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Originally Posted by Kiryu

His depression goes as far back as Zeta Gundam, it could be a factor but I don't think we can use it as an excuse.

Yeah I don't really find his depression excuses him on Victory. He was severely depressed, the worst in his life in fact, when he made Zeta and it was a masterpeice. The characters deaths and darker tone can be attributed directly to that. Victory has those same elements, just with horribly one-dimensional and undeveloped characters.

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Originally Posted by XW1n5t0nX

The main factor was, as Power said, probably that Bandai fucked around with it. Supposedly they had the team re-arrange episodes air wise so that the cooler looking suits would be right up front, thus gaining quicker sales for the models. It didn't really matter though because they didn't sell the planned target number.

There's no supposedly about it, episode "1" is actually episode 4. Bandai changed the airing order because they wanted the main suit to appear in the first episode. Which is absurd to do to a show mid-production but it happened.

The fact of the matter is that he was depressed when he made victory, he objected to the Sunrise/Bandai merger which infuriated him, and he actually hated the characters he created for this series. It's just dreadful for a number of reasons. I don't think it can all be lain at his feet, but a good chunk of the blame can fall on him.