The Gundam bubble burst in the USA about 2 years ago now, Seed sort of nailed the coffin lid down with the way it was being edited and shown on CN.
What was really needed was a heavily rotated show at a prime-time position of 5.30 ever week day. You know, like Gundam Wing which single handedly did crack the US market open for all things Gundam for two years. I was saddened we lost GOUF, there isn't really that many friend Gundam forums out there. I am guessing that Bandai are pulling back waiting for the next big Gundam show to launch at us. Crap even Mobile Gundam Fighter kept the US market alive... Once again another Gundam Anime that was put into a heavy rotated timeslot. You think they might of actually got the idea, eh? Anyhow, Gundam will always be around for the fans, but this fanbase wont be a as big as it used to be for a very long time. Domo arigato, Nick Webmaster - http://www.alt-world.com --- Mike Lovejoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, ever since "GOUF" (Gundam Official User > Forums) closed, Bandai has kind of given up on > attempting to revive the US Gundam Market. Its > actually ironic in that the "failure" to revive it > is Bandai's fault. The Forum was supposed to get > people to GO and also get a feel for the interest in > Gundam. By the amount of users who had signed up > with GOUF and the traffic that GO was getting at > that time, things were all set to start "moving > ahead" again. However, the next steps to revive it > were not taken for some reason and Bandai shut GOUF > down. Since that, GO's traffic has slowed way down > and updates as you've noted have been non-existant. > > > Bob Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As far > as I can see, it hasn't been updated since August > 2005 and there's nothing at all on it about SEED > Destiny. I guess they've given up on any marketing > at all for Gundam in the US now. Anyone know for > sure? > > ************************************************** > W.A. Bob Allen > > EARTH FIRST! - We'll log the other planets later! > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for > ridiculously low rates. Nick Davis Webmaster of the Mobile Suit Gundam Battle System http://www.gundambattlesystem.com -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
