[Yellow Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

It doesn't have the same tone/focus as the mainline gundam series of being dark, being set in a war, the repurcussions that come of it, very cereberal and intense discussions about himanity, the nature of war, possibility, e.t.c.

I think you can just tell the difference by watching something like Unicorn compared to BF. Do they both have mech fights? Yeah. But the stories, emotional centers and dialouge content are completley different.

And yes, G Gundam is different, but I haven't seen it so I don't know how to classify it.

The problem is that most Gundam shows have a different tone/focus from each other because they're Alternate Universes about the only thing they share in common is their theme of "war is bad" and a red,white and blue main mecha. The only Gundam shows I'd consider "Dark" are Zeta and Victory. Neither Zeta,Wing or 00 was set in a war. Only Zeta and Victory had immediate lasting repercussions from their respective series conflicts*most of the cast dying and two suffering major brain damage* 00 season 1 would qualify if season 2 didn't have Celestial Being fixing everything and riding off into the sunset. Half the time though that comes off as forced*because our bright robot toy commercial must be taken seriously let's add philosophy...now watch as pseudo-science green space magic and aliens create world peace!* or the one-sided ravings of a madman with a superiority complex*cough*Char*cough*.

I can say the same about 0079 or Wing in comparison to Unicorn largely because Unicorn has a more serious tone than the former.

Personally my definition is a lot stricter unless specifically stated as a spin-off if it has a full 25+ episode season and a toyline it's a "main" series in my eyes.

Basically the Lucas method

EDIT: algo448 beat me to it.

[Powerman293]

So there was an ANN podcast over this weekend with the CEO of Right Stuf and it revealed some interesting things. He said Wing is a bit far out from coming out but it will have a blu-ray release. The CEO also mentioned that Turn A and MSG did better then expected.

So yeah. Get excited.

[XW1n5t0nX]

I'll be excited when X gets a release date and we get DVDs or blu-rays for G Gundam and 8th MS Team. Wonder if they'll do the movies too. A blu-ray of F91 would be incredible.

[Powerman293]

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Originally Posted by XW1n5t0nX

I'll be excited when X gets a release date and we get DVDs or blu-rays for G Gundam and 8th MS Team. Wonder if they'll do the movies too. A blu-ray of F91 would be incredible.

I agree on F91, even if people don't like it, the art itself looks pretty amazing, mind you, this was only two years after Char's Counterattack.

[algo448]

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

I agree on F91, even if people don't like it, the art itself looks pretty amazing, mind you, this was only two years after Char's Counterattack.

F91 is downright gorgeous, that release would be amazing.

[SanoBaron]

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

And yes, G Gundam is different, but I haven't seen it so I don't know how to classify it.

G Gundam is a Gundam.

[Dr Kain]

Yeah, Wing being on BD is awesome. I can't wait.

It seems like Rightstuf is able to release the series that were already out here on DVD on BD while the ones that weren't are DVD only. Weird.

[Powerman293]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Yeah, Wing being on BD is awesome. I can't wait.

It seems like Rightstuf is able to release the series that were already out here on DVD on BD while the ones that weren't are DVD only. Weird.

I think releasing stuff on Blu-ray for the released shows has either just been coincidence so far, or they want to give fans a new way to consume stuff that has already been out.

[WhiteRanger]

I did not know that ocean production did not dub the 0079 movie trilogy was going to watch dubbed until I heard how horrible dub was

[SanoBaron]

The only good thing from the ocean dub that I've heard is Steve Blum as Char.