We begin the armed intervention to all warfare with GUNDAM
So after after the travesty of Gundam Seed Destiny, can anything rescue the franchise? Mabye Seiji Mizushima (Full Metal Alchemist) can..
Some more information has been trickling out about the latest (11th) Gundam series as it gets closer to its 6th of October airdate. As far as episode count goes it’s likely to be 50 episodes split between two seasons in the same manner as Code Geass. Some new trailers and TV spots have popped up in recent days:
Set in 2307AD (no funny calendars this time), the plot revolves around the not-for-profit (!!) organisation “Celestial Being” that intends to use four mobile suits to eliminate all war and conflict. Not as crazy as it may sound, their mobile suits apparently have the ability to take out entire armies.
Of course, such powerful technology should only be entrusted to mentally stable, rational individuals. And who better than traumatised 16 year olds? Our main character, Setsuna F. Seiei, had a pretty bad childhood spent in a warzone. Obviously the prime candidate to pilot the heavily armed Gundam Exia.
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Save? GSD like it or not was higly successful in terms of rating or sales. More so then even fanboy favorites like Turn a Gundam by far. They do need some critical acclaim back and I do hope Gundam 00 is good, but I wonder if people are going to be easy on it just to bash other Gundams from before they didn’t like. I guess we’ll see.
“Save” in the creative, er, not-sucking sense of the word
GSD was a rip-roaring success from a commercial standpoint - they marketed the hell out of it - but there’s no denying it was utter pants. I liked Gundam Seed, but GSD was just a cynical cash in. Hopefully Gundam can get back some credibility with this one.
By the way, I remember reading plans for a third Gundam Seed Series - Eternity (??). Have these been shelved now?