On Monday, April 24, 2006 08:28, Boaz MyTurnASpace wrote: > On 4/21/06, -Z- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'd be happy to see Gundam: The Origin animated with at >> least as much fidelity as was Venus War Chronicle. >> Every time I rewatch Venus Wars or even Crusher Joe, >> I keep thinking "Why couldn't they have done THAT with >> Gundam?" > >> On the other hand, I keep wondering what Dirty Pair >> would've been like had Yaz done the artwork for the >> anime, like he did for the novels (and the >> aforementioned Crusher Joe)... > > I didn't know -Z- you'd drool over Yaz' work like I do. Have > you watched Arion? I actually think Venus War failed versus Arion.
Well, Arion was admittedly a hard act to follow, but Venus Wars succeeds to the degree that it does what it set out to do, which is to synopsize as much of the manga series as possible in only 105 minutes. I tend to think of the Venus Wars anime as being to the manga what the Gundam Formula 91 "movie" was to the F91 TV series that never got made... And, yes, Yaz can do no wrong in my book. I've even got the complete 26-episode Giant Gorg TV series, which is what took him away from Dirty Pair. Why haven't Jeanne (Joan) or Star of the Kurds (Rebel Star) ever been animated? You'd think that the latter, at least, would be considered especially timely nowadays. It's a pity that Jesus is only available as an e-book... >> Failing that, I'd like to see Gundam go completely >> realistic, like Planetes or Patlabor or even Armitage >> III or Cowboy Bebop. Please note that "realistic" >> doesn't mean grim and gritty and cynical, like Ghost in >> the Shell. Indeed, leavening realistic portrayals with >> a spot of levity and outright humor is almost a necessity >> given the underlying gravity of the overall theme. > > We kinda have "For the Barrel", which seems like doesn't > contain much fanfare, correct? I haven't been care much about > FTB, but from previous description it seems like trying to > hard by changing too much. I'd be equally happy to have seen a For The Barrel anime or even a full manga series. It was indeed a tantalizing glimpse of what might be possible and precisely the sort of Gundam "remake" I'd like to see. True to the spirit as well as the substance of the original, but not hidebound by it. I was saddened that it never got beyond being a showcase for the designer's conceptual talents. > I like 0079 as is as I really enjoyed what Yaz injected to > the scenes and figure it'd be very edgy to add anything to > make the 0079 world more realistic without losing the pace > (0079 is slow-paced already for a anime TV series). As heretical as it may sound, I'd like to see Gundam 0079 with less emphasis on the mecha or, more correctly, with the mecha subordinated to being an extension of the pilot and not the other way around. Think Area 88 with MS instead of jet fighters. Or Votoms. The mecha can still be impressive, but it's the people and how they react and interact (or fail to) that makes the story. Yasuhiko Yoshikazu understands this in a way that only a few artists and writers do. > Like Alfred Urrutia (welcome back!), I'm partial to Gundam > 0080 and still believe it to be the second best series > after Z Gundam, which was my introduction to the saga and > thus will always have a special place in my memory. > > Try Turn A, -Z-. :-) I was quite favorably impressed with Turn A, but it was a little too in-your-face for my liking. There's a fine line between self-parody and self-indulgence and I think Turn A crossed that line too often. In terms of thumbing his nose at convention and making it work, I much preferred Overman King Gainer. And, again, it was still too much about the mecha and the Big Ideas and not enough about the people caught up in it all. -Z- -------------------------------------------------- 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
