![]() Zeta Gundam knows the audience has an understanding of Newtypes and immediately starts playing with that through the new chosen boy Kamille as he experiences Newtype flashes in the midst of his no good, very bad day. The entire bridge crew is able to tap into the psychic communication that Amuro had been experiencing and there’s a sense of unity in the show’s closing moments. The White Base seemingly all awaken their Newtype abilities as they hear Amuro’s voice from across time and space. What does occur regardless of if Newtypes are mentioned by name is the same sort of psychedelia even without Newtypes most Gundam shows will still incorporate a way to illustrate the invisible connections between people and the universe around them.Ī big differentiator between Zeta and 0079, aside from the tone shift, is the knowledge and treatment of Newtypes. The relative importance of Newtypes changes from show to show and sometimes they’re never even mentioned. Newtypes are relatively rare and are often seen in Gundam among Mobile Suit pilots and especially protagonists. DEATH CUT SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON SERIES0079 introduces an important Gundam idea relatively late into the series the existence of Newtypes, people with extrasensory abilities that come from being “free of Earth’s gravity.” Depending on the series you’re watching, Newtypes are seen as the next step of human evolution. DEATH CUT SPACE RUNAWAY IDEON TVZeta was the first big Gundam tv series as the original Mobile Suit Gundam (0079) was canceled and didn’t gain popularity until the compilation movies released a few years later. The ideas that really carry over across these series seem to stem back from Gundam inflection point Zeta Gundam. I’m only just starting Mobile Suit Gundam Seed but I’m seeing a lot of potential red flags pop up around some of its ideas like “Naturals” and “Coordinators” (the OP and ED songs rip though). ![]() I think I’m probably in the honeymoon period of the Gundam series if duds like Wing and 08th MS Team from last year prove anything. The list of shows are all fairly distinct from one another even as they recycle and mine new parts out of core Gundam ideas (Endless Waltz being an exception here). I’m kind of shocked how good of a time I had watching different variations of similar ideas play out. For now my watch order will continue to be a bit odd at least until I get caught up through all the ones leading up to G Gundam (watched it as a kid, not especially enticed to rewatch). This didn’t hurt my personal enjoyment of the individual series and watching alongside enhanced my reading of them. Others were integral in discussions of the shows on the podcast like Em, Jackson, and Austin discussed depictions of Newtypes across various series. Some spoilers came from the shows but were relatively minor, like Mobile Suits I hadn’t seen showing up in Turn A Gundam (the Kapol hadn’t yet appeared in ZZ for me). It also meant that I was spoiled on a number of occasions and for series I hadn’t even got to yet. Gundam X and Turn A Gundam are both in communication with past Gundam series which made watching them GGP more enriching. For the spoiler adverse I would 100% not recommend this. My watch order ended up being After War Gundam X > Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz > Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam > Turn A Gundam > Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (currently watching). I continued that trajectory even though the big series that they covered were referential to shows I hadn’t watched yet. I had only begun my journey through Gundam last year, simultaneously keeping up with the current podcast and watching the original series. The Great Gundam Project (GGP) became my favorite podcast last year for their insightful criticism and leftist readings of the popular anime series. ![]()
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