half of the story and development too.

Agreed it why I'm I'm iff
Y if I should watch the 0079 movie trilogy

Maybe but after Kira's "They've stopped fighting stop shooting at them!"*Freedom bisects Ginns* idiocy I gave up on the series.

Also the compilations make Destiny half way watchable and somewhat coherent.

The difference is 079 is actually a good series even with it's dated animation.

Well the 0079 movies do some good stuff, again, you lose a lot. Two examples include Garim Zabe's fiancee (at least, I think that was his name) going out for revenge and the Battle of Odessa is nothing more than a minor squabble. Thankfully, the movies seem to have left the last few episodes of the series fully intact though. On the other hand, there is no stupid find the bombs fetch quest episode.

Yeah, I have only watched the 0079 movies so seeing that young blonde Zeon Chick wanting to be that one Zabi's wife in the Origin was outta nowhere, plus I never knew where Mineva came from. But know I know after some research.

Build Fighters 24 and 25
Man this baby ass chairman really wants to win. Didn't he learn from Aila's experience not to fuck around with how somebody's mind and body work? Suddenly Rider Kick. I will admit though, I just love how the chairman's like "Yeah fuck controlling the world I just want to live the easy life." I'd so be like that as well :lol And speaking of him, his backstory is fully revealed; he's just like Reiji. What do I think of this, that's what final thoughts are for Alfred. That battle was pretty...ehh. When it was a back and forth fight it was pretty cool. But considering it's mostly Exia Dark Matter beating the shit out of Build until it gains it's second wind is a bit crappy. Plus I don't like how it ends all that much. So it's definitely not one of the best the show has to offer. And then the arena turned into space. Fun times.

Welp, it wouldn't be a Gundam show if we didn't have to save the world. Even if the show is about plastic toy robots. So cue the badass 80s metal soundtrack and save this bitch! Oh, well instrumental music is fine too. Holy shit Mao...your Gunpla is OP. This battle though is fucking epic. It legitimately feels like it's ripped right out of a regular Gundam show. And that is simply awesome. It is the true rival fight wise to Yuki VS Sei/Reiji round 1. And thus the world was saved...again. Along with that we must now say our hard, very hard goodbyes. But first another kick ass fight. Good? Okay, now to the hard goodbyes. Sayonara Reiji. Oh and yeah, Gunpla Battle is still a thing even though the particles are gone, but I guess Nills figured out a way to make them so it's all good.

The End

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Final Thoughts
And that was Gundam Build Fighters. How is it? Awesome. It's seriously the only Gundam show I've seen that I was never bored with and constantly loved and wanted to watch. As such I consider it my favorite of the franchise. But all of that aside, how is it?

The whole concept is pretty damn cool in my opinion. Yes we've seen similar stories before, but that doesn't mean one will suck one after another. And this show makes that story work. I will admit though I find the whole other dimensional/world part pretty unneeded. I think the story could have easily been put together without it and just explain that in this universe science has actually found a way to animate toys. I also don't really feel the whole control over somebody's body and mind plot. Those though are the only two actual story gripes I have though.

But there are two things that when you really stop and think about them are pretty weird and not so great.

1) Like Powerman said, the whole RG and TransArms thing is pretty BSy and is a definitely a Deus ex Machina. A Gunpla will be getting it's ass kicked, activate either system and then clean house. It's just something that is, as I said, fairly bullshitty. However the show is great at getting you into everything, so in the moment you don't really mind.

2) These are plastic model kits. How are these people able to make these things resistaint to particles, certain attacks, and all of that stuff. This is a lot more of a distraction when you take into mind that some of these people are kids. Plus how exactly can you assign power to the model and weapons? It doesn't make sense. But like with the RG this is something that you forget in the heat of the show because of how well it sucks you into the show. But even then this is an aspect which makes no sense logically.

All of the characters are developed in some way and all are pretty fun and great to me. Yes some of them are stereotypical, but with how they're present it just makes everything more fun to watch. The action is great and damn near superb in moments (Sei/Reiji VS Yuki after the qualifiers, Sei/Reiji VS Fellini, and the final fight to destroy the crystal being the best IMO). The music is pretty neat as well. I'm not a big fan of rap and even I dug the songs. Both OPs and EDs rock as well and have become permanent fixtures on one of my Japanese music playlists.

Overall Gundam Build Fighters is an amazing show which I highly recommend. It has some things people won't like, and it does have two aspects which stuck out rather sorely. But the show makes you forget about them for the most part with how well it sucks you in. Those aside, Build Fighters is fantastic and I highly, highly, highly suggest it (just prepare to make your wallet cry because this show will make you want to buy and build Gunpla like crazy).

Yea I question as to how certain gunpla had those abilities, but like you said the show sucked you in good enough to the point where you shrug it off for a while.

Actually Trans-Am was pretty well explained in 00, so the rules of it from that show carry over to Build Fighters, so it's less BSy.

Ahhh. Maybe if I saw 00 I'd get it a bit more :lol

Trans-Am is the signature ability of Gundams in 00 so I kind of forgive that.

But you are definitely right, how do the plavsky particles decide whether a kit gets Phase Shift armor, PEME, anti beam coating or whatever technology is something I'll never udnerstand.

I always assumed it was based on the model's finish/paintwork etc :lol

That could make sense.
Wonder what Tamiya paints cause. :lol

That's some heavy duty paint then. How would you even figure out what paint is resistant to what??

This is one of those things where you don't think to hard about, and just go with the flow :lol

I think that's a big part of why I prefer the system in Gunpla Builders Beginning, the kit doesn't fight directly, it's simply scanned, so any special skills can be attributed to the computer database comparing it to the show versions.

It's Gundam! How it flies? Who cares!? Robots ftw.

Which as I've stated multiple times now is something BF truly succeeds at doing.

Gotta get that high quality paint if you want a RG system for your gunpla

Like Algo said, who cares! Robot ftw!

Ok so my current thoughts on Gundam seed after 4 episodes. I am really enjoying this Gundam serise.

BFT episode 2 thoughts:

Domon!

Gyan!

Destiny!

female Meijin?!?

Why are Hoshino and Sasaki so hot?They do not look like 13-14 year olds.:lol

That Mantis guy is fucking creepy.

You tell em Sekai!

and Yuu/Lightning Gundam are officially badass

Yuu/Hoshino or Sekai/Hoshino that is the question...

I'm all for team Sekai X Hoshino :lol

Team Green vs Team Orange.:lol

Build Fighters Try Episode 1 and 2
Well then, this show is pretty darn good so far. Love that OP and I'm liking the characters (so much lulz at Sekai's class being jealous at him). Though I do have a gripe already, how the heck did one Gundam get destroyed yet transform into another Gundam? Did Sei just freaking build a shell around Burning? I do like the additions to the battle system though, seems like Nills improved some things.

So yeah outside of that one gripe I'm digging the show so far.

They did say Sei built the Build Burning and build the Dom around it, as to why and his reason is unknown.

Well alrighty then.

Ok 19 episode in Gundam seed and my god I have lot of orginal Gundam feel in this show that I am loving it even more.

Ok so far Gundam seed as been a fun enjoyable ride. Is it me or did that do the hole process laya and luck sky walker nearly hooking up before they find out they were siblings type story with Kira and cagali

Death Note episode 26

Mostly a recap episode but it was interesting to see Light kill everyone that was involved with him except the core investigation group.

And there's quite a time skip by the end of the episode. But that teaser at the end makes me think there's other super-sleuths out there ready to avenge L.

Episode 27

So this Near kid is just a prepubescent L? So far, that sounds really lazy. To kill off a character only to transplant them into another role to keep the conflict going.

In fact, this entire first episode feels like a recycling of elements from early on, light being the only one active with the notebook, FBI agents snooping around, super sleuth deduces the possible candidates for Kira really quickly. But they have zoomed passed a lot of that stuff this time around to save on the redundancy.

And who's that douche that looks like Arwin from attack on titan? He's from this institute but I don't know what his motivations are to get the notebook from the police.

Best part of the episode though was Misa in lingerie lol.

Episode 28

Wow. That was some fucking intense mindgames. Watching Mello just leave Near and Light helpless was fucking awesome to see.



Episode 29

Light's dad just died........... damn.

It's all Light's fault for having to juggle 3 notebooks around. He should have gotten the buried notebook and kept it so all this shit wouldn't happen. But I'm glad he got rid of one of them so now we only have 2.



Episode 30

I like this kid Near, he's willing to let those close to him die and kill the people who want to help him.

But I like how Light is dragging Near out, with the crazy break in of the investigative organization that can destroy them.

Episode 31

I like Near now. He's like an extreme version of L, no friendships he's looking for that will lead to his downfall.

So I guess in order to avoid Near's accusations, Light had to send the notebook to this new guy. And I think he might be an extremified Kira. Although isn't there still one notebook floating around as the one Light carries under his suit to retain his memories?

Episode 32

Damn, and I thought Light Yagami was a fucking piece of shit before. This new guy is like an extreme Kira, at least Light had the sensibility of keeping people around for his purposes. Not only that, but he's cheating on his fucking wife now.



Episode 33

Girl fight! And I guess this is the end of X-Kira's story arc. Shame, I would have liked to seen more of him.

Episode 34

I can't believe how much information Near got on Light and he doesn't suspect a thing. I guess when you can't get close to your investigator you can't do stuff like that.



Episode 35

Light calls his reporter friend the goddess of the new world. She dies in a church with nothing but a cloth and being naked underneath. Subtley? The fuck is that?

It never felt like the blonde guy never really did anything. I'm gonna have to read the second half of the manga to see if he gets better treatment

Episode 36

That was a really really smart plan Light. The fact that you would take advantage of Near's plan is awesomely terrible. Mika-me must be on the highest high of his life right now.

Episode 37

DAMN. That was a fantastic ending. Finding out how Near did it was insane. And it's been a downhill slide for Light since the beginning. In the end, Ryuuk was the one that killed him.

Although Iwould have honestly preferred if thy were going to keep this story going after Light's death, Misame and Near should have been the ones to continue it.

And that me finished Gundam seed 50 episode run. One I really enjoyed it there was lot twist and turns and it felt really solid. I am going to be watching the the three compilation movies next before I movie on to seed destiny.

Any recommendations for the next anime I should watch?

I'd personally recommend Symphogear and or Tiger & Bunny if you haven't seen those.

Durarara!!!
Bakemonogatari
Kamisama Dolls
Eden of the East
Soul Eater
Guilty Crown

*nod of approval*

Seed Destiny:lol

Refer to my list in the How thread.

Cardfight Vanguard episode 136.
They're was an Aichi on this show right?

Eureka 7 episode 16

Wait so this mine makes you crazy? What the fuck was up with all that trippy ass dream bullshit and the disappering house

And I never thought why the LFOs look like humans. I thought it was just a no explaned rule of anime that a lot of mecha are human shaped and you just accept it.

God this show goes at a terribly slow pace. It makes it hard to chew episodes when barely anything happens along with having to sit through Hulu ads. I like my anime fast paced, because shit gets fucking done.

Episode 17

That's drinking if I've ever seen it lol.
Let's make a skyfish into panels for a ship! Yeah!

Another filler episode.

I'm watching the One Piece episode with Robins backstory.
I'm gonna watch the story of how millions of people lost they're lives!
https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8349032192/h8F7B8ACE/

I wonder if anyone here is masochistic enough to watch ALL of Seed Destiny?:p

Gatchaman Crowds, or like MidoGreen said Tiger & Bunny.