Gundam Wing: The Iconic Mecha Anime That Captured a Generation

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Gundam Wing Review War and Sacrifice | Nerd Talk | Anime Explained in English
In honor of Toonami's 25th Anniversary (Toonami 25th Anniversary), Nerd Talk Dan has revisited the After Colony timeline and made Gundam Wing: War and Sacrifice, an anime retrospective, review, and analysis (anime explained in English video essay) about the anime which blazed a trail for anime in America; Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (New Mobile Report Gundam Wing).
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro: Gundam Wing Review | War and Sacrifice | Anime Explained in English
1:19 Chapter 1: Background
6:18 Chapter 2: Honorable Losers
12:27 Chapter 3: Conflict and Loss
15:02 Chapter 4: The Nobility of Sacrifice
21:08 Chapter 5: Aura of Dramatic Nobility
33:07 Chapter 6: Dramatic Story Without Stakes
40:12 Chapter 7: A Product of a More Innocent Time
42:06 Chapter 8: Last Impression
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Description:
With high expectations, Cartoon Network's Toonami, begins airing Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. In a move to expand the boundaries of the Cartoon Network action-animation block, Toonami programming heads scheme to bring new and unseen anime to western audiences, one of which would become the network’s star and pave the way for one of Japan’s most revered franchises, Mobile Suit Gundam. Gundam Wing opened a new market for anime and gundam mecha toys and models, and ushered in a golden age for Toonami and anime in America.
Taking place in the After Colony timeline (AC 195), Gundam Wing was the second of the, then, 3 alternate timeline Gundam shows (Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, After War Gundam X) which existed as standalone series outside of the mainline Universal Century (UC) timeline started by the original Mobile Suit Gundam and shown in numerous other Gundam works (Mobile Suit Z Gundam, Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam, Char's Counterattack, Mobile Suit Gundam F91, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team).
While the show would still have a plethora of gundam mecha, Gundam Wing tried telling it's own story and explored new storytelling avenues. But, is Gundam Wing good? In Gundam Wing: War and Sacrifice, Nerd Talk Dan will look back at this gundam anime after more than 20 years and try to answer this question. So if you want to hear Gundam Wing explained, this Gundam Wing review will hopefully offer you a new perspective on a part of Toonami history.
Nerd Talk Dan looks at how Mobile Suit Gundam Wing brings up issues of war and sacrifice. And the nobility of sacrifice from the men and women we send into battle. Gundam Wing is famous for philosophical pontification on war and peace, but is Gundam Wing good at tackling such deep issues? Can a simple anime properly answer how humanity can move beyond war? We'll look at whether the animation of Gundam Wing as well as its musical score and J-Pop classics Just Communication and Rhythm Emotion, performed by Two Mix, properly conveyed the nobility of sacrifice of professional soldiers. We will also seek to answer whether Gundam Wing is good as a piece of entertainment.
So suit up, and get ready for Gundam Wing: War and Sacrifice.
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@NerdTalkDan Год назад

*OPERATION: METEORIC GROWTH* Almost at 60k views! Your mission is to like, comment, and subscribe! Additional objectives include checking out my *Cowboy Bebop* video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zbHb9Nt0aRI.html

@giancarlom. Год назад

Gundam Wing Remake is gonna be like, GundamMyth: Wing Gundam - Kiara Takanashi Deathscythe Gundam - Calliope Mori HeavyArms Gundam - Ina'nis Ninomae Sandrock Gundam - Amelia Watson Shenlong Gundam - Gawr Gura 👍👍👍👍👍

@ailediablo79 9 месяцев назад

Arabic Dub changed some micro stuff and it made it way better. Also let me point that the Gundams at the beginning where designed OP enough for the shaw setting. However, imagine they got designed each as OP as possible with technology they have access too at full display from beginning perhaps more OP than later upgrade ? By the last 20 ep the Gundams are very much more than capable together to destroy any military given a base to supply them. It is not plot armor but lecturely plot armor plus they are a very powerful mobile suites unites amongst an already overpowered concept of independent mobile suites. They just lacked proper planning and they over written orginal plan very quickly plus lacked condirention. If they wirked together from the beginning properly and give more time and invested more into mobile suites design and systems the earth forces is the one that stands no chance. However about the show ideas, justice is the most important thing. Justice includes freedom and other things but they share an equal place as amongst the primary elements of justice. For example, Peace is another element: to fulfill justice but you need both but however justice is more important. Because one without the other is tyrany especially peace without justice is a bigger tyrany than justice without peace as that includes oppression. So peace is not a gole or a solution but a by product overtime. Also don't forget there is people that wants something and evil that u have to stop and fight too. Peace has many forms and layers. The best and most important peace is the peace of mind and soul of so called inner-peace. That is very achievable and not linked with outside peace. Wanting just peace is a surrender and weakness plus immoral, because you accepted injustice. A real example is Isreal and Plastain. Peace is only achievable until gov of Israel becomes religious like an actual kingdom of God like David and Solomon time accepting Islam and Christianity too killing Zionism replaced by Orthodox Jews and racists present where gov is a chancle of Noocracy elected presidents leaders (USA and CIA gets out and defeated) or goes back to Islam and Arabs, especially within a greater Muslim power like First Caliphate or Saladin times. Anything else is injustice. (Not to mention Israel gov has not been serious at peace and they are controlled by USA. Also lets say a Plastain gov gets formed: Israel gov and cia will just fake a 911 or Main USA and Spain bs like event or any other excuse go to war with Plastain and takeover)

@xaagripha7326 7 месяцев назад

you're deeply preceptive in you're analyst, and I think you explained this to its core and amazing to explain some so enigmatic in its time. flawed or not though this is a very strange thing for its time because its ambiguous in its stance. I almost suspect it itself is a counter form of American brainwashing it introduces ideas in vague ideas and then shows action scenes to lead into emotional consequences. I know it left me questioning things going on around me as a kid and it reflected a kind of political backdrop where you would have to watch out for radicalized groups. its only become more true in a sense to. but I say this in jest of course. but gundam wing is disturbing and thats what's fascinating about it.

@snarf0596 8 месяцев назад

Gundam Wing was insane show for me to watch because of its antiwar message and the aftermath of 9/11. Joining the marines 4 years later and being in iraq a few times, the show would be in the back of my mind during that time. Re-watching it after my time in and 3 tours to iraq made me appreciate it even more.

@NerdTalkDan 8 месяцев назад

Firstly, thank you for your service Marine. I shall send you a box of crayons to honor you 😂. The show itself is a weird mix of deep and shallow. I can appreciate the ambition but sometimes it looked like they were just doing everything under the sun instead of letting things breath a bit. If I can ask, as a veteran what particular parts of the show really resonate with you? And what did you come to appreciate post that experience? Hope you don’t mind me picking your brain as I’m writing my next video which deals with military literature and would love to hear from you about how media impacts your view of service.

@Tyrarl 20 дней назад

Thank you for your service. Just curious since you mention 9/11 and Iraq, did you ever end up watching Gundam 00? That show was specifically written with a "post-9/11 world" in mind.

@antimony003 16 дней назад

You do realize you participated in an illegal war, yes? Do not romanticize what you and your colleagues did because you enjoyed an anime you clearly didn't understand, 20 years ago.

@Tyrarl 16 дней назад

@@antimony003 Blaming soldiers for fighting in a war, in a comment chain on a Gundam video, is peak irony.

@gundam5281 Год назад

Gundam Wing deserves a full-fledged remake treatment in the form of an EW re-adaptation, where the characters, themes and story is placed significantly above the mecha action.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Hey 三 Gundam! Thanks for commenting! The closest we got was Glory of Losers which, full transparency, I haven’t read. But apparently that’s something it tried to do. It consolidated everything from the expanded lore into the main GW story and tried to clean it up a bit. The problem is just…how you create a story which properly addresses the themes of war? How do you solve the paradox of needing to fight in order to protect pacifism?

@mpo48 Год назад

@@NerdTalkDan gundam 00 tackled the using war to create peace theme much better considering how that series ended

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

@@mpo48 yeah but 0080 wasn’t about how to create a peaceful world imo. It was more the tragedies of war by showing it in this micro scale. I think the above commenter was discussing specifically a wing remake.

@mpo48 Год назад

@@NerdTalkDan im talking about gundam 00 here not 0080

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

@@mpo48 oops I must’ve misread! Gotta stop replying to comments right after I wake up 😬! Thanks for the reply!

@davidma6616 Месяц назад

So many RU-vidrs these days are doing perfectly well researched and thought-out video essays, but their overall linguistic and grammar skills still leave much to be desired. I appreciate your professionalism Nerd Talk, and will be instant subbing after I finish this comment. Then still have half the video to watch. Good stuff.

@davidma6616 Месяц назад

3.3K subs? This quality of content deserves MUCH more.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Thank you for the kind words. I spend a lot of time writing these scripts out in the hopes that they sound coherent, so to hear that the writing quality struck you as well done put a smile on my face. If you enjoyed the writing here, please check out some of my other videos which, hopefully, live up to your expectations! Have a great day and I hope to see you around the channel again soon!

@celestialspartan1176 10 месяцев назад

Gundam Wing was the show that truly introduced me to the sci-fi genre when I was a kid. It still has me in a chokehold to this very day. Also, the Wing Gundam Zero EW (aka. Wing Zero Custom) will always be the most iconic mobile suit in the Gundam franchise, with it’s beautiful angel wings. I mean hell, I still have the RG 1/144 scale kit.

@NerdTalkDan 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your story! It was a huge part of the childhoods of so many of us. The RG kits have been great. I have the MG, but I’ll probably build the RG one soon.

@celestialspartan1176 10 месяцев назад

@@NerdTalkDan definitely and you’re welcome! I once collected the kits so that I could have proper references for my Gundam art. What version of the MG do u have? The old MG from 2004 or the newer Ver. Ka with the transformation gimmick?

@NerdTalkDan 10 месяцев назад

@@celestialspartan1176 The OG MG Zero Custom. It’s an interesting kit, but has a lot of issues that hopefully got fixed in the updated version. I’m eyeing the RG Wing Ver. Ka but there a few other kits I’ve been meaning to pick up first.

@celestialspartan1176 8 месяцев назад

@@NerdTalkDanthat’s good man! Pick up the RG Wing Zero and Epyon! I highly recommend them.

@claudijatzandrapova3347 20 дней назад

@@celestialspartan1176I have HG Gundam Deathscythe-H and MG Gundam Epyon EW in my cabinet as they are my two fave suits with Epyon my overall fave Gundam Mobile Suit of any series

@joshflugel 4 месяца назад

Watching Wing in Toonami was one of the coolest things that happened as a kid, I was so into it I dressed like Heero all summer vacations haha

@MarlinMay 6 месяцев назад

It is fascinating how Gundam veered off into very different directions regarding both child soldiers and asymmetric warriors post 9/11. Regarding child soldiers, compare and contrast Wing with Iron Blooded Orphans. Regarding asymmetric warfare, the comparison between Wing and 00 is also pretty stark.

@MarvinT0606 2 месяца назад

IBO institutionalized child-soldiers and made it worse with literal slaves added to the mix. The five Gundam pilots in Wing were the only ones prominently shown, and they were trained like special ops operatives. As to asymmetric warfare, 00 isn't exactly analogous to Wing: they engaged in armed interventions without directly provoking the 3 power blocs to declare war-- they just ended up being the targets of a worldwide manhunt. Gundam Wing on the other hand clearly establishes that the five Gundams were designed as a consequence of the Earth Sphere government's tyranny, and the colonies had every intention of going to war had Operation Meteor went ahead as planned.

@Giggity1080 5 месяцев назад

Gundam Wing and Toonami with DBZ had the corner on lock! Watched the series 5 times over and didn’t bat an eye!

@NerdTalkDan 5 месяцев назад

For real. Don’t forget Tenchi and all the other goodness that was on Tokoyami at the time. It was like a golden age to be a kid lol

@Sir_Revenant Год назад

As someone who got into gundam only a few years ago, Wing had quickly blitzed it's way into my top five favorite gundam shows; With the Tallgeese and Heavyarms as my favorites from the series.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Tallgeese is just gorgeous. If you get a chance, check out the artwork for Heavyarms ver. Ka.

@sawyeratkinson Год назад

Really didn't say death scythe...outrageous

@shogun1x 22 дня назад

Heavyarms is by far my favorite Gundam design. No silly gimmicks, just gatling gun and endless missiles to murder up the enemy. I just ordered a Heavyarms master grade model kit a couple days ago.

@medranodiego8641 Год назад

Even though i disagree with the "last impression" part, i appreciate that i finally found someone talking in deep about the series and it's themes, unlike any other reviewer that sounds pretty much like this: "oh, repetitive animation, dumb ideas about war and peace and unlikable characters, boooo". See you next time and thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Thank you right back! Even though we disagree a bit, I hope you enjoyed it and it gave you something to think about during your next rewatch! I hope you’ll stop by the channel again. Have a great day!

@androyus Год назад

Just because a reviewer has generally negative view on Wing, doesn't mean their reviews are shallow or wrong. Here's an example where two grown-up scholars deeply discussed Gundam Wing free of nostalgia, bias or agenda in a podcast: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hYnIcSJotNE.html

@medranodiego8641 10 месяцев назад

@@androyus True but i'm not obliged to take you seriously if you say what everyone is saying while you refuse to elaborate, you know, like a REVIEW should be.

@androyus 10 месяцев назад

@@medranodiego8641 The elaboration is right there in the video that I linked in my previous comment 🤷

@Godzilla00X Год назад

One theme it touches on but I wish it fleshed out more was the use of unmanned mobile dolls. With the rise of drone warfare, it would've be an interesting way to explore the concept and its inherent dangers

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

I think it did the best it could with a pretty novel idea. It was around 1995 so I’m not sure how developed actual drone tech was let alone whether it was being used militarily to the extent we use it now.

@DSan-kl2yc Год назад

I think it went pretty hard on it. Not sure what much more it could do from a Wing lens, within the universe and themes it had. Touches on, it was a corner stone of the second half and why war itself had to end. I'd say it was a pretty major part of the sort of point of no return the show emphasized.

@ericj6636 11 месяцев назад

I think it needs a remake and a facelift. Do Glory of the Losers, but with an FF7 remake level re-do. It's time. Ace Combat 7 is the only other media I've found that really goes hard on the drone/uacv (unmanned aerial combat vehicle) theme and explores it in the context of war and politics

@snarf0596 8 месяцев назад

Dude I remember I left the marines in 2009 then I think in 2010 we start to do heavy drone strikes. I would think of the speech Treize made when first introduced to the dones in the series....

@seantaylor424 11 месяцев назад

For my part, everything surrounding the ZERO System showed the brainwashing side of warfare (especially since both guerrillas like the Gundam 5 and the conventional soldier Zechs were equally affected by it) while also keeping to Wing's idea that violence is a part of humanity that predates politics. I especially liked the parts where Quarte becomes uber extremist to support his cause--even at the expense of the people he took it up for--and how Heero's first run with ZERO had him realize how much harm the Gundam Scientists did to him and, presumably, the other 5. I'm also under the impression that Zechs and Treize cooked up their Final War together (albeit, without talking to each other), meaning Zechs never actually believed in Colony Supremacy and only wanted to crash Libra into Earth to terrify everyone from the mere idea of war for the rest of history, not abandon Earth. Seems like what he and Treize were talking about the entire time, why Zechs never really seemed on the same page as White Fang and how he helped stop the colony crash when it became apparent that everyone got the message that war sucks. Did I misread all of that? I will agree that 3 people surviving the epicenter of explosions is ridiculous, though. I also thought Duo's friend looked WAY too similar to Noin. I literal thought Duo's Friend was Noin once or twice.

@davidchavez5798 Год назад

I rewatch the entire thing almost twice a year sad in a way but goddamn is the story still so fun to watch

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Thanks for stopping by David! That’s awesome that you rewatch it so much and still enjoy it. Why do you like this particular Gundam series so much?

@kaiser1963 Год назад

Endless waltz is a great Christmas

@mzmm4186 Год назад

If they edit Gundam Wing into monochromatic colours it would go well with older audience, less distraction from the toy-ish colours and leave more room to focus on the politics. I really liked your analysis, I've watched GW when young and discounted it for the repeative and inplausible fight scene and plot armors. But it will be refreshing indeed to watch it again with a political lense. As hasty as it ends up being, it's a good entry point.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Hey MZM M! Thanks so much for your comment. Yeah there were a lot of ways they could’ve tightened up the series, but it is what we got and I think it can be appreciated as a fun entry point to anime for so many of us. I don’t regret it having been such an important part of my formative years. I still love Gundam to this day because of it. I hope you’ll stop by again!

@wingzero-0014 Год назад

This is probably the best analysis for Gundam Wing I've seen if this series was to ever get a remake it should include each of the pilots back stories in the manga adaptation that would've help flesh them out more

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Thanks so much Wing Zero! It means a lot coming from a clear fan of the show. I don’t think we’ll ever get a remake, but you’re right that Glory of Losers would be a good template to base a remake around now that the GW lore has kind of solidified into its final form. What made you a GW fan?

@wingzero-0014 Год назад

@@NerdTalkDan Gundam Wing for I'm pretty certain for most in the early 2000's Toonami was the revolutionary starting point into the franchise(in the western side of the world) one of the earlier shows I've watched, just like u like it because of how awesome it is, but re checking it out as an older version of me objectively it's not the best out there in comparison to the other franchise but not the worst neither still feeling Rhythm Emotions:)

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

@@wingzero-0014 I feel ya buddy. Thanks for sharing your story with us!

@wingzero-0014 Год назад

@@NerdTalkDan Sure, like to see something from the Universal Century timeline it has some popular shows like Zeta:)

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

@@wingzero-0014 I’m gonna review Zeta at some point, but the next Gundam related video I do is more likely 0080 or EW. But that won’t be for awhile since I have other video ideas to go through first. But I hope you’ll stay tuned to this channel for more content you might find interesting!

@custommediacreations 4 месяца назад

This was an excellent Retrospective, loved it. I never realised how stereotypical G Gundam was until those four side by side Gundams you showed. I know I’m a bit late to the party, but Gundam Wing is really awesome and this video did it justice.

@Shimazusama 11 месяцев назад

This was a fantastic breakdown of Wing. Loved using Wing's episode intros as your chapter breaks.

@NerdTalkDan 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for your kind words Shimazusama! You’re one of the few people who picked up on what I was trying to do with those chapter breaks so well done! If you’re a kid of the 90s and 2000s I have a few other videos similar to this which might take you back to those days. Have a great day!

@Shimazusama 11 месяцев назад

@@NerdTalkDan Yeah your video on Trust and Betrayal sent me here lol my favorite anime movie

@HonakoGreen 2 месяца назад

Walker, the Ares pilot. captured the theme of the show best honestly. There's also the Leo captain in episode 14. It's a shame the series didn't have more characters like them to help get the point across.

@ampeater777 Год назад

Big agree on the mech design in wing, especially the grunt suits. The ares, mercurius and veyeate, all the tallgeese suits, and all the EW gundams are some of my favorite designs in gundam as a whole

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

A fellow man of culture!

@juice6521 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, Wing definitely has the best Mech designs in my opinion, arguably some of the best music too...too bad everything else is kinda medicore, at least compared to the rest of the series.

@HardtoJedi 11 месяцев назад

Sorry guys but Titans had best grunts

@juice6521 11 месяцев назад

@@HardtoJedi Baund Doc will never stop being the ugliest mobile suit.

@celestialspartan1176 10 месяцев назад

I can’t argue with that! I always liked the Taurus and Serpent suits.

@felldoh9271 Год назад

I love Wing; it was the seventh or eighth grade for me among some other greats like Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Dragon Ball Z, Final Fantasy IX, Zelda Majora’s Mask, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy X, and Dark Cloud.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Thanks for stopping by and commenting Felldoh! It was a real magical time. We were getting an influx of such cool content from Japan. Raise a glass to Toonami and Adult Swim for the memories! If you enjoyed Bebop, I have a video covering it which you might enjoy!

@felldoh9271 Год назад

Yes let’s raise a glass indeed, and I will take my happy ass over to your Bebop video 👊🏻

@Fordo007 7 месяцев назад

Honestly after watching the show as a kid in 2000 and seeing other Gundam shows and other tv shows... watching it again as an adult... I actually like it better. The one message I got out of the show that made it different than other Gundam shows... the other shows I've seen you have a naive, innocent pilot who has friends and loses them and realizes war is terrible. Gundam Wing skips that and gives you characters who already know war is terrible, who have already done horrible things, who have already lost people. There doesn't need to be a lot of character deaths to show the audience 'war is bad' when the lead character is clearly someone utterly broken by war and what he's done to the point he tries to kill himself 4 times in the first few episodes just so his miserable life as a soldier can finally end. Heero starts the show LOOKING TO DIE. Looking for any excuse to kill himself. And by the end of the show when he's shooting down Libra, he's not using that as an excuse to die, he's not dying to right his past sins, he's not committed to saving everyone even if it kills him... he's saying he'll survive, he'll keep living, he'll keep living life after this. That to me was the real message. You can lose everything, you can do horrible things, you can lose your childhood, lose your innocence, lose your soul... you can want to die because living is so miserable... and you can then find people, a cause, friends, someone special... who make you want to keep living. Honestly I feel killing off any more characters than they did would cheapen it. All the pilots know loss already, all the soldiers know loss already. The civillians were shown loss through the show already. It was a lesson they already knew and understood.

@ronaldvalerio 6 месяцев назад

Same here. Killing characters seems to be a go to tool for most writers kinda cliche to me now

@Aidan_Au Месяц назад

On that note of him taking down Libra at the end, the original Japanese dialogue is, "I will NOT die", instead of the English dub, "I will survive". So he clearly doesn't wanna die

@waderoberts3701 Год назад

This may be the best video on Gundam Wing yet.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Thanks for the kind words man! If you know any other Gundam Wing fans, you know what to show’em lol. Since you liked this video, I have others you might enjoy so I hope you’ll check them out. Have a great day!

@arnoldmojados399 Год назад

Gundam Wing Blow my mind as a kid.. It's Serious Cute and Brutal.. Netflix doing live Action Gundam? But not Wing? That would be silly.. Western Audience still loved Gundam wing.. The Pilots the Mecha The Music are So Dope!

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Hey Arnold! Thanks for stopping by and commenting. It’s got a great sense of style that’s for sure!

@WhoThePukkIsThis 6 месяцев назад

They should not do a live action of any Gundam shows it would be trash as fuck same as power rangers DBZ street fighter mortal kombat sonic Mario and all the rest... Keep it in animation format and redrop the whole series

@LucLightWolf121 Год назад

This is truly well done. So much so that I shared it on the Gundam Explained Discord channel. Thank you for making this video. You just earned yourself a new subscriber. Keep up the great work. 👍🏾

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Thank you so much for your kind words and support Lucas. It means so much to me to hear Gundam fans enjoyed this video. In the words of Heero Yuy, Mission: Complete!

@LucLightWolf121 Год назад

@@NerdTalkDan You're welcome. I can't wait for you to get into and finish Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans. It and Gundam 00 are spiritual successors to Gundam Wing that approach the plight of child soldiers or former child soldiers from different yet similar angles.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

@@LucLightWolf121 yeah 00 will be a trip. I watched it when it was airing and loved it. I’ll get there eventually, but I hope you’ll give my non Gundam related work a chance! But if you could pick the next Gundam series you’d like to see me cover, any requests?

@LucLightWolf121 Год назад

@@NerdTalkDan Will do. As far as requests goes: Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory or Mobile Suit Gundam F91 would be interesting to talk about. You would definitely see the nuances within both stories. Fun fact about F91 is that it was meant to be a anime television series before that series was scrapped in favor of a compilation film. That's why the film is so disjointed. And Stardust Memory is essentially Gundam doing Top Gun in the Universal Century.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

@@LucLightWolf121 it’s been a hot minute since I watched 0083. I’m a big fan of the mech designs in that OVA. I’m leaning more towards 0080 as the next Gundam I cover hopefully within the next year or so. It’s just such a beautiful story.

@whendoweeat 14 дней назад

This is an exceptional commentary on Gundam and on warfare. If I had my way, the section about “The Nobility of Sacrifice” would be played at every war college the world over. A great work was done here.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Thank you so much for the kind words! It’s always nice to hear back from viewers who found something which spoke to them in my video. If you have any connections as West Point or Annapolis, feel free to send my video to them to watch in class lol. Have a great day!

@jonathanm.cadungog2533 Год назад

Thanks giving full info about Gundam Wing. When i was a Kid I'm very Fan on this TV Series 😊

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

I’m hope if brought back some good memories! Have an awesome day!

@jonathanm.cadungog2533 Год назад

@@NerdTalkDan True you brought Happy Memories on your Content. And very satisfied about you Content. Thank you again ☺

@Drachenhannes 5 месяцев назад

At this point Heero might just be immortal. Have you counted the times his accidents would have killed a lesser man? FOUR or maybe even five times in the first three episodes. Episode one: He falls from space Dead on impact. Even sexy Sechs said so. Also Episode one: Suicide by suit bomb (Ever noticed how often he tries to blow up his suit and just fails?) Episode two: Several gunshot wounds to his extremities. None hit any vital organs but there were several of them. Plus it was a hectic situation making his heart beat and him lose a fatal amount of blood fast. Also Episode two: He decided to drown for a bit. Episode three: Jumped out of the side of a building. Which was situated on top of a cliff. Screw gundamium. They should coat the Gundams in whatever his plotarmor is made of! Sometimes he clearly died and then an episode or two later it's just "Well he got better." Floating face down in the water in Episode 2? That was a floating corpse. Or when he blew up his Gundam. The core is near the cockpit. That explosion means certain death. Then he fell like 10 meters. But unlike his jump out of a building he did not somehow catch himself. He did break his fall though. With his face. On the ground. The blank stare with the empty eyes. That was a dead body. I mean Trowa even left him in Heavy Arms' Hand, which was towed to a truck instead of placing him in the drivers cabin. Who would do that do a still living, but mortally wounded person? In my opinion he's the most ridiculously overpowered character in Anime history. I know there's always Saitama and Goku and whoever else. But Those are superhuman figures in fantasy worlds. Gundam aims to be very realistic. (Blisfully ignoring the glory that is G-Gundam here for the sake of argument) Even the space colonies are based on real ideas. And in a setting like that i know of no other situation where people just walk off deaths. It became a running gag among friends who know G Wing. If some character is hyped as the best and strongest ever we top it off with "he probably also punched Heero in the face."

@NerdTalkDan 5 месяцев назад

For real! I mean he should’ve been dead pretty much episode 2 from drowning. I had a joke in one of my first drafts where I pointed out how Duo and Relena left him face down in the ocean for a REALLY long time for dramatic effect. That’s where my line “it takes itself seriously and perhaps too seriously” came from.

@joelpalmer3002 5 месяцев назад

As a kid, i loved Gundam wing, the action music all stellar. As an adult who served in the military i cant help but resonate more with the u.c. timeline. Especially 08th ms team. I tried rewatching wing for nostalgia, and man it literally feels like the ideals and beliefes of modern politicians. War bad, peace good. If everyone throws down their weapons there will never be war😊😊.

@darinherrick9224 6 месяцев назад

Interestingly the points I latch onto I have seen no one analyze or discuss so might make a podcast about this show. 1. Autonomous weapons 2. Military industrial complex 3. Pacifism and self-defense 4. Idealism and philosophy 5. How rich nobles continue to rule the world 6. Characters who are defined by their emotions. 7. Melodrama 8. Showing war from the perspective of terrorist/guerrillas.

@vlon3lyboiii666 Год назад

That thumbnail 🔥😭

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Thanks dude!

@mahmoodkhan931 15 дней назад

Wow this is a deep video. I feel this is a masters thesis on Gundam in video form. Really good stuff, you brought me back almost 25 years

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

I’m glad you enjoyed it! If I can help reconnect a viewer with a piece of their childhood then I’d say mission accomplished lol. If you enjoyed this video, I have similar ones which cover this era of anime history, so I hope you’ll check them out!

@Anon26535 23 дня назад

As a kid, my favorite part was watching Wing Zero and Epyon beat the tar out of each other. As an adult, the bit that really sticks with me is how Trieze beat an army of drones singlehandedly by talking the guy at the control panel into pulling a gun on his CO.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Wing had a lot of these little moments which were amazing. Plot twists or just overly dramatic gestures. Tearing up Relena’s invitation is hilarious, but also kind of one of those memorable moments that lives in the hearts of Gundam fans

@fadedtiger3181 Месяц назад

just Communication has been one of my favorite songs for so long.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

It slaps. Can’t forget Rhythm Emotion or White Reflection though

@Random_name_42 14 дней назад

Those chapter intros are chef’s kiss

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

If you like those, check out the chapter intros for my Bebop video! Editing the chapter intros are some of my favorite parts of the editing process! Thanks for stopping by if you enjoyed this video, I have others which might strike your fancy.

@keyki9832 5 месяцев назад

love the fair critque of a childhood show, well done!

@treize6832 3 месяца назад

Chapter4 is why I loved GW (and where the online moniker I've used for over 20 years came from). It was refreshing, and is still somewhat rare decades later, to see media with such a blatant anti-war stance NOT take the angle of denigrating soldiers while also not pushing the then-emergent attitude that computers and autonomous weapons would defend us without needing to put men and women in harm's way. While some of Treize's speeches were grandiose and overly flowered, they very eloquently made the case that by removing the risk of loss in a war, you make it easier to sell and more likely to occur- which, counter-intuitively, puts more lives at risk, as the weapons become deadlier and more widespread as the 'risk' is lessened. He at first seems to be trying to glorify soldiers, but when you really listen to what he's saying, and especially on a rewatch after knowing the full arc of the plotline, you eventually realize that he knows removing the 'personal face' of war, by removing the soldiers, actually puts everyone at risk, as it's the soldiers' humanity, compassion, and ability to make decisions based on morality that actually keep people safe, while simultaneously realizing that if war is reduced to computers vs. computers, then people don't fear it as much since it's not their loved ones going off to do the fighting- and only by making people realize how much they stand to lose can you truly prevent wars. not through fear and 'strength', but by appealing to humanity and morality. I doubt it will ever actually work, but it's the most noble and realistic form of Pacifism I've ever seen espoused in mass media.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Thanks for your write up and analysis! It’s always good to hear what other fans have to say. GW was certainly ambitious in the topics it wanted to discuss.

@myshit2137 Год назад

My daughter's name is Reylena, also she's not my daughter,but I love her like she's mine

@eclipseslayer98 15 дней назад

1:36 Sunrise did Samurai Champloo? I thought that it was made by Manglobe? 5:15 They're not ethnic stereotypes, they're ethnic celebrations. As an American, I 100% support Chibodee Crocket's depiction.

@omniframe8612 Год назад

This is the best video I've seen on Gundam Wing. Subbed

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Thanks so much for the kind words and support. If you know any other Gundam fans, you know where to send’em!

@supermajink 24 дня назад

Gundam Wing had an outstanding orchestral soundtrack, and cool mobile suit designs. it was my gateway to Gundam I've been enjoying ever since!

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Aesthetically GW is just a very solidly put together show. I love the music and animation and glad others feel the same! Have a great day!

@seraph_dalgon_9216 Год назад

Doesn’t Endless Waltz answer your question about the whole pacifism thing? Also, I recommend actually reading GOTL, a much better telling of the AC timeline

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

I’d have to take a rewatch. But the video was strictly about the series proper!

@shogun1x 22 дня назад

When this first came to Toonami, I was too young to appreciate it beyond "Man that robot looks cool!" When I rewatched it later the themes sunk in more. I get what you mean about it only being pseudo philosophical but still one of my favorites from the Gundam franchise.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Yeah it’s a fun show and I think one which has the a grudging respect in the Gundam community if only for the badass suits it made!

@charlesballiet7074 22 дня назад

the music they used to preview the next episode was also pretty fire

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Most of the BGM of this series is pretty amazing!

@Jackassbobby112 19 дней назад

Gundam Wing holds a close place in my heart.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

I’m glad to hear it! Did you grow up in the Toonami and AS era as well?

@ninjavanish2361 4 месяца назад

Gundam Wing really does capture a generation of new Gundam Fans ever since 2000. It’s just a solid good start for those who want to see the first English Dub in the Gundam series. Even there are fanfics involving Gundam as well. Even a continuing story of Heero Yuy ending up in the Cosmic Era or the Wing Boys get backup from a certain Assault Carrier and it’s five Gundam pilots.

@KigaiOkasu Месяц назад

Hearing you talk about how Gundam Wing only succeeded in airing on TV because 9/11 hadn't happened yet reminded me of how it took forever to get the last 5 episodes of the original Gundam to air because of 9/11.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

I remember that! I was so confused why the stopped so close to the end.

@KigaiOkasu 13 дней назад

@@NerdTalkDan Yep. And if memory serves right, Gundam didn’t see another TV broadcast until G Gundam which was perhaps the only show at the time that had nothing to do with war.

@Amknownas_743great_explainer 25 дней назад

When I see the mobile doll heads, Ive always been reminded of those little bitty portable TV's, they were like 3 in and black and white, had a small metal antenna, got like 2 channels lol My dad did security on the weekends and had one to take with him

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

I always wanted one of those as a kid! TV on the go? It seemed like magic

@Amknownas_743great_explainer 13 дней назад

Ikr, so did I! So small, it was utter wizardy! Phew... TV's and various screens really have come a LONG ASS WAY lol

@VengeanceMkII 7 месяцев назад

Respectfully, while Wing is a bit sloppy here and there i resonate with it far more than most of the other series i have seen. Each one felt missing in something i was satisfied with Wing. I could watch any other series and feel put off but always return to Wing entertained. I honestly cant explain it and i dont think its the nostalgia.

@KR-si3dx Месяц назад

I loved this show. Also, the action figures were incredibly high quality. They felt expensive and were well-detailed.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

The merch that we got because of this show was wild. The model kids and action figures were amazing. Which ones did you have?

@KR-si3dx 13 дней назад

@@NerdTalkDan of the figures I believe I had Sandrock (which was my favorite for reasons I can’t explain), Heavy Arms, and the version of Shenlong from Endless Waltz that I think may have had a different name. My brother had EW Deathscythe and Epyon. Of the models we had Vayeate, Mercurius, and Tallgeese. I think I may have also had the Tallgeese III action figure.

@neoinfinity5204 4 дня назад

This childhood iconic masterpiece is what introduced me to gundam Seed then Seed Destiny, naturally when i watched GW dub i didn’t understand much but what captivated by art style and combat years later i rewatched it and deeply loved the lore and hidden messages which prepared me for Seed series.

@macewbee 11 месяцев назад

Very deep so this in middle school going to high school since I was trying to find the fist serous first to last but no luck I saw this and follow most of the part thank you to finish the puzzel for me great review as all ways.

@NerdTalkDan 11 месяцев назад

Thanks always for your continued support macewbee!

@HollowedKnight66 11 месяцев назад

Wing was the first Gundam series I watched, it good me hooked

@NerdTalkDan 10 месяцев назад

I think it was for a lot of us and man what a good choice it was. The mercy alone blew my mind lol

@derekb370z 25 дней назад

Would love to see a video on G Gundam as it was the show that got myself into Gundam in the early 00’s still watching and building model kits with my kids to this day

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

That’s in the queue for sure! Until it’s made, I have some other videos covering anime from this era which might hold you over! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

@levirexjones 20 дней назад

thank you for allowing me to reminisce 🙂‍↔️ born in ‘87 i was a prime fan of this series in the exact moment of history you mention. i remember the release on toonami and all the prior animes along with it.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

I’m glad I could help you reconnect with such an awesome part of our childhoods! It was a really amazing time to be a kid. If you like this era, I have a few other videos which may pique your interest! Hope you’ll check them out. Have a great day!

@barstowwalker1598 20 дней назад

This franchise has always been a top notch series for a mature minded person who understands how the world works. Gundam Wing deserves another movie after Endless Waltz. One of the best or the best series next to Iron Blooded Orphans.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. The Gundam franchise is amazing for being willing to tackle tough subjects and aiming that discussing at younger audiences. I hope you have a great day!

@barstowwalker1598 12 дней назад

Thanks, Anytime

@kaiser1963 Год назад

Gundam Wing is still one of my favorites next to Turn A best era of gundam imo.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

I think it’s the same way for a lot of people! Were you one of the kids who caught it during the first airing in 2000?

@RezaQin 11 месяцев назад

Zeta and Turn A are the best.

@scottbrennan8044 10 месяцев назад

Why'd you have to put the puppy shot in? Gets me every time.

@NerdTalkDan 10 месяцев назад

Mission Accomplished 😆

@ARCtrooperblueleader 15 дней назад

This was a truly magnificent breakdown. To me, it is the best video about Gundam Wing. You feel the heart and soul put into the video. Bravo. 🫶

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Thanks for the kind words Trooper. It was a work for fans by a fan so hearing good things from you guys has been great! If you enjoyed it, don’t forget to check out my other videos on this era of Cartoon Network history!

@Discotechque Год назад

You know what ruined Wing to me? Heero not threatening Relena with death threats enough.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Agreed. I think we should’ve had scenes every episode where Heero randomly calls Relena and goes “just a reminder, I’ll “destroy” you”. Or writing a menacing e-mail to her. Just for his own amusement.

@Discotechque Год назад

@@NerdTalkDan I mean...Relena looks like she gets off of Heero giving her death threats. 😅

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

@@Discotechque I wanted to discuss their relationship more. They’re both such weird characters I think because the show runners were trying to create a drama. So Relena’s talking to Heero when he’s not there is one of those quirks. And their weird infatuation with each other is also bizarre. And yet…it somehow worked?

@atomicave3100 9 месяцев назад

I always took his threat or that quote as if her just getting involved with him she would end up dead by his hands or another?

@Subwedge 4 месяца назад

I agree with a lot of what you said, and I disagree with a lot. 😅 I love Gundam Wing, and at this point it's hard to know what I've re watched more between Gundam Wing and Gundam 00. That said, Gundam Wing is a camp soap opera and I think it deserves more respect than it gets as I think it's "takes itself way too seriously" reputation fits perfectly for the Gundam Fandom, we take Gundam way too seriously and at the end of the day it's just a toy commercial. 🤷 I think Gundam Wing honestly was just trying to be a darker series without the baggage that comes with making good on that. It was still a kid's show, and at the time UC Gundam had gotten too dark for it's own good. (Looking at you Victory Gundam 👀). But I hear you. Last thing, Zechs. He's not all over the place. He's the prince of a kingdom that was built on pacifism. And he betrayed his lineage to restore his family's kingdom. Then tries to make amends for his actions. Realizing he has failed and only knows how to kill, he is literally lost, without purpose because he wants peace, but only knows how to kill. Enter Epyon and White Fang. Not knowing how to help stopping wars to live up to his family name he asks the Zero System in Epyon. A suit designed for zero sum war, leads Zechs to the illogical conclusion that as someone who only knows how to kill, the best way to stop wars is to kill so many people that the world loses interest in fighting all together. Basically the same plot in Watchmen. He's only a char clone in looks, yes he follows a similar arc, but he's not a true char clone. Imo, char is fractured between Trieze and Zechs in Gundam Wing.

@OpenCourse556 День назад

I remember watching Gundam Wing before 2000. I was in Jr high in the mid 90's and watched it. I remember being frustrated because I felt like episodes were aired out of order or I could never catch the next episode.

@CptPhilippnes 8 месяцев назад

Its quite amazing that a gundam series that would criticize Drone Warfare 30 years before it would come to the forefront.

@NerdTalkDan 5 месяцев назад

Sci-fi has always had a way of peering into the future and trying to make us think about the ethical dilemmas on the horizon!

@GardoGamer 3 месяца назад

Thanks for making this video... Great analysis BTW...

@kellytownsend8580 Месяц назад

Excellent work on this one my man. Thanks for your efforts!

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Thanks so much! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it

@macewbee Год назад

Great review and thanks for the cool intro of two - mix of the OST and I am still shocked that is a duo I was thinking it was like a 4 or 5 peace band 😅

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Haha Two Mix is a JPop legend for sure.

@Frisky-Dingo Год назад

Yeah man keep this up and you'll go far on YT. Just found your channel and you sir earned a sub!

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Hey Corry! Thanks for stopping by and the kind words. I’m happy to have you in this growing community!

@OfficialRedTeamReview Год назад

Great video! more Gundam series please.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

Hey RedTeam! Thanks so much for commenting. There’s more Gundam in the queue so stay tuned. Since you requested it specifically, I’ll let you in on the next Gundam video (although not the next video to be made) Gundam 0080 War in the Pocket is probably the next Gundam work!

@captainpercy4369 3 месяца назад

Th reason I fell in love with Wing was the seriousness of it all. So much praise to Toonami for introducing this to us back in the day. This and when they aired 08th MS Team.

@ZeroOmega-vg8nq Месяц назад

we really need this show to adapt the Glory of losers manga. just to see the katoki style gundams animated would be heaven

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

That would be the dream. Imagine a full series with EW quality animation?

@ZeroOmega-vg8nq 13 дней назад

@@NerdTalkDan no idea why they havent when ive heard witch was a big bomb

@artemisjones2121 Месяц назад

Great Intro!

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Thank you kindly! It was fun to try and recreate such an iconic intro sequence.

@exile0025 21 день назад

one of the things that have come to mind about this show recently was reason the soldiers were always taken out so easily is because they dont have any true combat experience i mean before the gundams show up who were they fighting?

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

That’s a good thought! UESA essentially had the monopoly on mobile suits so they would usually be fighting against more traditional munitions and armor such as tanks. So fighting another mobile suit outside rare cases may have been something most MS pilots never experienced. Then they have to adapt not only to MS v MS combat, but against these monster machines made of near indestructible metal? It don’t envy them lol.

@Blinkehyo Год назад

I’ve always been a bit standoffish to the genre of Mecha. The large scale battles with robots turned me off for some reason. I do enjoy the themes youve touched on in the video though. But thanks to Code Geass and Gurren Lagann I do feel as though it’s probably not as bad as I imagine it to be. I should def give at least Wing a shot~ Great video as always Dan

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

I feel ya Blink. It’s not the genre for everyone, but there’s a lot of variety in the mecha genre so you’ll definitely find something interesting if you look. That said, I don’t recommend Wing as an entry point for you. I think you might enjoy some of the other series before this one. 0080 is a great start and short! Thanks again for lending your voice to this project. You’re one of my defacto people to call when I need a VA!

@Spacefrisian 19 дней назад

Funny that it aired later in America than it did in the Netherlands.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Really? Was it years earlier or just months?

@Laidback_616 2 месяца назад

I’m going to rewatch Gundam wing after I finish Samurai champloo. I did the same G Gundam some years back. I loved Domon and his Shining burning finger lol, but I know Hero was real a badass.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Heero was an OG anime badass for sure. Just your run of the mill…child…super soldier lol. But we gotta hand it to Domon for ending up in one of the healthiest and loving relationships in all of Gundam. And that’s badass too

@lilslicky1234 6 месяцев назад

It changed my life

@foxhoundms9051 13 дней назад

To think, death keeps war itself restrained. That it cannot become more of a monster than it is.

@emptysplit 4 месяца назад

I really enjoyed your video! I use to watch Gundam Wing in high school on Tunami.

@atgn-0088 4 месяца назад

Last Impression lol. I see what you did there. Great retrospective on the show.

@rob1223l 10 дней назад

Will always be might Favorite Gundam, and favorite Anime, just a classic in my heart. G gundam, Ruroni Kenshin, YuYu Hakusu, Outlaw Staw, Cowboy bebop, samurai Champloo Love em all Gundam Wing is at the top

@alexanderleach3365 6 дней назад

Gundam Wing has made me to fall in love with the GUndam universe.

@michaellilly965 Год назад

I remember this one and Toonami.

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

What an time to be a kid! Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!

@keo_bas 2 месяца назад

Im on my rewatched of gundam wing after two decades of its initial broadcast. I remeber cool robot fights. As an adult im seeing the small human moments that eyaxh character shows.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

It’s always fun to revisit the stuff you loved as a kid with the experience of age. It makes life a little more fun to pick up on stuff and see how our own perspectives have changed!

@MarvinT0606 2 месяца назад

-Space colonies and starship tech -nobles still travel by horse God I love this AU so much

@NerdTalkDan 2 месяца назад

So what you’re saying is, G Gundam with its horse piloted mobile suit is the superior gundam? 🎠

@MarvinT0606 2 месяца назад

@@NerdTalkDan oh absolutely! It had the best and worst mobile suit designs in any AU, bar-none. I still lament that we're never gonna get serious model kits of Tequila Gundam and that fish thing from Neo Norway 🤣

@NerdTalkDan 2 месяца назад

@@MarvinT0606 Screw that! Windmill Gundam superiority!

@katw6421 13 дней назад

There's not enough love for Epyon. It's so beautiful. 😢😢😢

@jasonck9635 7 месяцев назад

I have yet to watch gundam wing ! I have watched many other gundam series and plan on getting to gundam wing ! I am currently watching 8th MS team and gundam the witch of mercury ! When I’m done with those I will push on to gundam wing ! I know it’s a favorite among many fans , so I guess I will see for myself soon. !

@NerdTalkDan 7 месяцев назад

08th MS Team is such a good show. Hope you’ll stop by again after you get to Wing and tell us what you thought! Have a great day!

@caesarhiro3630 2 месяца назад

I wish they make the anime based on Glory of Losers

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

That would be something! Get on it Sunrise!

@Alte.Kameraden 20 дней назад

Gundam Wing never resonated with me very much at the time. Mostly because a few years earlier they had already released Robotech the Macross Saga on Toonami, which I watched all the way through, missed only a few episodes of it. But it was genuinely vastly superior to Gundam Wing, and despite being the Harmony Gold Robotech version of SDF Macross it wasn't honestly that bad. It changes a few things here and there, and adds a few clips from another anime because they merged a few anime to make a longer series, but the core of Macross and what made SDF Macross great was still there. Aside with character name changes, and totally new audio/music, and lets be blunt I prefer Robotech's audio/music over the original SDF Macross, and I know some may find that a sin. I'm not the only one either, there is another youtuber who watched both versions of SDF Macross blind, and actually liked the Robotech version more as well despite watching both series almost back to back. Supposedly the original SDF Macross first. However SDF Macross is often considered one of the best Mech anime TV series of all time, right up there with Zeta Gundam. So Gundam Wing had some pretty big competition in my brain. I didn't really get into Gundam as a result until Gundam 08th MS Team released on the Midnight Run, and later Toonami prime along side the original Mobile Suit Gundam. I actually enjoyed both 08th MS Team and MSG quite a lot up until Toonami pulled MSG and 08th MS Team right after September 11th 2001. Fun noticing how G Gundam would be the next Gundam anime on Toonami and I'm confident it was chosen because it wasn't based around war. Everything else would be released on Toonmai's Midnight Run or later AS. It wouldn't be until Gundam Seed did a Gundam anime hit Toonami's prime time hours but only on weekends and only HEAVILY censored. If you're new to Toonami, the Gundams Seed censorship on Toonami was a meme before memes were a thing, worth looking up actually. I eventually bought the Gundam Wing Boxset on DVD years after the fact, and personally enjoyed it so little that I ended up trading it in for some cash at a used game store. It's the only piece of Gundam media that I didn't keep, I personally don't regret selling it either. I mean I don't hate it, but like say Gundam Wing, or Gundam X, Gundam AGE, I just don't like it enough to keep it on a shelf. Too average of an anime to be "Gundam" in my opinion.

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Thanks so much for sharing your story with us. Of course, we all have tastes and preferences and memories and shows which stick with us. But, we can appreciate even the shows that weren’t our favorite for being interesting works as well! Have a great day and I hope to hear from ya again soon!

@splintercell320 7 месяцев назад

On the discussion of plot armor, it always struck me as odd when Tuberoff decided to capture Wufei and Shenlong, then literally an episode later he chastises one of the scientists for keeping the Gundam it around. Then 1 episode later, he questions to Lady Une why they’re still keeping the captured Gundam pilots alive(and later in the episode he tries to kill them). Like they totally changed his character for 1 scene just to keep Wufei alive. 😂 Still love Gundam Wing though!

@NerdTalkDan 5 месяцев назад

All very good questions which I can answer with …hey look over there Trowa is still alive!

@roberthoward5015 5 месяцев назад

In a combat soldier.. I understand the title.. it’s cool..

@NerdTalkDan 5 месяцев назад

Glad you like it, sir! Hope the rest of the video impressed you as much lol

@PartofHistory214 11 месяцев назад

You actually know how to say "anime" correctly :O

@NerdTalkDan 11 месяцев назад

Hey Dakota thanks for stopping by and commenting. It’s actually an interesting issue you brought up since there’s not necessarily a right a wrong way to say a word that has become a common part of the western lexicon like anime, especially since the word anime itself is a shortened loan word from English. I say it like I do because I live in Japan and prefer to say it the way it is said when speaking Japanese! I hope you enjoyed the video and have yourself a great day!

@PartofHistory214 11 месяцев назад

@@NerdTalkDan I'm studying Japanese and learned the correct punctuation, and I was like, "Oh, crap, that makes sense." People in America will be happy to correct you on pronouncing "Manga" correctly, though lol. There's "samurai," too. After centuries of the west mispronouncing a word, at what point is it a correct way to say it, I wonder XD. I remember Like a Dragon Isshin had an American guy in 1800s Japan, and I loved how he mispronounced everything. His subtitles were awesome. "The way of the Sammerai."

@NerdTalkDan 11 месяцев назад

@@PartofHistory214 That’s awesome to hear! It’s a challenging but really nice sounding language. Making these videos is interesting because I have to code switch between Japanese and English sometimes and my pronunciation gets all messed up (reference my Kenshin video where my pronunciation of “samurai” changes between the way an English speaker says it and a Japanese person says it) because when you’re in that groove one language or the other it’s difficult to switch out mid sentence lol. It’s always a question too on whether to go with what has become the accepted pronunciations of Japanese words when speaking English for long standing loan words like “karate” or “karaoke”. I usually default to the Japanese pronunciation but would never say”カラテ Kid” for example. So it’s always a funny little balancing act. Anyway, I rambled a bit. Good luck in your Japanese studies and feel free to stop by the channel again to talk and update me on how it’s going!

@BAMFsTactical 9 месяцев назад

Wow, great review!

@NerdTalkDan 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much. I’m glad you enjoyed it. If you wanna see more videos in this style, I have a few which you might enjoy. Check ‘em out!

@lukejones7164 Год назад

What episode of GW is the music in 21:26-22:37 from?

@afterzanzibar 5 месяцев назад

A very well-done video analysis.

@NerdTalkDan 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! It came from the heart and I’m always so happy when you guys stop in to comment and say hi!

@finnya4720 6 дней назад

This is crazy deep narration !! Amazing, and of course amazing television show

@ailediablo79 9 месяцев назад

Arabic Dub changed some micro stuff and it made it way better. Also let me point that the Gundams at the beginning where designed OP enough for the shaw setting. However, imagine they got designed each as OP as possible with technology they have access too at full display from beginning perhaps more OP than later upgrade ? By the last 20 ep the Gundams are very much more than capable together to destroy any military given a base to supply them. It is not plot armor but lecturely plot armor plus they are a very powerful mobile suites unites amongst an already overpowered concept of independent mobile suites. They just lacked proper planning and they over written orginal plan very quickly plus lacked condirention. If they wirked together from the beginning properly and give more time and invested more into mobile suites design and systems the earth forces is the one that stands no chance. However about the show ideas, justice is the most important thing. Justice includes freedom and other things but they share an equal place as amongst the primary elements of justice. For example, Peace is another element: to fulfill justice but you need both but however justice is more important. Because one without the other is tyrany especially peace without justice is a bigger tyrany than justice without peace as that includes oppression. So peace is not a gole or a solution but a by product overtime. Also don't forget there is people that wants something and evil that u have to stop and fight too. Peace has many forms and layers. The best and most important peace is the peace of mind and soul of so called inner-peace. That is very achievable and not linked with outside peace. Wanting just peace is a surrender and weakness plus immoral, because you accepted injustice. A real example is Isreal and Plastain. Peace is only achievable until gov of Israel becomes religious like an actual kingdom of God like David and Solomon time accepting Islam and Christianity too killing Zionism replaced by Orthodox Jews and racists present where gov is a chancle of Noocracy elected president leaders (USA and CIA gets out and defeated) or goes back to Islam and Arabs, especially within a greater Muslim power like First Caliphate or Saladin times. Anything else is injustice. (Not to mention Israel gov has not been serious at peace and they are controlled by USA. Also lets say a Plastain gov gets formed: Israel gov and cia will just fake a 911 or Main USA and Spain bs like event or any other excuse go to war with Plastain and takeover)

@0Heeroyuy01 3 месяца назад

id love to see what gundam wing could be if they where given time to make a full show out of it some thing like 3 season long and really leaned into the things that made wing so good

@morgancrooks Год назад

I'm doing a watch through of Gundam, one UC and one nonUC at a time. Just finished 00, and almost done with ZZ. Unintentionally watched Wing and 00 back to back. Got a little exhausted from the plot armored emo boys. 00 really is just an improved remake of Wing. GW Pros - Mech designs, including some of my favorite MP and MD designs (Aries 💯) - Some of the best music in Gundam - Character design and overall aesthetic Cons - Emotionless/boring characters - Confusing or non-existant motivations - Muddy politics, ideas on how to achieve peace (Quatre seems to be the only one with any sense) - The most plot armor ever, even some of the few characters that 'die' end up living. 00 Pros - Interesting characters - Clearer motivations - More focus on child soldiers, but IBO is better (most Gundam series kinda brush that under the rug) - More realistic politics and path to peace (if still unrealistic) - Less plot armor Cons - But still a decent amount of plot armor - Some of the worst overall mech designs in Gundam (Exia and 00 are some exceptions) - Too much too fast, can take a second to figure out who is who, or what is happening - Too many characters in general, long time for some payoffs and a few are not even needed (Wang Liu Mei especially)

@NerdTalkDan Год назад

That’s an awesome write up! I’m a big fan of 00 so I appreciate your comparison. Someone in the fandom wrote “Wing walked so 00 could run” and I think that makes so much sense!

@GundamFan85 5 месяцев назад

That was a great review!

@NerdTalkDan 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for stopping by and your kind words. It was made by a fan for other fans. I hope it gave you something to chew on over your next rewatch of the series.

@edgardcolon5763 22 дня назад

Great video

@NerdTalkDan 13 дней назад

Thanks so much! If you liked it, I have similar videos which you might be interested in checking out! Have a great day.

@WorldsGreatestRingAnnouncer 3 месяца назад

People forget why Gundam Wing was so important to the West. Wing not only was the first Gundam dubbed to be aired, but it was the first toonami show to have both a censored and uncensored episode airing concurrently. Then DBZ hopped on next. Also it was outperforming all of Cartoon Network shows since DBZ went on a mini break to hype the Garlin Jr and Cell Sagas. When DBZ returned, Wing’s final cour still was breathing down DBZ’s ratings. I can articulate why it was so popular. Cartoon Network was in a transitional phase before some of the most iconic shows like Samurai Jack, Kids Next door, ed Edd and eddy etc. began airing. It was full of scooby doo, Hannah barbera cartoons, the light hearted DC super hero shows and the 90s DC super hero shows. Wing was so different and made you question why we should we root for the edgelord MC rather than the handsome charismatic and noble antagonist. Anime since, has it to thank for popularizing edgier content.