[Blade Raider]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

Gundam would see a re-emergence if they would just change the story a little. Look, I love Gundams. But every story since Mobile Suit Gundam, except for things like 8th MS Team and G Gundam, follow that exact story. The Evil Orginization in Space, the Main Anti-Hero in Red with a Mask. And on and on and on again. SEED Destiny even brought back ZAKU's!

G Gundam is not the black sleep because it didn't have those things. It had a ton of Gundam tropes in it. Anti-Hero in mask = Schwarz Bruder, Evil Orginization in Space = Neo Japan, Newtype = Super Mode, etc, etc. What makes it t5he black sleep is the genre change. Gundam is traditionally a space opera war drama while G was a opponent of the day tournament fighter. 8th MS Team is still very much a space opera war drama even if only one episode is in space.

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Originally Posted by Sentai

If they came back to the United States with an original story, with original characters, it would sell.

There's already been two attempts at this. One was called SD Gundam Force and it sucked. The other is a doozy...See what I did there?

Yes, you just saw that. Wheelchair bound GunTank was almost a thing that happened. Fear what America can do to Gundam.

Anyways, the problem is Gundam is aimed at teens. In the US, that age group is still told to stop playing with toys. Gundam is reliant on toy sells, sadly. So if it's no marketable to the audience intended, they're more likely to change to an audience that will buy their toys, thus the US gets SD Gundam Force.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

America wanted Gundam Wing 2.

AKA Gundam 00 season 1. It had the problem of airing on late night Sci-Fi with little to no advertisement.






Meanwhile, I just finished Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040. It's okay. Still wondering why it's called Bubblegum Crisis and not Knight Sabers. Seriously, what's bubblegum have to do with anything? That's all I got to say. An okay anime from the late 90's.