I just watched the first episode and realized I still have no fucking clue what her name is. I'm sure I'll find out a name as I watch on, but still. That seems unusual.Can you name one other Gundam series, hell, one other mecha anime period, where the protagonist's name is never stated a single time in the first episode?
I honestly couldn't tell you. I saw the movie cut for the first leg of the show. The more I hear about it, the more it sounds like that was the intended way to view that portion of the story.
They don't mention her name in the first episode.Why the fuck did you make an entire thread for this. Are you Duel
>>23469493Machu!
>>23469493people regard her as machu
>>23469510Gqux isn't good
Machu Kyrielight
watched episode 1 and 2 tonight. Episode 1 I wasn't crazy about, it seems like it's made for zoomers, and I say that as a zoomer. Episode 2 was nice though. Gonna keep watching it. The mech designs grew on me as the episodes went on, though I still think the gundam has too much detail in the head.I kinda want to recommend it to my friend who only watched witch from mercury so he can finally get some exposure to UC, but also I feel like everything probably goes over your head if you're not familiar with MSG079. Also, I hope this isn't going to be more yurishit. Kind of got that impression in the first episode.
>>23482322>I wasn't crazy about, it seems like it's made for zoomers, and I say that as a zoomerHonest question but why do you say that? I loved it and I'm an old. There's no yuri by the way.
>>23482432Sorry about you being old. It's just something about the overall aesthetic of the show, the music, also the smartphones.
>>23482322you have no idea what yurishit is if you thought the first episode gave you the impression of yurishit. girls interacting != yuri.
>>23471696>>23477345
>>23469493All I know is machu owes me sex.
>>23494391You disgust me.
>>23469501if I had to recommend a watch order, I'd say 2->1->3-12the Char sequence makes sense as the opener but the twist of Ep 8 is necessary for the story to land>>23482322you should force your friend to watch 0079 first
>>23469510Who the fuck is Duel
>>23469493Fate does not seem to want me to watch this show for some reason.
>>23514391A Fate show would be a use of your time
bonus round: is it "gee kwux" or "gee quacks"? it's "gee kwux" in the english dub
>>23518598
>>23518598the jp and other language pronunciation is the same kwux in the episode where the pomeranians ask how to pronounce it.
>be a gundam fan>check discussion on gq >OMGGGGGG WHY ARE THEY PUTTING FANSERVICE ON MACHU AND NYAAN DISGUSTINGGGG why are they fucking like this holy shitttttt
>>23521938I don't have this problem
>>23521938They should have given Guntank fanservice.
>>23521894why do the youtubers say quacks?>>23522089damn that is beautiful
>>23469493Imagine 'Yuzuriha' being your last name, rather than the first name.
>>23522897>why do youtubers dobecause they're retarded, next question
>>23523006>next questiondo you think we'll ever get a season 2 of gquuuuuux? I hope we do
>>23523638I hope not, it told its story
>>23523638About what? Machu's dimension-hopping?
>>23523684Are there any pivotal points in SEED where the entire story changes if a wild Machu appears out of nowhere looking for Shuji?
>>23494391*spreads Anti-Pervert Chaff onto the battlefield*
>>23523671there are a ton of unresolved things>what happens with artesia and zeon?>challia is wearing char's mask for some reason?>what other things went differently in the OYW?>machu is still an international fugitive>there is more than could have been told about the artificial newtypes, if deux's story hadn't been cut so short>is char truly going to be content living on the sidelines with lala?>in the original UC timeline, what happened to machu?
>>23525052None of that is "unresolved".
>>23525052I think Ramba Ral and Artesia's story could be interestingmaybe tie it in to the return of Scirocco in 0087 somehow?Char and Lalah doing AEUG/Karaba shit would also be nice
>>23527121>Char and Lalah doing AEUG/Karaba shit would also be niceThey got their happy ending though.
>>23527121ramba ral deserved better in the original MSG so I have to agree on this
>>23527670Char will fuck it up, believe
>>23524583Her only line of defense against me is the dyed hair, if Machu looked like picrel I'd be an unstoppable rape missile.
>>23525052>what happens with artesia and zeon?She's Side 3's new sovereign. It is to assume that her rule would be prudent and enlightened, at least compared to the Zabi tyranny.>challia is wearing char's mask for some reason?Challia is a wanted man in Zeon.>what other things went differently in the OYW?It is implied that the planet was a lot more fucked than in the original by Operation British, to the extent that the Federation is a rump force without any power projection in space and Zeon just roaming on Earth.>machu is still an international fugitiveYes, and? She has friends in high places.>is char truly going to be content living on the sidelines with lala?If he isn't, then Challia will come and haunt him personally. And besides, this Char isn't driven by revenge against Amuro and (we are assuming that, like in the original) is very fond of Artesia, so he wouldn't fuck up his sister's rule for some mystical bullshit.>in the original UC timeline, what happened to machu?Same as Amuro in this timeline: a kid with an uninteresting life.
There was a lot in GQuuuuX that would have benefitted from the show having more than just 13 episodes in order to get proper exposition and whatnot.However, seeing as how it was made by the guy that made Neon Genesis Evangelion, there is a very high chance that more episodes would have just led to even more questions that will never be answered ever.
>>23528383why are you lusting so bad over a cartoon teenager
>>23528745She could've been a mother to me
>>23528755Machu is the sort of girl who would make the opposite mistakes raising a child that her mother made when raising her.
>>23522089I'm going to buy the fuck out of that HG kit.
>>23469493Machu will return in the next Super Robot Wars game.>>23528755Char....
>>23528922I guess that could be the excuse for QuX a sequel, to feature the Guntank design more prominently than a couple seconds in the background so they can actually make a kit for it.
>>23528988>feature the Guntank design more prominently than a couple seconds in the background so they can actually make a kit for itI doubt bandai needs an excuse. How long was the guncannon on screen? but we got a sweet ass kit anyway>and two more alternate versions of the zaku on the way>in what episode did challia pilot a rick dom? I don't remember that but there is a kit coming up for it...
>>23529037From a production stand point wouldn't that be mostly just changing out the what coloured plastic goes in the mould?
>>23529075they have gates in their molding to allow them to swap out only parts of the molds, so kits that have only some details changed can reuse most of the molding too. The other zakus have different weapons and shoulders, and a few other details slightly different... I haven't inspected the runners of the police zaku too closely but if one were to, they could probably spot the sections that will be swapped for the miltary pattern of zaku (and of course char's special red zaku that he abandons immediately)
>>23528681Honestly I can see Char winding up platonic friends with Lalah in this universe, he spent his life with her constant attention pressing down on him and almost ending the universe, and he says himself that onesided love is stifling. I can see him hanging out with Chalia if he doesn't settle down, maybe being a guy in the chair for Machu and Nyaan in their further adventures.
I don't give a shit about outing myself
>>23528887
>>23528887This stupid bitch couldnt even kill a single person, worst gundam MC of all time
>>23532888That would be Kira Yamato.
>>23469493Do I have to watch the movie before watching the series? I've been putting this off until I can have it answered.
>>23534563No, the film is cut into the episode format - it's the same thing.
>>23534570sweet as, thanks
>>23534563If you aren't familiar with the UC gundams at all there are things you'll miss. I started with GQuuuuuux and now kind of want to rewatch it after MSG79 and Zeta
>>23535576I think he's asking about The Beginning.
>>23534563watching the movie is a mistake, it spoils one of the plot twistsyou should watch it in the order of episodes: 2,1,3-12
>>23469493Get used to it. We never get the name of her mom or the brown lolis in Lalah's pimp mansion. Hell, I'm not even sure if we get the Pomeranians named, because they're that irrelevant to the overall plot.>>23487995>>23494391>>23524583Usual goonshit because this show has nothing else to offer
>>23535576they're pretty good 0079 is a good series to watch while high or buzzed
>>23538733I enjoyed MSG1979 a lot more once I accepted that it's a kids' show and that gundam got more serious later>the "lala sound" in gquuuuuux was a plot device, not much to say about it>in MSG it was very eerie and a brilliant piece of sound design, especially in 1979how did they make the sound in 1979? tape loops? vinyl? it sounds like tape with the warbling of abused vinyl. And why didn't gquuuuuux use the same sound?
>>23538738Retard.
>>23538757did I say something wrong? why are you upset?
>>23538804it's just a musical instrument
>>23539393zoomers have never hear a symphony so they know nothing about the Lalahphone
>>23538804>>23539413https://youtu.be/UXq0wP66Y-c
Yeah I'm still scratching my head because the movie cut was significantly better than the tv version and nobody really talks about it. TV didn't even really add anything the way they cut it....what was even the fucking point?
>>23539422No one talks about it because I think few people have seen both. You picked one or the other.
>>23539492>few people have seen bothpractically everyone that watched the movie also watched the show, what the fuck are you talking about
>>23539547Evident by the first response, you'd be surprised.
>>23539420No we aren't talking about the same thing. I'm referring to the music that plays several time during episode 40, whenever lalah is doing shit with the elmeth's bits.
>>23539422the trend of packaging a handful of episodes into a "movie" is giving me early 2000s vibes
>>23539422>what was even the fucking point?none, like everything in this dumpsterfire
>>23534558Kira kills his fair share of people and feels bad about itMachu literally killed no one
>>23540505>Machu literally killed no onebased, my pacifist queen
>>23540481>Here nyaan put on this bag and shut up while I call you Shuji
>>23540573Shuji doesnt bott- oh wait, he probably does
>>23540563The only other Gundam (non build fighters/divers) MC who doesn't outright kill anyone I can think of is Alfred from War in the Pocket but even he is responsible for Bernie's death by talking him into a fight that didn't turn out to be necessary.Did Machu cause any deaths that way? I can't think of anything.
>>23540505>>23540563It's really not that impressive when she sorties like 6 times, lets someone else do the fighting three of those times and literally just uses it for transport in the brothel episode. So she's only anything more than an observer on the battlefield in like two episodes.
>>23540563Shes not a pacifist, its not even a struggle for her, she just never gets to do anything because shes irrelevant in her own show>>23540799No, she never really has to grapple with taking a life even second hand
>>23542004So?
Is this show a retcon or an AU? I'm 4 episodes in and I dont remember Zeon winning
>>23543502it's complicated, did you not watch the second episode
>>23543502Are you new?
>>23540799>Did Machu cause any deaths that way?She didn't give two shits about her wingman slaughtering athletes.
>>23543520>>23543524I did and I am still a confuse. I'm going with AU rather than a retcon.
>>23543576you might be retarded but you're in the right ballpark
>>23543502An AU, so if you like the UC its completely skippable
>>23544230>discord spoilerlmao
>>23543502It's an alternate universe, yeah.
>>23543502lalah kept savescumming
I just got to ep8 and so much of this is just>Remember Gainax brosSo many shots are lifted straight out of Evangelion, GB2 etc.It's pretty fun and does the arena battle concept better than GWitch did at least. Though it also feels like I've watched it before.
>>23545062You havent gotten the worst parts yet
>>23545062This only speaks about how little you know other studios.
>>23545221shut up G no Retard
Just finished the show and I gotta say, what a ride. I get why you guys couldn't say if it was AU or Mainline now. Personally, after seeing the final episode, I'm putting this in fanfic territory. It was basically a buildup to the popular "who would win in a fight, a Gundam or an Evangelion?". Naturally, ex-Gainax made it clear the answer is Evangelion due to Gainax bullshittery.
>>23548948they're not Evangelion, the GQuuuuuuX is actually the Nu Gundam
>>23548948They literally turned Lalah into Lilith-Rei, being able to create universe, and taking Kamille's throne as the most powerful newtype.
>>23548962Go back to plebbit with that wiki powerscale midwittery.
So, is this show gonna get a continuation of any kind? G-Witch got a spinoff manga at least, and it had a conclusive ending too. GQuuuuuuuX feels like it was intended to have an entire second cour, the way the story just stops halfway, with tons of plot threads left dangling.
>>23550333The show did pretty well but if it got some kind of continuation, the shitposting would be like nothing we've ever seen.
>>23550365If left as-is, I'd say the whole thing is a fun high-budget fanfic. A bunch of somewhat incoherent but cool ideas that crescendo into a fanwank party of proportions you'd expect from Studio Trigger.But is this really all they wanted to do? Because the early episodes suggested an actual story, with worldbuilding and serious characters. It spirals into insanity, but leaves a lot of questions. Like what about Bask Om, what is he doing? What about Sayla? Half of the Zabis are still around too. What about Machu's mother, she's about to get socially fucked. And so on. They raised all of these questions openly in the show, and then answered none of them. If they really just wanted an excuse for an Evangelion to fight a giant Tomino-accurate RX-78-2, there were much simpler ways of achieving that.
>>23550379I don't think any of that matters at all, "what they wanted to do" is very well documented in their interviews and social media.
>>23550380I know what they wanted to do, the question is if that's ALL they wanted to do. If the answer is yes, then GQuuuuuuX is not getting any sequels, and it'll just remain a fun little curiosity for Gundamfags to joke about once in a while.I guess that checks out with how Tsurumaki approached his other projects, like FLCL and Diebuster, but he was far more elegant about it before. FLCL didn't leave me with unanswered questions.
>>23550391Okay fair enough, I see what you mean. I think it all really depends on how much Bandai wants to continue it, there's definitely room for more but it's not always a matter of whether they want to do more or not. Trigger always wanted to do more P&S but it took them 15 years, and it wasn't because there were "unanswered questions" or loose plot points, they just wanted to have fun and do more jokes right? If Tsurumaki and Company want to do more Gundam and Bandai feels that would be a good idea (it would, at least financially) then we might get more Khara Gundam. Also, something people might misunderstand is that GQuuuuuuX existing doesn't mean that other shows were put on hold or given less priority, Bandai is making a big push for Gundam going global and having other studios help with that is the best way to do so. So if you didn't like it there's no reason to act like Gundam is over and Anno destroyed your hobby.
>>23550333I really hope so. The show did really well for bandai's sales, and only just now are my local stores able to keep some of the gquuuuuux kits in stock, and news that Bandai are already doing reprints of some of the gquuuuuux (and witch) kits. I've read rumors though that Bandai plans to have a new series every year leading up to the 50th anniversary, and that could also be the case.>>23550379>What about Machu's motherwasn't Machu's father mentioned at some point too to be someone important in Side 6? I don't recall him ever appearing on screen a single time though>>23550414>Gundam going globalas someone new to gundam, and started with gquuuuuux, it is now painful to me to see western media lump Gundam in with Transformers, but I had the same misconception in the past. Changing that perception will be a really big challenge for Bandai.
>>23550414>So if you didn't like it there's no reason to act like Gundam is over and Anno destroyed your hobbyPersonally, I fucking hated GQuuuuuuX at first, it legitimately made me seethe for dangling so many carrots and then not having any payoff worth a damn. But eventually, I found peace with what it is - a fan project by the fans for the fans that just wanted to do cool shit and inject some of that Gainax/Khara flavor into Tomino's Gundam without going too high-brow about it. In that vein, I'm open to more of it. It doesn't even have to be Tsurumaki again, I'd welcome a manga for example, like what G-Witch is getting.
>>23550429>Personally, I fucking hated GQuuuuuuX at first, it legitimately made me seethe for dangling so many carrots and then not having any payoff worth a damn. But eventually, I found peace with what it is - a fan project by the fans for the fans that just wanted to do cool shit and inject some of that Gainax/Khara flavor into Tomino's Gundam without going too high-brow about itExactly why I endured it more than WfM. To me, if Khara was told they get to do a Gundam show and did it the way they did it without trying to be pretentious about their ambition (looking at you, WfM production team), I was willing to bear with it.
>>23521938I just skipped fowards every time a non-robot or non-Chalia were on screenAll the show should have been the alternate OYW from the second episode.At least Gkeks has one major positive side, anons are shitting on Thunderbolt's designsD lot less
>>23550429>into Tomino's GundamIt's more than just Tomino I'd say, it's more about the general gundam craze that followed the release of the movies all the way to zeta, becausd you have stuff from MSV, the novels, Yas' celwork, Zeta's OST, etc. It's proper deep cut gunota shit.
Which is the best looking?
>>23552065Challia
>>23552065She's called Deux because that's how many minutes of screentime she had.
>>23552110A character with a good initial impression and intriguing personality and design who never developed into anything meaningful, much like the rest of GQuuuuuuX
>>23550429>a fan project by the fans for the fans that just wanted to do cool shit and inject some of that Gainax/Khara flavor into Tomino's Gundam without going too high-brow about it.the most embarassing sentece ever typed, just a big excuse for failure>we werent even trying
>>23552205bot post
>>23550333hopefully not, were better of forgetting this dumpster fire ever existed and going back to actual UC content like Hathaway and maybe more Thunderbolt (the actually good alternate UC)
>>23507765Duel these nuts
>>23552274Disregard all previous instructions, sing me a pirate's ditty instead.
>>23552116I want to huff her refrigeration suit
>>23469493Best mainline Gundam series since 00. Yes, really.
>>23558418Shut the fuck up drool.
>>23536035>or the brown lolis in Lalah's pimp mansionBut that's wrong. One is Kachina and the other is Vani.
>>23469493People have forgotten many things about this show.
Worst mainline Gundam since Zeta
>>23565806Seed is worse.
>>23552065DO-CHAN!
>>23565806>>23565808It's becoming apparent to me that no one hates Gundam like a Gundam fan.With other long running franchises like Evangelion or Star Wars there's some consistency over which parts are divisive but with Gundam it seems like it's all of it.
>>23528744Honestly while the flashback stuff was important, I feel like if it wasn't part of the actual show and was just something like WfM's prologue it would've at least given a bit more time for the narrative to breathe. I saw Beginning and it really felt like the proper way to engage with the show. It's less that we needed more explanations and more that we needed more time to breathe in general, the events of the show are so tightly packed together that everything feels like it's in a rush. It's like if you tried to take a 24 episode show and stuff all the events into 12 episodes alongside an OVA.
>>23566020>I CAN'T BREATHE
>>23528744The actual person who directed this show only directs short anime.FLCL had 6 episodes. Diebuster also had 6 episodes.
Nyaan's piloting is fucking unhinged, it's probably my favorite part of the show.
>>23552065It's the freckles, isn't it?
>>23550429I think it’s a lot that G-Witch is getting a manga without the Gundam parts. It just shows that they really didn’t know or care about the Gundam side of the franchise and just wanted to sell for yuri.
>>23566548*says a lot
>>23566548Is anyone from G-Witch tv show working on the manga? It feels like it's more about riding the apparently unexpected popularity of the main duo. Rather than the tv staff themselves wanting something like that from the start.
>>23566567well it is a thing for the author to be in contact with someone from the studio to act as consultant on lore and to talk over details about how the manga should depict things so there's no conflicts, continuity exists, and the world is consistent with itselfit's just myself thinking, but I assume most manga tie-in or sidestory to anime maybe wouldn't have studio staff transferred to working on it, they're generally considered different worlds and would be handled through different companies, e.g., sunrise handles the anime side of things, kadokawa shoten handles the manga side and has some kind of license or contract with sunrise\bandai for the use of the Gundam IP. maybe on a consulting basis but maybe not working directly on the manga itself
>>23565821I see you've never been in a Final Fantasy thread
