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tintor2
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Soooooo..... what is he gonna do? Retcon Zeta again? He already retold the original Gundam in the form of movies decades ago.
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Themaster20000
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Gonna crush them with more G-Reco
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Kruszer
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No, because it's Tomino, he's going to crush us with depression instead.
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Kicksville
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I'm glad to see the full context. It's very common for these quotes to get pulled and passed around with none, lacking the sense of humor it was actually said with, so it seems like it's always better to wait for clarification like this before jumping to conclusions.
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maximilianjenus
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he is either going to do an isekai or a magical girl show, probably both in the same series.
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JoelBurger
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Would have been nice if the actual headline included the "this is how I stay motivated at 80" part though. |
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Arale Kurashiki
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I already understood he was saying it in good fun before I saw the full message, but of course people will take almost any opportunity to brand actually respectable anime creators as old and out of touch, because that's what everyone's just like all the time.
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ColdCase
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hi, can someone please explain to me why tomino says giant robot shows are aimed at kids? sorry I am new to the whole mecha genre. thank you
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JoelBurger
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Although of course this has fluctuated over time (it's been going on for roughly 50 years now), lots of giant robot shows are explicitly made to sell toys to children. This is one of the reasons why, for example, the original Gundam has its signature red, blue, and yellow color scheme: those primary colors pop, and make it more appealing for that audience. This includes a lot of stuff Tomino worked on. Also, it's important to understand that Tomino comes from a place where in the past he's felt extremely stifled by the wants of toy companies. This was probably at its worst with Victory Gundam, where the constant demands from outside sent Tomino into a pretty bad spiral of depression, that he only really recovered from through working on Turn A Gundam. So he doesn't have a lot of nice things to say about the marketing side of mecha. |
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WANNFH
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Of course, it grew out of this over time (mostly because of NGE success), and there were many mecha shows nowadays that go to all kinds of auditory. |
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LightningComet
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G-Reco indeed stands as quite the anomaly and I adore it for that. After decades of inadvertently profiting off of making war stories trying to be anti-war, he found a way to profit off of not an "anti-war" story, but rather an anti-"war story" TV show. Still anti-war but way more meta and scathing critique of the corporate machine he has been fueling all this time. Genuine brilliance, that
I'm excited to see what he comes up with next! |
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Top Gun
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Masterpiece or trainwreck or WTF-fest, you can certainly never accuse Tomino of being boring. I'm genuinely glad he's still doing his thing.
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Beatdigga
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From what I understand, he basically said he has to aim high for the top of the charts, namely those two, rather than saying it with malice. Which well...good on you for aiming high.
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Rob19ny
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Crushing Eva is bit much, but I want you to crush KnY. Be sure to add the stuff Brain Powerd had in its iconic opening. It is sad Sunrise has slowly moved from that since the 90's and I want you to revitalize Japan by bringing it back.
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Zeino
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Rebuild of Space Runway Ideon here we come. Well, that or Crossbone Gundam anime. Still, Tomino as you once said, "The old generation can't create the new era!"
You peaked with Turn-A Gundam. It was impressive peak and you should be proud of it. But you already made your peace with Gundam back in 1999, so you can't really replicate what Anno did to come to terms his creation and it's legacy. Ask for Demon Slayer.... Okay, maybe you can surpass it but you'll need a team of A list talent, a generous budget and someone as script editor to sand the million rough edges off your plot ideas and maybe rewrite a good quarter of your dialogue. Last edited by Zeino on Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:19 am; edited 2 times in total |
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